stapleton sun boundary proposal issues

8/14/2019 Stapleton SUN Boundary Proposal Issues

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My kids are already in school, whyshould I oppose the SUN proposal?

1. It sets a dangerous precedent forchanging enrollment formulas as kidsprogress to middle & high school.

2. It’s premature to carve out zones

when Izzy Bird isn’t up and running.3. It creates divisions in the community.



The SUN proposal dividesStapleton’s shared boundary

into sub-neighborhood

“priority zones”

vs.

1 Stapleton Divided Stapleton



Residents in a givensub-neighborhood receive a

guaranteed allocation of

25% of available seats.

vs.

1 Stapleton Divided Stapleton



OK, so why should I care?

25% doesn’t seem like a big deal…



The 25% allocation

may be increased in the future.

https://sites.google.com/site/sunwebsite1/education/elementary-enrollment-subcommittee

See Sun Education website:“Proposed Stapleton Elementary School Priorities”

Many residents believethis is a step toward

replacing the Stapletonshared boundary with

traditional DPS boundaries



The proposed 25% allocation

could have major impacts onenrollment chances & home values



Let’s take the example fromthe SUN Education website to see

how the process could play out at ahigh-demand school like Swigert.



Assumptions (SUN example, Swigert data)

• 150 first choice applications (Swigert #s)• 100 Kindergarten seats (4 classes)• 40 seats taken by siblings of current students

• 60 seats leftover • 15 of 60 seats allocated to priority zone students• 45 seats remain for All-Stapleton boundary lotto

(including the priority zone families that did notget a seat in the special proximity zone lotto)• 33% applicants in-zone, 67% out-of-zone



40 %Current Boundary Process

chance for all Stapleton students

SUN formula / Swigert scenario



63%

Proposed Priority Zone Process

Central Park

North & West

vs. 33%Bill Roberts,

Westerly Creek &Izzy Bird Zones




Proposed Priority Zone Process

This doesn’t include the cumulativeeffects of seats guaranteed to siblings.




100 %Standard DPS Boundaries

Central ParkNorth & West

vs. 5%Bill Roberts,

Westerly Creek &Izzy Bird Zones

Based on data from the School Choice Transparency Committee Report



Could Unequal Access toSchools Impact Home Values?

(The SUN committee talked to Joe Phillips.They say we have nothing to worry about…)



Isabella Bird is Not Complete

• Most residents believe Izzy B will be a strongperforming school on par with other Stapleton schools.

• Izzy B will not serve all ECE-5 grades until 2017.

• It will be take a few years to establish performance.



Contrary to the SUN Committee PositionPriority Zones will Impact Home Values

• Numerous studies (and common knowledge)show a link between schools and home values.

• A study of 57 metros, 10,811 elementary schoolzones, and 407,509 home sales concluded:

http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2013/09/

paying-more-for-a-house-with-a-top-public-school-its-elementary.html

When accounting for size, on average, people pay $50 more persquare foot for homes in top-ranked school zones. (Redfin)

• Izzy B is promising, but still an unknown forpotential home buyers with young families.



2013 Study of Schools & Property Values• Home prices average $50/sq. ft. more for top-ranked

school zones vs. average-ranked school areas.• Essentially identical homes located near each other but

served by different schools can vary in price from tens tohundreds of thousands of dollars.

http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2013/09/paying-more-for-a-house-with-a-top-public-school-its-elementary.html



Until Izzy B is up and runningin Stapleton and has the opportunity

to establish a performance track-recordEastbridge residents home values will

be negatively impacted.



Please sign the online petition!

Ask DPS to engage the community as they’ve done on other boundary decisions.

GPH / SMiddle School SUN / DPS Elementary Difference

# of Meetings 30 6 − 24 meetings

Meeting Hours 46 12? − 34 mtg hrs

ProcessTimeline 15.5 months 4 months − 11 months

Final ProposalFeedback

Meetings(30+ days)

Online Survey(10 days)

− 20+ days



Notes on the Scenario Models• The spreadsheet used for the scenario models was

shared with SUN subcommittee along with a request totalk to a DPS resource with access to data.

• Update: The DPS Planning Office is running numberson the implications of the SUN proposal. Thesenumbers are critical for the community to make aninformed decision. These materials will be updatedwhen it becomes available.

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