Boundaries

[doctorwho]

You mean you don't hold a few midnite meetings with SB members and parts of a few communities and 'just do it' because you're smarter than everyone else. ( like the 'new' Metea boundaries ) ? WHo'd have known it could actually be discussed openly

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District 203 board to discuss changes for boundary group

Sun Staff December 16, 2011 10:20AM
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Updated: December 18, 2011 2:57AM



The Naperville School District 203 Board will meet Monday night to discuss a plan to allow more time to ponder boundary changes for schools in the district.

The meeting is set for 7 p.m. in the auditorium at Naperville Central High School.

The district’s Enrollment Capacity Study Group met Dec. 7 to discuss a variety of hypothetical scenarios concerning boundary changes in the future to deal with the district’s changing demographics.

After three hours, the group decided that more time is needed to discuss the district’s future challenges. The group then decided to make a few recommendations for the board to examine Monday night:

• Extend the timetable so a viable plan that meets the needs of the district can be developed.

• Expand the process to include representatives from all schools.

• Review the priorities that were identified early in the process to determine if they accurately represent the long-term goals of District 203.

• Address enrollment issues at Mill and Beebe schools prior to the 2012-2013 academic year. Both schools are experiencing overcrowding.

An early hypothetical scenario that ran on the web mentioned the idea of closing Ellsworth Elementary and Washington Junior High Schools. The mention drew a very negative public reaction. The scenario was removed from the web site as “not a viable option.”

Also, residents have stressed to the district the need for regular communication on the boundary issue. The district has said it will set up public information sessions concerning the boundary planning process in late January or early February.

At the meeting Monday, the board will take under consideration the next steps in the process.

[casey]

What a novel idea to actually include representatives from each school and to decide that they needed to slow down and not make rash decisions taking time to get input from the community. Once again 203 outclasses our district. Way back when our district allowed representatives from each community to serve on the Citizens Advisory they were hand-picked by the SB. My neighborhood even had one of the consultants who would be working on the Metea project to be a representative (his kids were infant and preschool age at the time). That's fair, right?

Too bad I was so caught up in wanting new construction 20 years ago that I couldn't see how much better we'd have been in an established area like 203. To think at one time I actually looked downtown Naperville for a house (and would have been able to afford one back THEN). 203 has their own problems but overall I think it would have been a better choice (for home values too). Shoulda, woulda, coulda. Darn!!!!