"What did you accomplish with the March 2008 Boundary changes?"
We have ONE answer ladies and gentlemen:
A number of Bird parents got "the finger"!!!!
The facts are simple:
1. The board's boundary decision was designed to reduce overcrowding at Bird.
FACT: As of this year's 3rd Friday count, Bird remains 1 over capacity. Since then, MORE students have been added.
2. The board's boundary decision was designed to populate the new Creekside Elementary.
FACT: As of this year's 3rd Friday count, Creekside has 273 students with a capacity for 516. Why are we allowing a brand new school to be HALF FULL when Bird, Eastside, and Northside elementary are each at 98% capacity or MORE? You'll be told that the projected complete Smith's crossing Development calls for 357 students in the neighborhood. HELLO! Can you say economic downturn? And the PLANNED build out was for 10 years from now! And even with 357 neighborhood students, that's still only 70-75% of capacity.
3. The board's boundary decision was designed to make the "socio-economic balance" (READ: number of students eligible for free/reduced lunch) more equitable between schools.
FACT: The number students eligible for free/reduced price has changed from:
------Westside: 44% (48% last fall)
------Bird: 28% (27% last fall)
------Royal Oaks: 11% (10% last fall)
------Creekside: 32%
All this heartache results in the move of just 19 students (not 53, as projected) from Bird to Westside.
As Jeff Probst would say, "Worth playing for?"
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