Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Redistricting Updates

At a work session on April 8, 2010, the ICCSD board of directors received a final redistricting report from RSP consultants, Rob Schwarz and Mark Porter. The 92-page “ICCSD Enrollment Report & Redistricting Report” provides information regarding the demographic and enrollment data generated by the RSP, the process used by the committee and administration in creating the scenario options, and details on scenario series “4” that the board will take into consideration. The powerpoint presentation provided by RSP consultants at the April 8 meeting is on the district website.

http://www.iccsd.k12.ia.us/district/redistrict/index.html

The presentation of the report was taped and will be rebroadcast on community channels.

Next steps for the board of directors are to:

Allot time for a redistricting work session from their April 27 board meeting
Finalize preparations for a public forum to be held on May 4, 2010
Schedule times for additional deliberation
Reach a final decision regarding future district boundaries
Develop a communication plan for the implementation of the final redistricting decision(s)

Reference copies of the Enrollment Report & Redistricting Report are available for review at the central administrative offices at 509 S. Dubuque St, Iowa City. As this is a large report with numerous colored pages/maps, we will ask patrons who wish to own a copy of the report to work with one of two selected vendors, Staples (Riverside Drive, Iowa City) and Goodfellow Printing (408 Highland Court, Iowa City). The estimated cost per copy is $36.00. When arrangements are completed, more information will be shared as to how to purchase a copy of the report by going to one of these two vendors.