Boundary Revision Process   

Table of Contents   1) Glossary of Terms 

 2) Boundary Revision Process to Date 

 

3) Exhibit 1 – Original Committee Charge with update  

4) Exhibit 2 – Plan & Data Packet  

5) Exhibit 3 – Committee Transition  

6) Exhibit 4 – District Transition  

7) Exhibit 5 – Next Steps  

8) Exhibit 6 – Process Flow Document    

Glossary of Terms

Attendance Area The geographic area defined for each school by regulation 3130.

Bus Zone

The geographical area within which transportation to/from school is provided. Factors which are involved in determination include distance from school, disability or medical needs, or hazardous walking conditions.

Bus route A specific set of stops followed by the school bus to transport students to school

safely and efficiently.

Catchment Same as Attendance Area

Out-of-catchment Student A student with a physical address outside of a school’s defined geographic

area.

Enrollment The total number of students properly registered at a school or within the district.

In-district Student A student with a physical address within the geographic boundaries of the

school district as defined by regulation 3130.

Out-of-district student A student with a physical address outside of the geographic boundaries of the

school district.

School Boundary Same as Attendance Area

Transfers The process for attending a school other than the catchment area school.

o Intra-district – Application process for the current school year o Optional or Open Enrollment – Application process for the next school

year.

Recommended Program Capacity (RPC)

The number of students the building can accommodate factoring in collective bargaining and program constraints.

Boundary Revision Process to Date   

1. We hired a seasoned profession in Mr. Withycombe to provide guidance through the boundary redevelop process, and on April 22, 2015 approved the process on Exhibit 1 – 6.  

 2. On July 30, 2015 date, you approved the process of moving forward with the boundary work as 

described in Exhibit 1.  

3. As such, a boundary process to address potential boundary adjustments for the following schools was convened: a. Whittier/Wainwright b. Delong c. Geiger d. Manitou Park e. Arlington f. Edison g. Franklin h. Truman  i. Mason  

 4. This work started with a district technical team made up of various cabinet members, Sandra 

Jacobson, Sue Race and Ed Schau.   This team developed a Springboard proposal to take to the official Boundary Committee.  This work took place from April – August.  

5. We have discovered a great new technology in GIS software, and it has brought a new clarity in our ability to revise boundaries. 

 6. At the beginning of September, the district reached out to seek parties interested in 

participating in the boundary process.  Two public representatives from each school and the principal of each school.  

7. Beginning September 26, this group of principals, technical team members and public volunteers worked every other week for 2 hours to develop recommendations for the Superintendent.  

8. Once the committee made enough progress, a public preview of proposed boundary adjustments was held on November 18, and a formal hearing on December 16.  

9. The committee completed its work on January 6 with the development of transition recommendations  

10. The Cabinet reviewed the committee recommendations, and the Superintendent approved the work of the committee on January 12.  

11. Work will be complete pending Board approval on January 28.     

12. The committee will be publically recognized by the Board on February 25. 

 Original Committee Charge:  By January 31, 2016, present a recommendation to the Superintendent for revised elementary/middle school boundaries for the Whittier/Wainwright school and surrounding elementary schools to determine school placement for students beginning with the 2016‐2017 school year.  Guiding Values:  1. Charge: Develop new boundaries that balance enrollment across the new and surrounding school 

locations. Result: See Exhibit 2 – schools in the impacted area were balanced by catchment to ensure that enrollment was increased or decreased according to the issues of each school. 

 2. Charge: Consider the impact to the smallest number of families. 

Result: Boundary revision resulted in the impact to 357/2900 students.   The impacted schools represent 10% of the district population and approximately 1% of students will be impacted. 

 3. Charge: Provide families the option to delay moving their children to their new neighborhood school for 

one year and suggest ways the District can support the transition of families and children affected by boundary changes. Result: See Exhibit 3 ‐ The committee has provided recommendations in addition to recommendations made by the Superintendent to address concerns raised during the process.    

