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Criteria For Consideration

Primary Criteria:

As established by building principals, there are three primary criteria to be considered during the rightsizing discussion:

  • Sustainable enrollment: The relationship between building capacity and number of students enrolled.
  • Community utilization: The importance of a school in a given neighborhood; ease of navigation to get to school (transportation versus walking); whether other schools exist in that same quadrant. 
  • Facility condition: The current state of a building, with consideration given to needed improvements.

Decision Framework

Values

Thriving Schools that Serve Students and Families

  • Stability & continuity 
  • Kids first 
  • Community engagement 

Opportunities for ALL 

  • Enrichment opportunities 
  • Unique innovative programs 
  • Career readiness 

Safety - Equity and Access 

  • Transportation in alignment with Board Policy 
  • Disability access 
  • Embrace community culture 
  • Safety 

Resources 

  • Student support services 
  • Consistency across schools 
  • Use of taxpayer money 

Stand By Our Staff 

  • High-quality staff 
  • Class size (student to teacher ratio) 
  • Staff support 

 

Primary Criteria

 *Sustainable enrollment

*Community utilization 

*Facility condition 

(*the primary criteria were established by building principals) 

Board Policy FCB-R Criteria

  1. Educational Program 
  2. Enrollment-Percent (utilization) 
  3. Building Capacity (how many) 
  4. Enrollment Trend 
  5. Transportation 
  6. Academic Success 
  7. Facility Condition 

 

Contextual Factors

Programming 

  • Unique programs (STEM, IB, AVID, EL, Community Schools, etc.) 
  • Consistency in programming
  • Enrichment

Enrollment 

  • Trend data
  • Grade configuration 

Facilities 

  • Disability access 
  • Facility condition 

Long-Term Considerations 

  • Class size (student to teacher ratio) 
  • Transparency and communication 
  • Sustainability 

Boundaries/Neighborhoods 

  • Proximity of non-academic assets
  • Walking distance to school
  • Feeder school programs
  • Every neighborhood needs a school