School Board To Discuss Capital Planning Thursday

The Council Rock School Board will discuss capital planning at its meeting Thursday and district officials say they hope the community will attend to provide input.

According to an email sent to parents from Superintendent Robert Fraser, school officials are seeking guidance ”to help direct the work of potential school consolidation and redistricting decisions.”

District officials even put forth a series of questions they’re hoping the community will provide input on during the upcoming board meeting, when school consolidation and redistricting will be discussed.

Questions are:

• Should a parameter be established relative to proximity to an individual school?
• Our current boundaries include “islands” for both Goodnoe and Holland Elementaries. When we redistrict, should we seek to eliminate the “islands” that exist in the district?
• Are we willing to cross feeder patterns? If so, does this willingness include crossing from South to North and from North to South?
• Are we willing to have split elementary schools, where a certain percentage feeds to one middle school and another percentage to the other middle school?
• Are we willing to move District special education programs from one school to another?
• Are we willing to consider potential mixed usage of the current Richboro Middle School (e.g., 5th/6th grade as part of Richboro Elementary, combined with Sloan School and current Twining Ford operations)?
• Are we willing to consider grandfathering of certain students once redistricting decisions are made?

Residents who cannot attend Thursday’s meeting can email comments to capitalplanning@crsd.org. According to Fraser, the topic will likely be discussed at the board’s Jan. 7 meeting.