 4. Charge: Consider the impact on special populations (e.g. homeless youth, special education programs, 

English language learner programs) Result: See Exhibits 2 and 3 – discussion regarding these special populations was held and data reviewed for each scenario that was evaluated to ensure no groups were disproportionately disadvantaged. 

 5. Charge: Consider ways to maintain diverse populations within each school. 

Result: See Exhibit 2 – Data was reviewed and evaluated for each scenario to ensure no groups were disproportionately disadvantaged. 

 6. Charge: Establish boundaries that will be relatively stable in the foreseeable future.  

Result: Outside of impending middle school boundary needs, the boundaries set should allow for the normal increase or declination that occurs within school populations.   It is expected that, with our robust optional enrollment some schools may take longer to fall within the expected guidelines of the boundary revisions. 

       

Exhibit 1 

Proposed Boundary Recommendations

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From Delong(Students Affected: 127)

Wainwright

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Whittier

Whittier

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Delong

Wainwright/Whittier Boundary Change

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Current K-5 BoundaryRecommended Wainwright/Whittier Boundary

Change Area

Whittier Elementary Current Proposed ScenarioK-5 Count in Catchment 393 660RPC (%) 78.60% 94.29%

Whittier Elementary Catchment Summary

Current Proposed Scenario

RPC Summary RPC Summary K-5 Count in Catchment 393 K-5 Count in Catchment 660 RPC 500 New RPC 700 RPC (%) 78.60% New RPC (%) 94.29% Attending Whittier 328 83.5% Attending Wainwright/Whittier 368 55.8%

Grade Status Grade Status Kindergarten 66 16.8% Kindergarten 108 16.4%1 71 18.1% 1 122 18.5%2 62 15.8% 2 103 15.6%3 65 16.5% 3 108 16.4%4 61 15.5% 4 105 15.9%5 68 17.3% 5 114 17.3%

Gender Gender Female 210 53.4% Female 322 48.8%Male 183 46.6% Male 338 51.2%

Race Race Amer Indian/Alaska Nat 0 0.0% Amer Indian/Alaska Nat 5 0.8% Asian 19 4.8% Asian 26 3.9% Black 74 18.8% Black 154 23.3%Hispanic/Latino 53 13.5% Hispanic/Latino 93 14.1%Multi Ethnic 72 18.3% Multi Ethnic 97 14.7%Pacific Islander 3 0.8% Pacific Islander 8 1.2% White 172 43.8% White 277 42.0%

Other Considerations Other Considerations English Learner 11 2.8% English Learner 21 3.2% F504 4 1.0% F504 6 0.9% Free/Reduced Meals 182 46.3% Free/Reduced Meals 354 53.6%Gifted 17 4.3% Gifted 28 4.2% Homeless 5 1.3% Homeless 5 0.8% Special Education 43 10.9% Special Education 84 12.7%Title VII 7 1.8% Title VII 8 1.2%

 

   

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Delong Boundary Change

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Current K-5 BoundaryRecommended Delong Boundary

Change Area

Delong Elementary Current Proposed ScenarioK-5 Count in Catchment 661 464RPC (%) 132.0% 92.8%

Delong Elementary Catchment Summary

Current Proposed Scenario

RPC Summary RPC Summary K-5 Count in Catchment 661 K-5 Count in Catchment 464 RPC 500 RPC 500 RPC (%) 132% RPC (%) 92.8% Attending Delong 377 57.0% Attending Delong 292 62.9%

Grade Status Grade Status Kindergarten 97 14.7% Kindergarten 66 14.2%1 111 16.8% 1 78 16.8%2 122 18.5% 2 87 18.8%3 111 16.8% 3 80 17.2%4 104 15.7% 4 64 13.8%5 116 17.5% 5 89 19.2%

