1. Elementary Crowding and Capacity Committee (ECCC) Meeting #8 November 19, 2007

2. Meeting Agenda 7:00Housekeeping 7:10Revised Tuckahoe Proposal 7:30Q & A 7:45Long Branch Proposal 8:05Q & A 8:20Barrett Proposal 8:40Q & A 8:55Break Out Groups 9:30Adjourn Next Meeting:November 26

3. Revised Tuckahoe Walking Zones. No planning units that are currently in a walking zone are moved to a new school. Moreover, four planning units that are currently in bus zones are moved to schools where they have a good chance to be included in the official walking zone, in whole or in part. Almost every planning unit that is moved goes to a school that is physically closer than the one to which it is presently assigned. Minimized Disruption. This proposal is targeted sufficiently that it moves planning units that currently contain just 319 students. By carefully selecting those planning units, boundaries are changed at just 10 schools, rather than the 14 schools’ boundaries that were changed in our original proposal. Moreover, assuming we grandfather rising third-graders and above, along with their currently enrolled siblings, we estimate that only about 70 currently enrolled K-5 students would be required to move to a different neighborhood elementary school than they are presently attending. The original proposal moved almost twice this number. Flexibility. If a change does not appear to be immediately necessary, this proposal delays its implementation until it is needed. In this way, the change might be avoided altogether if enrollment and projections in the intervening years no longer warrant the change. In the same way, an entirely different course could be taken should the data warrant. Greater Specificity. Unlike our original iteration, this proposal identifies specific homes for many of the programs that we propose to move from their current locations, so that they are clearly accounted for. However, there remain four programs that can contain up to 46 students that we need additional guidance to place appropriately. PreK Progress. As you all know, in their charge to us, the APS board asked us to accommodate at least one PreK program at each school. Our original version still did not have PreK programs at three schools; this version as PreK at all schools but two (Nottingham and McKinley)

4. Relocates 3 pre-K classes (Tuckahoe, McKinley, and Glebe) Relocates 2 county wide programs (Life Skills & Interlude) Move 2.5 planning units -- 1609 and half of 1608 to Glebe (Grandfathering rising 3 rd, 4 th, and 5 th graders) -- 1410 to Ashlawn (Grandfathering all currently enrolled kids) Freezes transfers at 5 schools Allows for Tuckahoe and McKinley, as the most overcrowded schools in the county, to utilize 5 seats a year for two years at both Key and ASF Designates Long Branch as the alternative to Key for all of Woodbury Park and as an NCLB receiving school instead of Ashlawn Supports a permanent citizen committee to assist the School Board in improving the management of elementary enrollments Long Branch

5. Barrett Proposal 1. Barrett will continue to accept all incoming neighborhood students. 2. Barrett will continue to accept transfers from Barcroft as long as Barrett’s total enrollment is at or below 95% of its capacity. Barcroft parents who wish to send their child to Barrett must submit a transfer application by April 15 for the following school year; untimely applicants will be put on a wait list and will only be accepted if slots become available. 3. Barrett will continue to accept transfers from cluster schools—which include five of the schools identified as currently overcrowded or projected to be overcrowded—as long as Barrett’s total enrollment is at or below 95% of its capacity (including neighborhood attendees and Barcroft transfers that have been accepted). Cluster school transfers would continue to have to submit an application by April 15 for the following school year; untimely applications will be put on a wait list and will only be accepted if slots become available. 4. All students from schools outside of Barrett’s school boundary (Barcroft, cluster schools, etc.) currently enrolled at Barrett will continue attending Barrett. Siblings of non-neighborhood transfer students already attending Barrett would be automatically "grandfathered in."

6. Previous Proposals

7. Hybrid Option for Alleviating Crowding at Tuckahoe and McKinley Grandfather all currently enrolled kids Discount all dual enrollees Move Tuckahoe’s pre-K class Move Nottingham’s Interlude program to a more central location Move Planning Unit 1609 (29 kids) to Glebe Move Life Skills classes from Glebe Freeze incoming transfers at Tuckahoe, McKinley, Glebe, and Nottingham Designate 15 seats (5 each at ASF, ATS, Key) for “overcrowded schools” Allot those seats for 2008 to overcrowded schools (schools in excess of 100% capacity) currently Tuckahoe and McKinley Designate Long Branch as the alternative to Key for all of Woodbury Park Designate Long Branch – instead of Ashlawn – as a NCLB receiving school

8. Tuckahoe Boundary and Program moves (see following slide)

9. Tuckahoe Nottingham Jamestown Taylor Glebe McKinley Ashlawn Barrett Long Branch Carlin Springs Barcroft Henry Randolph Abingdon Hoffman- Boston Oakridge Key/Science Focus

10. Campbell Expand bus transportation to the entire county for students electing to attend Campbell Elementary

11. Randolph Expand bus transportation to the entire county for students electing to attend the Randolph Elementary and remove cap on transfers in to Randolph for the Primary Years IB

12. Henry 1.Remove the schools from the overcapacity list that can remain under capacity by controlling transfers in accordance with provisions of APS Policy 25-2.2. 2.Remove schools from the overcapacity list that can remain under capacity by controlling enrollment and transfers in accordance with the provisions of APS Policy 25-2.2, but have long term concerns that should be addressed. 3.Terminate* all existing non-No Child Left Behind transfers at remaining overcapacity schools in accordance with the provisions of APS Policy 25-2.2. 4.Allocate at least 18 classrooms to K-5 at remaining schools on overcapacity list to minimize potential for crowding when near capacity. 5.Address Nottingham and Tuckahoe, choosing either 5.a or 5.b, but not both: a. Remove four trailers in excess of need from Tuckahoe, leaving one due to size of current 1st grade, and one due to size of current 3rd grade. Allocate one trailer to Nottingham if necessary due to size of current 1st grade. or b. Adjust planning units in Glebe, Nottingham, and Tuckahoe attendance areas if necessary after results of steps 3 and 4 are accounted for. Reinstate terminated*, and permit new, non-NCLB transfers at all schools in accordance with the provisions of APS Policy 25-2.2.