1. Student Assignment Review Advisory Committee
April 10, 2018

2. Agenda Feedback from last meeting
Guiding Principles—comparison with other districts
Community input process

3. Role of the Advisory Committee
Core Team
Board of Education
Advisory Committee
Community

4. GUIDING PRINCIPLES

5. Guiding Principles Diversity Quality Choice Predictability
In 2007 , the Board approved a set of Guiding Principles to direct the development of a Student Assignment Plan which meet the guidelines provided by the Supreme Court. The Guiding Principles are:
Diversity Quality
Choice Predictability
Stability Equity
These principles have been a cornerstone of every version of the student assignment plan approved by board since 2007

6. How do other districts frame this work?

7. Metro Nashville Davidson County Schools
Goal
Strategies
Diversity has 4 components
Race and ethnicity—reduce racial isolation
Income—reduce concentrations of poverty
Home language—More schools/programs to serve ELL students
Disabilities—More schools/programs serve students classified with a disability
Intentional location of choice programs and increasing number magnet options in targeted area to help reduce racial isolation
Diversity staffing plan
Transportation for students with disabilities
Feeder patterns created to promote diversity

8. Baltimore County
Goal
Strategy
Racial Diversity – try to balance schools by race/ethnic components
Income – try to balance schools by income
Encourage diversity by analyzing student information (like race, ethnicity, and income level) to draw boundaries that are more heterogeneous

9. Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Goal
Guiding Principle
Equitable access to high-quality schools
Equitable access to high quality schools
Maximize efficiency in facilities, transportation and other resources
Intentionally expand and replicate successful programs to increase access
Reduce concentrations of poverty
Create & maintain a plan that is sustainable over time
Provide school assignment options to students assignment to schools not meeting state performance standards
Preserve and expand successful schools and programs

10. New York City Public Schools
Goal
Definition
Increase number of racially representative schools
If black and Hispanic students make up at least 50% but not more than 90% of the student population
Decrease number of economically stratified schools
Schools that are more than 10% above or below the district average on the economic need index
Increase number of schools that serve students with disabilities or English Language Learners
A significant, representative number of students who speak a language other than English at home are welcomed and served effectively
A significant, representative number of students with disabilities are welcomed and served effectively

11. Dallas Independent Schools
Goal
Strategy
Equity
Expand public school choices options for all students, regardless of their academic abilities or geographic constraints
Diversity
Offer more attractive instructional options
Open to all students
Lead to more racially, geographically, and economically diverse schools

12. Compare our Guiding Principles to other districts
Value/Goal
JCPS
Charlotte-
Mecklenburg
Dallas
NYC
Nashville
Diversity 
Choice
Stability
Quality
Predictability
Equity
Efficiency
Transparency
Ease of understanding

13. Table Discussion Evaluate our guiding principles
Are these the right guiding principles?
Do these make sense?
What’s missing?
Which are the most important?

14. Community Input

15. Role of the Advisory Committee
Core Team
Board of Education
Advisory Committee
Community

16. STAFF WILL: Survey Process
Develop and advertise Request for Proposal (RFP)
Review applicants & select vendor
Board approval for contract
Goal—survey distributed in late summer/early fall

17. Input from the larger community
Who are the voices that we need to hear from?
How do we reach them?

18. Next Meeting Ideas for revising JCPS guiding principles
Next meeting—May 1, 2018