April 27th Board Meeting - Community Wide Survey Results

Board Meeting Recording

Board Meeting Presentation

Public Participation: (2:10 to 32:26)

Concerns raised by north residents were exclusive to traffic safety concerns with one person speaking to the importance of keeping Muirfield together.  Many referenced the letter from the Shawnee Hills Sheriff. 

Tiffany gave a statement on how words and actions against Scioto HS during this redistricting process have an effect.  I encourage you to listen, it starts at 39:50.

Redistricting: (1:05:00)  

Community Wide Survey Results

Raw Data

During the public participation session, many people called out how the survey was confusing, leading, and not productive.  Dr. M shared those same sentiments (1:22:00) The survey is not statistically significant and really shouldn't be used. 61% of the persons that completed the survey were from Jerome and only 37% for Coffman and 5% from Scioto.

• 53% Prioritize Proximity (even if it requires a domino effect) while 47% said to minimize the number of students moved.  

• 54.6% rank travel time to a school building most important with 44.9% saying mileage to a school building ranks #1

• There was a request for socioeconomic diversity across all 3 high schools and to not concentrate lower-income populations at one school.  Additionally it was said that the district should prioritize what is best for students overall, and not cater to the loudest voices.

Criteria:

Amy read a statement on Chris’s behalf (out sick) outlining his opinions (1:23:53). His criteria includes:

• Maintain Feeder Patterns

• Safety

• Walk/Bike Proximity

• Current HS students are grandfathered in

• Any new Jerome build goes to Scioto

Criteria Discussed

1. Non transport students will not be moved

  2. Proximity - How do you quantify this for walking and biking

3. New builds to Jerome - this then goes against the opinion that students should not attend the school furthest away…bussing becomes an issue with cost and time

4. Move the least number of students

5. Oher board policies encompass some of the criteria already:

• Policy 5120

• Academic Outcome

6.Feeder Patterns

• This may be difficult to explain that a MS can’t be split more than twice initially since MS may change

• % split may be different based on the year, especially if wanting to ensure a 10 year stay

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