HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Plans to change the elementary boundaries in USD 308 is about to wrap up according to School Superintendent Shelly Kiblinger. She says they’re coming to the end of the process with the final map being sent to the boundary committee to look over.
That final boundary map is also posted to their website at www.USD308.com. If approved by the board, it would take effect for the 2016-2017 school year.
The board had voted to remove one track of classes from McCandless Elementary School in the 2016-17 school year. The move was designed to save the district $350,000 annually, but impact class sizes only marginally.
Removing the track of classes then required the district to realign boundaries for the seven elementary schools that use attendance areas for determining student placement. The district’s eighth elementary school – Hutchinson Magnet School at Allen – draws K-6 students from across the district for its Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics programming.
Additionally, the district last realigned attendance area boundaries in 2010. Since that time, population in the city has continued to shift northward, increasing class sizes in some schools.
Kiblinger told Hutch Post that the final boundary map will be presented to the Hutchinson School Board at a meeting on Dec. 14. They are expected to make a final decision at that time.