attendance boundary realignment – public hearing on recommended boundaries

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Attendance Boundary Realignment – Public Hearing on

Recommended Boundaries

FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

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New Boundary Adoption – Process & Timeline

Task Date Completed

Boundary ReviewCommittee Meetings

12/11 & 12/16/08, 1/7 & 1/22, (Subcommittee 2/2, 2/18)

2/11/09

Community meetings at high schools:

1/12, 1/13, 1/14, 1/15

Board Review and Direction February 18, 2009

Public Hearing, Board Review and Direction

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Final boundary adopted March 18, 2009

JHHS Opens August 2010

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Board Goals

• All schools single-track as space allows• Desired school sizes (but may vary depending on school

capacity):– 750 student Elementary schools

– 1,200 student Middle schools

– 2,500 student High schools

• Clear feeder patterns (minimize split feeders)• Foster neighborhood schools• Equitable programs and facilities to support learning

environment and student achievement

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Assumptions

• Jurupa Hills High School• Opens in 2010• Initially serves grades 9 and 10• Adds one grade level each year until serves 9-12

• Elementary School #29• Opens in 2012• Serves grades K – 5

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HIGH SCHOOL BOUNDARIES

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Current HS Boundaries

2008-2009

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Recommended HS Boundaries

(Red outline)

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HS Boundary Enrollment Comparisons

School Cap-acity

Current Enroll-ment

Resident Students – Recommended

Boundaries

2010 (JHHS 9th

& 10th)

2012 (JHHS as

9-12)

Fontana HS 4,073 3,796 3,623 2,893

Jurupa HS 2,042 0 1,062 1,898

Kaiser HS 2,596 2,561 2,592 2,276

Miller HS 3,975 3,014 3,263 3,170

Summit HS 2,614 2,527 2,182 2,245

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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOUNDARIES

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Current ES Boundaries

2008-2009

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Recommended ES Boundaries

(Blue outline)

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Feeder Pattern Improvements, cont.• Current Boundaries

– 9 ES split to 2 or more MS– 13 ES split to 2 or more HS– 2 MS to one HS– 5 MS split to HS

• 2 split to 2 HS• 2 split to 3 HS• 1 split to 4 HS

– 12 Elementary School populations stay together K-12

• Recommended Boundaries

– 3 ES split to 2 or more MS– 5 ES split to 2 or more HS– 0 MS to one HS– 7 MS split to HS

• 6 split to 2 HS• 0 split to 3 HS• 1 split to 4 HS

– 22 Elementary School populations stay together K-12

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ES#29

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NOTE: Numbers include SDC and out-of-district students

ProposedES #29

Boundary(Yellow dash

outline)

[portions of Palmetto, Maple,

S. Tamarind]Cap-acity 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Maple935 694 723 742 751 751 747 740

South Tamarind895 477 445 427 416 410 404 402

Palmetto830 653 685 702 712 715 710 703

Porter890 739 773 785 794 796 792 784

ES #29675 -

775 647 675 688 696 698 694 688

Recommended ES Boundaries

with ES #29

(Blue outline)

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ES #29

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MIDDLE SCHOOL BOUNDARIES

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Current MS Boundaries

2008-2009

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Proposed MS Boundaries(Green outline)

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Implementation

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Recommended Implementation-High School

• 3-year process-JHHS – Yr 1—Grades 9 &10 – Yr 2—Grades 9-11 – Yr 3—Grades 9-12

• 4-year process-other HS– Yr 1—Grade 9 – Yr 2—Grades 9-10 – Yr 3—Grades 9-11 – Yr 4—Grades 9-12

• For other HS– Students who had previously attended a particular HS under the

old boundaries would continue at their original HS. – New 9th graders in 2010 in the new attendance boundary would

attend HS according to the new boundary

– One year only sibling option, if requested, for siblings of students completing their last year at the school. Sibling must move to new school the following year

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Recommended Implementation-Middle and Elementary School

• Middle recommended implementation – Existing 6th graders (going into 7th) attending a MS have option of staying at

current middle or moving to school of new attendance area– Existing 7th graders (going into 8th) stay at previous site for their last year– One year only sibling option, if requested, for siblings of students completing

their last year at the school. Sibling must move to new school the following year

• Elementary recommended implementation (same as new school openings for Binks and Beech Avenue)

– If requested, students who will be either 5th or 6th graders (depending on if the school is a K-5 or K-6) can complete their last year at their existing school

– One year only sibling option, if requested, for siblings of students completing their last year at the school. Sibling must move to new school the following year

• For all schools: Application process for intradistrict transfer based on consideration of hardship circumstances on a limited, case-by-case and space available basis

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Recommended Implementation-General

• Begin parent notifications in approximately

Fall 2009– New boundaries– Implementation schedules– Specific guidelines for transportation to be provided– Hardship intra-district transfer request procedures

• Re-review boundaries for ES #29 and surrounding schools prior to ES #29 opening for possible minor changes (due to current uncertainty of new housing development phasing and neighborhood population fluctuations)

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Public Hearing / Questions

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