Onslow County Schools

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Onslow County Schools

• Redistricting 2008
• Supporting Excellence in Education

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What is redistricting?

• Changing the boundaries of school attendance
  zones, thereby shifting the population of
  students to a different, or new school facility.

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Who Redistricts?

• Every school system redistricts as needed
• The decision rests with the Board of Education
• The research is conducted by staff, demographers
  and facility specialists
• Onslow County Schools Staff
• Institution for Transportation Research
  Education, NCSU
• Facility Specialists

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What is the driving force behind redistricting?

• GROWTH

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In North Carolina

• Each hour adds 21 new North Carolinians
• Each day another 504.
• Each year another 184,046.
• According to the U.S. Census Bureau, North
  Carolina is on course to become the seventh most
  populous state in the country by 2030.

SOURCE Reality Check for North Carolina,
Partnership for North Carolinas Future (2007).
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In North Carolina

• By 2014 K-12 school enrollment will grow by
  nearly 200,000 students.
• Overall enrollment will be 1.62 million.
• This growth is particularly acute in the 15
  school districts that account for 50 percent of
  the enrollment.

SOURCE Reality Check for North Carolina,
Partnership for North Carolinas Future (2007).
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In Onslow County

• Onslow County ranks 10th out of 100 counties in
  size.
• Onslow County School District ranks 14th out of
  115 school districts in size.

SOURCE Reality Check for North Carolina,
Partnership for North Carolinas Future (2007).
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In Onslow County
Increasing 400 students/year
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In Onslow County
27,865 students by 2017-2018
SOURCE ITRE, NCSU
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Between 40 and 50 new subdivisions are being
developed in Onslow County at this time. (Embarq)
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In Onslow County

• Examples of Existing Subdivision
• Carolina Forest 1,200 units
• Williamsburg Plantation 1,600 units
• Examples of New Subdivisions
• Stainback Green at Kings Creek 972 units
• Oyster Landing 474 units
• Mill Creek 468 units
• Jubilation 1,461 units
• 1 subdivision lot _at_ 0.265 elementary students

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In Onslow County

• USMC End Strength Increase
• MCBCL
• 8,581 Increase (Installation Total)
• MCASNR
• 610 Increase (Installation Total)
• Dependents

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What have we done to prepare?

• New Construction
• Meadow View Elementary
• 15.5 Million Project
• Financed by Onslow County Government
• Opening August 2008

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What have we done to prepare?

• 26 New Construction Projects Currently Underway
• 90 Million 2005 Public School Facility Bond
  Referendum

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What have we done to prepare?

• Bell Fork Elementary
• Blue Creek Elementary
• Carolina Forest Elementary
• Clyde Erwin Elementary
• Dixon Elementary
• Hunters Creek Elementary
• Morton Elementary
• Northwoods Elementary
• Parkwood Elementary
• Queens Creek Elementary
• Richlands Primary
• Sand Ridge Elementary
• Silverdale Elementary
• Summersill Elementary

• Swansboro Elementary
• New Gum Branch Road area Elementary
• Hunters Creek Middle
• Swansboro Middle
• Trexler Middle
• Dixon High
• Jacksonville High
• Northside High
• Richlands High
• Southwest High
• Swansboro High
• White Oak High

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How has construction helped?
Pre-Construction
Post-Construction
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Balancing student populations
through redistricting.
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Other reasons to redistrict

• Additional Instructional Opportunities

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Elementary Magnet Proposal
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Elementary Magnet Site

• Survey results reflect stakeholder support.
• Timely in light of the fact that the system is
  designing a plan for re-districting which will
  only impact elementary schools during the
  2008-2009 school year.

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ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL CONSIDERATION
QUESTIONS 6
Elementary School Level DataAdministration
Teachers
Elementary School Level DataParents Community
Member
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Advantages of a Magnet Approach

• Provides additional choices to all county
  stakeholders.
• Opportunity for students to experience diversity.

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Advantages of a Magnet Approach

• An opportunity for a specific focus, with unique
  instructional approaches.
• Specifically, a focus on Internationalism with an
  emphasis on Pre-International Baccalaureate
  Curriculum, second language instruction, the
  cultural arts, and technology.

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Proposal

• Clyde Erwin Elementary is the proposed site for
  the first Onslow County Elementary Magnet School.
• Rationale central location, size of school and
  student body, current population projections are
  less than current capacity
• Globalization for the last four school years.
• Knowledgeable staff who has done preliminary
  magnet research for approximately four years.

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Proposal

• 100 lottery with approximately 50 protected
  corridor (base magnet district).
• Balanced Calendar
• Intersessions that focus on enrichment and
  remediation.
• Special summer programs
• Uniform Dress
• Articulation with other IB Schools and New Bridge
  Middle School.

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Questions and/or Feedback on the Magnet Proposal
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How is redistricting done?

• Board approves criteria to guide staff.
• The opening of new schools
• Crowding at existing schools
• Student population growth trends
• Instructional Programming Requirements
• Transportation efficiency and student travel time
• Geographical relationship of the students home
  to the school
• Maintaining, to the extent possible, cohesive
  neighborhoods (not splitting neighborhoods
  between schools at the same level)

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How is redistricting done?

• Staff researches options using a variety of data
  sources.
• Student Population Trends
• Growth Data
• Transportation
• Facility Capacity
• Staff creates several viable options.
• Staff presents options to the Board
• Board considers the options and amends them or
  directs the staff to obtain comment.
• Public comment is received
• A decision is made after all comment data is
  considered.