Gender Gender Female 320 48.4% Female 226 48.7%Male 341 51.6% Male 238 51.3%

Race Race Amer Indian/Alaska Nat 6 0.9% Amer Indian/Alaska Nat 4 0.9% Asian 26 3.9% Asian 23 5.0% Black 147 22.2% Black 106 22.8%Hispanic/Latino 98 14.8% Hispanic/Latino 78 16.8%Multi Ethnic 45 6.8% Multi Ethnic 32 6.9% Pacific Islander 16 2.4% Pacific Islander 14 3.0% White 323 48.9% White 207 44.6%

Other Considerations Other Considerations English Learner 36 5.4% English Learner 30 6.5% F504 7 1.1% F504 4 0.9% Free/Reduced Meals 380 57.5% Free/Reduced Meals 291 62.7%Gifted 40 6.1% Gifted 26 5.6% Homeless 35 5.3% Homeless 35 7.5% Special Education 84 12.7% Special Education 56 12.1%Title VII 7 1.1% Title VII 7 1.5%

   

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Franklin Boundary Change

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Current K-5 BoundaryRecommended Franklin Boundary

Change Area

Franklin Elementary Current Proposed ScenarioK-5 Count in Catchment 309 379RPC (%) 68.67% 84.22%

Franklin Elementary Catchment Summary

Current Proposed Scenario

RPC Summary RPC Summary K-5 Count in Catchment 309 K-5 Count in Catchment 379 RPC 450 RPC 450 RPC (%) 68.67% RPC (%) 84.22% Attending Franklin 154 49.8% Attending Franklin 155 40.9%

Grade Status Grade Status Kindergarten 55 17.8% Kindergarten 67 17.7%1 44 14.2% 1 56 14.8%2 57 18.4% 2 70 18.5%3 57 18.4% 3 69 18.2%4 49 15.9% 4 66 17.4%5 47 15.2% 5 51 13.5%

Gender Gender Female 164 53.1% Female 205 54.1%Male 145 46.9% Male 174 45.9%

Race Race Amer Indian/Alaska Nat 4 1.3% Amer Indian/Alaska Nat 4 1.1% Asian 7 2.3% Asian 7 1.8% Black 36 11.7% Black 51 13.5%Hispanic/Latino 52 16.8% Hispanic/Latino 59 15.6%Multi Ethnic 37 12.0% Multi Ethnic 46 12.1%Pacific Islander 0 0.0% Pacific Islander 1 0.3% White 173 56.0% White 211 55.7%

Other Considerations Other Considerations English Learner 3 1.0% English Learner 5 1.3% F504 1 0.3% F504 4 1.1% Free/Reduced Meals 171 55.3% Free/ReducedMeals 208 54.9%Gifted 19 6.1% Gifted 23 6.1% Homeless 3 1.0% Homeless 3 0.8% Special Education 40 12.9% Special Education 49 12.9%Title VII 8 2.6% Title VII 8 2.1%

 

   

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Current K-5 BoundaryRecommended Edison Boundary

Change Area

Edison Elementary Current Proposed ScenarioK-5 Count in Catchment 534 459RPC (%) 97.1% 83.5%

Edison Elementary Catchment Summary

Current Proposed Scenario

RPC Summary RPC Summary K-5 Count in Catchment 534 K-5 Count in Catchment 459 RPC 550 RPC 550 RPC (%) 97.1% RPC (%) 83.5% Attending Edison 357 66.9% Attending Edison 324 70.6%

Grade Status Grade Status Kindergarten 90 16.9% Kindergarten 76 16.6%1 88 16.5% 1 76 16.6%2 86 16.1% 2 71 15.5%3 96 18.0% 3 84 18.3%4 90 16.9% 4 76 16.6%5 84 15.7% 5 76 16.6%

