District Reassignment Committee

and Proposed Process

District Reassignment Committee 

Co-Chairs

Carina Bryant Principal, Southern Nash Middle School

Victor WardDirector of Personnel

Principal Representatives - 3

Elementary School Principal Middle School Principal High School Principal

COMMUNITY MEMBERS - 5

Community Member Community Member Community Member Community Member Community Member

Staff Members - 4

Elementary Staff Elementary Staff Middle High  

Parents - 5

Parent Parent Parent Parent Parent

District Representatives 11 (Recommended by each School Board Member)

 District 1 - District 2 - District 3 - District 4 - District 5 - District 6 -

District 7 - District 8 - District 9 - District 10- District 11-

Support Staff – Ex-Officio

Robbin Boddie-Haggins - Assistant Superintendent - HR               

LeRoy Hartsfield – Assistant Superintendent – Student Support

Connie Luper – Assistant Superintendent - Instruction Robin Griffin – Testing and Accountability Amy Rogers – Elementary Education   Pam Lewis – CTE Christy Grant – Exceptional Children Programs Paula Battle – Parent Outreach Mark Strickland - Operations Binford Sloan  - Pupil Transportation   Sandy Drum - Public Relations

AGENDA

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETINGAuditorium, School Administration Building

Monday, January 30, 20126:00 

 Welcome

Chair, Board of Education

IntroductionsDr. Anthony D. Jackson

Charge to the CommitteeRole of the Committee Chairs

Role of the CommitteeRole of the Consultant

Senate Bill 612

OREDMr. Mike Miller

MethodologyProcessTimeline

PROPOSED MEETING SCHEDULE

 February13 

March26 

April30 

May29 

June25 

August/ Sept TBD

REPORTS TO THE BOARD

The total membership of the committee will be presented to the board at the January work session

An organizational meeting of the committee will be held on Monday, January 30, 2012

The committee will begin meeting in February with the charge to bring recommendations to the board no later than August 2012

The chairs will provide updates to the board at the work session immediately following each of their committee meetings.

COMMUNICATIONS

Transparent Committee Meetings

Open to the public Website

Information posted immediately after each meeting

E-mail An e-mail address to answer questions/

receive feedback etc will be established immediately after the first meeting of the committee

COMMITTEE GUIDANCE

Prior to the committee starting its work the board will need to reach consensus on priorities to guide the process

At the Work session on January 23, the board will be asked to clarify priorities that they wish considered as the reassignment discussion evolves

Proposed Reassignment Guidelines 

Contiguous boundaries: Attempt to maintain contiguous school boundaries without using satellite

attendance areas.

Respect neighborhoods: Avoid dividing easily recognized “neighborhoods” or identified

“developments” or “sub- divisions” unless it is necessary to meet other guidelines. Whenever possible and practical use major highways, railroads, rivers, and streams as natural boundaries.

Proximity to schools: While it is recognized that all students cannot be assigned to their closest

school, consider students proximity to other schools when creating school boundaries.

 

Proposed Reassignment Guidelines

Modify feeder systems: In order to maximize facility use and establish reasonable numbers of students at each site,

consider the use of 6 middle school feeder systems instead of 5. This would allow smaller, more instructionally suited middle schools and less dependence on mobile classrooms.

Stay within enrollment capacities: Unless it is likely that a school enrollment will be declining, assign students to the four high

schools in a way that their enrollments are under established capacities.

Consider anticipated growth: Enrollment growth patterns should be taken into consideration, where feasible, to ensure that

anticipated growth will not adversely impact one school significantly more than the others.

Enrollment balance: In keeping with the intent of SB612, attempt to balance the percentage of academic and

economic populations at each middle and high school.

 

Ensure Compliance with Targets Outlined in Senate Bill 612

Sec. 17. (a) The Interim Board and the Nash-Rocky Mount Board ofEducation shall make their best efforts to achieve a racial balance in student enrollment, within plus or minus 12 percentage points of the system wide average minority student enrollment at the following schools: Rocky Mount Senior High, Northern Nash Senior High and any new high school within the Nash-Rocky Mount School Administrative Unit, and any middle or junior high school that feeds any of these high schools. A school will be considered to be in substantial compliance with the racial balance objectives of this paragraph if its racial balance is plus or minus 18 percentage points of the system wide average minority student enrollment.

(b) For all schools other than those covered in subsection (a) of this section, the Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education will promote reasonable andpractical racial balance in the schools, utilizing and preserving neighborhood and voluntary schools to the maximum extent permitted by the Constitution, and consistent with sound educational practices.