Zoning Advisory Committee (ZAC): Background, Process, and Committee

Recommendations

Board of TrusteesFebruary 11, 2020

Attachment A

The Zoning Advisory Committee (ZAC)

• The ZAC is a 13-member District Committee charged by the Board of Trustees to form recommendations for new enrollment zones and revisions to existing enrollment zones.– Four new members this school year

ZAC 2019-20 Meeting Schedule• September 19, 2019 – WCSD Board Room• October 17, 2019 – WCSD Board Room• November 21, 2019 – Earl Wooster HS• December 17, 2019 – Edward L. Pine MS• February 20, 2020 – Silver Lake ES• March 12, 2020 – TBD• April 16, 2020 – TBD• May 21, 2020 – TBD

Community Outreach

Rezoning and Related Items• Programs and grade configurations• Transportation• Committee Principles & Title IX Guidance • Variances

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Guiding Principles1. Student safety2. Maximize educational equity, quality and student

achievement3. Maintain and keep operational existing school buildings4. Minimize disruption to families to the highest degree

possible5. Ensure our diverse student population has equitable access

to schools and educational programming6. Maintain zone changes for three to five years

Zoning and the Equal Protection Clause of the US Constitution

• It is not permissible to use a student assignment plan that relies on racial classifications in order to achieve racial balancing in schools.

• A plan is racially neutral if it determines student assignments based on home addresses and/or geographic boundaries as long as the boundaries are not bizarre or highly irregular.

High School Rezoning Variances

• Automatically accepted for 11th and 12th graders in first year of new zones

• 10th grade varsity athletes can select school of origin

• All others follow standard variance process

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ZAC Recommendations• Several recommendations will be provided to

the Board in a series of potential action items.– Galena HS, Damonte Ranch HS & Marce Herz MS– Central & North Reno/Sparks HS Cleanup– Galena HS, Reno HS & Feeder School Cleanup– Central & South Reno HS Cleanup Part I– Central & South Reno HS Cleanup Part II

Zoning Advisory Committee (ZAC): Committee Recommendations

Approval of the Recommendations from the Zoning Advisory Committee to Modify the Zoning Boundaries

for Damonte Ranch High School and Galena High School Establishing that All Students Zoned for Marce Herz Middle School be Zoned for Galena High School,

Effective for the 2021-2022 School Year

Damonte Ranch HS to Galena HS

399 students

GALENA HSAttendance Zone

DAMONTE RANCH HSAttendance Zone

Damonte Ranch HS & Galena HS

Current HS Attendance Zone Boundaries

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GALENA HSAttendance Zone

DAMONTE RANCH HSAttendance Zone

ZAC Recommendation:Damonte Ranch HS &

Galena HS Proposed Attendance

Zone Boundaries

Brown

Double Diamond

Pleasant Valley Pine MS

Donner Springs Vaughn MS Wooster HS

Depoali MSDamonte Ranch HS

Hunsberger

Lenz

Huffaker

Donner Springs

Dodson Swope MS

Smithridge Depoali MS Reno HS

Corbett

Loder

Pine MSGalena HS

Damonte Ranch HS

Wooster HS

Vaughn MS

Rio Wrangler

Double Diamond

Poulakidas

Damonte Ranch HSDepoali MS

Brown

Hunsberger

Lenz

Pleasant Valley

Herz MS Galena HS

Feeder school alignments, prior to SY 2019/20

Feeder school alignments, after all proposed actions

Recommended Motion

To Establish New Zoning Boundaries for Two High Schools, Moving a Portion of Students From Damonte Ranch High School to Galena High School, Effective for the 2021-2022 School Year