Bristol Township elementary redistricting

From the BCCT.

If we're only talking about a hundred students or so, close one of the schools. It will save a TON OF MONEY!

Redistricting meeting set for March 25
By JOAN HELLYER
Bucks County Courier Times

The Bristol Township school board will host a public meeting March 25 to discuss details about a suggested redistricting of some elementary school students.

The proposed redistricting involves about 40 students in an attendance area currently assigned to Lafayette Elementary School, officials said.

Attendance area 44A was moved from Maple Shade Elementary School to Lafayette a few years ago during a realignment of several district attendance zones.

But now the Maple Shade enrollment has declined and Lafayette's has increased, according to district officials.

In an effort to better distribute the student enrollment between the two schools, a district committee suggested the board split attendance area 44A into two parts.

The one part would be made up of the 40 students designated for the transfer to take effect in 2009-10. These students live within walking distance of Maple Shade, district officials said.

Students within that area who currently attend Lafayette would be allowed to continue attending that school if they choose, but newly enrolled students and kindergarten students would have to attend Maple Shade, officials said.

The other 73 students who are in the attendance area would continue to be assigned to Lafayette, according to the proposal.

The committee was charged with examining the issue after district officials promised in June 2008 to review the attendance zones.

Committee members included district administrators and two parents who live within walking distance of Maple Shade.

The board was scheduled to vote on the proposed redistricting Monday night, but held off after some board members said they've heard from residents who have questions about the plan.

The March 25 meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at Lafayette Elementary School off Fayette Drive, school board President Earl Bruck said.