We, the undersigned, strongly oppose any redistricting plans that unfairly fragment the 63 students in PB8 and PB137, which can be easily corrected by either adopting Draft III or minor modifications to Drafts I & II.

The issue

There has been a long-standing and disproportionate minority of Wyandot ES families, specifically those residing in PB8 and PB137, who attend Karrer MS and then split to Jerome instead of Coffman. The redistricting offers an opportunity to correct this; and indeed, one of the plans would (specifically Draft III).

Drafts I & II could also address this with minor modifications in line with the 8 redistricting criteria.

It is only 63 students, which should conceivably be easy to switch on any of the plans especially considering the Drafts I & II projected 10-year utilization is over for Jerome and under for Coffman – making this switch actually beneficial.

The proposal

We call on Dr. Marschhausen, the Dublin School Board, and Cropper to rectify this as follows in line with the 8 redistricting criteria:

Draft III – as is

Drafts I & II – add PB8 and PB137 to Coffman

• Balance facility utilization: 10-year projected utilization is 72-73% for Coffman and 104% for Jerome; this would balance 10-year projected utilization
• Establish clear feeder patterns and continuity: Keeps more Wyandot/Karrer kids together
• Use major roads and natural boundaries: Tullymore and Brand Rd. as boundaries
• Account for future growth: further alleviates Jerome making space for more growth which is inevitable in NW quadrant
• Establish contiguous zones: keeps Wyandot contiguous zone together
• Close proximity: while Jerome is technically closer, and in some cases across the street from these neighborhoods, there is no good crosswalk or lights across Brand Rd for walkers/bikers and thus most kids from these neighborhoods require transportation anyway