Since September of 2012, Save NA Schools has advocated redistricting in order to create more equity across all elementary schools and better utilization of “excess capacity” in some buildings. Balancing enrollment is critical to reducing class size- which has been a central focus of this group.
On March 15, 2013, Save NA Schools stated that balancing enrollment would allow the district to
- keep class size within the district’s guidelines
- adequately administer elementary programs (music, ESAP, GOAL)
- reasonably accommodate future growth
Many members of the North Allegheny community, including parents from HES, IES, MCK, MES and PES, spoke in support of the redistricting proposal for those reasons. On Wednesday, February 19, the North Allegheny School Board voted 7-2 to balance enrollment across all of the district’s buildings– making the 16-month community campaign to “save class size” a success.
The redistricting plan incorporated the top two requests from the community: 1.) move the fewest number of students, and 2.) grandfather current 4th and 7th grade students.
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The North Allegheny School Board Wednesday approved redistricting students for the next school year. The plan moves fewer than 200 elementary students and allows for current fourth- and seventh-graders to stay in their current schools. It was introduced by the administration last month to take into account comments from residents about three previous plans
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