K - 5 TRANSITION MEETING
JANUARY 22, 2025
WHY THE TRANSITION TO K - 5 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS?
Smoother transitions for students
Strengthening teacherstudent-family relationships
Sibling connections and continuity within the same building family relationships
DEVELOPMENTAL BENEFITS
Improved student transitions with developmental needs, particularly at critical ages from 2nd Grade to 3rd Grade
Discipline Data:
Last year as 2nd graders --- This year as 3rd graders (up to Jan 17)
• 31 total offenses --- 53 total offenses
• 11 instances of OSS --- 10 instances of OSS
• 4 instances of ISS --- 3 instances of ISS
DEVELOPMENTAL BENEFITS
Improved student transitions with developmental needs, particularly at critical ages from 2nd Grade to 3rd Grade
Academic Data:
Last year as 2nd graders --- This year as 3rd graders (up to Jan 17)
CBMR below grade level
• Fall: 44% --- 34%
• Winter: 43% --- 41%
aReading below grade level
• Fall: 35% --- 29%
• Winter: 34% --- 40%
MathAuto below grade level
• Fall: 29% --- 17%
• Winter: 23% --- 35%
aMath below grade level
• Fall: 29% --- 32%
• Winter: 27% --- 35%
CONCERNS
EQUITY & BOUNDARIES
Dividing students along socioeconomic or racial lines, potentially creating disparities in resources and community in the process
SAFETY & DEVELOPMENTAL APPROPRIATENESS
Concerns about younger and older students sharing spaces like buses, hallways and playgrounds
COMMUNITY IMPACT
Fear of losing the unified community feel and creating a divide similar to larger districts
HEAT DENSITY CHANGE MAP
STUDENT K-12 HEAT DENSITY MAP
2023-24 STUDENT DENSITY K-12
STUDENT COUNT CHANGE MAP
AVERAGE YEAR BUILT MAP
MEDIAN HOME VALUE MAP
GROWTH AREA MAP
DEVELOPMENT TABLE
PAST, CURRENT, FUTURE ENROLLMENT
EQUITY & BOUNDARIES PROCESS
• Led by RSP & Associated
• Data Driven: Socioeconomics, Growth, & Equal Numbers
• Community Forums
• Parent Feedback
• Final Decision made by Board of Education
• Timeline: Fall 2025
SAFETY AND DEVELOPMENTAL APPROPRIATENESS
Concerns about younger and older students sharing spaces like hallways, buses, and playgrounds
PIPER PRAIRIE MAP K-5 2026-27
PIPER CREEK MAP K-5 2026-27
SAFETY AND DEVELOPMENTAL APPROPRIATENESS
Concerns about younger and older students sharing spaces like hallways, buses, and playgrounds
• Buses: Siblings together as in years past
• Recesses: Separate K &1st Grade Playground
• Only one grade level at a time at recess (Kinder-5th Grade)
COMMUNITY IMPACT
Fear of losing the unified community feel and creating a divide similar to larger districts
• District will stay a one-middle school and one-high school community
• All schools continue to have same color (Purple) and Mascot (Pirate)
QUESTIONS?
JANUARY 22, 2025
SUBMIT QUESTIONS & FEEDBACK
