District Reassignment Committee and

Proposed Process Update

District Reassignment Committee

 

Co-Chairs

Carina Bryant Principal, Southern Nash Middle School

Victor WardDirector of Personnel

Principal Representatives - 3

Ann Mitchell, Elementary School PrincipalRobin May, Middle School PrincipalChip Hodges, High School Principal

COMMUNITY MEMBERS - 5

Tommy Stockdale, Eaton CorporationKelley DealTem Myers, Wells Fargo Bank Tripp Evans, CW WilliamsVanessa McCleary, City of Rocky Mount

Staff Members - 4

Sherri Wells, Spring Hope ElementarySylvia Anthony-McGeachy, Williford

ElementaryCindi Carpenter, Southern Nash Middle SchoolJohn Gay, Nash Central High School 

Parents - 5

Tracy Proctor, Swift Creek Elementary Laticia Cavazos, Spring Hope ElementaryTracy Wiggins-Elliott, Middlesex Elementary LaTasha Sledge, Parker Middle/ Hubbard

ElementaryMonica Whitehead, Rocky Mount High School

District Representatives 11 (Recommended by each School Board Member)

 District 1 – Archie JonesDistrict 2 - John BarnesDistrict 3 - Reggie Mullen District 4 - Chet OsterhoudtDistrict 5 - Melissa DalsimerDistrict 6 - Lester WeaverDistrict 7 – Chris MillerDistrict 8 – Pastor James GailliardDistrict 9 – Shirley Kelly-MortonDistrict 10 – Ruth BullardDistrict 11 – Cynthia Dunston

Support Staff – Ex-Officio

Program Staff will serve as ex-officio members of the committee and will be available for technical support.

RECOMMENDED ACTION

Approval

COMMITTEE GUIDANCE

Prior to the committee starting its work the board will need to reach consensus on priorities to guide the process

Tonight we will need to clarify priorities to guide the committee as discussion evolves

Proposed Reassignment Guidelines 

Contiguous boundaries: Attempt to maintain contiguous school boundaries without using satellite

attendance areas.

Respect neighborhoods: Avoid dividing easily recognized “neighborhoods” or identified

“developments” or “sub- divisions” unless it is necessary to meet other guidelines. Whenever possible and practical use major highways, railroads, rivers, and streams as natural boundaries.

Proximity to schools: While it is recognized that all students cannot be assigned to their closest

school, consider students proximity to other schools when creating school boundaries.

 

Proposed Reassignment Guidelines

Modify feeder systems: In order to maximize facility use and establish reasonable numbers of students at each site,

consider the use of 6 middle school feeder systems instead of 5. This would allow smaller, more instructionally suited middle schools and less dependence on mobile classrooms.

Stay within enrollment capacities: Unless it is likely that a school enrollment will be declining, assign students to the four high

schools in a way that their enrollments are under established capacities.

Consider anticipated growth: Enrollment growth patterns should be taken into consideration, where feasible, to ensure that

anticipated growth will not adversely impact one school significantly more than the others.

Enrollment balance: In keeping with the intent of SB612, attempt to balance the percentage of academic and

economic populations at each middle and high school.

 

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

Are these acceptable?Do you wish to prioritize them in any way?

Are there others you wish to add?

RECOMMENDED ACTION

Approval

Ensure Compliance with Targets Outlined in Senate Bill 612 – Sec 17 (a) (b)

Sec. 17. (a) The Interim Board and the Nash-Rocky Mount Board ofEducation shall make their best efforts to achieve a racial balance in student enrollment, within plus or minus 12 percentage points of the system wide average minority student enrollment at the following schools:

Rocky Mount Senior High, Northern Nash Senior High and any new high school within the Nash-Rocky Mount School Administrative Unit, and any middle or junior high school that feeds any of these high schools.

A school will be considered to be in substantial compliance with the racial balance objectives of this paragraph if its racial balance is plus or minus 18 percentage points of the system wide average minority student enrollment.

(b) For all schools other than those covered in subsection (a) of this section, the Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education will promote reasonable andpractical racial balance in the schools, utilizing and preserving neighborhood and voluntary schools to the maximum extent permitted by the Constitution, and consistent with sound educational practices.

AGENDA

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETINGAuditorium, School Administration Building

Monday, January 30, 2012

6:00  

WelcomeChair, Board of Education

IntroductionsDr. Anthony D. Jackson

Charge to the CommitteeRole of the Committee Chairs

Role of the CommitteeRole of the Consultant

Senate Bill 612

OREDMr. Mike Miller

MethodologyProcessTimeline

PROPOSED MEETING SCHEDULE

 February13 – (4:00-5:30)*

 March

26 (6:00) 

April30 (6:00)

 May

29 (6:00) 

June25 (4:00–5:30)*

 August/ Sept

TBD

All meetings will held in the Central Office

Auditorium

REPORTS TO THE BOARD

An organizational meeting of the committee will be held on Monday, January 30, 2012.

The committee will begin meeting in February with the charge to bring recommendations to the board no later than August 2012.

The chairs will provide updates to the board at the work session immediately following each of their committee meetings.

COMMUNICATIONS

TransparentCommittee Meetings

Open to the publicWebsite

Information posted immediately after each meetingE-mail/ Phone Line

An e-mail address to answer questions/ receive feedback etc has been established to ensure seamless communication and to make all information readily available to the public.

A phone line has been established for those with limited or no internet access to provide feedback to the committee.

QUESTIONS