February 18, 2009 1

Attendance Boundary Realignment – Progress Update

and Recommendations

FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

February 18, 2009 2

Overview

• Process and progress to date

• Recommended boundary scenarios

• Summary of BRC, Community, and Principal input received

• Issues to be addressed and Board direction/guidance

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Process and Progress to Date

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How do we make boundary changes?

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Board Goals

• All schools single-track as space allows• Desired school sizes (but may vary depending on school

capacity):– 750 student Elementary schools

– 1,200 student Middle schools

– 2,500 student High schools

• Clear feeder patterns (minimize split feeders)• Foster neighborhood schools• Equitable programs and facilities to support learning

environment and student achievement

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Assumptions

• Jurupa Hills High School• Opens in 2010• Initially serves grades 9 and 10• Adds one grade level each year until serves 9-12

• Elementary School #29• Opens in 2012• Serves grades K – 5

Evaluation Criteria

• Uses natural and geographic boundaries (major streets and highways, industrial centers, mountains, etc.)

• Relieves overcrowding at existing schools; balances enrollment to capacity

• Minimizes transportation costs• Aligns feeder school boundaries• Promotes neighborhood school concept• Stable for the foreseeable future; accommodates future growth• Allows conversion of all elementary schools to single-track• Student safety• Educational programs• Community input

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Ground Rules for BRC

1. We will stay focused on our goals and the criteria established for our boundary discussion.

2. We will listen carefully to understand others’ thoughts, ideas, and opinions.

3. We will treat everyone with respect and express our opinions responsibly, honestly, and kindly.

4. We will work together and be willing to give andtake, so we can serve the greatest good for thegreatest number of students.

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New Boundary Adoption – Process & Timeline

Task Date Completed

Boundary ReviewCommittee Meetings

12/11 & 12/16/08, 1/7 & 1/22, (Subcommittee 2/2, 2/18)

2/11/09

Community meetings at high schools:

1/12, 1/13, 1/14, 1/15

Board Review and Direction February 18, 2009

Board Review and Directionand additional public input

March 4, 2009

Final boundary adopted March 18, 2009

JHHS Opens August 2010

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Progress to Date

• 5 Boundary Review Committee Meetings and two Subcommittee Meetings held

• 4 Boundary Informational/Input Community Meetings held

• Principal meetings held• Multiple initial and revised possible Boundary

Scenarios developed for ES, MS and HS• Current recommended scenarios:

– 2010 boundaries for High, Middle, and Elementary Schools

– Future boundary for ES #29

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HIGH SCHOOL BOUNDARIES

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Summit HS

Miller HS

Kaiser HSJurupa Hills HS

Fontana HS

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Existing High School Boundaries

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Recommended HS Boundaries

(Red outline)

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HS Scenario Enrollment ComparisonsSchool

CapacityCurrent

Enrollment Resident Students-

Recommended Boundaries

2012

Fontana HS 4,073 3,796 2,893

Jurupa HS 2,042 0 1,898

Kaiser HS 2,596 2,561 2,276

Miller HS 3,975 3,014 3,170

Summit HS 2,614 2,527 2,245*2010 11-12 grade students in Jurupa boundary at Fontana HS and Kaiser HS

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HS Boundary Highlights

Recommended Boundary

Adjusts resident students to within capacity (near- and longer-term)

Yes

Room for Summit growth (2012)

369

Room for Miller growth (2012)

805

Room for Kaiser growth (2012)

320

JHHS boundary above Interstate 10

East

Kaiser Northern boundary ends at Metrolink Tracks

Yes

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Feeder Pattern Improvements

• ES to HS continuity– Under proposed new attendance boundaries,

almost all students will attend HS with the same group with which they attended ES

– Due to locations of 7 MS, all MS must feed multiple HS

• Construction of future MS 9/8.75 and MS 10 will help reduce this

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Feeder Pattern Improvements, cont.

