Actionable Information
Before | Student placements at all five elementary schools in the district.
Optimization Scenario | Student placements at closer schools, enabling one school to be closed
How do we place students from a closing school so that class sizes are all the same and students go to their closest school? Similarly, how do we decide who goes to a new school so that class sizes are all the same and students can go to their closest school?
A five-elementary school district in southern New Jersey was experiencing revenue shortfalls and declining enrollment yet did not have time for an 18-month committee to study the problem and recommend solutions.
The possible scenarios are very easily modeled which then enable administrators to immediately finalize re-assignments. The GIS tool and accompanying analytics enable a quick, and show a very intuitive solution.
We prioritize academic placements for students with individual education plans or multiple language learning needs. We also ensure that siblings stay together at their new building. Additionally, we can consider such things as student gender so that classrooms will look similar.