JERSEY CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

JERSEY CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE REZONING PLAN FOR THE HEIGHTS AREA Recommendations 3/14/17 JERSEY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY

SDA Schools The Heights Rezoning Plan OPENING OF NEW PAT NOONAN SCHOOL CREATES OPPORTUNITIES TO REZONE SCHOOL BOUNDARIES IN THE HEIGHTS AREA TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS AT ALL SCHOOLS IN THE HEIGHTS. REZONING PLAN OBJECTIVES: 1 1. SHORT TERM OBJECTIVE-SPRING 2017: To occupy the new Patricia M. Noonan School upon availability by NJ for occupancy - anticipated in Spring 2017. 2. LONGER TERM OBJECTIVES-SEPTEMBER 2017: To use the added capacity of the new school to eliminate existing Trailer Classroom Units in Heights Area to the extent possible. To use the added capacity of the new school to reduce busing to/from the Heights area to the extent possible. To use the added capacity of the new school to reduce overcrowding at existing school facilities in the Heights area to the extent possible- especially at PS6 and PS27.

Heights- School Locations 1 2 7 6 4 8 5 3 1. PS 27 - Alfred Zampella School 2. PS 25 - Nicolaus Copernicus School 3. PS 8 Charles Trefort School 4. MS 7 - Franklin L. Williams School 5. PS 6 Jonathan Wakeman School 6. PS 31 - Anthony J. Infante School 7. PS 28 Christa McAuliffe School 8. New Patricia M. Noonan Elementary School 2

SDA Schools The Heights Rezoning Plan Studies to rezone school boundaries involved assessing existing attendance patterns, confirming existing school capacities, & exploring rezoning options: STEP ONE MAPPED EXISTING ATTENDANCE PATTERNS FOR EACH SCHOOL AND PROJECTED ENROLLMENT BASED ON BIRTHS AND DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS STEP TWO CALCULATED & CONFIRM ED EXISTING SCHOOL CAPACITIES STEP THREE IS IN PROGRESS EVALUATE/RECOMMEND OPTIONS FOR REZONING GEOGRAPHIC ATTENDANCE ZONES IN ORDER TO : OPEN THE NEW SCHOOL WITH PARTIAL OCCUPANCY IN SPRING 2017 ACHIEVE THE LONGER TERM REZONING PLAN OBJECTIVES WITH FULL OCCUPANCY IN SEPTEMBER 2017 3 Note: Boundary rezoning recommendations are based on the use of GIS Mapping (computer aided mapping) tied to student databases to support accurate testing of redistricting scenarios based on updated enrollment counts by grade applied to any attendance area and any year (over the next 5 years)

The Heights Rezoning Plan STEP THREE ACHIEVE THE LONGER TERM REZONING OBJECTIVES WITH FULL OCCUPANCY OF PATRICIA M. NOONAN SCHOOL IN SEPTEMBER 2017 RECOMMENDATIONS Rezone all attendance zones for existing schools in the Heights area to achieve objectives: 1. To use the added capacity of the new school to eliminate existing Trailer Classroom Units in Heights Area to the extent possible. 2. To use the added capacity of the new school to reduce busing to/from the Heights area to the extent possible. 4 3. To use the added capacity of the new school to balance enrollments and school capacities in order reduce overcrowding at existing school facilities in the Heights area to the extent possible- especially at PS6 and PS27.

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The Heights Rezoning Plan Balancing Enrollment and Capacity (without trailers) 1. Proposed Geographic Attendance Zones - Change areas and streets impacted by Rezoning Plan. 2. Re-assigning students to balance Enrollment and Capacity - Re-assign Grades PK-4 beginning Sept 2017 - Phase in new attendance zones for Grades 5-8 to permit upper grade students to graduate from their current schools 6

The Heights Rezoning Plan Balancing Enrollment and Capacity (without trailers) Proposed Geographic Attendance Zones -Change Areas and Streets 7

The Heights Rezoning Plan Balancing Enrollment and Capacity (without trailers) Proposed Geographic Attendance Zones Change areas impacted by Rezoning Plan: D1- Currently attending PS 6 will now attend PS8 (Area between Central Ave, Prospect St, Jefferson Ave/Hill St., to existing easterly boundary of Heights.) D2- Currently attending PS 6 will now attend Pat Noonan School (Area between JFK Blvd at Cliff St across JCMUA and Reservoir #2, Central Ave, Beacon Ave) 8 D3- Currently attending PS 31 (Grades PK-2) and PS25 (Grades 3-5) will now attend Pat Noonan School (Area between existing Manhattan Ave, Summit Ave, JCMUA, JFK Blvd, at Beacon Ave west to boundary of Heights) westerly boundary of Heights east along

