To keep our community informed about long-range planning efforts, we will send an update after each meeting of and presentation by the PSD Facilities Planning Steering Committee to the school board.
You can find all committee updates and additional communications on the Long-Range Planning web section. To translate the update into a language other than English, scroll to the top of the web page, click on “Translate / Traducción / 번역 / 翻译 / ترجمة,” and select a language.
Key Takeaways
- Get the data in one place: Want to know what data the Facilities Planning Steering Committee is reviewing in its work? This compiled worksheet presents those data side-by-side, with even more data available on the PSD Data and Reports web page.
- GIS firm models possible options: FLO Analytics, an outside GIS firm hired by PSD, modeled the committee’s preliminary boundary changes and school consolidation options and presented those to committee members Tuesday.
- Identifying, refining options: The committee will be identifying which possible options to move forward with and then identify modifications and additional, alternative options. Additional discussion will take place at the committee’s next meeting.
- Community to see possible options at listening sessions: Possible options will be made public for the first time at the March and April community listening sessions. Scenarios will not be shared publicly before then.
- School board vote coming in June: The Board of Education is scheduled to vote in June 2024 about how to proceed, after considering the committee’s 2-3 recommendations.
Understanding PSD
This video series is designed to help our community to learn more about the district’s long-range planning process, the district budget, and more, as our community grapples with declining student enrollment. The first two episodes were released in previous editions of the PSD Now community newsletter, and we thought it was potentially helpful to share them again here.
EPISODE 1 | What problem is PSD trying to solve? Learn about student enrollment trends
EPISODE 2 | Fact or fiction: When my property taxes go up, PSD gets more money, right?