Welcome

So glad you joined us.

Please:✔ Sign in ✔ Find a seat at a table

Each table

• Introduce yourself• Facilitators at table• Share one hope – facilitator write down

Agenda

• Welcome • Why we are here (Jay Hummel)• Charts of data (Christine McCollom)• Priorities for enrollment (Patty Michiels)• Next steps (Jay Hummel)• Call for comments• Thank you & goodnight• Evaluation of the evening

Introduction: Why we are here

– One of many stakeholder groups– Focus on the future– Input on a fair lens to apply when choices are

needed– District lens for staffing decisions:• Whole budget• Average class size as a basis• Balance across district

Types of students for today’s discussions

• Neighborhood student: lives in neighborhood• Zone Transfer (ZT): lives in Ashland, wants to

attend a different school than neighborhood• Inter-District Transfer (IDT): lives outside of

Ashland, wants to attend Ashland school (could be open enrollment or regular IDT)

Charts for understanding

Publish a variety of different charts to answer critical questionsNotice data – suspend judgmentDynamic and complicated – shifts

Chart Links

• Neighborhood students only (2015-16)• Current enrollments (2014-15)• Neighborhood plus already approved zone

transfers (projected to 2015-16)• Neighborhood plus already approved ZT and

IDT (projected to 2015-16)

Process of enrollment

• Register at neighborhood school (possible accordion zones between schools to balance)

• Request Zone transfer• Request Open enrollment or IDT• Post registration week: administration decides

on requests to balance (not fill) schools across district

• Mid year requests are based on balance across district

a. Continuing Lives in neighborhood

b. New Lives in neighborhood

c. Continuing ZT

d. Continuing IDT

e. New ZT

f. New IDT

g. New IDT Sibling

h. New ZT Sibling

i. New Lives in neighborhood Sibling

J Exceptional circumstances

Priority Process

1. Silently rank the priority without talking with others (5 minutes)

2. Discuss your rankings with table to hear other points of view (15 minutes)

3. Silently finalize your ranking on your own (5 minutes)

4. Facilitator: add everyone’s points together (10 minutes)

5. We will record totals

Next steps

• Other stakeholder groups• Recommendation to school board• School board decision

Return to your list of hopes

• Check off those we addressed• Circle those we did not address• Go around the table before you leave: make

sure facilitator has any concerns (in table notes) that we did not address

Reflections on tonight’s meeting

• Please fill out the evaluation form on your table.

• Leave on table.

Thank You

We appreciate your time and energy!

Good night