12-3-2020 Redistricting Public Forum

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    • Introduction & Instructional Impacts (00:00 – 04:57)
    • Impact of Redistricting on Funding (04:58 – 06:02)
    • How Redistricting affects Transportation Plans (06:03 – 07:06)
    • Milone & MacBroom Introduction/Scenario Recap/Online Platform Review (07:07 – 17:51)
    • Superintendent Dr. Melton Introduction (17:52 – 21:46)
    • Will there be options for grandfathering (i.e. exemptions)? (21:47 – 24:04)
    • When will a Redistricting decision be made? (24:05 – 26:34)
    • What led to plans to split up neighborhoods down Johnson Marina Road? Can you expand on why plans divide this neighborhood from that peninsula and why those numbers make an impact on the totals needed for the schools you’d be moving them to? (26:35 – 31:38)
    • What is the overall timeline for the project and who did Milone & MacBroom consult to arrive at the four scenarios? (31:39 – 35:07)
    • Would the Board consider only rezoning for Piney Woods Elementary School, the most urgent need and leave the other clusters and schools unchanged until a later date? (35:08 – 37:13)
    • What is the impact of Redistricting on our Magnet Programs district-wide? (37:14 – 38:03)
    • The long-term effects and economic fallout of COVID-19 are unknown, how do we account for the impacts of this in the Redistricting plan? Did we account for this in the Redistricting plan? Has there been any consideration for the long-term effects of COVID-19 on the scenarios? (38:04 – 43:15)
    • Are there any possible other scenarios? (43:16 - 51:58)
    • How does School of Choice impact overcrowding in the Chapin area? (51:59 – 54:53)
    • What specific enrollment data are you using for the 2020-2021 column in scenario 4? (54:54 – 57:07)
    • Given the extreme circumstances involving the virus, does it make sense to deter intermediate, middle and high school kids at this time since the projections are for four to five years out? (57:08 – 59:27)
    • Is there a plan for exemptions? Are there any special exemptions to allow students to remain in the school they are currently attending via the Redistricting plan? (59:28 – 1:00:57)
    • How can I see what school I would be rezoned to if Redistricting is implemented? (1:00:58 – 1:04:19)
    • Will FIVE, the district’s virtual platform for the 2020-2021 school year, continue and how might that alleviate overcrowding or remove the need for Redistricting? (1:04:20 – 1:06:37)
    • How are the uncertainties qualified and quantified in your models? (1:06:38 – 1:09:22)
    • Has there been any consideration to make Spring Hill High School a traditional school rather than a Magnet school? (1:09:23 – 1:14:21)
    • Superintendent Dr. Melton Closing Remarks (1:14:22 – 1:16:37)
    • Why is Wescott neighborhood in the rezoning for Dutch Fork? We have a Chapin address. How did you divide these three clusters (Chapin, Dutch Fork and Irmo) into the rezoning plans? (1:16:38 – 1:18:59)
    • Were socio-economic and racial divides considered in the four scenarios? (1:19:00 – 1:21:01)
    • What are the main differences in each of the four scenarios? (1:21:02 – 1:24:43)
    • Have mailers been sent out to the community potentially impacted by the Redistricting plan? (1:24:44 – 1:25:33)
    • Are you considering allowing kids to stay in the same cluster when they are older? (1:25:34 – 1:26:30)
    • Closing Remarks (1:26:31 – 1:31:00)