The superintendent’s proposal for 2020 redistricting has come out on August 22, 2019. I am hearing some are saying this is not bold enough and more people saying their children will be negatively impacted.

I have been contacted by many people. I talked to many people. I also met many people. I am writing down almost all polygon numbers.  I read every email. As long as my time permits and you represent a large group of parents/students, I would love to talk, even meet your group.

I wrote a software program in Python to analyze the polygon move in the high school level and its ramification through each move. I don’t have many data as OSP, but the public shared data already helps me a lot. A move in one direction will affect many in other directions.

I strongly suggest every one shares your feedback (redistricting@hcpss.org) on the superintendent’s plan, the feasibility study plan and even your own big/little plan. Following policy 6010, make your case, for example,

1. students being moved multiple times,
2. feeder system improvement,
3. a highway or natural boundary separating the community,
4. HS 13 boundary map,
5. a continuous community being split,
6. an alternative and good FARM rate reduction approach/move,
7. a better demographic diversity improvement approach
8. a detailed resource to help disadvantaged students,
9. evaluation on transportation route, time and cost (check https://chaowu.org/2019/08/28/hcpss-fy-2021-budget-ahead/  for our school obligation in 2021),
10. unintended consequence of some polygon moves,
11. new housing development plan affecting in the capacity soon,
12. etc.

Please remember : don’t say bad words of other schools or communities. That will not advance your advocacy.  Please note: all public and written testimonies will be public online for many years in the future and everybody will be able to read them.  So try not to include your private information there.

Furthermore, what is your thought on future redistricting plan (we will discuss it in 2022 if HS 13 construction is done in 2023 ) based on the current direction on capacity and equity from our superintendent?