September 11, 2018: Board Meeting

Hempfield School District

Enrollment & Attendance Area Realignment

Goals To Be Accomplished

• More even distribution of elementary student numbers across our school buildings

• Establish some capacity for growth in all elementary buildings• Avoid splitting of neighborhoods and minimize scope of impact to

the extent practical• Strategic placement of special programs to maintain continuity of

cohort movement through grade levels (e.g. autistic support classrooms, emotional support classes)

• Effective and open communication of process

• Last adjusted in 2013-14 SY• Heavily weighted to projected development• Moves were made based on significant projected

development around RES - development plans changed after initial construction commenced

Current Elementary Areas

Options for Review

• No Change Optiono MES & FES enrollments continue to increaseo Some schools >600 while others at 450o Could cause inequity issues across schools

• Short-Term Balanced Optiono Based on short term projections (higher confidence)

• Long-Term Growth Optiono Based on longer term projections (lower confidence)

No Change Option

CES EPES FES LPC/LIC MES RESEnrollment (9/1/18 ) 502 475 552 580/479 618 453

Potential Units 0 74 500 644 120 312

Short-Term 0 41 100 144 70 12

Long-Term 0 33 400 500 50 300

Potential New Students ? 16-36 60-220 30-290 28-49 6-126

Potential Enrollment Change- rough estimate

502 491-511 612-772 1089-1349 646-667 459-579

No Change Option Summary

• MES & FES enrollment projections continue to increase• Some schools >600 while others at 450 (same layouts and

capacities)• Could cause inequity issues across schools• Could cause capacity issues at schools

Short-Term Balanced Option

From To # Students Projected Attendance

CES RES 44 CES 522

FES LPC/LIC 50 EPES 548

LPC/LIC CES 104 FES 509

LPC/LIC EPES 73 LPC/LIC 955

MES LPC/LIC 55 MES 526

MES RES 47 RES 549

Total 373

Short-Term Balanced Option Summary

• Based on short term projections (higher confidence)

• Provides some growth capacity at all elementary schools

• Incorporates projections for construction in progress or expected to be occupied by 2020-21 school year

Long-Term Growth Option

From To # Students Projected AttendanceCES RES 44 CES 522FES LPC/LIC 50 EPES 548LPC/LIC CES 104 FES 601LPC/LIC EPES 73 LPC/LIC 955MES LPC/LIC 55 MES 434MES RES 47 RES 549MES FES 92

Total 465

Long-Term Growth Option Summary

• Based on long term projections (lower confidence)

• Includes all moves from Short-Term Balanced Option

• Additionally incorporates projections for construction expected beyond 2020-21 school year

Continue planning related to the Short-Term Balanced Option• Communicate with impacted stakeholders• Continue to monitor enrollment trends through the end of

December 2018 and make additional adjustments if necessary• Seek Board approval of final plan in January 2019• Ongoing enrollment trend monitoring to be used for future

recommendations

Administrative Recommendations

This m ap is provided here for illustration purposes only. P lease verify a ll attendance areas w ith the school d istrict in person prior to purchasing any property.

Timeline

• Spring/Summer 2018: Initial planning and discussions• 8/14/2018: Initial School Board presentation• 9/11/2018: Proposal(s) shared with School Board• October - December 2018: Building level meetings with community

stakeholders and ongoing conversation with and updates to the Board• 1/15/2019: School Board vote on final proposal• Second Semester 2019: Transition plan communication and work with

impacted stakeholders• 2019-2020: New attendance area boundaries in effect