POTTSTOWN PA – A study of redistricting in the Pottsgrove School District officially got under way this week.
An “elementary attendance boundary committee” of parents and teachers from each of Pottsgrove’s three elementary schools, as well as administrators and members of the district Board of School Directors, was scheduled to gather Tuesday (Oct. 18, 2011), Superintendent Dr. Bradley Landis said. Its task: determining which students would attend which school buildings in future years.
In addition to this week’s opening session, the committee is scheduled to meet on three other Tuesdays – Nov. 1, Nov. 15 and Nov. 29.
- These events have been added to The Post calendar.
Landis told the school board during its meeting last week (Oct. 11) that committee members had been selected and given several documents he hoped would help guide them in deciding how the schools would be populated.
He suggested three months ago that Lower Pottsgrove, West Pottsgrove and Ringing Rocks elementary schools might be re-configured to make better use of building space and avoid overcrowding. Landis said he also wants to explore the possibility of changing the district’s elementary organization, by creating two schools (West and Ringing) for kindergarten through second grade only, and opening a Grades 3-5 Center at Lower.
Committee recommendation for changes, if any, would not be implemented until the 2012-2013 school term.
Board members agreed, and the administration put out a call for volunteers. It got plenty, Landis said, although a final list of committee members has not been publicly released.
Related (to Pottsgrove School District redistricting):
- In Pottsgrove, Redistricting Study Work Gets Started
- Pottsgrove Sets Dates For Redistrict Committee Work
- As Expected, Interest A’Plenty In Pottsgrove Redistricting
- Landis Calls For Pottsgrove Redistricting Volunteers
- Touchy Pottsgrove Redistricting Now Being Considered
Related (to the Pottsgrove Board of School Directors’ Oct. 11 meeting):
- In Pottsgrove, Redistricting Study Work Gets Started
- Pottsgrove Board Personnel Decisions Affect 72 Positions
- Teachers Helping Classes Succeed, Newsletter Contends
- Poor Math, Reading At Pottsgrove High Frustrates Board
