Welcome to the Attendance Boundary Change Procedure Webpage
Attendance Boundary Change Procedure
The Boundary Change Team, which is comprised of the office of the Chief of Schools, along with Assistant Superintendents, school principals, educational program managers, Financial Services, Facilities Services Planning and Project Management (Facilities Planning), Transportation Services, Student Services, and Human Resources, evaluates the need for attendance boundary changes and prepares proposals, when necessary, for the School Board (Board) to review each year. The Board may decide to change a school's attendance boundary in coordination with Policy 5120 for the following reasons:
consideration of safe student transportation and travel;
convenience of access to schools;
financial and administrative efficiency;
the effectiveness of the instructional program;
to balance enrollment.
Demographic shifts may cause some schools to exceed their capacity while leaving other schools under-utilized. One of the several options available to balance student populations and more efficiently utilize the existing schools is to adjust attendance boundaries.
Growth management is an essential part of the School District's interaction with local governments. Legislation requiring school capacity be available for housing growth prompted the district to enter into an agreement with 15 local municipalities to closely monitor residential development. The Interlocal Agreement for Public School Facility Planning and School Concurrency was first adopted in 2008 and updated in 2014 (2014 ILA) to provide for a consistent school concurrency program, which complements local government land development processes. Throughout the school concurrency process, the district's planning staff closely monitors the number of new housing units and calculates the number of students that the residential development is expected to generate. Sometimes, school attendance boundary changes are suggested when the pockets of projected housing growth are not balanced across the district, leaving schools in high growth areas over capacity, while other schools (where fewer new homes are under construction) see a decline in enrollment.
Because attendance boundary changes can be very disruptive to an existing community, the District is shifting its strategy to be proactive-ahead of residential growth, rather than reactive. This strategic shift aims to adjust boundaries before whole communities are built.
One of the least disruptive options to balance student populations is to build new capacity, but this is also the most expensive option.
Various methods are used to gather information from the communities of the potentially affected schools and are customized per proposal.
Staff from the Boundary Change Team evaluates and uses community feedback to revise recommendations, if needed. In addition, all proposals for attendance boundary changes are published on the District's website, and social media sites.
Per the Interlocal Agreement for Public School Facility Planning and School Concurrency, an oversight committee referred to as the Capital Outlay Committee, which is comprised of representatives from partnering municipalities, Brevard County, and Brevard Public Schools, must review potential boundary changes prior to going to the School Board for approval for Public Hearing.
If you have questions or would like to speak to a staff member, please call or email:
email OR call us at: 321-350-8629
You may also find helpful information on the Open Enrollment-Parental Choice webpage and support information on Educational Location Option and the Choice Timeline Tab for Open Enrollment.
Contact the Curriculum and Instruction department at 321-633-1000 Ext. 11395 for more information.