East Lyme Public Schools School Redistricting Plan Redistricting Scenarios April 12, 2018 Contents • • • • • Introduction and Process Redistricting Criteria Enrollment Projections Building Capacity Assessment Redistricting Alternatives 2 Timeline & Process • • • • • Fall of 2017 – Enrollment Projections, Capacity & Criteria Dec. through April – Scenarios & Preferred Options May – BOE Adoption of Preferred Option Summer through Spring of 2019 – Implementation Planning Start of 2019-2020 School - New Boundaries In Effect 3 BOE Redistricting Criteria Equity - Comparable enrollments to ensure equity in available resources across schools • • • • Centralized registration and enrollment Considering operational capacity Access to the same resources Equitable distribution of services Future Growth & Sustainability - Ensure the long term sustainability of the plan considering future growth • Goal is to have additional capacity based on enrollment projections • Based on enrollment projections BOE will determine % of additional capacity per school • BOE may adjust boundary lines based on enrollment projections • Potential for future adjustment of boundary lines as necessary in the long term 4 BOE Redistricting Criteria Impact to Families & Students - Strive to redistrict students to schools in close proximity to where they reside • Ensure neighborhood school communities • Limit student travel time to conform to Board policy • Enhance family involvement in schools 5 .(Dr 0:69 .. 9 0 ?3 . ?wnegd 21?" _1 *5 - 'M?mw? ?awed . . . g) a?pssee $234. I, e3. )9 - 1? ?$29 it . 3 h? '9 '\vi vaifw abb- J. H/Hznu' roaddn 7 2 1 . ,ng ?guns" 431aictBounda?es istr Existing Elementary 61? MILONE MACBROOM Elementary Enrollment Projections • All scenarios show similar trend of nearterm growth, stagnation in the mid-2020s, followed by strong growth in 2025-26 and 2026-27 • Net change over the tenyear horizon projected between 19.7% to 36.9% 7 Elementary Enrollment Projections • First 5-yrs of the medium scenario, Flanders and Niantic Center experience significant growth while L.B. Haynes has level enrollment in the first five years (based on known births) • In latter half of projections, all three schools grow steadily 8 Elementary Building Capacities East Lyme School Capacity School Grade Rooms Loading Planning Capacity Notes K 4 18 Flanders 335 - 372 1-4 15 20 K 4 18 Add'l 11 classrooms in vacated LEARN LB Haynes 389 - 432 1-4 18 20 space could provide further capacity Niantic K 4 18 281 - 312 Center 1-4 12 20 Sources: progress drawings dated December 15, 2017 (Flanders: A-1.0, L.B. Haynes: A-1.0, NCS: A1.0 and A-1.1), East Lyme Board of Education adopted class size guideline. • School capacity figures are based on architectural drawings with current room assignments • Capacity ranges reflect maximum capacity (high) and target capacity (low) based on current K-4 instructional space • LEARN classrooms being vacated in L.B. Haynes could provide substantial additional capacity if reallocated to grade-level instruction 9 Development of Alternatives • Prepared five Alternatives for BOE consideration • Three Alternatives were eliminated • Adjustments requested for Alternatives 3 & 4 3 4 1 2 5 10 Alternative 3 • Giants Neck neighborhood moves from Haynes to NCS • Niantic east of Pennsylvania Avenue and north from Oswegatchie Hills Road moves from NCS to Haynes • Neighborhood west of Dean Road/Plum Hill Road and adjacent to Boston Post Road moves from Flanders to Haynes 11 Alternative 3A • Revised Alternative 3 based on Administration & BOE Input Lovers Lane Removed split district along Pennsylvania Ave Freedom Way Indian Wood, Spinnaker, Windward, Regatta, Compass Neighborhood 12 Alternative 3A Flanders to LB Haynes - 105 Students Impacted Streets Applewood Common North Bride Brook Rd Arbor Crossing 218-296 even, 199-303 odd Black Oak Dr Over Brook Rd Boston Post Rd Partridge Ct 366-540 even, 375-461 odd Bride Brook Rd Cedar Ridge Rd Dean Rd Peach Ln Pear Grove Plants Dam Rd 2-54 even, 3-25 odd Plum Hill Esther Pond Ln Pumpkin Grove Four Mile River Rd Red Fox Rd Frog Hollow Rd Green Valley Lake Rd Hickory Ct Holly Ln Scott Rd Spring Rock Rd Stone Ranch Rd Jean Dr 7-37 odd side only Joshua Valley Rd Tanglewood Dr Lovers Ln Woodcock Ln Miranda Way Woodrow Dr Morris Ln Wynn Cir 13 Alternative 3A Niantic Center to LB Haynes - 14 Students Impacted Streets Birch Trail Oak St Bishops Bay Rd Oswegatchie Hills Rd Cedar St Center Rd Cove Hill Rd East St Elizabeth St Hoskins St Ledge Rd Maple St Memorial Park Dr North Edgewood Rd 2-116 even, 7-133 odd Pennsylvania Ave 188-220 even, 165-193 odd Quarry Dock Rd Round Rock Rd Saunders Dr South Rd Town Rd West Rd North Pine St Nehantic Trail North Rd 14 Alternative 3A LB Haynes to Niantic Center 68 Students Impacted Streets Arcadia Rd Hilltop Rd Point Rd Atwood Dr Lake Shore Dr