Gender Gender Female 252 47.2% Female 221 48.1%Male 282 52.8% Male 238 51.9%

Race Race Amer Indian/Alaska Nat 6 1.1% Amer Indian/Alaska Nat 5 1.1% Asian 35 6.6% Asian 27 5.9% Black 118 22.1% Black 103 22.4%Hispanic/Latino 121 22.7% Hispanic/Latino 106 23.1%Multi Ethnic 72 13.5% Multi Ethnic 62 13.5%Pacific Islander 15 2.8% Pacific Islander 15 3.3% White 167 31.3% White 141 30.7%

Other Considerations Other Considerations English Learner 67 12.5% English Learner 58 12.6%F504 4 0.7% F504 4 0.9% Free/Reduced Meals 412 77.2% Free/Reduced Meals 362 78.9%Gifted 15 2.8% Gifted 12 2.6% Homeless 14 2.6% Homeless 10 2.2% Special Education 74 13.9% Special Education 64 13.9%Title VII 3 0.6% Title VII 3 0.7%

 

   

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Legendnm Tacoma School

Current K-5 BoundaryRecommended Manitou Park Boundary

Change Area

Manitou Park Elementary Current Proposed ScenarioK-5 Count in Catchment 700 550RPC (%) 116.7% 91.7%

Manitou Park Elementary Catchment Summary

Current Proposed Scenario

RPC Summary RPC Summary K-5 Count in Catchment 700 K-5 Count in Catchment 550 RPC 600 RPC 600 RPC (%) 116.7% RPC (%) 91.7% Attending Manitou Park 525 75.0% Attending Manitou Park 403 73.3%

Grade Status Grade Status Kindergarten 126 18.0% Kindergarten 104 18.9%1 118 16.9% 1 90 16.4%2 123 17.6% 2 103 18.7%3 111 15.9% 3 80 14.5%4 108 15.4% 4 82 14.9%5 114 16.3% 5 91 16.5%

Gender Gender Female 338 48.3% Female 271 49.3%Male 362 51.7% Male 279 50.7%

Race Race Amer Indian/Alaska Nat 9 1.3% Amer Indian/Alaska Nat 6 1.1% Asian 56 8.0% Asian 45 8.2% Black 163 23.3% Black 110 20.0%Hispanic/Latino 201 28.7% Hispanic/Latino 170 30.9%Multi Ethnic 96 13.7% Multi Ethnic 79 14.4%Pacific Islander 23 3.3% Pacific Islander 14 2.5% White 152 21.7% White 126 22.9%

Other Considerations Other Considerations English Learner 133 19.0% English Learner 112 20.4%F504 6 0.9% F504 4 0.7% Free/Reduced Meals 555 79.3% Free/Reduced Meals 427 77.6%Gifted 15 2.1% Gifted 16 2.9% Homeless 10 1.4% Homeless 10 1.8% Special Education 89 12.7% Special Education 66 12.0%Title VII 10 1.4% Title VII 9 1.6%

 

   

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Legendnm Tacoma School

Current K-5 BoundaryRecommended Arlington Boundary

Change Area

Arlington Elementary Current Proposed ScenarioK-5 Count in Catchment 302 387RPC (%) 71.1% 86.0%

Arlington Elementary Catchment Summary

Current Proposed Scenario

RPC Summary RPC Summary K-5 Count in Catchment 302 K-5 Count in Catchment 387 Current RPC 425 New RPC 450 Current RPC (%) 71.1% New RPC (%) 86.0% Attending Arlington 195 64.6% Attending Arlington 202 52.2%

Grade Status Grade Status Kindergarten 55 18.2% Kindergarten 68 17.6%1 43 14.2% 1 53 13.7%2 48 15.9% 2 64 16.5%3 44 14.6% 3 63 16.3%4 60 19.9% 4 79 20.4%5 52 17.2% 5 60 15.5%

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   On January 6, the committee adopted unanimously the boundaries they shared at the December 16 Public Hearing. At that hearing, no community member expressed concern about the committee’s emerging recommendation. The committee also adopted six transition recommendations by consensus. The district should implement the middle school solutions presented by the technical team

in response to questions and concerns raised at the November 18 Public Preview. o Whittier/Wainwright will be the home school for all students who live within its

catchment area; they will receive transportation if they live within a busing zone, based on elementary guidelines.

