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- 2023-24 Boundary change
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2023-24 Boundary Change
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Our city is growing, which brings more opportunities, diversity and resources. It also brings more students. We are excited this also means we will be welcoming more students next year to our amazing school.
A new complex is being built on the west side of Evergreen Way near Hwy 526, called Four Corners. The elementary students from this housing development will become part of our View Ridge community. This is a boundary change, which was approved by the Board at their March 28 board meeting. You can see the boundary change proposal, which will take effect in the 2023-24 school year.
For more information, please attend one of our upcoming community meetings on May 8 and May 25 where we will share the plans, solicit feedback and answer your questions.
Frequently Asked Questions
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How many students will be moving to View Ridge in 2023-24 from the boundary change?
Our best estimates at this time are about 200 elementary students will live in the Four Corners housing development, and this development will open up in five phases from October 2023 to July 2024.
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Where are the students coming from?
The students will be coming from the Four Corners housing development near Hwy 526 and Hwy 99. We will not know where the families are coming from until these units are occupied, but it is likely some of these students will move here from other locations within the school district.
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Why are the students going to View Ridge instead of somewhere closer?
Our school board approved an elementary boundary adjustment moving this neighborhood from the Lowell attendance area to the View Ridge attendance area. One of the decision factors was to keep students in the same housing community assigned to the same school, to avoid confusion with busing and for community building within home environments. We feel it is best for the students and families in the same housing complex not be split up between schools. Some additional factors are that current neighboring elementary schools will either undergo new construction in one to four years and be in a period of disruption, are located too far away or are already over their permanent building capacities. In conjunction with the construction projects at Madison and Jackson Elementary Schools, including the additional capacity that will be added at those schools, it is likely the district will undergo a review of the entire elementary school boundary lines.
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Were other options considered?
Numerous other options were considered by staff and for a variety of reasons these other options were not recommended to the board.
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What are you going to do to minimize disruption to View Ridge students (like getting a new teacher mid-year)
We are identifying the level of staff needed to minimize disruptions, including both teaching and support staff. We will have more information on the staffing levels later this spring and summer.
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Are the students coming all at once?
No. Our best estimates at this time are about 200 elementary students will live in the Four Corners housing development, and this development will open up in five phases from October 2023 to July 2024.
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Why am I just hearing about this now?
All of the families currently living in the area being moved to View Ridge ES along with the View Ridge ES staff were notified before the March 28, 2023 board meeting where the board considered and then approved the boundary adjustment, but understand not everyone saw that notification. In order to be more transparent, we are providing additional information about the change although the board has already approved.
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Can View Ridge support that many new students for classroom space?
Yes. There are currently five classrooms and two portables at View Ridge vacant and available for more students plus we will be moving three more portable classrooms onto the school site during the 2023-24 school year.
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Are lunch times going to be so crowded the students have less time to eat?
Just as we will adjust the numbers of teaching staff to support student learning, we will also adjust the levels of food and nutrition staff and lunch supervision staff so we can ensure that students are able to move through the lunch lines and have time to eat.
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How will the addition of new portable classrooms impact the playground, field and garden spaces?
The additional portable classrooms will be placed in open space near the existing portable classrooms but play space in general will not be significantly impacted. There will be no impact to the community garden.
