Board narrows boundary options down to three choices
Board to reach decision on enrollment and boundaries at March meeting
By Jack Lopez
Boundary committee member Will Stelle makes a final case to the Board of Education before they discuss boundary changes at a meeting on Monday, Feb. 10. “We want to have as minimal impact as possible on families,” board member Tim Blankenship said at the meeting. The Board will make a final decision on boundary changes, if any, at its meeting on Monday, March 10.
The Board of Education discussed boundaries and enrollment at its meeting on Monday, Feb. 10, narrowing down the 18 proposals submitted by the boundary committee to just three final options. The Board intends to make its final decision by the end of its meeting on Monday, March 10.
One of the options is no change to any boundaries. Another would re-create the middle school boundaries, sending all students east of Woodland Road to Mill Creek Middle School.
The final proposal would establish the following feeder system: all students east of K-7 Highway and south of 75th Street would be moved to Mize Elementary. All students attending Belmont Elementary, Starside Elementary and Mize would later attend Lexington Trails Middle School and De Soto High School. All students are Riverview Elementary and Horizon would end up attending Mill Creek Middle School and Mill Valley High School. Finally, all students attending Clear Cleek Elementary and Prairie Ridge Elementary would attend Monticello Trails Middle School and then Mill Valley.
Committee member Michael Sullivan, a teacher at DHS and parent of students in the district, wrote this final proposal. He believes it is OK to move students to other schools, saying he talked to some of his students who had been in similar situations in the pasts and who said they had managed to adapt.
“What everybody should realize is that in this district if you get moved you’re going to go to a good school,” Sullivan said. “The kids themselves adapt well.”
Sullivan believes the feeder system would be supported by patrons because it would allow them to know which schools their children will attend.
“I think a lot of people are in favor of that … so you know where you’re going to go,” Sullivan said. “I think most people like knowing where they’re going to rather than being in limbo every few years.”
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