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February 18, 2009 1
Attendance Boundary Realignment – Progress Update
and Recommendations
FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
February 18, 2009 2
Overview
• Process and progress to date
• Recommended boundary scenarios
• Summary of BRC, Community, and Principal input received
• Issues to be addressed and Board direction/guidance
February 18, 2009 3
Process and Progress to Date
February 18, 2009 4
How do we make boundary changes?
February 18, 2009 5
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
February 18, 2009 6
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
Evaluation Criteria
• Uses natural and geographic boundaries (major streets and highways, industrial centers, mountains, etc.)
• Relieves overcrowding at existing schools; balances enrollment to capacity
• Minimizes transportation costs• Aligns feeder school boundaries• Promotes neighborhood school concept• Stable for the foreseeable future; accommodates future growth• Allows conversion of all elementary schools to single-track• Student safety• Educational programs• Community input
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Ground Rules for BRC
1. We will stay focused on our goals and the criteria established for our boundary discussion.
2. We will listen carefully to understand others’ thoughts, ideas, and opinions.
3. We will treat everyone with respect and express our opinions responsibly, honestly, and kindly.
4. We will work together and be willing to give andtake, so we can serve the greatest good for thegreatest number of students.
February 18, 2009 9
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
Board Review and Directionand additional public input
March 4, 2009
Final boundary adopted March 18, 2009
JHHS Opens August 2010
February 18, 2009 10
Progress to Date
• 5 Boundary Review Committee Meetings and two Subcommittee Meetings held
• 4 Boundary Informational/Input Community Meetings held
• Principal meetings held• Multiple initial and revised possible Boundary
Scenarios developed for ES, MS and HS• Current recommended scenarios:
– 2010 boundaries for High, Middle, and Elementary Schools
– Future boundary for ES #29
February 18, 2009 11
HIGH SCHOOL BOUNDARIES
February 18, 2008 12
Summit HS
Miller HS
Kaiser HSJurupa Hills HS
Fontana HS
12
Existing High School Boundaries
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February 18, 2009 14
Recommended HS Boundaries
(Red outline)
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HS Scenario Enrollment ComparisonsSchool
CapacityCurrent
Enrollment Resident Students-
Recommended Boundaries
2012
Fontana HS 4,073 3,796 2,893
Jurupa HS 2,042 0 1,898
Kaiser HS 2,596 2,561 2,276
Miller HS 3,975 3,014 3,170
Summit HS 2,614 2,527 2,245*2010 11-12 grade students in Jurupa boundary at Fontana HS and Kaiser HS
February 18, 2009 16
HS Boundary Highlights
Recommended Boundary
Adjusts resident students to within capacity (near- and longer-term)
Yes
Room for Summit growth (2012)
369
Room for Miller growth (2012)
805
Room for Kaiser growth (2012)
320
JHHS boundary above Interstate 10
East
Kaiser Northern boundary ends at Metrolink Tracks
Yes
February 18, 2009 17
Feeder Pattern Improvements
• ES to HS continuity– Under proposed new attendance boundaries,
almost all students will attend HS with the same group with which they attended ES
– Due to locations of 7 MS, all MS must feed multiple HS
• Construction of future MS 9/8.75 and MS 10 will help reduce this
February 18, 2009 18
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
February 18, 2009 19
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOUNDARIES
February 18, 2009 20
Elementary Capacities vs. Current BoundariesGREEN - Very small population and/or 250 extra seats (should gain boundary area)ORANGE - sites with deficit (need to lose boundary area)PURPLE - sites within 25 students (1 classroom) of being over capacity (should lose boundary area)
SCHOOL
Current Resident students, Including
SDC
CAP-ACITY
(Single-Track)
CURRENT RESIDENT SURPLUS (DEFICIT)
Projected 2010 Resident
students, Incl. SDC and out of
District
2010 SUR-PLUS (DEF-ICIT)
ALMOND 702 770 68 694 76
BEECH AVE 727 725 (2) 657 68
(KATHY) BINKS 459 615 156 584 31
CANYON CREST 704 719 15 556 163
CHAPARRAL 456 493 37 469 24
CITRUS 771 775 4 721 54
CYPRESS 753 825 72 710 115
DATE 688 718 30 715 3 DOROTHY GRANT 617 675 58 595 80
