LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Have thoughts on how Jefferson County Public Schools assigns kids to schools? Now is your chance to weigh in on new student assignment proposals.
Kentucky's largest school district will hold a virtual summit Wednesday at 6 p.m. to discuss two proposals that would allow students in west Louisville to attend schools closer to home. Feedback can be submitted through an online survey.
JCPS has been considering partially rolling back a key element of its student assignment plan — using "satellite areas" to divvy up the predominantly black West End and assign kids to schools across the county to increase diversity.
In the proposed plans, about 6,000 west Louisville middle and high school students would get to choose between going to a school outside of their neighborhood or going to one closer to home.
The proposal would give West End students a choice they didn't previously have, district officials have said.
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Under the current plan, there are about 50 feeder patterns a west Louisville student could move through in the district. The two proposals crafted by an outside consultant would shrink that to a little over a dozen.
More details on the proposals, including where west Louisville students would attend if they chose to stay near their neighborhood, haven't been released yet.
Superintendent Marty Pollio has said the two-choice plan would require JCPS to build a high school and two middle schools in the West End, with the money potentially coming from a recent tax increase.
It is unclear how the dual resides plan would work without new school buildings, as district officials have said there are not enough seats in western Louisville schools for students living in the area.
A task force of district officials, parents and community members has been reviewing how JCPS assigns students to schools and the equity of its slate of magnet programs for more than a year.
JCPS reviews its assignment plan every five to seven years, but the most recent tweaks come at a pivotal time for the district. The district is required to change its plan in some capacity by the fall to meet a corrective action plan that helped JCPS avoid a state takeover.
A final vote on any assignment changes will come in the wake of unrest over systemic racism and police brutality in Louisville, potentially shifting how school board members view an assignment plan nationally lauded for integrating schools while simultaneously reducing the options given to black students.
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