Elementary Zoning for 2012-2013
Elementary Zoning Process
The district welcomes community input when planning new attendance zones and wants the community to be informed every step of the way. This fall two meetings were held to discuss zoning options for Bernshausen Elementary that is opening in the fall of 2013. A committee of parents, community members, teachers, principals, central office and administrative staff will meet on October 3 and November 27.

Click on the preferred draft to the left to see the plan that was presented to the Board of Trustees at the Dec. 10, 2012 meeting. The public is welcome to send email comments to the district administration and Board of Trustees by clicking here. All comments will be reviewed and considered. District administration will take the proposed plan to the Board at the Feb. 10 meeting for their consideration of approval.

The district is also considering a slight change to the Intermediate attendance zones beginning in the 2014 - 2015 school year for one subdivision only. This intermediate draft map can be found on the preferred draft link to the left.  
 
Zoning Committee   October 30  1—2:30 pm   &   6—7:30 pm   Board Room 
Zoning Committee  November 27   1—2:30 pm   &   6—7:30 pm   Board Room
    
The Board of Trustees will be presented a final proposal for approval consideration at the February Board meeting.

 Board Report        December 10         7 pm         Board Room
 Board Vote  February 11 7 pm   Board Room
   
Why are we rezoning?
  • KISD is opening Bernshausen Elementary in the fall of 2013. As a result, the district must rezone in order to balance enrollment. The district always rezones whenever a new school opens.
  • We handle over capacity schools with temporary buildings until such point as the cafeteria and other common spaces will no longer handle the students appropriately.
  • In a high growth school district, it is not uncommon to rezone students as needed being prudent to not rezone any one elementary age student more than twice during their six years in elementary school when possible.
What factors does the district consider when making zoning decisions?
There are many criteria that the district considers when determining attendance zones. Not all criteria are present in each scenario, making the creation of attendance zones more of an art than a science. However, some factors that are considered include but are not limited to the following:

o The location of natural boundaries such as streams
o The location and proximity of major thoroughfares
o The location of other boundaries such as railroad crossings o The capacity of individual campuses
o Projected enrollment at individual campuses
o The location of future schools
o Transportation concerns related to busing or students who walk
o The number of times that an individual student has been rezoned in the past or could be rezoned in the future
o The creation of pure feeder patterns

• The district does not draw boundary lines for the purpose of creating particular demographic or socioeconomic attendance zones.

How was the zoning committee chosen?
• Each elementary principal asked ten parents and three teachesr to serve on the committee. Additionally, the public may also attend the committee meetings.