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Follow-up parent/community input meetings. Elementary Rezoning. Introduction. Construction of a new elementary school underway on Thunderhead Road in Southwest Knox County School will open in August 2013 with a capacity of approximately 1,200 students - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Excellence for All Children
Elementary RezoningFollow-up parent/community input meetings
Introduction
Construction of a new elementary school underway on Thunderhead Road in Southwest Knox County
School will open in August 2013 with a capacity of approximately 1,200 students The school is intended to accommodate recent and future population growth in
west Knox County The school will help relieve crowding at other schools in west Knox County The Board of Education must create a zone for the new school which will require
some re-zoning from existing school
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Parent/Community Feedback
Four public meetings, feedback cards, email address Parent/community concerns generally focused on:
o Ensuring that schools that experienced re-zoning would quickly develop or revitalize a strong, productive school community
o Alignment with elementary and middle school zones to the extent possible
o Ensuring there was some level of “grandfathering” of upper grade level students and their siblings to their current elementary school
o Ensuring there was a rational staffing process for the new school that would not inordinately impact any other school
o General questions about the new school, its administration and staff, transportation and student safety.
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Zone Planning Considerations
In addition to parent/community input, there are several other factors we must also consider as zones lines are developed:
o Functional capacity of the affected schools
o Population trends and projected enrollment
o Ensuring adequate capacity for potential future enrollment growth
o Time and distance factors for transportation
o Natural and manmade boundaries that affect school access
o Location of the new school facility
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Elementary Rezoning Proposal
Proposal potentially affects seven elementary schools:
A.L. Lotts Elementary School Ball Camp Elementary School Blue Grass Elementary School Cedar Bluff Elementary School Farragut Primary and Intermediate School Hardin Valley Elementary School New school in southwest sector of Knox County
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Elementary Rezoning Proposal
Bottom Line:
The elementary re-zoning proposal is an attempt to provide the School Board with a rational, common sense plan for elementary enrollment zones in the western section of Knox County.
The development of this plan benefitted greatly from parental and community input, and we are open to possible refinements based on additional feedback.
Our goal in this elementary re-zoning process, as with all operational considerations, is to make sure that we are strongly positioned to provide an effective education to all children in every one of our schools.
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SCHOOLA L LOTTS 1103BALL CAMP 498BLUE GRASS 776CEDAR BLUFF 1354FARRAGUT 2131HARDIN VALLEY 1111NEW SCHOOLTOTAL 6973
Current Elementary School Zones in West Knox County
K-5 Enrollment As of Oct 11, 2012
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Proposed Southwest Elementary School Zone
SCHOOL Enrollment ChangeNew Enrollment
A L LOTTS 1114 545 569BALL CAMP 493 493BLUE GRASS 811 13 798CEDAR BLUFF 1387 1387FARRAGUT 2125 409 1716HARDIN VALLEY 1175 1175NEW SCHOOL 0 967 967TOTAL 7105 7105
Projected Enrollment August 2013
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Proposed Southwest Elementary School Zone
From A.L. Lotts
From Blue GrassFrom Farragut
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Proposed A.L. Lotts Elementary School Zone
SCHOOL Enrollment ChangeNew Enrollment
A L LOTTS 569 395 964BALL CAMP 493 493BLUE GRASS 798 121 677CEDAR BLUFF 1387 274 1113FARRAGUT 1716 1716HARDIN VALLEY 1175 1175NEW SCHOOL 967 967TOTAL 7105 7105
Projected Enrollment August 2013
From Blue Grass
From Cedar Bluff
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Proposed Cedar Bluff Elementary School Zone
Projected Enrollment August 2013
SCHOOL Enrollment ChangeNew Enrollment
A L LOTTS 964 964BALL CAMP 493 32 461BLUE GRASS 677 677CEDAR BLUFF 1113 59 1172FARRAGUT 1716 1716HARDIN VALLEY 1175 27 1148NEW SCHOOL 967 967TOTAL 7105 7105
From Hardin ValleyFrom Ball Camp 11
Proposed Ball Camp Elementary School Zone
Projected Enrollment August 2013
SCHOOL Enrollment ChangeNew Enrollment
A L LOTTS 964 964BALL CAMP 461 146 607BLUE GRASS 677 677CEDAR BLUFF 1172 1172FARRAGUT 1716 1716HARDIN VALLEY 1148 146 1002NEW SCHOOL 967 967TOTAL 7105 7105
From Hardin Valley
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Proposed Farragut Primary/Intermediate School Zone
Projected Enrollment August 2013
SCHOOLA L LOTTS 964 125 839BALL CAMP 607 607BLUE GRASS 677 677CEDAR BLUFF 1172 1172FARRAGUT 1716 218 1934HARDIN VALLEY 1002 93 909NEW SCHOOL 967 967TOTAL 7105 7105
From A.L. Lotts
From Hardin Valley
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Proposed Blue Grass Elementary School Zone
SCHOOLA L LOTTS 839BALL CAMP 607BLUE GRASS 677CEDAR BLUFF 1172FARRAGUT 1934HARDIN VALLEY 909NEW SCHOOL 967TOTAL 7105 7103
Projected Enrollment August 2013
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Proposed Hardin Valley Elementary School Zone
Projected Enrollment August 2013
SCHOOLA L LOTTS 839BALL CAMP 607BLUE GRASS 677CEDAR BLUFF 1172FARRAGUT 1934HARDIN VALLEY 909NEW SCHOOL 967TOTAL 7105
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Proposed West Knox County Elementary School Zones for 2013
SCHOOLA L LOTTS 839BALL CAMP 607BLUE GRASS 677CEDAR BLUFF 1172FARRAGUT 1934HARDIN VALLEY 909NEW SCHOOL 967TOTAL 7105
Projected Enrollment August 2013
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SCHOOL
CURRENTENROLLMENTOct. 11, 2012
PROJECTED AUG 2013
Current Zones
PROJECTED AUG 2013Proposed
Zones
LONG-TERM TARGET
ENROLLMENT
TARGETAVAILABLECAPACITY
A L LOTTS 1103 1114 839 1000 161
BALL CAMP 498 493 607 650 43
BLUE GRASS 776 811 677 800 123
CEDAR BLUFF 1364 1387 1172 1200 28
FARRAGUT 2131 2125 1934 2000 66
HARDIN VALLEY 1111 1175 909 1100 191
NEW SCHOOL 0 0 967 1200 233
TOTALS 6983 7105 7105 7950 845
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Grandfathering
Parent input yielded strong interest in allowing a grandfathering provision
Rising 5th graders and their siblings may remain at current school
Parents MUST apply for a “grandfathering transfer” and transfer will be guaranteed.
If grandfathering transfer form is not submitted, student will be compelled to attend the newly-zoned school.
Transportation is not provided to students who are granted a grandfathering transfer.
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Timeline moving forward…
Timeline:
o November: Continue parent/community input meetings
o Early December: Final elementary rezoning recommendation and vote by the Board of Education
o January: School principal appointed
o Student transfer window February 4-18, 2013
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Continued Parent and Community Input is Important
Questions, feedback, concerns?
Additional resources:elementaryrezoning@knoxschools.org
Updates posted at www.knoxschools.org
Next steps
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