2. HISTORY OF THE TASKFORCE
Upon approval of the bond referendum to build a
second high school, the Board made a commitment
to review after a period of time.
Engagement process last year with Dr. Jim
Rickabaugh
This group is a continuum of that engagement and
promise by our Board and school district.
3. CHARGE STATEMENT
To study and then make recommendations to the
School Board in spring 2013 regarding the following
issues:
Consider allowing the high schools to develop
individual personalities within clear, consistent
parameters.
Consider incentives or structural changes to
balance enrollment and student diversity in the
high schools over time.
Consider issues of site capacity and equity of
facilities as outlined in the district facility report.
4. RESPONSIBILITIES
Report to the school board on an on-going basis
Review all pertinent data
Seek public, staff, and student input prior to making
a recommendation to the school board
Provide communication updates for district
dispersal
Evaluate options and estimated expenditures
Prepare a final recommendation to the school
board
5. GUIDELINES
Optimize building space
Ensure program equity
Sustainable student attendance boundaries for
the next five to ten years unless there is a
significant enrollment loss or gain versus current
projections
Boundary changes would be considered in light
of pre-school, elementary and middle school
capacity discussions and potential
recommendations
Consider safety, transportation, and costs when
developing recommendations for consideration
6. MEMBERSHIP
Carole Baab – School board
Tim Klein – School Board
Tim Dorway – Chanhassen Principal (co-chair)
David Brecht – Chaska Principal (co-chair)
Josh Omang – Chanhassen Teacher
Jaime Schommer – Chanhassen Teacher
Delphine Luzney – Chaska Teacher
Jesse Longley – Chaska Teacher
Chad Lea – Chanhassen Parent
Rhonda Fletcher – Chanhassen parent
Jill Anderson – MSE parent going to Chaska
Michelle Hanson – MSW parent going to Chan
Kelly Loosbrock – Chaska Parent
Lynn Mattson-Little – Chaska Parent
Daria Briol – Chanhassen Student
Ryan Souza – Chanhassen Student
Hannah Potter – Chaska Student
Adam Hoxie – Chaska Student
8. THE RICKABAUGH REPORT
50 students at each school
46 Chaska community members, 28 Chanhassen community
members
Chan students (page 4) ―Absence of the diversity present at
CHS resulting in educational disadvantage for students (at
Chan).‖
Chaska parents (page 11) ―Create better demographic balance
between the high schools, possibly through boundary
changes.‖
Chan parents (page 12) ―Consider strategies to better balance
diversity present in both student bodies.‖
Chan staff (page 13) ―Absence of diversity is an important
missing element.‖
Question from Community Engagement meetings: ―Are the
differences between the high schools of the magnitude that the
School Board should consider options to address the
differences?‖
Chanhassen: Yes 19% No 81%
Chaska: Yes 80% No 20%
9. ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS AND OPEN
ENROLLMENT DATA
2012 demographic study projection reported
that in 2022:
Chan HS enrollment = 1735
capacity of 1731
100.2% of capacity (over capacity)
Chaska HS enrollment = 1325
capacity of 1779
74.5% of capacity
Open enrollment out of the district--1200 total
students across the district including private,
parochial and public
10. FACILITIES REPORT AND TECH ISSUES
Chaska High School needs a Black Box and a
Scene Shop for facilities to be equal
Synthetic turf facilities should be added into the
district exterior facilities as often as possible
Technology needs have not yet been discussed for
either school by the group.
11. BOUNDARY HISTORY
Integration at elementary model has been a
priority
Communication and input-gathering is critical
to the process
12. SCHOOL DEMOGRAPHICS – ENROLLMENT,
DIVERSITY, FREE AND REDUCED
Current enrollment - 3/14/13 data
Chan HS 1557 (25.8% more than Chaska)-
Chaska HS 1238
Ethnic diversity - 3/14/13 data
Chan HS 7.9%
Chaska HS 20.4%
Free and Reduced Priced Lunch - 10/1/12 MDE
data
Chan HS 7.5%
Chaska HS 21.4%
13. ATHLETIC AND ACTIVITIES PARTICIPATION
Total participation is different because enrollment is
different.
Proportionally, our schools are very close in the
percentage of participants in athletics and activities.
In 2012-2013 unduplicated numbers were as follows:
Chaska MDE enrollment of 1210 with 609 students
participating (increase of 61 student participants from 2011)—
50.3%
Chanhassen MDE enrollment of 1515 with 845 students
participating (increase of 75 student participants from 2011)—
55.8%
14. MSHSL FORMULA FOR CONSIDERING FRP
PARTICIPATION
Formula exists for recognizing the unique
socioeconomic needs of schools in the MSHSL
Changes are made to total enrollment to
account for FRP population and results in
school size designation (ex: AAA, AA, A, etc.)
Examples of impact from the formula
Chaska went from 1210 to 1106 for class
assignment
Chanhassen went from 1515 to 1470 for
class assignment
15. SCHOOL DISTRICT ECONOMIC
CHARACTERISTICS
Median household income data indicates a significant income
discrepancy, which influences the non-district funded financial
support for athletics and activities
16. BASED ON ALL OF THIS DATA, IS
THERE A SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH
CONCERN THAT WE NEED TO DO
SOMETHING?
5 – yes, and I will be a leader in helping do something different – 2
responded this way
4 – yes, and I will be and advocate of doing something different – 8
responded this way
3 – yes, and I am comfortable agreeing that we need to do something
but I may not be an advocate or a leader in the effort – 3 responded
this way
2 – yes, but I still have questions – 0 responded this way
1 – not sure, I have a lot of questions but will not block an effort
moving forward – 0 responded this way
0 – No, there is not an issue and I would block doing something
different – 0 responded this way
17. NEXT STEPS
Incentives and structural changes
Presentations/surveys to/for our constituencies
for feedback
Making recommendations to the Board
