Star Tribune Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:08:57 GMT
Washington County school boundary plan settled
The South Washington County district ended months of debating how its students will be split up next year. The so-called "blue" plan to redraw attendance boundaries for elementary and middle schools in the South Washington County School District won approval Thursday night after intense debate over the merits of four proposals. Proposals dubbed the blue, red and white plans were compiled by task forces that included dozens of county residents. A fourth plan, in which Board Member Jim Gelbmann wanted to blend the white and blue plans, was added before the vote. The plans varied in the number of students who would be moved to different schools. District officials wanted to reduce the time children spent on school buses, leave space for more students near schools where more housing is being built and limit the need to make further changes in the future. School officials said the blue plan does the best job of moving students from the district's east side, where population is growing fastest, to the west side, where more school space is available. "You can't make a wrong decision, just a difficult decision," Superintendent Tom Nelson told the seven school board members before the vote. The blue plan beat out the white plan 4-3.
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