High School Attendance Areas Changes

Resulting from the Opening of the 13th High School

School Board Meeting

June 5, 2019

Mr. Michael "Mickey" Mulgrew, Associate Superintendent for High Schools

Dr. Matthew R. Cartlidge, Supervisor of Planning,

Office of Facilities Services

Presentation OutlineI. Why are We Here?

I. Current & Projected School Capacity Utilization in Western PWC

II. What is the Solution?

I. Capital Improvements Scheduled (CIP)

III. Legal Framework for Pupil Assignment Plans

I. Laws Governing Pupil Assignments & School Redistricting

II. Boundary Planning Process

IV. Boundary Planning Process

V. Proposed Boundary Plans

I. Plan 1a

II. Plan 2

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Current SchoolBoundaries & Capacities

(2018-19)

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Why are We Here?

School Capacity Utilization Prior to the Boundary Adjustment

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0%

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40%

60%

80%

100%

120%

140%

160%

Battlefield Brentsville Osbourn Park Patriot Stonewall Jackson

Utilization of Schools in Proximity to the 13th HS

2021-22 Utilization 2023-24 Utilization

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What is the Solution to theOvercrowding?

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13th High SchoolGeneral Information and Site Features

• Prototype: The PRICE model

• Address: 13150 University Boulevard, Gainesville

• Opens: SY 2021-22

• Site Size: 83.52 acres

• Specialty Program(s):

• Global Citizenship

• Stadium with artificial turf

• Auditorium (1,221 seats)

• Pedestrian connectivity from Gainesville MS to HS

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13th High SchoolSite Layout

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13th High SchoolOpen SY 2021-22

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Select Capital Improvements

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• 2021-22• 13th High School (Map 3)• Potomac Shores Middle

School (Map 4)• 2022-23

• Elementary School (Rosemount Lewis - Map 5)

• Bull Run MS Addition (11 rooms)

• Gainesville MS Addition (11 rooms)

• Marsteller MS Addition (11 rooms)

• 2024-25• 14th High School

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Legal Framework for Pupil Assignment Plans and

PWCS High School Boundary Planning Process

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Legal Framework for Pupil Assignment Plans

• School Board authority and duty to redistrict school boundaries or adopt pupil assignment plans following public hearing. Va. Code § 22.79 (8)

• School Board authority to develop policies and regulations implementing the process for reassignment plans. Va. Code § 22.1-78

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Equal Educational Opportunity Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1701

• (1) All children enrolled in the public schools are entitled to equal educational opportunity without regard to race, color, sex, or national origin; and

• (2) the neighborhood is the appropriate basis for determining public school assignments.

Laws Governing Pupil Reassignment or Redistricting Plans

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Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

• Plan must be facially neutral, i.e., assign students by neighborhood or geographic area, rather than race, national origin, etc.

• May not assign a specified percentage of a particular student group merely because of race or ethnic origin. “Outright racial balancing is ‘patently unconstitutional.’” Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School Dist. No. 1., U.S. Supreme Court (2007).

• However, school divisions may pursue diversity “by drawing attendance zones with general recognition of the demographics of neighborhoods.”

Laws Governing Pupil Reassignment or Redistricting Plans

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Equal Protection Clause Cont’d.

• “The Constitution imposes no duty on school officials to correct segregative conditions resulting from factors over which they have no control, such as residential patterns.”

• However, “in the administration of public schools . . . it is permissible to consider the racial makeup of schools and to adopt general policies to encourage a diverse student body, one aspect of which is its racial composition.”

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Pupil Reassignment Policies and Procedures

• Must consider only those factors which the Division has historically deemed important (as designated in its reassignment policy).

• Must balance those factors, including diversity

• Must focus on neighborhoods and geographical areas

• Must have a public process for adoption, including public meetings and input, and open deliberations by the School Board.

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Boundary Planning Process

Governed by:

• School Board Policy 264

• Regulation 264-2

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School Board Policy 264

• “School boundaries for each school are established by the School Board based on the need to provide for instructional effectiveness and the health, safety, and general welfare of all students.”

• Factors considered historically when establishing boundaries• Balanced enrollment within 15% of overall capacity utilization of the affected schools over subsequent

three years (why weight given to this factor)

• Demographic balance

• Minimization of times a particular geographic area or neighborhood is reassigned

• Efficiency of transportation and minimizing travel for students

• Avoiding splitting small neighborhoods

• Improving geographic progression of communities (ES to MS to HS)

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Regulation 264-2• Office of Facilities Services hold a preliminary “Scoping Meeting”

• Following the “Scoping Meeting” the Office of Facilities Services shall develop one or more boundary proposal(s)

• School Board members shall be apprised of the features of the boundary proposal(s) for their comments and consideration

• Following any necessary adjustments, staff shall share the proposals with the public through established communication channels

• Office of Facilities Services shall hold a Community Meeting to gather input from the public regarding the proposed high school boundaries

• Office of Facilities Services shall hold a second Community Meeting to gather input from the public regarding the proposed high school boundaries

• Office of Facilities Services shall publish documents pertaining to the boundary process and specific boundary proposal(s) to the website

• The School Board shall establish high school boundaries

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Proposed BoundariesPlan 1a

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Plan 1aCapacity Utilization and Demographics

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Differences

Plan 1a

Current Boundary

School

Capacity

Portable

Classrooms

Total

Students

Pct. of

Capacity

Total

Students

Pct. of

Capacity

Total

Students

Pct. of

Capacity

Total

Students

Pct. of

Capacity

Total

Students

Pct. of

CapacityPct. LEP

Pct. Econ.

