Board Agenda - November 06, 2007

1. Skaggs/Mathews

Presenter: Jeff Bailey

Purpose: C - Discussion and input - final decision at subsequent meeting

Time: 10 minutes

Description:

Administration recommends a change in the attendance zone for Skaggs Elementary to provide enrollment relief. That change would move the area of the Skaggs' zone 103 to Mathews Elementary School for the 2008-09 school year. This same area was originally part of the Mathews attendance zone.

Skaggs has a current enrollment of 721 students while Mathews has a current enrollment of 538 students. The zone being considered contains 157 elementary students. With the change in boundaries, in the 2008-09 school-year, projections show that Skaggs would have 574 students and Mathews would have 678 students. Mathews has been renovated and enlarged in order to accommodate additional students.

Per the minutes of the November 2004, Plano ISD Board of Trustees meeting, it was noted that relief of overcrowding at Skaggs Elementary was needed. It was further discussed that overcrowding at Skaggs could be alleviated following the completion of renovation at Mathews Elementary. Mathews Elementary renovations, due for completion in December 2007, will accommodate more students, which will allow for the removal of portable buildings and relieve overcrowding at Skaggs.

Recommendation:

Approve change in attendance zone by moving zone 103 back to Mathews Elementary School. These students would be eligible for transportation to Mathews Elementary. Current fourth grade students at Skaggs Elementary in zone 103 may choose to remain at Skaggs for their fifth grade year. Transportation will be provided to Skaggs for these students for the 2008-09 school-year only.

Current Skaggs fifth graders will attend Schimelpfenig Middle School. Students currently in sixth and seventh grade in the affected area may complete their middle school years at Rice Middle School or elect to attend Schimelpfenig Middle School. Current transportation guidelines would apply at both Rice and Schimelpfenig.

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