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FONTANA UNIFIED
SCHOOL DISTRICT
Attendance Boundary
Realignment – Progress Update
and Recommendations
February 18, 2009
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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?
Data Analyzed, initial boundary scenarios
developed
Community and Principal input solicited
Boundary Review Committee presents recommended
boundaries to the Board
Board reviews recommended boundaries and
receives additional community input
Board adopts new boundaries
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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
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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
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 and
take, so we can serve the greatest good for the
greatest number of students.
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New Boundary Adoption –
Process & Timeline
Task
Boundary Review
Committee Meetings
Community meetings at
high schools:
Date
Completed
12/11 & 12/16/08, 1/7 & 1/22,
(Subcommittee 2/2, 2/18)
2/11/09
1/12, 1/13, 1/14, 1/15
Board Review and Direction
February 18, 2009
Board Review and Direction
and 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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Existing
High School
Boundaries
Summit HS
Miller HS
Fontana HS
Jurupa Hills HS
Kaiser HS
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Recommended
HS Boundaries
(Red outline)
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HS Scenario Enrollment Comparisons
School
Current
Capacity Enrollment
Fontana HS
4,073
3,796
Resident
StudentsRecommended
Boundaries
2012
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 (nearand 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
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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
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–
–
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 Boundaries
GREEN - 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
CAPACITY
(SingleTrack)
Projected 2010
CURRENT
Resident
RESIDENT students, Incl.
SURPLUS SDC and out of
(DEFICIT)
District
2010
SURPLUS
(DEFICIT)
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
CHAPARRAL
456
493
37
CITRUS
771
775
CYPRESS
753
DATE
DOROTHY
GRANT
SCHOOL
NORTH
TAMARIND
Current
Projected
2010
Resident CAP- CURRENT 2010 Resident SURstudents, ACITY RESIDENT students, Incl. PLUS
Including (Single- SURPLUS SDC and out of (DEFSDC
Track) (DEFICIT)
District
ICIT)
449
770
321
553
217
OAK PARK
577
650
73
551
99
163
OLEANDER
747
895
148
815
80
469
24
PALMETTO
916
830
(86)
812
18
4
721
54
POPLAR
822
859
37
814
45
825
72
710
115
(TED) PORTER
713
890
177
726
164
688
718
30
715
3
796
646
(150)
613
33
617
675
58
595
80
PRIMROSE
RANDALLPEPPER
740
845
105
777
68
HEMLOCK
558
650
92
492
158
REDWOOD
689
915
226
639
276
JUNIPER
658
870
212
796
74
SHADOW HILLS
477
575
98
417
158
LIVE OAK
572
830
258
677
153
700
18
608
92
536
684
148
592
92
MANGO
498
759
261
466
293
SIERRA LAKES
SOUTH
TAMARIND
682
LOCUST
748
895
147
804
91
MAPLE
819
935
116
836
99
TOKAY
WEST
RANDALL
788
839
51
746
93
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
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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 29
675775
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
Ruble MS
Fontana MS
Truman MS
Almeria MS
Southridge MS
Sequoia MS
Alder MS
2008 2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
1,225 1,183
1,220
1,263
1,318 1,347
1,348
1,342
1,341 1,353
1,364
1,339 1,289
1,265
1,283
1,277 1,281
1,263
1,250
1,244 1,253
1,258
1,292 1,255 1,218
1,194
1,178 1,144
1,134
1,104
1,124 1,142
1,160
1,403
1,320
1,211
1,113
922
927
982
1,020
1,055 1,089
1,094
1,083
1,055 1,057
1,067
924
929
984
1,022
1,057 1,091
1,096
1,085
1,057 1,059
1,069
1,388 1,318
1,277
1,250
1,197 1,200
1,227
1,245
1,276 1,315
1,365
1273
1306
1271
1294
1,218
1,389
1,369
1382
1307
1274
1259
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
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Recommended ImplementationHigh School
• 3-year process-JHHS
– Yr 1—Grades 9 &10
– Yr 2—Grades 9-11
– Yr 3—Grades 9-12
• For other HS
• 4-year process-other HS
–
–
–
–
Yr 1—Grade 9
Yr 2—Grades 9-10
Yr 3—Grades 9-11
Yr 4—Grades 9-12
– 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 ImplementationMiddle 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??
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