o Middle school students who live within the Whittier/Wainwright attendance area will be assigned two home schools, one of them Whittier/Wainwright, the other a nearby comprehensive middle school based on current middle school boundaries. Students who live within the current Truman boundary will be bused to Truman, those residing within the Gray boundary to Gray.

o Similarly, students who live within the Bryant attendance area will have the option of attending Jason Lee, a nearby comprehensive middle school.

o Students who live within the Whittier/Wainwright boundary may choose to attend a comprehensive middle school other than the one assigned to them. School of choice is an option for all students; however the district does not provide transportation.

o Students who live outside its attendance area may optionally enroll in Whittier/Wainwright if space is available, but will not receive district transportation.

o Middle school students at Whittier/Wainwright will have opportunities to take PE, music, language arts, and elective classes, although these programs will be proportionately smaller than those at the larger comprehensive middle schools.

o Middle school students at Whittier/Wainwright will have opportunities to participate in sports programs at Gray Middle School.

The district should allow students who will be in the fifth grade in 2016-2017 and also their younger siblings (grades K-4) to remain at their 2015-2016 catchment area school for the 2016-2017 school year, with district transportation provided. This is an option for families. At the end of that one year, when these fifth graders go on to middle school, the families may apply for option enrollment status to keep the younger siblings at that school or enroll them in their new catchment-area school. All of the district’s current option enrollment policies and procedures would apply to these students.

The district should make every effort to inform parents of students affected by the boundary changes in a clear and timely manner; and the district should support school efforts to

Exhibit 3 

welcome new families and to inform them about welcome events and activities in a timely manner.

The district should ensure that representatives of and information about Wainwright’s middle school program are included in all of the activities designed to inform students and families about middle school options in 2016-2017.

The district should ensure that IEP teams are aware that they may recommend that individual students be kept at their current elementary school if they believe it is in the student’s best interests.

The district should continue to work with the City of Tacoma to ensure that all students have access to safe walking and biking routes between their homes and their schools.

Exhibit 4

Boundary 

Area Home 

School

Concern Resolution Transportation Available For what period of time

Whittier/Wainwright

I live in Whittier/Wainwright boundary area and want to attend 

Whittier/Wainwright.

Whittier/Wainwright will be assigned as your home school and no 

further action would be necessary.

Only if living within a busing zone (based on elementary 

guidelines).

For elementary students this will be the standard.   

For middle school student this is indefinite ‐ 

dependent upon Hunt program and boundaries

Whittier/Wainwright

I live in the 15‐16 Whittier elementary boundary area and the 

Truman middle school boundary area.  Can I get transportation if 

my  middle school becomes Wainwright and I opt to go to 

Truman for my comprehensive middle school option?

Middle school students in small school boundary areas will be 

provided two home schools, one for their small school and one 

for a nearby comprehensive middle school.  If your current 

boundary area middle school is Truman, you will have the option 

to chose Truman as your comprehensive middle school.  If your 

current boundary area middle school is Gray, you will have the 

option to chose Gray as your comprehensive middle school.

Yes, if your home school is Whittier/Wainwright you will have a 

secondary comprehensive middle school option depending on the 

area of town you live in based on your current middle school 

boundary area.    For students that currently are within the Truman 

boundary area, transportation will be provided to Truman and for 

students within the Gray area, transportation will be provided to 

Gray.

Indefinite ‐ dependent upon Hunt program and 

boundaries

Whittier/WainwrightI live in Wainwright, I am currently in the Truman boundary area 

but my student has optionally enrolled to attend Baker.

School of choice is an option for all students. Transportation for school of choice is not provided  but student 

could receive transportation to Truman.

