Adoption Date: 06/22/2021

History: 3/22/22 (reviewed), 2/14/23 (reviewed), 2/13/24 (reviewed)

The factors listed below have been found helpful to the board and to the administration when setting school boundaries. No attempt has been made to prioritize the factors and it is recognized that in some cases accomplishment of one objective might prohibit the accomplishment of another.

• Base decisions on available data
• Promote safety
• Provide opportunity for stakeholder input
• Ensure equity in educational opportunities for all students
• Address immediate, short-term and long-term needs
• Utilize current capacity
• Keep communities of students together – schools serving neighborhoods
• Minimize student disruptions
• Consider projections of future enrollment and residential growth potential
• Do not allow schools to become too large or too small
• Balance socioeconomic demographics
• Balance ethnicity demographics
• Minimize transportation distance, time, and cost
• Consider geographic barriers
• Plan and design for partnerships and community use of facilities