FACILITY USE AND BOUNDARY TASK FORCE ORIENTATION FOR THE NEW SOUTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Austin Independent School District

FUBTF Charge

The Facility Use and Boundary Task Force (FUBTF) will assist the superintendent in applying criteria for student assignments that support student success and maximizes the utilization of AISD facilities.

The FUBTF is charged with the responsibility to prepare a recommendation for the attendance zone for the Southwest Elementary School and to address over-crowding and under-utilized schools in the area

Values

The Task Force acts on behalf of the entire AISD community.

 The Task Force believes all students have equal inherent worth.

 The Task Force solicits information and expertise from appropriate sources when needed.

 Task Force members are respectful of each other’s viewpoints.

 The Task Force members accept and support decisions made by the majority and respect minority viewpoints.

 Task Force meetings are conducted in an orderly, efficient manner that allows for sufficient discussion.

Criteria

Achieve capacity targets that ensure efficient operation of facilities

Affect the fewest students possible Attend to the alignment of feeder patterns, as

reasonable, and balanced against the other criteria

Prevent multiple reassignment of students among schools by developing stable, long-term assignment plans

Membership

Ten core members that are representative of the AISD community and,

Durational geographic members from each affected school who will serve during the duration of charges directly affecting a specific area of residence

FUBTF Core Members

Helen Miller – District 1 Geneva Oliva – District 2 Anna Menchaca – District 3 Heath Hignight – District 4 Kathy Mauro – District 5 Belinda Aleman – District 6 Linda Klar – District 7 Rebecca Bernhardt – District 8 Kathleen Schneeman – District 9 Pat Epstein – Superintendent

SWES Geographic Members

Heather Sanchez - Boone ES

Jennifer Waits - Boone ES Matt Devlin - Clayton ES Susan Haddad - Clayton

ES Tammy Henderson -

Cowan ES Lynn Styles - Cowan ES Scott Logan - Kiker ES Kristi Samon - Kiker ES

Lisa Chatham - Mills ES Michelle Moon-Reinhardt -

Mills ES Molly Austin - Oak Hill ES Cathy Cox - Oak Hill ES Jennifer Newell - Patton

ES Gary Anderson - Patton ES David Segura - Sunset

Valley ES Molly Wentworth- Sunset

Valley ES

Demographic Projections

Demographic consultant Annual Demographic Report

Mid-year report Methodology

Student Data set Metro Study for residential development

activity Cohort survival Zip code birth rate

Major Residential Trends

Traditional residential development Residential infill Multi-family density

Attendance Zone Population

Attendance zone population is the number of AISD students who live in the school’s attendance zone, whether they go to that particular school or not.

The actual attendance zone population is based on real data obtained from the student data set.

The projected attendance zone population combines the actual attendance zone population and development data.

Every year, five year projections are developed for every grade and every planning reporting area.

Membership

Membership is defined as the number of students enrolled at a school

Due to the number of transfer students, a school’s membership and its attendance zone population are usually not equal

Capacity vs. Utilization

Capacity: The number of students a school is designed to hold

Utilization: How the classrooms on a campus are being used

Measuring Capacity

Permanent capacity of an elementary school: (Number of Permanent Classrooms) X (22 Students)

This number is compared to a capacity calculated for the core facilities of the campus. The lower of the two numbers is used as the permanent capacity of the campus.

Core capacity of an elementary school: (Total Core Square Footage) X (880)/10,000)

The core facility of an 880-student elementary school should have an area 10,000 square feet.

Commonly Use Terms

Permanent Classroom -Classrooms within the building

Portable -Temporary classrooms Educational Specifications (Ed specs) -District

standards for campus programs and facilities. Core facility - cafeteria, library, gym Special use areas -special education,

multipurpose, art, music, computer lab

Student Transfers

First Come, First Served General Curriculum Some schools are “frozen” to transfers

Victim of Bullying Diversity Choice

Student Transfers

Priority Transfers Sibling Tracking Majority to Minority Magnet Programs

Special Education Sibling School Performance related The cumulative total of all transfers at a school

is the “net-migration”.

2009-10 Membership

Clayton 128%* Cowan 105% Mills 129% Oak Hill 117%

* without Kindergarten adjustments for the 2009-10 school year

Boone 58% Kiker 91%* Patton 82% Sunset Valley 60%

* without Kindergarten adjustments for the 2009-10 school year

Over Capacity Under Capacity

2012-13 Projected Population

Clayton H 176% Cowan G 102% Mills G 118% Oak Hill H 140%

Boone G 56% Kiker G 82% Patton G 63% Sunset Valley H 76%

Over Capacity Under Capacity

Current Boundaries

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