N/A

Whittier/Wainwright

I want my child to have PE, music, language arts and to have 

elective options.

These options will be available as part of the Wainwright middle 

school program, but, with a smaller student population, program 

offerings will not be as extensive as the larger comprehensive 

middle school programs.

N/A N/A

Whittier/WainwrightI want my child who attends Whittier/Wainwright to have the 

option to participate in middle school sports.

All middle school students attending Whittier/Wainwright will be 

able to participate in sports at Gray middle school.  

Transportation from Whittier/Wainwright for sports to Gray 

middle school will be provided.   

Indefinite ‐ dependent upon Hunt program and 

boundaries

Whittier/Wainwright

My 7th grader wants to attend Whittier/Wainwright next year. The district will only offer 4‐6th grade at Wainwright in the 2016‐

17 year.  7th grade will be added in 2017‐18 and 8th grade will be 

added in 2018‐19.   Students that will be in the 7th and 8th grade 

in 2016‐17 will be able to attend the school based on their 

current middle school boundaries.

Transportation will be provided for 7th and 8th grade students for 

their current boundary area school as it is currently.

Indefinite ‐ dependent upon Hunt program and 

boundaries

Whittier/Wainwright

I want to ensure that my student can still attend our current 

boundary area high school

The boundary area creation for the Whittier/Wainwright school 

will not limit your students ability to attend you current boundary 

area high school

Transportation will be provided to the boundary area for high 

school as it is currently.

Bryant

Will my student also have the option of attending a 

comprehensive middle school?

Students in the Bryant attendance area that don't want to attend 

Bryant for middle school can attend Jason Lee for their 

comprehensive program.

Only if living within a busing zone (based on middle school 

guidelines).

Indefinite ‐ dependent upon Hunt program and 

boundaries

GeigerI would like my middle school student to have the ability to 

attend Wainwright.

School of choice is an option for all students. Transportation for school of choice is not provided. N/A

Any other schoolI want to attend Whittier/Wainwright through the optional 

enrollment process.

If the school has capacity, students may optionally enroll to 

attend Whittier/Wainwright.

Transportation for school of choice is not provided. N/A

Any School

I would like to optionally enroll a younger sibling into a school 

that the older sibling currently optionally enrolled into.

Based on our district enrollment policy (Policy 3131 and 

Regulation 3131R), siblings of current optionally enrolled 

students generally have preference to attend schools of their 

choice.

N/A N/A

Any School

I currently opted to attend Whittier as a school of choice.  Will my 

student be allowed to continue attending Whittier/Wainwright?

Yes, students who are currently enrolled in Whittier will not be 

removed or required to re‐enroll to attend their school based on 

Policy 3131 and Regulation 3131R.

Transportation for school of choice is not provided. N/A

Frequently Asked Questions for Boundary Revision Process for Whittier/Wainwright

Boundary Process Next Steps

  Committee Approval    1/6/2016 

  Superintendent Approval    1/12/2016 

  Prepare letters to 5th grade families    1/8‐20/2016 

  Board Study Session    1/21/2016 

  Send letters to 5th grade families    1/25/2016 

  Request Board Approval    1/28/2016 

  Public Information sends communications to all impacted families  1/29/2016 

  Schools receive list of all students going to/from    2/1/2016 

  Schools reach out to new families in letters and schedule open house/welcome   2/1/2016 

  Adjustments for students are included in staffing meetings and staffing calculations  2/15/2016 

   

Technical team for middle school boundary adjustments established (see Exhibit 1)  2/15/2016                                        

Exhibit 5 

Technical Boundary Adjustment Team

(April – September)

Boundary Committee(Fall)

Superintendent approves boundary

committee recommendations

(Late Fall)

Public Preview Public Hearing

Board Approval(Late Fall)

Boundary Committee – How to minimize

impacts to students and families

Superintendent defines process and technical

team

Board charges Superintendent to

commence boundary adjustment process

Exhibit 6