Student Projections
- Projections of school enrollment (districtwide, and by census block groups and subdivisions)
- Projections of re-distribution of students within a district and changing density of built-out, mature neighborhoods
- Projections of the size of special student populations, tailored to determine needed changes in facilities or services
- Development of ratios of students per household for every major subdivision in a district in order to assess neighborhoods (currently and in the future) with low or high densities of students
- Tabulation of current student distributions and student projections by neighborhood and block-group for planning attendance zones and for planning new schools
- Comparisons of school districts with similar demographic and scholastic characteristics, designed to expedite expenditure decisions
Attendance Zone And Long Range Planning
- Site selection and timing for new schools
- Attendance zone planning and collaboration with boundary committees to realign attendance zones
- Inventory of capacities of existing facilities and programs in relation to projected facility and program needs
- Participation in Facility Planning and Bond Elections
- Comparison of capacities of each existing school with projected new students per year
- Presentation of the projections methodology and capacity measurements to a bond committee, so that the timing and location of the schools can be identified and a bond election held
Mapping
- Mapping of students and mapping of critical data for visual presentations
- Aerial imagery of existing, planned, and potential development
- Gathering of permit data, future thoroughfare plans, and other factors critical to development
- Geo-coding of students’ addresses by place of residence and computer-mapping of students by grade, grade group, special education, LEP/bilingual status, gifted, etc. With this accurate mapping of students, polygons can be delineated for special program planning, as well as for attendance zones, and/or bus transportation purposes
