Student Assignment for Fall 2022 School Openings

Superintendent’s Recommendations

November 9, 2021
Olympic Relief

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Olympic Relief High School Recommendation
Assign to Olympic Relief, high school students in the
portion of South Pine Elementary attendance area
which continues to Southwest MS; Palisades Park
Elementary, Winget Park Elementary and River Gate
Elementary attendance areas; and the portion of the
Lake Wylie Elementary attendance area which
continues to Southwest Middle School

Assign to Olympic, high school students in the Nations

Ford attendance area. Students in the Berewick
Elementary and Steele Creek Elementary as well as
students in the portions of Lake Wylie Elementary and
South Pine Elementary which continue to Kennedy
Middle School will continue to be assigned to Olympic
High School.

Assign to South Mecklenburg High School, high

school students in the portion of the Starmount
Academy attendance area (West of South Boulevard)
which currently continues to Carmel Middle School
and Harding High School. 3
Olympic Relief High School Recommendation Rationale
Home to School Distance
• primarily assigns students to the high school which is closest with the exception of portions of South Pine Elementary
• improves home to school distance for Nations Ford Elementary

Intact Feeder Pattern

• removes a split feed from Southwest Middle by eliminating the continuation to Harding High School
• Kennedy Middle and Southwest Middle each feed both Olympic and Olympic Relief High School

SES Diversity
SES Distribution
Relief 11% 64% 25%

Olympic 21% 67% 12%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120%

Low Med High

Projected Enrollment at Projected Enrollment at

Utilization 2021-22 20th Day
School Opening Opening
Enrollment
(Excludes Magnet) (Includes Magnet Students)
Olympic Relief N/A 1,579 1,976
Olympic 2,607 1,404 1,727
* - SES analysis applies SES distribution of each elementary school to the number of high school students residing in that same area. 4
Bain / Lebanon Road / Piney Grove Relief

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Bain / Lebanon Road / Piney Grove Relief
Assign to the new elementary school:
• Portion of Matthew Elementary attendance area south of Sam Newell Rd./ N
Trade St. and east of E. Charles St. and north of I-485
• Portion of Crown Point Elementary attendance area south of Sam Newell Rd.
and Irvins Creek and east of Idlewild Rd. and the Suburban Woods subdivision
• Portion of Lebanon Road Elementary attendance area including the
apartments off Margaret Wallace Rd. and south of Margaret Wallace Rd. and
west of Lebanon Rd. and south of Irvins Creek (Pine Lake Country Club and
south)
• Portion of Bain Elementary attendance area currently continuing to Butler
High School and the portion northeast of Idlewild Rd. and east of Matthews-
Mint Hill Rd. and the houses along Well Rd. and extending southeast across I-
485 south to Marshall Hooks Rd. and extended to the county line (including
the communities Belle Grove / Nottaway Plantation, Mint Lake Village,
Thompson Place, Jonathan’s Ridge)

Assign to Crown Point Elementary the portion of the Piney Grove Elementary
attendance area which currently continues to Mint Hill Middle and Butler High.

Assign to Matthews Elementary the portion of Sardis Forest neighborhood

currently assigned to Greenway Park Elementary and its continuation schools. 6
 Southeast Elementary Relief Rationale
Home to School Distance
• increases for students assigned to the new school from Matthews and Lebanon Road elementary schools, as well as for
some students assigned to Crown Point from Piney Grove
• decreases for students assigned to new school from Bain

Intact Feeder Pattern

• removes a split feed at Piney Grove by assigning students who continue to Mint Hill Middle to the new elementary
• creates multiple split feeds to middle school from the new elementary; these may be resolved in the 2022 student
assignment review Projected
Planning
Building Planning 2021-22 20th Day Enrollment at
SES Diversity School Capacity
Classrooms Capacity Enrollment Opening*
• the new school will be Utilization
(includes growth)
primarily low and medium SES
Bain 39 780 914 723 93%
Utilization Lebanon 36 720
679 535 74%
• Achieves relief for all schools Road
Piney Grove 38 760 704 458 60%
Crown Point 37 740 479 607 82%
Matthews 40 800 827 653 82%
* - updated 11/3 to include 21-22 20th day and New School 45 900 n/a 745 83% 7
updated Kindergarten enrollment