Timeline for input/decision

1. Timeline for input/decision  January 31 – Hempstead  February 7 – Senior High  February 21 – Board Room  March 3 – Board Room • April 14 – Public Hearing and earliest possible date for Board decision

2. Goals for Boundary Realignment • Distribute the appropriate number of students to Dubuque Senior & Hempstead • Regular-sized classrooms: @ 80 each

3. Recognize likelihood of continued housing development both to the west and to the south • Distribute areas of likely residential growth to both high schools • Plan to accommodate some future growth at each school

4. Distribute approximately the same relative composition of students at Hempstead and Senior in terms of • percentage of free/reduced lunch-qualified students • students entitled to special education services • racial minority students.

5. Current High School Studentsusing current and proposed boundaries

7. Improve “vertical alignment” to simplify transition from middle to high school. • 100% of Washington students to Senior • 100% of Jefferson students to Hempstead • Of current Roosevelt 7th & 8th grade students: • 50.06% to Hempstead • 49.94% to Senior • Result ? Improved communication, program and activity coordination

8. Maintain neighborhood “walk zones.” • High school “walk zone” is 3 miles • Senior & Hempstead “walk zones” overlap each other because of proximity • Without preventing accomplishment of other goals, assign most students to school within “walk zone”

9. Avoid appearance of “gerrymandering.” • “logical” approach • Major streets as dividing lines • 14th Street west to • White; north on White to • 18th Street; west one block to • Central; north on Central to • 32nd Street; west on 32nd Street to • Kennedy Road; south on Kennedy to • Highway 20 (Dodge); west on Hwy. 20 to • Western boundary of district

10. Establish reasonable timeline and process for implementation • Two options to consider: • Mandatory for incoming 9th graders beginning August, 2008 • Or • Mandatory for incoming 9th graders beginning August, 2009

11. Option #1 – Mandatory 2008 • August, 2008 • Revised boundary mandatory for incoming 9th grade students; 10-12 “grandfathered” • Transportation only to newly assigned school; paid ride possible on space-available basis for others • No change to In-District Open Enrollment policy or procedures

12. Option #2 – Mandatory 2009 • 2008-09 • 9th-12th students attend current school orEarly Enrollment if desired • Transportation (or reimbursement) for any eligible student • 2009-10 • Revised boundary mandatory for incoming 9th grade students; 10-12 “grandfathered” • Transportation only to newly assigned school; paid ride possible on space-available basis for others • No change to In-District Open Enrollment policy or procedures

13. Issues • Whether to redraw the lines? • Where to draw the lines? • What process to use in implementing the change? • Other ????

14. Two High Quality High Schools!