A new version of the Amherst Elementary School Redistricting Map was presented at the Crocker Farm Forum held on October 14th. Changes were made specifically in the area of East Leverett Road that resulted in a change in the statistics of the proposed elementary school districts. These statistics are tabulated below for easy comparison. Click here to see the newest version of the map.
Superintendent Rodriguez also stated that clustering students by ethnicity/second languages was a remnant of older policies, not legal and would not be done in the future.
Public comments and questions were taken. All presentations and comments were translated into Spanish for the duration of the forum.
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Redistricting Map from October 2, 2009
School # Students % FRL* % Struggling
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Crocker Farm 350 33.4 % 21.4 %
Fort River 450 36.0 % 22.8 %
Wildwood 446 34.8 % 22.6 %
Redistricting Map from October 13, 2009
School # Students % FRL % Struggling
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Crocker Farm 350 33.1 % 21.4 %
Fort River 452 39.8 % 22.6 %
Wildwood 444 30.9 % 21.8 %
*% FRL= % of children who receive Free/Reduced Lunches.
Currently, Crocker Farm has 50.8%
low-income students, Fort River 32.2%, Mark's Meadow 31.4%, and Wildwood 24.4%.
Please direct any comments or questions to the School Committee. To contact the school committee as a whole, send email to: schoolcommittee@arps.org
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