Victory Villa Elementary Community
Boundary Study
Committee Meeting 2
January 25, 2017
Presented by:
Baltimore County Public Schools and Cropper GIS Consulting
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Tonight’s Goals & Agenda
• To follow-up and answer questions regarding
the project and/or background report
• To review DRAFT baseline options and
handouts
• Small group exercise to perform preliminary
review/markup of DRAFT options.
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Tonight’s Goals & Agenda
6:00 - 6:30 Review of new information and
handouts of DRAFT baseline options
6:30 - 7:00 Break into 6 small working groups and
review/markup options maps
7:00 - 7:20 Discuss initial thoughts regarding
DRAFT baseline options
7:20 - 7:30 Discuss next steps and adjourn
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Boundary Study Objectives
The community-based, comprehensive boundary
study is tasked with meeting the following key
objectives:
• Reduce overcrowding in the region.
• Create viable, successful boundaries to effectively
utilize the added capacity at Victory Villa ES.
• Support diversity among schools that reflects the
community and the school system.
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About the Northeast Area
Participating Schools
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Glenmar ES
Hawthorne ES
Martin Boulevard ES
Middlesex ES
Orems ES
Shady Spring ES
Victory Villa ES
Vincent Farm ES
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Boundary Study Considerations
Per Rule 1280
• Maintaining the continuity of
neighborhoods
• Maintaining or increasing the
diversity among schools to
reflect the diversity of the
region and the school system.
• The impact of transportation
and pedestrian patterns on
students.
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Boundary Study Considerations
Per Rule 1280
• Minimizing the number of
times any individual students
are reassigned.
• Efficient use of capacity in
affected schools.
• Long-term enrollment and
capacity trends and future
capital plans
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Boundary Study Considerations
Per Rule 1280
• Location of feeder school boundaries and
continuity of feeder patterns.
• Phasing in boundary changes by grade level for
high schools.
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Boundary Study Considerations
Additional considerations:
• Use of geographic features, such as railroads, creeks,
and major highways.
• Elimination of existing satellite boundaries (areas
districted to a school that are not contiguous).
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Northeast Area Boundary Processes
Important Reminders:
• Construction of a new elementary school, located
at Joppa Rd. and Honeygo Blvd., is underway, also
targeted to open for 2018-2019 school year.
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A boundary change process to create an attendance
area for this school will begin in summer 2017
Vincent Farm ES will participate in both of the boundary
study processes
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Requests & Questions-Follow Up
From Meeting 1- Questions:
Under what conditions may students choose to stay in their school
once a boundary goes into effect?
• Special permission transfer will be approved during the first year of a
boundary change for students currently enrolled in Grades 4-5, 7-8, or
11-12 of the school affected by a change in attendance area, and
students express their wish to remain in the school through their
terminal grade
• If a student who meets the criteria above has a sibling currently enrolled
in the affected school, the sibling will be given the option of remaining in
the affected school through his/her terminal grade
Details and forms can be found in Policy and Rule 5140
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Requests & Questions-Follow Up
From Meeting 1- Questions:
How are the boundaries for elementary, middle and high schools
related?
• Boundaries at each level are independent from each
other
• A change in elementary boundaries, for instance, does
not result in a change to middle school boundaries
• When possible, BCPS attempts to align boundaries so
that either an entire school zone or neighborhoods
within the zone can stay together to the next level school
in their community
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Requests & Questions – Follow-up
From Meeting 1- Questions:
What is State Rated Capacity (SRC) and how is it determined?
• Defined by Maryland State Department of Education
• Calculated based on the number of teaching stations
(classrooms) in the school and how they are used
• Applies to the permanent building only, does not include
relocatable units.
• There are room size and use standards for what may or may
not count towards the SRC.
Source: Baltimore County Public Schools
Office of Strategic Planning, Students Count 2015.
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Requests & Questions-Follow Up
From Meeting 1- Questions:
What is the history of the Middlesex ES Satellite?