The Heights Rezoning Plan Balancing Enrollment and Capacity (without trailers) Proposed Geographic Attendance Zones Change areas impacted by Rezoning Plan: 9 D4- Currently attending PS25 will now attend Pat Noonan School?? (Area between existing Liberty Ave, Hutton St, Summit Ave, Manhattan Ave) D5-Currently attending PS28 will now attend PS8 (see map) D6- Not Used in this Scenario D7- Currently attending PS27 will now attend PS28 (see map) D8- Currently attending PS27 will now attend PS28 (see map)

The Heights Rezoning Plan Balancing Enrollment and Capacity (without trailers) TOTAL STUDENTS PreK-8 (Proposed) GRADES SCHOOLS -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 (blank) Grand Total Goal PreK-8 Available (from most Capacity recent sheet compared from George) to Goal 6 - Wakeman 92 79 101 86 79 70 91 0 0 0 0 598 691 93 8 - Trefurt 126 121 109 108 110 117 93 0 0 0 0 784 890 106 25 - Copernicus 97 118 98 108 104 117 102 0 0 0 0 744 783 39 27 - Zampella 11 88 73 87 76 74 87 93 101 88 0 778 745-33 28 - McAuliffe 86 95 102 97 99 103 116 98 98 91 0 985 928-57 31 - Infante 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - NEW Noonan 179 111 131 124 81 76 74 0 0 0 0 776 762-14 7 - Williams Middle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 270 326 333 0 929 893-36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 591 612 614 610 549 557 563 461 525 512 0 5594 Summary of Geographic Moves GRADE_CMB MOVE_DESC MOVE_NUMBER -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Grand Total PreK-5 only Copernicus to Noonan (old Infante Area) D3 11 18 25 15 26 25 30 0 0 0 150 Copernicus to Noonan II D4 5 7 5 17 4 13 2 0 0 0 53 McAuliffe to Trefurt (Both Sides of Bowers St) D5 3 10 9 5 6 10 4 5 5 11 47 Wakeman to Noonan D2 11 5 3 7 8 5 6 0 0 0 45 Wakeman to Trefurt (Jefferson Ave both sides) D1 16 23 12 11 18 13 10 0 0 0 103 Zampella to Copernicus (North St both sides) D7 2 28 19 23 14 32 27 0 0 0 145 Zampella to McAuliffe (Graham both, Central west) D8 2 11 10 7 4 10 10 7 7 10 54 10

Move D5: Currently attending PS28 will now attend PS8 (Both sides of Bowers St between Summit Ave and Paterson Plank Rd) 11

Move D7: Currently attending PS27 will now attend PS25 (Area between Bleeker Ave, Summit Ave, Graham St, Nelson Ave, North St; - Both sides of North St would move from PS27 to PS25) 12

Move D8: Currently attending PS27 will now attend PS28 (Area between existing Summit Ave, Graham St, Central Ave, Congress St. - Both sides of Graham St between Summit and Central; - Both sides of Central Ave from Graham St to Northern border will attend PS28, where currently only east side goes to PS28 13

The Heights Rezoning Plan Balancing Enrollment and Capacity (without trailers) Re-assigning students to balance Enrollment and Capacity Re-assigning students in impacted areas according to a phased plan will permit upper grade students to graduate from their current schools: Phasing between 2017-2021 -All schools will register Grade PK-4 students based on new attendance zones beginning Sept 2017; PK-5 in Sept 2018; PK-6 in Sept 2019; PK-7 in 2020; PK-8 in Sept 2021 14 -Students in grades PK-4 w/siblings in grades 5-8 in 2017 will remain at the same school if desired -Bi-lingual grades K-5 currently attending PS 6 and PS 8 will attend Pat Noonan School in 2017

The Heights Rezoning Plan TIMELINE & NEXT STEPS... 1. Longer Term Review recommended rezoning scenario by Spring 2017 for implementation in September 2017 - JCBOE Community Meetings March and April - JCBOE Approve Final Rezoning Plan May - Notice to Schools and Parents May-June - Implementation- September 2017 15