Dear Parents,
I would like to take the opportunity to clarify the current transition plan. Many parents had questions during the Parent-Principal Coffees at Cherry and at Oak. Here is a summary of where we are currently:
Kindergarten and 1st-grade (2018-19) students are split between the Oak and Cherry campuses. They were placed in the following manner:
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Those who live within 27th Street to 39th Street, Southwest Trafficway to Prospect attend Cherry.
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Those who live Main Street to (approximately) the KC Zoo, 63rd Street to 75th Street attend Oak.
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Those who live outside either boundary were assigned a campus using a computer-aided random permutation . Kindergarten and 1st grade siblings were placed at the same campus.
For the 2018-19 school year, all 3rd-grade students will attend Cherry and all 4th-5th grade students will attend Oak. Second grade may remain at Cherry or it may be split between campuses. School leaders are still gathering feedback that will influence the decision.
If your kindergarten or 1st-grade child has an older sibling at Cherry or Oak, these older siblings may attend school at a different campus from your kindergarten or 1st-grade child. Only siblings in grade levels that are split will be placed together. All subsequent younger siblings who are not yet in school will in the future attend the campus of their kindergarten or first grade sibling. Please let me be clear with this example: if your older child will attend 3rd grade at Cherry next year, your kindergarten student may still be placed at Oak. Only siblings who are in grade levels that are split will remain together.
Consideration for maintaining diversity in regards to both ethnicity and socioeconomic status factored heavily into the decision about the boundaries. Therefore, campus placements in kindergarten and 1st grade are permanent.
The option of splitting the 2018 - 2019 2nd-grade class is currently being discussed. I received feedback from the second-grade
teachers
that they would be willing to consider splitting the grade level between two campuses. Third grade through fifth grade teams were not open to the idea, so 3rd grade will certainly remain at Cherry and 4th and 5th grades will certainly remain at Oak next year.
If the 2nd grade is split, it will be split according to the guidelines above used for splitting the kindergarten and 1st grades, and placement will again be permanent. Students in 2nd grade will be assigned to the same campus as their kindergarten and 1st-grade siblings. If a 2nd-grade student has an older sibling in 3rd-5th grade, they may be assigned to a different campus than their older sibling. Again, 3rd-5th grade siblings do not determine campus placement. Only having a sibling in kindergarten or 1st grade will determine campus placement. Siblings in kindergarten, 1st grade and 2nd grade will be kept together at the same campus.
Over the next few days, I will survey the 2018-2019 second-grade parents and gather feedback. When the decision is made about splitting the 2nd grade classes, it will be announced to our school community.
Thank you very much for your continued support of our school.
Cordialement,
Elimane Mbengue
Head of School
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