2008 Elementary School Feeder Pattern
Committee
Appoquinimink School District
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Schedule of Reports
April 8: Board Report
Town MeetingApril 28: New Covenant Presbyterian Church (10:00a)April 28: Townsend Elementary School (6:30p)April 29: Waters Middle School (6:30p)
May 13 Board Meeting: June 10 Board Meeting:
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Members
Parents: Building Administrators:Dr. Nemish Mehta (OBL) Lorraine Lybarger/Shevena CaleKris Baxter (CLE) Donna K./Rebecca FeathersKaren Hopkins (SLE) Sharon Pepukayi/Cyndi ClayJeffory Gibeault (BME*) Don DavisMichele Frayler (TES) Lucia Weathers
District Administration:Gregg Tulowitzky (chairperson)Data Support: Chuck Longfellow, Sandy Joswick, Andy Woitko
University of Delaware:John Laznik, Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research
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Factors to Consider
• Balanced enrollment in grade-level schools, anticipating growth
• Students would remain with others from their community to attend the school nearest their community
• Equitable distribution of students based on “socio-economic” status (Free/Reduced Lunch)
• Equitable distribution of students based on ethnicity
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Dangers To Avoid (if possible)
• Moving one border community back and forth between schools in successive redistricting plans. (within 5 years)
• Students assigned to a school and would drive by a same grade-level school.
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Services Utilized
• Technology Management and Design (Department of Education, Don Berry)
• ArcGIS Software (University of Delaware, John Laznik)
• eSchool (DOE)• Trapeze Redistricting Software
(Tulowitzky)
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Current Enrollment
District 3,329 (Enrollment as of 2/14)
# of Students (% Building Capacity)
OBL 682 (94%)SLE 678 (102%)CLE 652 (82%)BME 806 (98%)TES 511 (112%)
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Current Enrollment With Plan G
District 3,329 (Enrollment as of 2/14)
# of Students (% Building Capacity)OBL 660 (92%)NEW 587 (72%)SLE 511 (77%)CLE 564 (71%)BME 645 (79%)TES 334 (74%)Choice 28*
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Plan GFree/Reduced Lunch
(Grade 1-5)
District 15.59%
07/08 08/09OBL 5.72 6.06NEW 0 12.78SLE 29.94 28.57CLE 5.37 9.22BME 17.00 19.69TES 20.55 23.65
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Plan G
Ethnic Percentages 1 2 3 4 5
District .6 23.5 4.5 4.5 66.9
OBL .9 19.4 12.6 2.9 64.1NEW .7 22.3 1.5 4.9 70.5SLE .2 32.5 3.1 6.3 58.1CLE .9 17.9 2.3 2.3 76.6BME .6 26.5 3.9 6.2 62.8TES .0 23.1 1.5 4.5 71.0
1-Native American2-African American3-Asian4-Hispanic5-Caucasian
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