Transcript Rebalancing Initiative
Rebalancing Enrollment for 2015 – 2016
Franklin Township Community School Corp.
Rebalancing Initiative
Step 1 The Beginning
A Review
• • • • A Task Force was formed including parents, teachers, administrators, and community members.
The Task Force studied: • • • • Demographic data, projected growth, and potential areas for growth Financial data of the school corporation Potential reconfiguration of grade levels Facilities including costs for building new facilities, repairing existing facilities, and remodeling existing facilities Created alternatives for further study Narrowed the options to two which were presented to the Board of Education
Current FTCSC School Facilities Arlington Elementary • Built for 600 • Houses GT Wanamaker Elementary • Built for 600 • Vacant • Needs extensive repair Thompson Crossing Elementary • Built for 600 • Houses GT FTMS West • Built for 1000 • Houses gr 6-8 • No Athletic Space • 1 Gym • • FTMS West Annex • Built for 1200 • Not used as school Move in cost $5M $6M add’l to renovate Franklin Central • • Built for 3400 FTMS East • Built for 1000 • • • Houses gr 6-8 Has space for 2 additions Approx $3M per addition to build Limited space for future additions Bunker Hill Elementary • Built for 600 • Oldest elementary Kitley Elementary • Built for 1250 • Largest Elementary • Preschool/Special programs South Creek • Built for 600 • Growing Enrollment • No empty classrooms, Music in LGI Room Adams Elementary • Built for 600 • Smallest Enrollment Acton Elementary • Built for 600 • Vacant • Ready to Re-open if needed
Rebalancing Initiative
Step 2
Goals
• Reduce the crowding at South Creek by assigning additional subdivisions to Adams Elementary • Reduce the crowding at Middle School East as elementary subdivisions are re-assigned.
• • Make minor ‘tweaks’ to areas that are mis-assigned.
Begin to prepare for Step 3 – Major redistricting plan
Identified Neighborhoods
• • • Lakeland Trails Timberfield Franklin Parke Estates / Trace • • Currently attend South Creek Elementary All are South of Southport Road
Name of Subdivision
Lakeland Trails Timberfield Franklin Parke Estates and Trace
Students Impacted
Number of Elem Students
37 11 25
Number of Middle School Students
21 8 16
Selected for Transfer
Closest to Adams Elem Previously attended Adams Previously attended Adams Previously attended Adams Count as of 10/23.14
Subdivision Franklin Parke Estates Lakeland Trails Timberfield Totals K Adams Elementary
127
K
7 2 0 9
1
103
1
5 10 4 19
2
98
2
3 10 2 15
3
74
3
5 3 1 9
4
100 3 12
4
4 5
5
82 1 14
5
5 8
6 South Creek Elementary
72
FTMS WEST
140 115 90 88 110 289
FTMS EAST
390 332 381 2 11
6
5 4
7 8
4 16
7
4 8 312 4 16
New TOTALS 2015 8
7 5 584 615 933 394 1165
TOTALS
45 55 21 121
Current TOTALS 2014
518 695 890 1203
Count based on September 2014 ADM
New Boundary for Adams 2015 - 2016
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Considerations
Grandfathering students – Total of 14 students • 2015 – 2016 8 th grade students Lakeland Trails • • Timberfield Franklin Parke/Trace 4 students 5 students • 5 students
Transportation would have to be provided by parents.
G/T Program – Total of 5 students would transfer from TC to AR • 2015 – 2016 G/T transfers • Franklin Parke/Trace • • Timberfield Lakeland Trails 1 student 1 student 3 students • Transfer of Middle School Students from East to West would total 29 • 2015 – 16 transfer (does not include grandfathered students) • • • Franklin Parke/Trace Timberfield Lakeland Trails 11 students 4 students 14 students
Rebalancing Initiative
Step 3
Goals
• Monitor student growth. Step 3 does not begin until there are enough students to financially support the next step.
• • • Include Acton Elementary in the rebalancing initiative.
Do not move the three additions from Step 2.
Evaluate all school locations and feeder programs.
Deliverables
• At least two options to the Board of Education that represent a change to boundaries of elementary schools and middle schools.
• • • Action plans based on student growth that address the options presented.
Financial implications if necessary.
Continue work with the original committee.
• • • Update demographic information A new snapshot of finances Community / Town Hall meetings