Northville School Boundary Changes To Be Decided April 9

Due to an increase in enrollment, the Northville Board of Education is considering changing several school boundaries. Below is an email from the district that explains what the Board of Education discussed about the boundaries at last week's meeting. According to the email, the Board expects to make a final decision on April 9.

Dear Northville Public Schools Parents, Staff and Community Members,  

As many of you are aware, the Northville Public Schools Board of Education is currently in the decision-making process for adjustments to elementary and middle school attendance boundaries for the 2013-14 school year.

Following input from two Attendance Boundary Community Forums on March 5 and March 11, the Board of Education at a March 19, 2013 Committee of the Whole meeting narrowed the attendance boundary options moving forward for continued discussion and consideration. At the March 26 Board of Education meeting, the Board further narrowed the options moving forward for final consideration at the April 9, 2013 Board of Education meeting scheduled at Hillside Middle School in the Forum at 7:30 p.m.

The option moving forward for consideration at the elementary level is Option W-1, which reassigns a portion of the current Ridge Wood attendance area to Winchester Elementary School.  At the middle school level, there are two options moving forward for final consideration: MS-Option 2, which moves a portion of the current Silver Springs/Meads Mill attendance area to a Silver Springs/ Hillside attendance area; and MS-Option 4, which reassigns a portion of the current Ridge Wood/Meads Mill attendance area to a Ridge Wood/Hillside attendance area.

The one elementary option and the two middle school options moving forward for final discussion at the April 9, 2013 Board of Education meeting are posted on the District website at http://www.northville.k12.mi.us/node/1074.

Citizen comment and public hearing opportunities are available at each meeting of the Board of Education. The Board is expected to vote on a final attendance boundary plan for the 2013-14 school year at the April 9, 2013 meeting at Hillside Middle School.

For more information about the Community Forums, the Attendance Boundary study process, the guiding principles being given consideration as Attendance Boundary options are evaluated, and a complete timeline for the Attendance Boundary Study and decision-making process, visit the district website at www.northville.k12.mi.us.