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Title: Recommendation: I recommend that the School Board provide final approval for the Advisory Boundary Committee’s recommendation of Boundary Study Jup-1, modifying attendance boundaries of Jupiter and WT Dwyer high schools. Description: This recommendation provides enrollment relief for Jupiter High School and is a positive effort toward optimal utilization at both Jupiter and WT Dwyer high schools. Boundary Study JUP-1 proposes shifting SACs 028, 031 and 036 from Jupiter High School to WT Dwyer High School. SAC 028 is the northwest section of Abacoa. SAC 031 and 036 are the Bluffs area of Jupiter. A Community Input Meeting was held on October 17, 2006 at Jupiter High School. Notification was provided to parents of students potentially affected by the changes, as well as principals of schools included in the studies and the Town of Jupiter. Additional public input was gathered at scheduled ABC meeting and through faxes, letters and e-mails. Copies of boundary change correspondences are available for review in the Board Minutes Office. Twenty-eight people spoke at the Community Input Meeting and eleven people provided written comments. All but two or three were against the proposed changes. The major points made in opposition included impact on property values; parental cheating/address validation; siblings and current students moving; not being able to attend a ‘Town’ high school and previous boundary changes. Town of Jupiter Vice-Mayor Kuretski presented a letter in opposition to the proposed changes. He read the letter into the record (copy attached summary of community input). On October 17, 2006 the ABC voted 8 to 2 to recommend Study JUP-1 to the Superintendent with a recommendation to phase-in changes beginning with incoming ninth grade students, as long as it falls within the standards of concurrency. Al Williams and Carmen Campbell were opposed. Staff has reviewed the phase-in option with regard to concurrency and is not recommending that the proposed changes be phased (staff analysis attached). Financial Impact: For Additional Information, contact: Attachments (list):
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