Carmel Clay Schools School Boundary Recommendations

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1 Carmel Clay Schools School Boundary Recommendations

2 School Boundary Process 2013 Demographic Study Update 2015 College Wood Enrollment Forecast Enrollment, Capacity, Demographic, Achievement Data Goals Report for Reviewed Archival Documents Conducted Interviews and Focus Groups Board of Education members, Administrators, Teachers, Support Staff, Students, Parents, and Community Leaders 136 Participants Identified and prioritized stakeholder considerations Analyzed enrollment projections and capacity data Developed Recommendations

3 Strategic Planning Process

4 Stakeholder Considerations Primary Considerations Over Capacity Geographic Proximity Secondary Considerations Feeder Alignment Long-Term Solution Additional Considerations Grandfathering Transition Process

5 Recommendations 1 & 2 Recommendation 1: Assign all students who attend Orchard Park Elementary School to attend Carmel Middle School. Orchard Park students currently attend Creekside Middle School. However, Carmel Middle School is the closest middle school for students in the boundary area. Parents of 8 th grade students will be permitted to choose to have their child remain at Creekside Middle School, with CCS transportation provided, for the school year. Recommendation 2: Assign all students who attend Mohawk Trails Elementary to attend Clay Middle School. Mohawk Trails students are currently split between Clay Middle School and Carmel Middle School. Parents of 8 th grade students will be permitted to choose to have their child remain at Carmel Middle School, with CCS transportation provided, for the school year.

6 Map of Recommendation 1 & 2

7 Previous Recommendation 3 Previous Recommendation 3: If necessary, assign strategically selected classrooms of students attending College Wood Elementary School to empty classrooms at West Clay Elementary School or Creekside Middle School, which are located on the same campus. While Creekside Middle School is currently over capacity, after recommendation one is implemented, Creekside will have space available. College Wood is over capacity, with 824 students enrolled during the school year, and is projected to continue exceeding capacity through the school year without boundary changes. If necessary, assigning select classrooms to empty West Clay or Creekside classrooms would allow College Wood students to maintain their status as College Wood students, keep peer groups together, and allow for consistency in bus routes, all while addressing over capacity concerns. This recommendation is particularly appropriate as the current enrollment experienced at College Wood is projected to decline beginning in the school year, making a longer term strategy unnecessary.

8 Revised Recommendation 3 Revised Recommendation 3: Redistrict the 70 students currently attending College Wood Elementary School, living in the area indicated by the yellow border on the following slides, to Smoky Row Elementary School. At the same time, redistrict the 38 students currently attending Creekside Middle School, living in the same area, to Carmel Middle School. College Wood is over capacity, with 824 students enrolled during the school year, and is projected to continue exceeding capacity through the school year without boundary changes. The proposed redistricting will decrease the number of students at College Wood by approximately 70 students, reducing over capacity. Parents of 5 th grade students will be permitted to choose to have their child remain at College Wood Elementary School, with CCS transportation provided, for the school year. In addition, parents of 8 th grade students will be permitted to choose to have their child remain at Creekside Middle School, with CCS transportation provided, for the school year.

9 Map of Revised Recommendation 3

10 Detailed Map of Revised Recommendation 3

11 Additional Recommendation Recommendation 4: Transfer the 19 students living in the three apartment complexes in the Orchard Park boundary area currently going to Woodbrook and attending Creekside for middle school. In the event that Orchard Park is redistricted to Carmel Middle School, it is recommended that the district consider redistricting the abovementioned 19 students to attend Orchard Park Elementary School and then Carmel Middle School. Orchard Park has capacity for over 100 additional students. Parents of 5 th grade students will be permitted to choose to have their child remain at Woodbrook Elementary School, with CCS transportation provided, for the school year.

12 Capacity and Enrollment Projections Without Redistricting Capacity Actual Enrollment Enrollment Projection Enrollment Projection Carmel Elementary School Cherry Tree Elementary School College Wood Elementary School Forest Dale Elementary School Mohawk Trails Elementary School Orchard Park Elementary School Prairie Trace Elementary School Smoky Row Elementary School Towne Meadow Elementary School West Clay Elementary School Woodbrook Elementary School Carmel Middle School 1,542 1,162 1,183 1,095 Clay Middle School 1,530 1,231 1,179 1,172 Creekside Middle School 1,588 1,578 1,616 1,623 TOTAL 12,972 11,170 11,139 10,826

13 Capacity and Enrollment Projections With Redistricting Capacity Actual Enrollment Enrollment Projection Enrollment Projection Carmel Elementary School Cherry Tree Elementary School College Wood Elementary School Forest Dale Elementary School Mohawk Trails Elementary School Orchard Park Elementary School Prairie Trace Elementary School Smoky Row Elementary School Towne Meadow Elementary School West Clay Elementary School Woodbrook Elementary School Carmel Middle School 1,542 1,162 1,415 1,327 Clay Middle School 1,530 1,231 1,319 1,312 Creekside Middle School 1,588 1,578 1,244 1,251 TOTAL 12,972 11,170 11,139 10,826

14 Social and Emotional Impact Stakeholders expressed the belief that sending all students from Mohawk Trails to a single middle school and preventing overcrowding would provide a high quality learning environment for students and support their social and emotional development. Academic literature and best practices also support keeping peer groups together, except in cases where doing so decreases the quality of the educational environment in other ways. Schiller (1999) found when transitioning between schools, attending the same school as peers supported the continuation of students positive academic trajectories. Kingery, Erdley, and Marshall (2011) found healthy peer relationships from elementary school served as a protective influence to support academic achievement and healthy mental health in the transition to middle school. Aikins, Bierman, and Parker (2005) observed a positive relationship between the maintenance of friendships from elementary school with both middle school adjustment and the quality of friendships post-transition. Crockett, Petersen, Graber, Schulenberg, and Ebata (1989) found frequent school changes had a negative effect on adolescence, particularly when changes occurred at a young age.

15 Conclusion Recommendations propose redistricting a maximum of 4% of District students. Proposed Boundary Changes Address current and projected over capacity Consider geographic proximity Minimize the effect of redistricting on an educational and social-emotional level Align feeder patterns from elementary to middle Allow grandfathering of 5 th and 8 th grade students affected for the school year