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5 Options Created for 2008

• Elementary Schools ONLY
• 5 Alternative Scenarios
• 3 Without a Magnet Elementary
• 2 With a Magnet Elementary
• Already Reviewed by
• Instruction
• Auxiliary Services
• Transportation
• Now to be reviewed by
• Board of Education
• Public

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As we review the scenarios, please note that

• All our efforts will not solve all problems.
• The scenarios must be revised manually by
  Transportation Information Management System
  (TIMS) Staff to correct for computer errors in
  the General Algebraic Modeling System (GAMS) at
  North Carolina State University.
• Unrecognized Neighborhood Splits
• Unrecognized Bus routing problems
• Public participation is key to catching these
  minor mapping errors.

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Map review is ongoing
Possible Neighborhood Conflict
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Reviewing the Scenarios (Current)
11 Elementary Schools At/Over Capacity
0 Students Redistricted 0 Students in Meadow View
Please note that numbers shift constantly and
vary between actual school populations and
projections for students residing within a school
district.
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Reviewing the Scenarios (A)
7 Elementary Schools At/Over Capacity
1,298 Students Redistricted 724 Students in
Meadow View
Please note that numbers shift constantly and
vary between actual school populations and
projections for students residing within a school
district.
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Reviewing the Scenarios (B)
7 Elementary Schools Over Capacity
1,182 Students Redistricted 597 Students in
Meadow View
Please note that numbers shift constantly and
vary between actual school populations and
projections for students residing within a school
district.
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Reviewing the Scenarios (C)
6 Elementary Schools At/Over Capacity
1,278 Students Redistricted 597 Students in
Meadow View
Please note that numbers shift constantly and
vary between actual school populations and
projections for students residing within a school
district.
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Reviewing the Scenarios (D-m)
8 Elementary Schools At/Over Capacity
1,778 Students Redistricted 690 Students in
Meadow View
Please note that numbers shift constantly and
vary between actual school populations and
projections for students residing within a school
district.
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ProposedMagnetBaseDistrict
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Reviewing the Scenarios (E-m)
8 Elementary Schools At/Over Capacity
1,646 Students Redistricted 690 Students in
Meadow View
Please note that numbers shift constantly and
vary between actual school populations and
projections for students residing within a school
district.
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ProposedMagnetBaseDistrict
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Questions

• Q Why doesnt the school system just build more
  schools?
• A In North Carolina, Boards of Education do not
  fund school construction. That responsibility,
  as well as taxing authority, rests with the Board
  of County Commissioners within each county.
  School systems rely on others to fund school
  construction. The Onslow County Board of
  Commissioners has worked with the school system
  to fund _at_ 105M in Construction.
• A In 2004, best estimates indicated that Onslow
  required 237 million in additional facilities.
  Our job is not complete.
• A Building a new school takes between 2 and 3
  years. Campuses need relief in 2008.

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Questions

• Q Why dont you just build bigger schools?
• Site and Utility restrictions limit expansion in
  some areas
• A Where financially possible, the school system
  is building larger facilities.
• Meadow View Elementary is sized for a maximum of
  800 K-5 students.
• Where not initially financially feasible,
  classroom wings are later added.

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Questions

• Q Are you planning for growth?
• A Yes.
• Long Range Planning
• 2004 LRFNA
• 2008 Update Planned
• New School Sites
• New Dixon Middle (shown)
• 2.4M Donation
• New Richlands Elementary
• _at_840,000 Transfer

Dixon Middle Site
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Questions

• Q Will you be doing this again? Is
  redistricting a temporary fix?
• A Redistricting is always a temporary solution
  unless student population growth stops, there are
  few program changes, people stop moving between
  school districts, and people stop coming to or
  leaving the county.
• The next redistricting effort will be in 2008 for
  the August 2009 school year. Students affected
  for August 2008 should NOT be affected in 2009.

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Questions

• Q Are high school or middle school districts
  affected?
• A No, only elementary districts.
• Other Questions?
• Contact
• Redistricting.comments_at_onslow.k12.nc.us
• [phone]

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Next Steps

• Request for Board Action Today
• Direct staff to obtain public comment on 5
  redistricting options and to return the comments
  to the Board in January.
• Staff would obtain public comment as follows

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Written Public Comments

• Redistricting.comments_at_onslow.k12.nc.us
• By USPS
• Onslow County Public Schools
• ATTN Redistricting Comments
• PO Box 99
• Jacksonville, NC 28541-0099

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Public Information Sessions

• January 2, 2008 500pm Southwest Elementary
• January 3, 2008 500pm Blue Creek Elementary
• January 4, 2008 500pm Richlands Primary
  Richlands Elementary at Richlands Primary
• January 5, 2008 1000am Hunters Creek
  Elementary
• January 5, 2008 300pm Morton Silverdale
  Elementary at Morton Elementary
• January 7, 2008 500pm Bell Fork Elementary
• January 8, 2008 700pm Regular BOE Meeting
• January 9, 2008 500pm Dixon Elementary
• January 10, 2008 500pm Jacksonville Commons
  Northwoods Elementary at Northwoods Elementary
• January 11, 2008 500pm Clyde Erwin Elementary

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Onslow County Schools

• Redistricting 2008
• Supporting Excellence in Education