HEMLOCK 558 650 92 492 158
JUNIPER 658 870 212 796 74
LIVE OAK 572 830 258 677 153
LOCUST 536 684 148 592 92
MANGO 498 759 261 466 293
MAPLE 819 935 116 836 99
SCHOOL
Current Resident students, Including
SDC
CAP-ACITY
(Single-Track)
CURRENT RESIDENT SURPLUS (DEFICIT)
Projected 2010 Resident students, Incl. SDC and out of
District
2010 SUR-PLUS (DEF-ICIT)
NORTH TAMARIND 449 770 321 553 217
OAK PARK 577 650 73 551 99
OLEANDER 747 895 148 815 80
PALMETTO 916 830 (86) 812 18
POPLAR 822 859 37 814 45
(TED) PORTER 713 890 177 726 164
PRIMROSE 796 646 (150) 613 33 RANDALL-PEPPER 740 845 105 777 68
REDWOOD 689 915 226 639 276
SHADOW HILLS 477 575 98 417 158
SIERRA LAKES 682 700 18 608 92 SOUTH TAMARIND 748 895 147 804 91
TOKAY 788 839 51 746 93 WEST RANDALL 711 905 194 801 104
February 18, 2009 21
Recommended ES Boundaries
(Blue outline)
February 18, 2009 22
Highlights of ES Proposed Changes• Grant/Binks/Sierra Lakes
– Relieves Sierra Lakes & Grant, allowing space for future growth– Binks converts to K-5 to increase boundary area
• Date/Randall-Pepper/Cypress– Allows ES/MS boundary alignment– Creates cleaner boundary lines; balances schools
• Cypress/Canyon Crest– Relieves Canyon Crest, allows single-track conversion– Students bussed shorter distance (to Cypress vs. Canyon Crest)– Transport: New Cypress overpass (est. 2010 opening)
• Oleander/Juniper/Tokay– Allows alignment of feeder patterns– Removes non-contiguous boundary pattern
• North Tam/Primrose/Locust/Mango– Reduces overcrowding at Primrose– Increases very small resident population in Mango and North Tam areas
• Remaining changes made to balance out student populations between schools
– South Tam/Maple/Palmetto– Beech/Live Oak
February 18, 2009 23
Proposed ES #29 Boundary
(Blue outline)
[portions of Palmetto, Maple, S. Tamarind]
ES#29
Capa-city 2010 2012 2014 2016
ES 29675-775 595 617 658 668
Palmetto 830 603 623 672 685
Maple 935 747 815 875 886
Porter 890 717 730 776 787
South Tamarind 895 554 444 394 377
February 18, 2009 24
Recommended Future ES
Boundaries with ES#29
(Blue outline)
February 18, 2009 25
MIDDLE SCHOOL BOUNDARIES
February 18, 2009 26
Proposed MS Boundaries(Green outline)
February 18, 2009 27
Proposed MS Boundaries Enrollment vs. Capacity
Capacity 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Ruble MS 1,403
1,225 1,183 1,220 1,263 1,318 1,347 1,348 1,342 1,341 1,353 1,364
Fontana MS 1,320
1,339 1,289 1,265 1,283 1,277 1,281 1,263 1,250 1,244 1,253 1,258
Truman MS 1,211
1,292 1,255 1,218 1,194 1,178 1,144 1,134 1,104 1,124 1,142 1,160
Almeria MS 1,113
922 927 982 1,020 1,055 1,089 1,094 1,083 1,055 1,057 1,067
Southridge MS 1,218
924 929 984 1,022 1,057 1,091 1,096 1,085 1,057 1,059 1,069
Sequoia MS 1,389
1,388 1,318 1,277 1,250 1,197 1,200 1,227 1,245 1,276 1,315 1,365
Alder MS 1,369
1382 1307 1273 1306 1274 1259 1271 1294 1327 1356 1381
NOTE: Numbers are Projected “Resident Enrollment” numbers. They are equal to the students projected to reside within the school’s boundary area plus SDC and Out of District transfer students.
Numbers in Grey represent student counts for proposed boundaries in years they will not even be adopted, and are for reference only.
February 18, 2009 28
Summary of BRC, Community, and Principal Input Received
February 18, 2009 29
Feedback and Input
• Support for:– Adjusting boundaries to match capacity at all
levels– Neighborhood schools that are single track– Aligning feeder patterns– Not requiring 11th and 12th graders to change
schools
February 18, 2009 30
Feedback and Input
• Concerns/Questions:– Transportation costs and busing, especially over the
10 Freeway, with current traffic problems (JHHS, Kaiser, Truman, Cypress)
– Kaiser HS northern boundary should end at Metrolink track
– Two siblings both attending different schools– Any changes (why my student/my neighborhood?) – Principal questions on some boundaries and
concerns if too much of a school’s existing attendance area was to be changed
February 18, 2009 31
Issues to be Addressed and Board Direction
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
February 18, 2009 34
Future Issues to be Addressed
• Develop specific guidelines for transportation to be provided and responsibility for cost of transportation
• Develop parent notification plans; begin notification approximately Fall 2009
• Additional issues/concerns?
February 18, 2009 35
Questions??
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