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Oakhurst School Opening for 2015-16 August 14, 2014
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Oakhurst SchoolOpening for 2015-16
August 14, 2014
Overview• Introductions
• Meeting purpose
• Lessons learned
• Student assignment process
• Board Guiding Principles
• Magnet programs
• Timeline, next steps
• Contact information
• “What’s important” exercise
Meeting Purpose• Share basic information about the reopening
of Oakhurst
• Receive community input on student assignment and program
o Full vs. partial magnet?
o If partial, what would an attendance boundary look like?
o Thoughts on STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) focus?
Lessons Learned
• More time
• Community involvement
• Meeting formats
• Status updates
Student Assignment Process• Public, transparent process
• Receive input from all impacted, other schools and areas (zones)
• Creative, “out of the box” thinking welcome
o Full magnet vs. partial
o Boundaries
o School redesign (i.e. theme development)
Student Assignment Process (cont)
• Communication and information
o Department website for maps, data, meeting dates/times.
o Social media – Twitter
Board Guiding Principles• Home schools are first priority for student assignment and operational decisions
• Magnet schools offer opportunities that combine three characteristics:•Track record of consistently high student achievement
•Track record of narrowing achievement gaps at a rate that exceeds the aggregate rate of the home schools
•Academically distinctive, demonstrably innovative, and/or more diverse than adjacent home schools
• Stability and predictability
• Diversity
• Effective use of capital resources
• Use of decision matrix• Homes Schools – Proximity will be based in priority order on: A) Travel distance from home to school, B) Keeping the entire neighborhoods assigned to the same school (staff shall use its discretion in considering commonly accepted neighborhood boundaries, zoning decisions, covenant agreement, HOAs, etc.) , C) To the extent possible, keeping whole elementary zones intact in middle and high school feeder patterns.
• Stability and Predictability -- the likelihood that the proposed assignments may be sustained over a period of time without adjustment.
• Diversity -- consideration for creating a relative balance of economically disadvantaged students (EDS), with the understanding that there is currently a predictive link between poverty levels and achievement gaps.
• Effective use of capital resources -- the total projected operating and replacement costs of facilities and transportation recourses over a defined period of time.
• Community involvement
Enrollment, External Factors
• Morehead STEM, over 800 in wait pool. Need elementary STEAM option in green transportation zone.
• Schools in the area:
o Enrollment growing
o Significantly overcrowded schools
• New student growth
• New charter schools, other education options
Billingsville ES 2013-14
Enrollment – 2013-14 20th Day
• Billingsville ES: 591/2 mobiles
o 89.6% EDS (2013)
• Rama Road ES: 657/7 mobiles
o 79.0% EDS (2013)
• Merry Oaks ES: 749/7 mobiles
o 88.8% EDS (2013)
• Winterfield ES: 670/11 mobiles
o 87.5% EDS (2013)
Magnet Program• STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts
and Math)
o K-5
o Full/partial magnet
• Green Transportation Zone
• Feed to McClintock MS STEM, Phillip O. Berry Academy of Technology or East Meck Engineering
Oakhurst (approximate school location)
Morehead STEM Student Dot Map
• 818 Student in Wait Pool• 1,200 enrolled
Morehead STEM K-8
Palisades Park ES, Engineering
Oakhurst (Student assignment and/or magnet theme will require Board vote).
Elementary School and K-8Magnet Programs
Middle SchoolMagnet Programs
Morehead STEM K-8
McClintock STEAM
Coulwood STEM
High SchoolMagnet Programs
East Meck Engineering
Phillip O. Berry Academy of Technology
Oakhurst Elementary
• Classrooms – 37
• Target capacity – approximately 670-730
• Capacity determined by teacher allotment
• Factor in growth
Timeline
• Summer 2014, meet with community
o Small groups
o Joint meetings
• Sept/Oct., recommendation (tentative)
• October/November vote (tentative)
Contact Information• Planning Services
o Email: [email protected]
o Phone 980-343-6246
o Web: www.cms.k12.nc.us
o Twitter: @CMSPlanning
• Scott McCully
o Email: [email protected]
o Phone 980-343-6367
• Jennifer Holmes
o Email: [email protected]
o Phone: 980-343-1038
What Matters to You?
• In small group, discuss what is the most important factors in developing a magnet program or student assignment changes (such as attendance boundaries)?
• Small group report-out, return sheet to CMS facilitator
