2025 High School Redistricting
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Funded by the approval of the 2023 levy and bond issue, the Dublin City School District initiated a redistricting study to proactively address key challenges, including rapid enrollment growth at Jerome High School, the uneven distribution of students across the district, and the need to maintain cost-effective operations across all facilities. With the addition to Scioto High School, this redistricting effort aims to balance enrollment among the district’s three high schools, ensuring equitable access to educational resources and opportunities for all students.
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The district selected 8 redistricting criteria to be used in determining a proposed map. Each criteria was weighed equally. With no clear hierarchy in place, the criteria was left open to subjective interpretation with some criteria even contradicting each other.
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The original plan was to begin with one draft map as a starting point. However, after a thoughtful conversation at the September 22nd, 2025 board meeting—and extensive discussion in the days that followed between individual Board members and the Superintendent—a majority of the Board expressed a desire for multiple draft maps to be released in order to provide a broader perspective. As a result, the district presented three draft options for the community to review and discuss.
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An additional 7 maps were considered but were removed from contention.
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Prior to any proposed maps introduced, community members had the opportunity to provide general feedback.
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After the 3 proposed maps were released, community members had the opportunity to complete a survey.
Survey Results Summary
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On Friday, October 24, 2025 the district decided to pause the redistricting process.
Dr. John Marschhausen said,
“The unique factors involved demand a more tailored approach. Our process has not met our purpose.
We need more clarity on the criteria for high school redistricting. I need more direction from our Board of Education. Our board needs more input from our community. And to do all of that, we need more time.
Understandably, people may ask, "What about the time and money we’ve spent on this since last spring?" I consider that an investment in getting this right. What we’ve learned over these past several months will be critically important when we restart this process in the spring.
Rather than rushing, we need to act with purpose and intention to adopt a process that our entire community can understand. A process that ends with a high school redistricting map that—10 years from now—people will regard as the careful and wise step that launched Dublin City Schools into its next era of success.”