RULE NUMBER: Unnumbered rule in Chapter 9.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE RULE DEVELOPMENT: Recommending a rule providing changes in attendance boundaries for Berkshire, Cholee Lake, and Melaleuca elementary schools, to delay or gradually phase-in certain boundary changes that were previously approved by the Board on January 11, 2006.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: This action implements the School Board’s power to assign students to schools and adopt school attendance areas as deemed necessary by it for the efficient operation of the District school system. Specifically, there will be a delay or gradual phase-in of certain boundary changes previously approved by the Board on January 11, 2006, affecting Berkshire, Cholee Lake, and Melaleuca elementary schools because the modernized campus of Berkshire Elementary School will not be available for students in August 2006, and there is no space on the temporary Berkshire campus for additional students. This rule development is being conducted simultaneously with emergency rulemaking on the same subject, to be considered at the Board's regular meeting on March 15, 2006.

SPECIFIC RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: F.S. 1001.41(1) and (2); 1001.42(22).

LAWS IMPLEMENTED: F.S. 1001.41(1) and (6); 1001.42(4)(a).

CONTACT PERSON: Kristin K. Garrison, Director, Planning Department, 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., Suite C-110, West Palm Beach, FL 33406.

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT of the proposed rule may promptly be obtained without cost from the District's Office of Public Affairs.

PUBLIC HEARING: This rule development is anticipated to be considered at the School Board's Special Meeting on Policies on March 29, 2006, anticipated to begin at 4:00 p.m. in the Board Chambers at 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, Fla. If time limitations preclude hearing this proposal on March 29, it may be heard at the special meeting on April 5, 2006, anticipated to begin at 3:15 p.m. in the Board Chambers at 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, Fla. AGENDA: A copy of the agenda will be available by March 22 on the District's Web site. Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this hearing is asked to advise the agency at least 48 hours in advance by contacting the Board clerk at 434-8139. This hearing is open to the public. Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate is asked to advise the agency at least 48 hours before the workshop by contacting the Board Clerk at 434-8139. If any person decides to appeal any decision made by the School Board with respect to any matter considered at this meeting, he or she will need a record of the proceedings, and for such purpose, he or she may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, including the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal would be based.

SUMMARY OF PROPOSED RULE (BOUNDARIES) AFFECTING THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS:

It is proposed that:

1. Melaleuca to Berkshire: The implementation of the following boundary change adopted by the School Board on January 11, 2006, and scheduled for implementation in August 2006, be deferred until August 2007, as follows: elementary school students residing in an area bounded on the north by the West Palm Beach Canal; on the east by the canal east of Kirk Rd., extended; on the south by the centerline of Summit Blvd. and on the west by the centerline of Military Trail be assigned from Melaleuca Elementary School to Berkshire Elementary School beginning in August 2007.
2. Cholee Lake to Melaleuca: The implementation of the following boundary change that was adopted by the School Board on January 11, 2006, and was scheduled for implementation in August 2006, be phased-in by grade levels as follows: elementary school students residing in an area bounded on the north by the centerline of Summit Blvd.; on the east by the centerline of Military Trail; on the south by the centerline of Forest Hill Blvd and on the west by the centerline of Haverhill Rd. be assigned from Cholee Lake Elementary School to Melaleuca Elementary School beginning in August 2006, following the phased-in grade level implementation schedule described below:

1. School year 2006-2007: Students in kindergarten through third grades residing in the area described above be assigned to Melaleuca Elementary School. Students in fourth and fifth grades residing in the same area remain assigned to Cholee Lake Elementary School.
2. School Year 2007-2008: Students in kindergarten through fourth grades residing in the area described above be assigned to Melaleuca Elementary School. Students in fifth grade residing in the same area remain assigned to Cholee Lake Elementary School.

PUBLISH: March 15, 2006