BROOKINGS — The Brookings School District is giving area residents at chance to make their voices heard on the school boundary issue.
The board reviewed the issue at its March 9 meeting.
A stakeholder committee has been looking at the school boundary issue for the past few months. That committee gave the board two main options that it is looking at.
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The proposed boundary changes — along with a survey — can be found on the Brookings School District’s website.
The two maps that the board considering have been posted on the school website. The maps can be found clicking on the “Our District” tab and selecting “BSD Boundaries.”
Brookings Superintendent Summer Schultz said the interactive maps give families a chance to input their address and find out which district they would fall in under the plan.
She said the district has also sent out information to parents about the options.
This gives community members a chance to provide input on the preferences prior to the March 23 meeting when the board will address the issue.
Public comment can also be made at that meeting.
Board member Cassie Juba said that the public needs to understand that the board is looking at the changes to improve efficiency and equity in the schools.
The board is also exploring the option creating a different configuration.
The currents configuration with three K-3 buildings, Medary, Hillcrest and Dakota Prairie and one building for grades 4 and 5, Camelot
A “partner schools” configuration with two schools for K-2 students and two schools for grades 3-5.
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