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I thought it was about not wanting to raise taxes to pay for a $230 million bond. The bond has expansions for 6 schools.
Who knows for sure really. What goes on behind closed doors and in 1 on 1 conversations and deal making. I do remember Mr. Rushing saying a couple times that there were open seats in the county that could be used, but then I believe it was Mr. Stewart who said that would trigger more movement. But it all does run together.
I thought it was about not wanting to raise taxes to pay for a $230 million bond. The bond has expansions for 6 schools.
Back before the last student reassignment, the BOE talked about building new schools to handle the growth across the Northeast to North to Northwest crescent. (as evident by the purchase of cluster D over by Hemby Bridge) The UCPS staff and BOE looked at the empty seats in the county clusters, compared it to McKibben's yearly forecast updates and took into account the commissioners reluctance to increase an already large bond debt, (reference Mr. Rushing's comments about empty seating in some clusters) hence the long overdue reassignments and cluster shifts.
What data are you using to come to this conclusion? Please share, I would like to look at the numbers. Thank you
Look at a map. You can literally draw a straight line through PRHS, SVHS, WHS, and MRHS. No joke, try it. CHS isn't too far off either. That line runs about 4 miles parallel to the county line. Anything north of that line has to go southeast to get to a school, and that's a lot of people. Empty nesters? Some, but also a lot of new construction and homes flipping with younger kids. Add in Millbridge/Waxhaw in with the SC border and it's pushing the school boundaries further east.
Look at a map. You can literally draw a straight line through PRHS, SVHS, WHS, and MRHS. No joke, try it. CHS isn't too far off either. That line runs about 4 miles parallel to the county line. Anything north of that line has to go southeast to get to a school, and that's a lot of people. Empty nesters? Some, but also a lot of new construction and homes flipping with younger kids. Add in Millbridge/Waxhaw in with the SC border and it's pushing the school boundaries further east.
Why in the world would we push boundaries East when we have elementary schools in the Marvin Ridge, Sun Valley, and Porter Ridge clusters operating at around 70% of capacity cluster-wide? Porter Ridge Elementary is actually running around 59% of capacity.
Based on UCPS data, the clusters have the following elementary capacity utilizations:
Monroe 83.97%
Forest Hills 81.83%
Piedmont 90.67%
Porter Ridge 72.84%
Sun Valley 73.13%
Weddington 93.66%
Marvin 71.77%
Cuthbertson 101.62%
Parkwood 85.05%
That's if you rely on the last capacity numbers posted for the public.
Last edited by TheSweetOnion; 02-10-2017 at 03:50 PM..
Reason: Add data
Why in the world would we do push boundaries East when we have elementary schools in the Marvin Ridge, Sun Valley, and Porter Ridge clusters operating at around 70% of capacity cluster-wide? Porter Ridge Elementary is actually running around 59% of capacity.
Why in the world would we push boundaries East when we have elementary schools in the Marvin Ridge, Sun Valley, and Porter Ridge clusters operating at around 70% of capacity cluster-wide? Porter Ridge Elementary is actually running around 59% of capacity.
Based on UCPS data, the clusters have the following elementary capacity utilizations:
Monroe 83.97%
Forest Hills 81.83%
Piedmont 90.67%
Porter Ridge 72.84%
Sun Valley 73.13%
Weddington 93.66%
Marvin 71.77%
Cuthbertson 101.62%
Parkwood 85.05%
Better if I say the boundaries are currently pushed east and what happened during the last move. Too many folks don't understand that the kids north of that PRHS-MRHS line have to slot into the schools. A kid 4 miles north, could trump a kid 2 miles south if at capacity even if the southern student is closer.
Agree on the capacity numbers at the elementary schools, but that puts into question the whole cluster model. PR Middle is pushing capacity now and will overflow in 2021. Cutty Middle will fill up in 3-4 years, and PRHS is jammed up now as it is. Take the capacity numbers for HS in your link. The countywide HS capacity is 12300. We have about 12,000 HS students right now as it is. Do they break up the cluster concept? That would certainly not feel like neighborhood schools anymore.
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