• Current Boundaries

– 9 ES split to 2 or more MS– 13 ES split to 2 or more HS– 2 MS to one HS– 5 MS split to HS

• 2 split to 2 HS• 2 split to 3 HS• 1 split to 4 HS

– 12 Elementary School populations stay together K-12

• Recommended Boundaries

– 3 ES split to 2 or more MS

– 5 ES split to 2 or more HS

– 0 MS to one HS

– 7 MS split to HS

• 6 split to 2 HS

• 0 split to 3 HS

• 1 split to 4 HS

– 22 Elementary School populations stay together K-12

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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOUNDARIES

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Elementary Capacities vs. Current BoundariesGREEN - Very small population and/or 250 extra seats (should gain boundary area)ORANGE - sites with deficit (need to lose boundary area)PURPLE - sites within 25 students (1 classroom) of being over capacity (should lose boundary area)

SCHOOL

Current Resident students, Including

SDC

CAP-ACITY

(Single-Track)

CURRENT RESIDENT SURPLUS (DEFICIT)

Projected 2010 Resident

students, Incl. SDC and out of

District

2010 SUR-PLUS (DEF-ICIT)

ALMOND 702 770 68 694 76

BEECH AVE 727 725 (2) 657 68

(KATHY) BINKS 459 615 156 584 31

CANYON CREST 704 719 15 556 163

CHAPARRAL 456 493 37 469 24

CITRUS 771 775 4 721 54

CYPRESS 753 825 72 710 115

DATE 688 718 30 715 3 DOROTHY GRANT 617 675 58 595 80

HEMLOCK 558 650 92 492 158

JUNIPER 658 870 212 796 74

LIVE OAK 572 830 258 677 153

LOCUST 536 684 148 592 92

MANGO 498 759 261 466 293

MAPLE 819 935 116 836 99

SCHOOL

Current Resident students, Including

SDC

CAP-ACITY

(Single-Track)

CURRENT RESIDENT SURPLUS (DEFICIT)

Projected 2010 Resident students, Incl. SDC and out of

District

2010 SUR-PLUS (DEF-ICIT)

NORTH TAMARIND 449 770 321 553 217

OAK PARK 577 650 73 551 99

OLEANDER 747 895 148 815 80

PALMETTO 916 830 (86) 812 18

POPLAR 822 859 37 814 45

(TED) PORTER 713 890 177 726 164

PRIMROSE 796 646 (150) 613 33 RANDALL-PEPPER 740 845 105 777 68

REDWOOD 689 915 226 639 276

SHADOW HILLS 477 575 98 417 158

SIERRA LAKES 682 700 18 608 92 SOUTH TAMARIND 748 895 147 804 91

TOKAY 788 839 51 746 93 WEST RANDALL 711 905 194 801 104

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Recommended ES Boundaries

(Blue outline)

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Highlights of ES Proposed Changes• Grant/Binks/Sierra Lakes

– Relieves Sierra Lakes & Grant, allowing space for future growth– Binks converts to K-5 to increase boundary area

• Date/Randall-Pepper/Cypress– Allows ES/MS boundary alignment– Creates cleaner boundary lines; balances schools

• Cypress/Canyon Crest– Relieves Canyon Crest, allows single-track conversion– Students bussed shorter distance (to Cypress vs. Canyon Crest)– Transport: New Cypress overpass (est. 2010 opening)

• Oleander/Juniper/Tokay– Allows alignment of feeder patterns– Removes non-contiguous boundary pattern

• North Tam/Primrose/Locust/Mango– Reduces overcrowding at Primrose– Increases very small resident population in Mango and North Tam areas

• Remaining changes made to balance out student populations between schools

– South Tam/Maple/Palmetto– Beech/Live Oak

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Proposed ES #29 Boundary

(Blue outline)

[portions of Palmetto, Maple, S. Tamarind]

