3. STUDENT REASSIGNMENT COMMITTEE MEETING
Media Center, Nash Central High School
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - 6:00 pm
Call to Order Victor Ward Sr.
Roll Call
Approval of the Minutes from the April 30, 2012 meeting
Committee Operating Procedure Carina Bryant
Scenario Review and Revision Discussion Student Reassignment
Committee
Report to School Board 6/4/2012
Questions
Next Meeting
Scenario Review and Revision
* Tuesday, June 12 or Thursday, June 14
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4. Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools

5. Jan-Aug 2012 Aug - 2012 Aug – Dec 2012 August 2013
Committee Committee Public Input/ Community
Deliberations/ Recommendations Engagement Implementation
Monthly Reports to Presented to the
the School Board School Board Board of Education
Approval
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6. Board of Public Engagement
Education
Committee Chairs
Technical Support
Community Committee ORED
Feedback
Staff
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7. Contiguous boundaries:
 Attempt to maintain contiguous school boundaries without using
satellite attendance areas.
Respect neighborhoods:
 Avoid dividing easily recognized “neighborhoods” or identified
“developments” or “sub- divisions” unless it is necessary to meet other
guidelines. Whenever possible and practical use major highways,
railroads, rivers, and streams as natural boundaries.
Proximity to schools:
 While it is recognized that all students cannot be assigned to their closest
school, consider students proximity to other schools when creating
school boundaries.
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8. Modify feeder systems:
 In order to maximize facility use and establish reasonable numbers of students at each
site, consider the use of 6 middle school feeder systems instead of 5. This would
allow smaller, more instructionally suited middle schools and less dependence on
mobile classrooms.
Stay within enrollment capacities:
 Unless it is likely that a school enrollment will be declining, assign students to the
four high schools in a way that their enrollments are under established capacities.
Consider anticipated growth:
 Enrollment growth patterns should be taken into consideration, where feasible, to
ensure that anticipated growth will not adversely impact one school significantly
more than the others.
Enrollment balance:
 In keeping with the intent of SB612, attempt to balance the percentage of academic
and economic populations at each middle and high school.
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9.  February 13 – Understanding the Optimization Process
 March 26 – Out of Capacity table and Scenario Data
 April 30 – Scenario Review and Revision
 May 29 – Scenario Review and Revision Discussion
 *June 12 or June 14 Scenario and Revision
 June 25 – Final Scenario Presentation
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10.  Transparent
 Lines of Communications
 Committee Meetings
 Open to the public
 Ground Rules
 Website
 Information posted immediately after each meeting
 E-mail/ Phone Line
 An e-mail address to answer questions/ receive feedback etc has
been established to ensure seamless communication and to
make all information readily available to the public.
 A phone line has been established for those with limited or no
internet access to provide feedback to the committee.

11.  Do we find the Revision 1 map(s) acceptable ?
 What are the benefits?
 What are the concerns at each level?
 Elementary Schools
 Middle Schools
 High Schools
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12. Current Zones Revision 1 Zones
 No reassignment impact  Balances facility
to students utilizations for all
 Reasonable balance in schools
student metrics  Transportation??
 ???  ???

13. Current Zones Revision 1 Zones
 Current RMHS Zone not  Potentially impacts
suitable for new school site 1300+ high school
 Unbalanced utilization of students
high school facilities
 Greater disparity in
 Overcrowding at SHS
 Some long student travel student metrics*
distances  Lack of clean feeder for
 Lack of clean feeder for some MS > HS
some MS > HS  ???
 ???
* Metrics calculated by residence from 2011-12 geocode

14. Current Zones Revision 1 Zones
 Excess capacity in RMHS  Potential growth in SHS
zone zone
 ???  May provide capacity
“buffer” for growth in
other high schools
 ???

15. Current Zones Revision 1 Zones
 Further growth in SHS  Community concerns
zone cannot be easily  ???
accommodated
 ???

16. February
13 – (4:00-5:30)*
March
26 (6:00)
April
30 (6:00)
May
29 (6:00)
June
25 (4:00–5:30)*
August/ Sept
TBD

17. QUESTIONS