Elementary Planning: Comparative Analysis of Superintendent’s Recommendation, the Alternate Boundaries-Only Scenario, and Scenarios Submitted by Community

School Board Adopts Superintendent’s Recommendation to Move Schools – Feb.7, 2020

Elementary School Planning Phase 1 had specific outlined goals, which include:

Plan strategically before adjusting boundaries for Sept 2021, when new school opens
Keep together as many students in each school community as possible
Allow use of existing elementary schools to manageable capacity, including PreK needs
Meet needs for neighborhood seats in high‐growth areas
Maximize walking to neighborhood schools and consider impact on bus-eligible students* and where possible:
- Reducing bus ride distances for students at neighborhood schools
- Avoid having students ride past one or more neighborhood schools to reach their assigned neighborhood school
Develop a plan that makes the best use of APS resources by:
- Reducing operational costs that must be accounted for in future budgets
- Prioritizing needs for the FY 2021‐30 CIP

Note: Demographics in APS schools are considered in every process. In the 2020 neighborhood boundary process, the demographics measure using Free and Reduced Lunch will be a part of the 2020 neighborhood boundary process.

* This clarifies details assumed under walkability about the impact on neighborhood school bus‐eligible students

The following evaluates the Superintendent’s Recommendation, the Alternate Boundaries-Only Scenario, and scenarios submitted by the community and how they compare with the Phase 1 goals and considerations. The Superintendent’s proposal meets the identified Phase 1 goals.

Comparative Analysis of Superintendent’s Recommendation, the Alternate Boundaries-Only Scenario, and Scenarios Submitted by Community (as of Jan. 9, 2020)

Community Scenarios: Boundary Only, No School Moves

# 1 Community Scenario, No School Moves (E. Chen- received 12/5/19; no map attached)

Please note that the following are based on Community Scenario #1:

- Community Boundary-Only Scenario Map (N. Mcqueen; E.Chen; taken from McKinley Website 1/21/20)
- Community Boundary-Only-Scenario-Map_Data (N. Mcqueen; E.Chen; taken from McKinley Website 1/21/20)

#2 Community Scenario, No School Moves (G. Burgess – received 1/17/20; Map 1 – GB and Map 2- GB/DE)

Community Scenarios: Alternatives Sites for Option Schools

#3 Alternative Sites for Option Schools (E. Hewett; M. Mirchandani – received 11/19/19; map attached)

# 4. Alternative Sites for Option Schools (M.Mirchandani – received 12/2/19; no map attached)

Please note that following scenarios are based on Community Scenarios #3 and #4 (N. McQueen – received 1/21/20)

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: Community-Generated Scenarios with Detailed Data from Community.pdf

(NOTE: Community-generated data in maps for APS proposal 1 comparison is based on hypothetical attendance zones that have not been drawn – boundary planning and actual data review is phase two in the elementary planning process)