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Northwest Area Elementary Schools Rezoning Process Parent Meetings

Northwest Area Elementary Schools Rezoning Process Parent Meetings. Melton ES – December 10, 2013 Verdi ES – December 11, 2013 Westergard ES – December 16, 2013. Northwest Area Elementary School Enrollment Overview. Zoning history in the Northwest Area Historical overcrowding

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Northwest Area Elementary Schools Rezoning Process Parent Meetings

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  1. Northwest Area Elementary Schools Rezoning ProcessParent Meetings Melton ES – December 10, 2013 Verdi ES – December 11, 2013 Westergard ES – December 16, 2013

  2. Northwest Area Elementary School Enrollment Overview • Zoning history in the Northwest Area • Historical overcrowding • Multi-Track Year-Round schedule • Westergard/Somersett connection • How we got to the rezoning process • Enrollment projections

  3. Actual & Projected Enrollments and Team Teaching Classrooms

  4. Historical Enrollments 1,980 2,018 1,982 1,970 2,024 2,058 2,055

  5. Actual and Projected Enrollments as a Percentage of School Capacity 2,088 2,058 2,055 2,075 2,107 690 665 662 647 664 638 656 627 623 611 583 582 559 208 202 202 186 Projected Actual

  6. Schools with Team Teaching Classrooms – 2012/13 (Actual)

  7. Impact of measures taken on Enrollment at Westergard • Board Approval for the Creation of a Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) program at Melton ES which drew students from Westergard • Board Approval to allow variances for students in the Westergard zoning area • Remodeled interior walls to create extra classrooms at Westergard • Results: • Westergard enrollment dropped 34 students over 2012/13 SY • Westergard dropped from six team teaching classrooms to three • Verdi ES enrollment increased 8 students over 2012/13 SY • Melton ES enrollment increased 35 students over 2012/13 SY

  8. Results: Team Teaching Classrooms – 2013/14 (Actual) 4 schools with as many or more team-taught classrooms as Westergard

  9. Results: Team Teaching Classrooms – 2014/15 (Projected) 6 schools with as many or more team-taught classrooms as Westergard

  10. Results: Team Teaching Classrooms – 2015/16 (Projected) 8 schools with as many or more team-taught classrooms as Westergard

  11. Results: Team Teaching Classrooms – 2016/17 (Projected) 5 schools with as many or more team-taught classrooms as Westergard

  12. Zoning Map Showing Verdi, Westergard, Melton and Winnemucca

  13. Elementary School Students

  14. Somersett Area – Elementary School Students

  15. Northwest Rezoning Process Schedule • January 6-17 – Finalization of Rezoning Committee member selection • January 20-24 - Rezoning process materials and information sent out to committee members • January 29 - 1st committee meeting; orientation process and springboard presentation • February 5, 12, and 19- committee meetings to develop draft final of the rezoning plan • February 26 -final committee meeting for approval of recommended rezone plan to take to the Board • March 3 – March 6 - individual school parent meetings to present recommended plan • March 11 -Recommended rezoning plan presented to the Board as a Information Item • March 25 -Board approval of the rezoning plan NOTE: The number of committee meeting dates is subject to change based upon the actual time necessary to develop the recommended rezoning plan

  16. 11 Member Rezoning Committee • Two representatives from each school (6); Westergard, Melton and Verdi • One school staff representative • One parent representative • One representative from the following WCSD employee groups (4); • Teacher’s Association • Administrators Association • Classified Association • Pro-Tech Association • One “at-large” WCSD employee representing diversity

  17. Rezoning Process Considerations and Guidelines • Safety of students • Proximity of students to an individual school • Student demographic changes and their affect on educational programs within schools • Transportation issues • Growth impact associated with approved but unbuilt subdivisions • Optimization of the affected schools’ capacity and enrollment – current and future

  18. Thank You!

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