Ridgewood Rd Bayview Rd Laurelwood Dr Sapia Dr Brainerd Rd Lee Farm Dr Sea View Ln Louise Dr Spring Glen Rd Luce Pl South Beechwood Rd Mamacock Rd South Bride Brook Rd #3 & #42 Marshfield Rd South Edgewood Rd Niles Creek Rd South Lee Rd North Lee Rd West Main St Brockett Rd Creek Rd Dell Ln Edge Hill Rd Fairhaven Rd Giants Neck Rd Griswold Dr Griswold Rd Oakwood Rd 208-266 even Osprey Ln West Pattagansett Rd Hill Rd (GNH) Park Ln White Birch Cir Hillcrest Rd Parkview Dr Woodbridge Rd Grovedale Rd 15 Alternative 3A: Projections • LB Haynes enrollments see strong growth over 10-year horizon • Flanders enrollment declines and stabilizes at ∼330 to 350 students • Projections are strictly based on modeling and do not account for individual school preferences that may ultimately impact future enrollment 16 Alternative 3A: Projections Alternative Alternative3A: 3: Projected ProjectedEnrollment Enrollmentand andUtilization Utilization Planning Max. Projected % of Lower % of Upper School Capacity Enrollment Bound Bound Flanders 335 - 372 377 351 112.5% 104.8% 101.3% 94.4% LB Haynes 389 - 432 340 417 107.2% 87.4% 78.7% 96.5% Niantic Center 281 - 312 351 299 124.9% 106.4% 112.5% 95.8% • Enrollment at all three elementary buildings remain within upperbound capacity throughout projection horizon and maintain some margin of flexibility at ∼95% utilization • Total of 187 K-4 students would move under this scenario (approx. 22% of all K-4 students) • Addresses imbalances between buildings projected to arise in prior Alternative 3, and is more likely to remain in balance in the face of expected growth 17 Alternative 4 • Similar to Alternative 3, but eliminates move from Niantic Center to Haynes • Giants Neck neighborhood moves from Haynes to NCS • Neighborhood west of Dean Road/Plum Hill Road and Lover’s Lane, and south of Boston Post Road moves from Flanders to Haynes 18 61? MILONE MACBROOM Alternative 4A Freedom Way . Salem A . Holmes Road Subdivision: *4 1 approx. 9 new units Ly me Orchard Subdivision: approx. 45 new units -Students Move from Flanders to LB. Haynes g. 2 0 Spring Rock Road/Green Valley Lake Road: approx. 25 new units .v 71 Students Move from L.B. Haynes to Niantic Center . EAST LYME PUBLIC SCHOOLS Alternative 4A Students Proposed Districts Flanders Flanders L-B- Haynes L.B. Haynes - Niantic Center Niantic Center Current Bounds . Anticipated Development 0.5 1 Miles ?13 .\Illu:\:r at- . 95 Gateway Commons: approx. 120 new units Hope Street Condos: approx. 12 new units Alternative 4A Flanders to LB Haynes – 96 Students Difference from 3A Impacted Streets Applewood Common Arbor Crossing North Bride Brook Rd 246-296 even, 199-303 odd Black Oak Dr Over Brook Rd Boston Post Rd Partridge Ct 302-540 even, 375-401 odd Cedar Ridge Rd Dean Rd 6-54 even, 3-25 odd Peach Ln Pear Grove Plants Dam Rd Frog Hollow Rd Plum Hl Green Valley Lake Rd Pumpkin Grove Hickory Ct Red Fox Rd Jean Dr Spring Rock Rd Lovers Ln Maplewood Dr Marion Dr Miranda Way Tanglewood Dr Woodrow Dr Wynn Cir Morris Ln 20 Alternative 4A LB Haynes to Niantic Center – 71 Students Impacted Streets Arcadia Rd Laurelwood Dr South Edgewood Rd Bayview Rd Lee Farm Dr South Lee Rd Brainard Rd Louise Dr Sapia Dr Brockett Rd Luce Pl Sea View Ln Compass Ct Dell Ln Edge Hill Rd Fairhaven Rd 20-24 even, 7-33 even Mamacock Rd Marshfield Rd North Lee Rd Giants Neck Rd Griswold Dr Osprey Ln Griswold Rd Park Ln Grovedale Rd Parkview Dr Hill Rd (GNH) Point Rd Hilltop Rd Indian Wood Rd Lake Shore Dr Spring Glen Rd West Main St Niles Creek Rd Oakwood Rd Hillcrest Rd Spinnaker Dr Regatta Dr 158-266 even only West Old Stone Way West Pattagansett Rd White Birch Cir Windward Dr Woodbridge Rd Ridgewood Rd South Beechwood Rd South Bride Brook Rd 21 Alternative 4A: Projections • Narrows gap in enrollment between elementary buildings, sharply increasing enrollment at Niantic Center, slightly decreasing enrollment at Flanders, and channeling future growth towards L.B. Haynes (where unused capacity exists) • Projections are strictly based on modeling and do not account for individual school preferences that may ultimately impact future enrollment 22 Alternative 4A: Projections Alternative 4A: Projected Enrollment and Utilization Planning Max. Projected % of Lower % of Upper School Capacity Enrollment Bound Bound Flanders 335 - 372 368 109.9% 98.9% LB Haynes 389 - 432 387 99.5% 89.6% Niantic Center 281 - 312 313 111.4% 100.3% • Projected enrollment puts Niantic Center enrollments very slightly above upper-bound capacity in 2026-27, but otherwise schools remain below upper-bound capacities through projection horizon • If adopted, this scenario may require future redistricting to avoid overcrowding at Niantic Center if projection assumptions hold • Total of 167 K-4 students would move under this scenario (approx. 19.9% of all K-4 students) 23 Discussion 24