ES#29

 Capa-city 2010 2012 2014 2016

ES 29675-775 595 617 658 668

Palmetto 830 603 623 672 685

Maple 935 747 815 875 886

Porter 890 717 730 776 787

South Tamarind 895 554 444 394 377

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Recommended Future ES

Boundaries with ES#29

(Blue outline)

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MIDDLE SCHOOL BOUNDARIES

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Proposed MS Boundaries(Green outline)

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Proposed MS Boundaries Enrollment vs. Capacity

  Capacity 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Ruble MS 1,403                      

  1,225 1,183 1,220 1,263 1,318 1,347 1,348 1,342 1,341 1,353 1,364

Fontana MS 1,320                      

  1,339 1,289 1,265 1,283 1,277 1,281 1,263 1,250 1,244 1,253 1,258

Truman MS 1,211                      

  1,292 1,255 1,218 1,194 1,178 1,144 1,134 1,104 1,124 1,142 1,160

Almeria MS 1,113                      

  922 927 982 1,020 1,055 1,089 1,094 1,083 1,055 1,057 1,067

Southridge MS 1,218                      

  924 929 984 1,022 1,057 1,091 1,096 1,085 1,057 1,059 1,069

Sequoia MS 1,389                      

  1,388 1,318 1,277 1,250 1,197 1,200 1,227 1,245 1,276 1,315 1,365

Alder MS 1,369                      

  1382 1307 1273 1306 1274 1259 1271 1294 1327 1356 1381

NOTE: Numbers are Projected “Resident Enrollment” numbers. They are equal to the students projected to reside within the school’s boundary area plus SDC and Out of District transfer students.

Numbers in Grey represent student counts for proposed boundaries in years they will not even be adopted, and are for reference only.

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Summary of BRC, Community, and Principal Input Received

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Feedback and Input

• Support for:– Adjusting boundaries to match capacity at all

levels– Neighborhood schools that are single track– Aligning feeder patterns– Not requiring 11th and 12th graders to change

schools

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Feedback and Input

• Concerns/Questions:– Transportation costs and busing, especially over the

10 Freeway, with current traffic problems (JHHS, Kaiser, Truman, Cypress)

– Kaiser HS northern boundary should end at Metrolink track

– Two siblings both attending different schools– Any changes (why my student/my neighborhood?) – Principal questions on some boundaries and

concerns if too much of a school’s existing attendance area was to be changed

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Issues to be Addressed and Board Direction

Recommended Implementation-High School

• 3-year process-JHHS – Yr 1—Grades 9 &10 – Yr 2—Grades 9-11 – Yr 3—Grades 9-12

• 4-year process-other HS– Yr 1—Grade 9 – Yr 2—Grades 9-10 – Yr 3—Grades 9-11 – Yr 4—Grades 9-12

• For other HS– Students who had previously attended a particular HS under the

old boundaries would continue at their original HS. – New 9th graders in 2010 in the new attendance boundary would

attend HS according to the new boundary

– One year only sibling option, if requested, for siblings of students completing their last year at the school. Sibling must move to new school the following year

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Recommended Implementation-Middle and Elementary School

• Middle recommended implementation – Existing 6th graders (going into 7th) attending a MS have option of staying at

current middle or moving to school of new attendance area– Existing 7th graders (going into 8th) stay at previous site for their last year– One year only sibling option, if requested, for siblings of students completing

their last year at the school. Sibling must move to new school the following year

• Elementary recommended implementation (same as new school openings for Binks and Beech Avenue

– If requested, students who will be either 5th or 6th graders (depending on if the school is a K-5 or K-6) can complete their last year at their existing school

– One year only sibling option, if requested, for siblings of students completing their last year at the school. Sibling must move to new school the following year

• For all schools: Application process for intradistrict transfer based on consideration of hardship circumstances on a limited, case-by-case and space available basis

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Future Issues to be Addressed

• Develop specific guidelines for transportation to be provided and responsibility for cost of transportation

• Develop parent notification plans; begin notification approximately Fall 2009

• Additional issues/concerns?

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Questions??