• The Middlesex ES Satellite was established April 1, 1972
when the Maple Crest Apartments were built, to mitigate
potential overcrowding at Glenmar ES.
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Requests & Questions – Follow-up
From Meeting 1- Questions:
Why was Oliver Beach ES not included in the Victory Villa Elementary
Community Boundary Study?
• The student distribution
of Chase ES, Seneca ES
and Oliver Beach ES are
not in proximity to the
Victory Villa Elementary
Boundary Study schools
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Requests & Questions – Follow-up
From Meeting 1- Request for Information:
Additional materials in tonight's handouts:
• Maps with planned/approved residential development and
number of units
• English Language Learners for the participating schools
• List of relocatable classrooms
All information may be revised as needed for future meetings.
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Requests & Questions – Follow-up
Additional Resource: Interactive Web Map
www.croppermap.com/victoryvilla
• An interactive online map has been developed for the
process
• The map is useable on any operating system and/or device
(including mobile phones and tablets)
• Options can be analyzed along with aerial imagery and other
pertinent features for the project
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Planning Block Review Summary
Results of small group planning block review
During meeting 2, the committee reviewed plot maps of
current boundaries and planning blocks.
• Blocks with 0 population are areas with no students living in them. They
are/can be used to help connect areas with population to help ensure
that no satellite areas are established
• Some comments provided suggested combining blocks (i.e. the Middlesex
ES satellite area), but other comments suggested potential options that
sent planning blocks in different directions
• Planning blocks have not been modified since meeting 1, although there
is still potential to make further edits as the committee begins to explore
DRAFT options
• There were notes regarding suggested moves for various planning blocks,
which have been incorporated into some of the DRAFT options
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Opportunity Analysis Summary
Strengths-Limitations-Opportunities-Challenges
Present State - Overview
Strengths
• Boundaries follow major
roads
• Communities are intact
• Culturally diverse
Limitations
• Overcrowded schools
• Middlesex Satellite
• Distribution of
population/density
• All different size schools
* Full summary of participant comments provided in tonight’s handouts
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Opportunity Analysis Summary
Strengths-Limitations-Opportunities-Challenges
Future State-Overview
Opportunities
• Maintain diversity
• Relieve overcrowding
• Eliminate Middlesex
satellite
Challenges
• Distribution of
population/density
• Families will not want to
leave current school
• Following natural
boundaries
* Full summary of participant comments provided in tonight’s handouts
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State Rated Capacity
Current and
Future Study
Area School
Capacities:
* Student data as of 9/30/2016
ES name
Glenmar ES
Hawthorne ES
Martin Boulevard ES
Middlesex ES
Orems ES
Shady Spring ES
Victory Villa ES
Vincent Farm ES
Total
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2016 State
Rated
Future
Capacity
Capacity
(SRC)
371
371
587
587
291
291
517
517
313
313
499
499
326
735
699
699
3,603
4,012
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Current School Utilization
Current utilization reinforces the need:
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Review of DRAFT Options
Remember that everything is considered DRAFT!
• Nothing is written in stone
• Existing DRAFT options are subject to change
• New options can/will be created
Focus isn’t on picking the best solution YET, but to
openly explore the various options to present to the
public for feedback
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Review of DRAFT Options
3 DRAFT options are presented to you this evening
• Committee has 8.5x11 maps, as well as plots of maps
for review
• Option maps are also now on interactive Web map
(www.croppermap.com/victoryvilla)
• Copies of the handouts, including small and large
format maps will be posted on the Victory Villa
Elementary Community Boundary Study Web page
on the BCPS Web site
(http://www.bcps.org/construction/victoryvilla/)
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Review of DRAFT Options
When analyzing boundary options, it is best to look at the
information in two different ways:
Study the geography i.e. shape of the current and option
boundary lines
• Look at where the lines shift away from the current vs. the option
• Look at road networks and envision how school busses and
parents would travel to school
Study the tables
• Review the balance of enrollment, and identify any imbalances
that may exist
• Question why there may be imbalances, and examine possible
ways to provide better balance
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Review of DRAFT Options
Review Objective and Considerations
• Understand how DRAFT options support the
boundary study objectives and considerations
• Examine ways to improve alignment with boundary
study objectives and considerations
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Examination of Options Tables
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Examination of Options Tables
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Examination of Options Tables
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Examination of Options Tables
Student Impact Estimates
Total K-5 Live
and Attend In
Option
Students
Impacted
Option 1
681
Option 2
819
Option 3
834
*Counts based on Preliminary
September 30, 2016
Enrollment.
