Superintendent Recommends K-3 Redistricting Map #9
Decatur Metro | December 3, 2010Paul sends along a note from Superintendent Phyllis Edwards that was sent home with parents of second graders yesterday, announcing that she was recommending to the Decatur School Board that they approve the newly created K-3 redistricting Map #9.
(The primary purpose of the note is to inform families with only one child in CSD who is currently in second grade, that the child may be able to stay at their current school for 3rd grade, even if their house has is redistricted. Parents must elect to do this, but even then it isn’t guaranteed.)
Anyway, back to Map 9. According to Assistant Superintendent Thomas Van Soelen, Map 9 was created in an effort to “keep neighborhoods whole as much as possible”, and because of that AND the fact that non-white and reduced/free lunch comps are better-weighted than in many of the other eight maps, reaction to this map has thus far been generally positive.
However, there has been some recently voiced discontent from Willow Lane residents about being rezoned from Clairemont to Glennwood due to its distance from the neighborhood (.6 miles vs. 1.2 miles).
The Decatur School Board is set to vote on the redistricting at its December 14th meeting.