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Outline
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Elementary Redistricting
  • Presentation # 1
  • April 5, 2005
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Redistricting Process
  • Presentations
    • March 30
    • April 14
  • School Committee Meetings
    • May 4 – consideration
    • May 10 - adoption
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Redistricting Goals
  • Keep functional neighborhoods together.
  • Maintain balanced demographics in schools representative of the district.
  • Create school populations that support stable, equitable classroom organizations and minimize the need for split classes.


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Redistricting Goals
  • Provide for adequate program space in each building, including, for example, special areas and special education.
  • Create attendance zones that facilitate transportation and are geographically comprehensible
  • Create districts that will be stable over time.


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Proposal One
  • Cooperation of DATTCO
  • Based on adopted goals
  • As “pure” to goals as possible
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10/1/04 Enrollments
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10/1/05 Projections
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Assumptions
  • Based on actual students
  • Roll attendees forward
  • Based on grade 1-5 for 05-06
  • Kindergarteners not registered
  • Follow enrollment patterns over time
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Where Do SR Students Go?
  • West of South Road to WKES
  • East of South Road to PDES
  • South of Curtis Corner from Asa Pond to South Road to WKES
  • Curtis Corner west of South Road to MES
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What Else is Necessary?
  • SRES to PDES, MES and WKES
  • Balance enrollments
  • Move students
    • From WKES and PDES
    • To MES and WES
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Changes to Balance
  • Worden’s Pond and Ministerial south of Curtis Corner from WKES to MES
  • Allen Avenue and Deer Trail areas from PDES to WES
  • URI Campus from WKES to PDES
  • Tuckertown Road and Commodore Perry to Pond Street area from WES to MES
  • Tower Hill Road from Hillside to SC Commons from PDES to WES
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Map resulting from Plan #1
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Plan 1 Enrollments
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Plan 1 Sections
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Plan 1 Class Size
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Plan 1 To Capacity
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Plan 1 - Rooms
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Comments on …
  • Faithful to goals?
  • Balance among schools?
  • Neighborhoods together?
  • Geographic sense?
  • Your assignment?
  • See you on April 14