Key: Green represents K-5 “Live and Attend In”
students who live in the boundary and are not
impacted by the option. Pink represents the
number of K-5 “Live and Attend In” students
who live in the boundary and are impacted by
the option.
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2016-17 ES Boundary
Glenmar ES
Glenmar ES
Hawthorne ES
Hawthorne ES
Martin Boulevard ES
Martin Boulevard ES
Middlesex ES
Middlesex ES
Orems ES
Orems ES
Shady Spring ES
Shady Spring ES
Shady Spring ES
Victory Villa ES
Victory Villa ES
Victory Villa ES
Vincent Farm ES
Vincent Farm ES
Vincent Farm ES
Total K-5
Live and
ES Option 1 Boundary
Attend In
Students
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Glenmar ES
Victory Villa ES
Hawthorne ES
Middlesex ES
Hawthorne ES
Martin Boulevard ES
Middlesex ES
Victory Villa ES
Middlesex ES
Orems ES
Orems ES
Shady Spring ES
Victory Villa ES
Martin Boulevard ES
Middlesex ES
Victory Villa ES
Hawthorne ES
Victory Villa ES
Vincent Farm ES
Gl
Gl
H
H
M
M
M
M
Or
Or
Sh
Sh
Sh
Vi
Vi
Vi
Vi
Vi
Vi
358
69
369
19
34
206
278
208
64
155
34
471
113
40
38
289
59
3
774
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Examination of Options Tables
Feeder pattern tables
2016-17 ES Boundary 2016-17 MS Boundary
Glenmar ES
Hawthorne ES
Martin Boulevard ES
Martin Boulevard ES
Middlesex ES
Middlesex ES
Orems ES
Shady Spring ES
Victory Villa ES
Vincent Farm ES
Vincent Farm ES
Vincent Farm ES
Middle River MS
Stemmers Run MS
Middle River MS
Stemmers Run MS
Middle River MS
Stemmers Run MS
Stemmers Run MS
Golden Ring MS
Middle River MS
Golden Ring MS
Middle River MS
Perry Hall MS
Total K-5
Live and
Attend In
427
388
206
34
208
278
219
618
367
346
263
227
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ES
Attendance
100%
100%
86%
14%
43%
57%
100%
100%
100%
41%
31%
27%
ES Option 1 Boundary 2016-17 MS Boundary
Glenmar ES
Hawthorne ES
Hawthorne ES
Martin Boulevard ES
Middlesex ES
Middlesex ES
Orems ES
Orems ES
Shady Spring ES
Victory Villa ES
Victory Villa ES
Vincent Farm ES
Vincent Farm ES
Vincent Farm ES
Middle River MS
Middle River MS
Stemmers Run MS
Middle River MS
Middle River MS
Stemmers Run MS
Golden Ring MS
Stemmers Run MS
Golden Ring MS
Golden Ring MS
Middle River MS
Golden Ring MS
Middle River MS
Perry Hall MS
Total K-5
Live and
Attend In
358
59
403
246
38
361
34
155
471
114
568
345
202
227
ES
Attendance
100%
13%
87%
100%
10%
90%
18%
82%
100%
17%
83%
45%
26%
29%
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Examination of Options Tables
Total K-5 Live and Attend In
Living Within Walk Zones
Current Walk Zones
Option 1
Option 2
Option 3
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1,686
1,573
1,669
1,642
*Counts based on Official
September 30, 2016
Enrollment. The Current
Walk zone counts show the K5 live and Attend In students
that live within the existing
walk zones. The Options are
showing the K-5 Live and
Attend In students that live
within the potential walk
zones based on 1 mile radius
and safe walking conditions.
