PUSD Boundary Committee meets Tues.

from the Pasadena Unified School District

The next meeting of the PUSD Board of Education Master Plan/Boundary Committee will take place Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at 6 p.m. in the Lower Level Conference Room, 351 South Hudson Avenue, Pasadena.

Members of the PUSD community and residents of Pasadena, Altadena and Sierra Madre are invited to attend and provide input on potential school attendance boundaries at the subcommittee meetings. Agendas will be posted on the board committees webpage under the board of education tab at www.pusd.us.

With an eye toward shifting residential demographics within PUSD and the lopsided distribution of students at district campuses, the PUSD Board of Education created a Master Plan/Boundary Committee  to study possible school attendance boundary scenarios and other master planning issues for the district. The board committee is chaired by Dr. Mikala Rahn with Ms. Kimberly Kenne and Dr. Elizabeth Pomeroy also serving on the committee.

This limited term subcommittee has been tasked with the following:

•           Examine feeder patterns and enrollment data, population data and school configurations

•           Maximize school size/facilities, specialty programs and neighborhood capacity

•           Examine where specialty programs are needed based on district value statements

•           Examine strategies for increased enrollment at secondary level

•           Focus on strategies for under-capacity, small schools

•           Community outreach and public input on various boundary scenarios

The committee will develop recommendations for the full board by September 2014 for school attendance boundaries starting in the 2015-16 school year.

Event:             PUSD Master Plan/Boundary Committee Meeting

Date/Time:     6 p.m., Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Location:       Lower Level Conference Room, PUSD Education Center, 351 South Hudson Avenue, Pasadena