2021-2022 Redistricting Decision

A: Alum Creek Elementary is being used to relieve the southern elementary schools. Please note that we do have options that do not impact Olentangy Falls and Olentangy Crossing, but those options do not provide. The committee will evaluate feedback from the community as it works towards a recommendation.

A: Please keep in mind that these options are being presented to generate conversation and feedback. The committee will evaluate and consider feedback as it works towards developing a recommendation. The thought process for including the Pines at Arrowhead was a combination of access from Old State Road, the inability to walk across Piatt Road, and additional projected growth within Cheshire.

A:  Evans Farms is assigned to Arrowhead in every option. This was a way to account for the projected growth from this development as it occurs.

A: Unfortunately, not everyone is able to be assigned to their geographically closest school. Based on the responses from the community, the committee will take a closer look at those changes as recommendations are developed. The options presented are to collect feedback from the community, so just because a neighborhood is impacted in the options does not mean that the neighborhood is guaranteed to be impacted in the final recommendation.

A: Elementary School 16 was constructed to alleviate the overcrowding on the north end. We are using Alum Creek Elementary to relieve the southern elementary schools like Olentangy Meadows. If we were to assign students from Heritage Elementary to Alum Creek Elementary, we would not have anywhere to relieve the southern elementary schools.

A: The existing Alum Creek boundary is built out, and the Evans Farms is being assigned to the Arrowhead Elementary boundary. The enrollment at Alum Creek Elementary is projected to remain fairly stable with slight decline over time.

A: Transportation costs are going to be relatively similar; we are not moving any areas that are walking and making them bus riders.

A:  We are not changing high school boundaries as a part of this process

A: All options presented move students that live in both single-family and apartment units.

A: There is significant growth on the north end, Elementary School 16 was constructed to alleviate the overcrowding on the north end. We are using Alum Creek Elementary to relieve the southern elementary schools like Olentangy Meadows. If we were to assign students from Heritage Elementary to Alum Creek Elementary, we would not have anywhere to relieve the southern elementary schools.

A: We considered changes that would not include detached zones, but it would have required us to bus students that can presently walk to school. The detached zones do not add additional transportation routes.

A: There will be a reallocation of staff once the recommendations are finalized to right-size the student to teacher ratios among buildings.

A: There are immediate utilization needs at Berkshire Middle School that need to be addressed in the short term so that building is not grossly overutilized.

A: Any boundary middle school boundary changes made in the process will need to be revisited when we look at boundaries for middle school splits. The further north the Shanahan Middle School boundary goes (like in concept 2), the more likely it is to be changed again with Middle School 6 process.

A: This has yet to be decided.

A: We absolutely understand that these are children that we are moving, not just numbers. This is something that we are paying attention to.

A: Currently Hyatts Middle School splits 40% to Berlin High School, 60% to Liberty High School. The maps you are seeing are concepts, so the lines are not concrete yet- it depends on what is recommended for elementary boundaries on the north side.

A: This is something that the committee does look at. Unfortunately, there are some areas that are frequently "in play" because of their proximity to multiple schools.