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Press Release
Contact:  Arlene Hulten
Date:   February 22, 2008

 

Elementary Boundary Adjustments – Community Forums Planned

The public is invited to attend one of the following public forums listed below to review the Lake Stevens School District’s Boundary Committee’s work and recommendations.  The committee would like to share with parents and community members its work to date and proposed boundary adjustment recommendation.  Community input is vital at this point in the process and the committee would appreciate public participation.

Community Forum Dates
Wednesday, March 5, 5:30 pm – 8 pm, Educational Service Center Conference Room
Thursday, March 6, 5:30 pm  – 8:00 pm, North Lake Cafeteria
Thursday, March 6, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm, Educational Service Center Conference Room

The committee, led by consultant David Toyer, will present information regarding the process and draft recommendations (approximately 20 minutes) followed by a question and answer period (approximately 45 minutes).

 

Background
The Lake Stevens School District convened a boundary adjustment committee which is working on the review of boundary lines, student population, and growth areas of the district’s elementary schools.  The committee’s task is to recommend boundary adjustments that will balance elementary school student populations.  Work began in January and committee members are currently developing boundary proposal map recommendations.  The schools affected in the proposals for possible adjustments include Hillcrest, Sunnycrest, Highland, Mt. Pilchuck, and Skyline schools.

As the committee of volunteer parents work to develop possible adjustments to the attendance areas, they were guided by the principal that decisions had to be made based on what was best for all students in the school district. 

District policy provides some guiding principles for this process. The following guidelines are included in Board Policy No. 5010:

    Minimize disruption of student’s established learning programs

    Maintain established neighborhood groupings

    Keep siblings in the same elementary school

    Maintain relationships with a middle school and or high school attendance area

    Adjust class loads to available space

    Coordinate transportation routes with attendance area