DisadvantagedPct. Minority

13th HS

Battlefield HS 2,053 18 3,059 149.0% 3,046 148.4% 3,058 149.0% 2,910 141.7% 2,949 143.6% 1.7% 9.9% 41.0%

Patriot HS 2,053 20 2,735 133.2% 2,698 131.4% 2,669 130.0% 2,607 127.0% 2,655 129.3% 2.6% 12.1% 47.4%

Stonewall Jackson HS 2,409 7 2,822 117.1% 2,899 120.3% 3,081 127.9% 3,290 136.6% 3,528 146.5% 18.7% 50.7% 80.8%

Total 6,515 45 8,616 132.2% 8,643 132.7% 8,808 135.2% 8,807 135.2% 9,132 140.2% 7.7% 24.4% 56.6%

High School

Facility Data 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2025-26 2027-28 Demographics

School

Capacity

Portable

Classrooms

Total

Students

Pct. of

Capacity

Total

Students

Pct. of

Capacity

Total

Students

Pct. of

Capacity

Total

Students

Pct. of

Capacity

Total

Students

Pct. of

CapacityPct. LEP

Pct. Econ.

DisadvantagedPct. Minority

13th HS 2,557 1,821 71.2% 2,392 93.5% 2,458 96.1% 2,436 95.3% 2,520 98.6% 3.4% 17.0% 53.8%

Battlefield HS 2,053 2,279 111.0% 2,024 98.6% 1,993 97.1% 1,834 89.3% 1,823 88.8% 1.0% 5.3% 35.1%

Patriot HS 2,053 2,240 109.1% 2,067 100.7% 2,027 98.7% 2,058 100.2% 2,130 103.8% 2.2% 13.4% 46.7%

Stonewall Jackson HS 2,409 2,276 94.5% 2,160 89.7% 2,330 96.7% 2,479 102.9% 2,659 110.4% 24.0% 60.9% 89.2%

Total 9,072 8,616 95.0% 8,643 95.3% 8,808 97.1% 8,807 97.1% 9,132 100.7% 7.7% 24.4% 56.6%

High SchoolFacility Data 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2025-26 2027-28 Demographics

School

Capacity

Portable

Classrooms

Total

Students

Pct. of

Capacity

Total

Students

Pct. of

Capacity

Total

Students

Pct. of

Capacity

Total

Students

Pct. of

Capacity

Total

Students

Pct. of

CapacityPct. LEP

Pct. Econ.

DisadvantagedPct. Minority

13th HS 1,821 71.2% 2,392 93.5% 2,458 96.1% 2,436 95.3% 2,520 98.6% 3.4% 17.0% 53.8%

Battlefield HS -780 -38.0% -1,022 -49.8% -1,065 -51.9% -1,076 -52.4% -1,126 -54.8% -0.7% -4.7% -5.9%

Patriot HS -495 -24.1% -631 -30.7% -642 -31.3% -549 -26.7% -525 -25.6% -0.4% 1.4% -0.6%

Stonewall Jackson HS -546 -22.7% -739 -30.7% -751 -31.2% -811 -33.7% -869 -36.1% 5.3% 10.2% 8.4%

Total 0 -37.3% 0 -37.4% 0 -38.1% 0 -38.1% 0 -39.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

High SchoolFacility Data 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2025-26 2027-28 Demographics

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Plan 1a Capacity Utilization

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110%

120%

13th HS Battlefield HS Patriot HS Stonewall Jackson HS

Utilization of Schools Affected by Plan 1a

2021-22 2023-24

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Proposed BoundariesPlan 2

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Plan 2Capacity Utilization and Demographics

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Plan 2

Current Boundary

Differences

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Plan 2 Capacity Utilization

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Comparisons of Factors Associated with Current Attendance Areas and Proposed Plans

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Comparative Assessment Metric – Plan 1a

By Planning Zone Center Plan 1a Current Boundary

Mean Distance (Miles) 3.23 3.44

Median Distance (Miles) 2.89 3.03

Sum of Distance Traveled 789.84 847.93

Efficient Transportation Geographic Progression

Balancing Enrollment

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Comparative Assessment Metric – Plan 1a

Demographics

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Comparative Assessment Metric – Plan 2Efficient Transportation Geographic Progression

Balancing Enrollment

By Planning Zone Center Plan 2 Current Boundary

Mean Distance (Miles) 3.24 3.44

Median Distance (Miles) 2.88 3.03

Sum of Distance Traveled 784.29 847.93

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Comparative Assessment Metric – Plan 2

Demographics

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Utilization Comparison Between Plan 1a and 2

2021-22 School Year 2023-24 School Year

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Demographics Comparison Between Plans

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Recommendations of the Office of Facilities Services for the Boundaries of the 13th High School

• The Office of Facilities Services recommends that the School Board:

• Receives this report and approves one of the presented boundary plan proposals (i.e. Plan 1a or Plan 2)

• Permits rising 12th graders who reside in the affected areas to remain in their presently assigned school for SY 2021-22

• Permits rising 11th graders who reside in the affected areas to (1) make a one-time choice to either attend the newly assigned school or (2) remain at their presently assigned school for the SY 2021-22

• The Office of Facilities Services would like to thank everyone who provided them with feedback on the plans under consideration. The content of each e-mail received, as well as comments and suggestions provided at the community meetings, have been given consideration. Additionally, we would like to express our appreciation for the guidance and assistance provided by the Office of Transportation Services and by the Superintendent’s Staff.

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High School Attendance Areas Changes

Resulting from the Opening of the 13th High School

School Board Meeting

June 5, 2019

Mr. Michael "Mickey" Mulgrew, Associate Superintendent for High Schools

Dr. Matthew R. Cartlidge, Supervisor of Planning,

Office of Facilities Services