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Overview of DRAFT Options
Advantages
Option 1
• Middlesex ES satellite area no longer
exists
• Capacity relief provided to all schools
within the study area
• Impacts the fewest number of
students among all options (681)
• Minority percentage for Orems ES
increases closer to the average
• No significant impact on FreeReduced lunch percentage of schools
Limitations
• Middlesex ES utilization could
possibly be too low (84%)
• Minority percentage for Middlesex
ES decreases (from 64% to 47%) and
Victory Villa ES increases (from 63%
to 75%)
• Fewest number of walkers among all
options (1,573)
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Overview of DRAFT Options
Advantages
Option 2
• Middlesex ES satellite area no longer
exists
• Capacity relief provided to all schools
within the study area
• The most balanced utilization among
the 3 options
• Greatest amount of walkers among
all 3 options (1,669)
• Impacts the 2nd fewest number of
students among all options (819)
• Minority percentage for Orems ES
increases closest to the average
among all options
• No significant impact on FreeReduced lunch percentage of schools
Limitations
• Some schools with above average
minority percentages have increases
in percent minority (Shady Spring ES)
• Small percentage (8%) of Middlesex
ES students feed to Middle River MS,
with most (92%) students feeding
into Stemmers Run MS
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Overview of DRAFT Options
Advantages
Option 3
• Middlesex ES satellite area no longer
exists
• Capacity relief provided to all schools
within the study area
• Good building utilization balance
among schools
• 2nd largest amount of walkers among
all 3 options (1,642)
• Minority percentage for Orems ES
increases closer to the average
Limitations
• Some schools with above average
minority percentages have increases
in percent minority (i.e. Shady Spring
ES)
• Glenmar ES Free-Reduced
percentage increases from 67% to
75%
• Largest number of students impacted
among the 3 draft options (834)
• Small percentage (9%) of Middlesex
ES students get fed into Middle River
MS, with most (91%) students
feeding into Stemmers Run MS
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Effective Collaboration
Malene Bell, Community Engagement Facilitator
• 9+ years instructional leadership and coaching
• 4+ years experience facilitating, creating
professional development plans, and establishing
school climate goals
• Experience developing and implementing
restorative practices program as a whole school
approach
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Effective Collaboration
Norms & Expectations
• Be inclusive by allowing each group member adequate time
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and space to voice ideas, opinions, and concerns. And,
allow for wait time between responses
Spend adequate time considering how each proposed
change will impact diverse stakeholders
Be mindful of the Boundary Study Guidelines and use each
as a guide in the collaborative process
If conflict arises, be mindful of tone, speak, and body
language. Use “I” statements to avoid blame and to clarify
points and/or feelings
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Small Group Exercise
Review DRAFT options
• Break into 6 small groups
• Each group will have 30 minutes to review the DRAFT options
(10 minutes per option)
• Groups have markers and post-it notes, and are encouraged
to write, circle, highlight any area on the map they feel needs
to be addressed
• After each group reviews all 3 options, there will be a
discussion around findings/observations
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Small Group Exercise
Roles and Responsibilities
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Discussion Guide- Keep discussion on track, makes
sure all voices are included
Reporter- Shares group’s findings
Scribe- Records group’s discussion
Parking lot attendant- Records unanswered
questions
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Small Group Exercise
Group Discussion and Review of Maps/Data
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Discuss any findings, observations, suggestions or
questions your group may have
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What are the strengths and limitations of each of the
options?
Are there any concerns, challenges or suggestions related to
planning blocks?
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Next Meeting
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Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Same location, Middle River Middle School
Same starting time, 6 – 7:30 p.m.
See you at the next meeting!
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General Announcements
And Upcoming Schedule
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