B7.13 - Approve the School Locator Conversion from Street Network Addresses Points to Parcel Address Points and Associated Administrative Attendance Boundary Adjustments per School Board Policy 5120 (Operations Division)

For over a decade, the School District has been processing student addresses using locations along a street network instead of address points located within specific building footprints and parcels.  Locating student addresses using a street network is an antiquated way of identifying where a student resides, which can produce inaccurate school assignment results in the online school locator.   

An additional issue that further complicates the process are general attendance boundary realignments. Per School Board Policy 5120, “The Superintendent is authorized to administratively adjust school attendance boundaries and supply a report of changes to the School Board when an existing attendance boundary line is clearly misaligned with a natural or manmade feature such as a road, river, lake, or parcel line.”  Staff has realigned specific attendance boundary lines to match land parcel lines or other natural features using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping tools per School Board Policy 5120.  

Performing boundary realignments in addition to converting to address points for student assignment will allow the District to confront two problems at once. Staff realigned the boundaries, so a portion of the families whose address point assignment changed due to the conversion will no longer receive a different assignment result in the school locator.  Therefore, from the outside users view, no change has occurred in the attendance boundary assignment.  However, this adds analyses, since staff is required to delineate why the student’s address is changing (address issue versus boundary change).  Therefore, we have defined the individual situations by each type below.  Maps depicting the boundary realignments are accessible at https://www.sdhc.k12.fl.us/doc/251/growth-management/resources/boundary/.  

All parents impacted by these changes have been notified by District staff.  The students impacted by these changes represent .046% (103 students) of the District’s students.  

The accuracy of the school locator results for families and district employees will be significantly improved by using address points versus street network addresses. 

 School locator school assignment results were using an antiquated street network addressing, so results were less accurate for families. 

School locator school assignment results will be more accurate.

* Establish a strong foundation of financial stewardship

* Construct and maintain facilities that create an environment conducive to teaching and learning

Approve school locator conversion from street network addresses points to parcel address points and associated administrative attendance boundary adjustments per School Board Policy 5120. 

Amber K. Dickerson, General Manager, Growth Management, amber.dickerson@sdhc.k12.fk.us, 813-272-4896

Annual cost for student transportation for this item is $2,837.61 per year. The amount will decrease as students age out.