The Evergreen School District is facing disproportionate student enrollment that has resulted in overcrowding at schools in the southeast corner of the District and leveling or under enrollment at the others. At their June 2007 meeting, the Evergreen School District Board of Trustees directed the Superintendent to develop a recommendation for realignment of those boundaries to level out enrollment across the District.
This directive resulted in the formation of two committees that worked with District staff in the first half of the 2007-2008 school year to study current and projected enrollment numbers and boundaries. These committees included parent, community, teacher, and administrator representatives from the areas most likely to be affected by boundary changes. The first committee addressed the needs of the eastern side of the District and the second committee addressed the needs of the western side of the District.
Their recommendations are as follows:
Tract |
From |
To |
|---|---|---|
43 |
Evergreen | Cedar Grove |
54 |
Clark | Norwood Creek |
*96, 97, 98, 109, 110 *(western most portions) |
Matsumoto | Evergreen |
23 |
Dove Hill | K.R. Smith |
30 |
Dove Hill | Montgomery |
24, 25 |
Whaley | Dove Hill |
27 |
Cadwallader | Dove Hill |
29 |
Cadwallader | Montgomery |
31 |
Laurelwood | Montgomery |
All students in the Dove Hill attendance area to feed into LeyVa Middle School |
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(In PDF format):
Evergreen to Cedar Grove
Clark to Norwood
Matsumoto to Evergreen
KR Smith / Dove Hill / Montgomery Area
As a result of community input, at their October 18, 2007 board meeting, the Board of Trustees directed that implementation of the boundary changes be postponed from fall, 2008 to fall, 2009 to allow time for district staff to review current registration practices, develop and implement a stronger practice for impacted schools, and verify the enrollment of new and current students at impacted schools. The community has also requested that the forums which were tentatively scheduled for January be postponed until after the enrollments at impacted schools are verified. Consequently, the community forums, which will provide the opportunity for wider community input on the recommendations, will be scheduled in early fall, 2008. Actual dates and schedules will be published on the website and in school newsletters.
March, 2008 |
Registration, with revised proof of residence requirement for impacted schools (Clark & Matsumoto), begins for incoming kindergarten students |
May-August, 2008 |
Re-register all returning students at impacted schools (Clark & Matsumoto) |
September, 2008 |
After re-registration is complete at impacted schools, review enrollment numbers and consult with district demographer to update multi-year projections Review demographer’s projections and compare with committee recommendations from fall, 2007 - Report to Superintendent |
October, 2008 |
Superintendent or designee to report enrollment finding to Board of Trustees Begin Community Forums |
November, 2008 |
Report to Board of Trustees regarding outcomes of 4 Community Forums |
December, 2008 |
Formal recommendation to Board regarding necessary enrollment adjustments and/or realignments needed to meet preferred maximum enrollments at all schools (including phasing) |
August, 2009 |
Begin implementation of boundary realignments |
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