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Middle School Boundary Recommendation


Middle School Attendance Area Recommendation Map [high resolution]

Middle School Recommendation - The district's practice for transitioning from elementary school to middle school is to use "feeder schools." All of the kids who attend a particular elementary school go on to the same middle school together.

As we move from two middle schools to three, two of the current feeder schools must be reassigned to accommodate the additional middle school and projected growth. The task force has concluded that the least disruptive way to accomplish this is to reassign those two schools only and to allow all other schools to continue to feed into the same middle schools as they do today.

Due to the smaller capacity at Pioneer Ridge (700 students versus 1,000 each for Middle Schools East and West), the Task Force proposes that schools with two of the most stable elementary attendance areas in the district feed into Pioneer Ridge: Chanhassen Elementary and Chaska Elementary (shown in Orange on the Middle School Boundary Map).

The Task Force proposes that:
  • Bluff Creek Elementary, Clover Ridge Elementary and East Union Elementary remain at Chaska Middle School West (shown in Yellow)

  • Jonathan and Victoria Elementary remain at Chaska Middle School East (shown in Olive).
Because elementary and middle school boundaries are based on "neighborhood" boundaries and high school attendance areas are more closely related to city boundaries, each middle school will end up serving at least some students who will eventually go on to attend both high schools. The district sees this as a positive development, both in terms of academic achievement opportunities for kids and in the goal of minimizing divisions within our school community.
  • Both middle schools, both staffs and both groups of students will have relationships with people in both high schools. This is consistent with the secondary program redesign creating a more seamless system for grades 6-12 and makes for equity across all schools and all program choices.

  • As importantly, when students enter 9th grade, they will know students at the other school as well, and will have established friendships that will help to keep the inter-district rivalry a "friendly" and positive force in our community.