The document outlines the members and proposed process for a District Reassignment Committee. It lists the co-chairs, representatives from schools and the community, proposed guidelines for reassignments, essential questions for the committee, and a proposed meeting schedule. The committee will work to develop recommendations for school boundary changes and report to the school board by August 2012.

1. District Reassignment Committee
and Proposed Process
Update

2. District
Reassignment Committee

3. Co-Chairs
Carina Bryant
Principal, Southern Nash Middle School
Victor Ward
Director of Personnel

4. Principal Representatives - 3
 Ann Mitchell, Elementary School Principal
 Robin May, Middle School Principal
 Chip Hodges, High School Principal

5. COMMUNITY MEMBERS - 5
 Tommy Stockdale, Eaton Corporation
 Kelley Deal
 Tem Myers, Wells Fargo Bank
 Tripp Evans, CW Williams
 Vanessa McCleary, City of Rocky Mount

6. Staff Members - 4
 Sherri Wells, Spring Hope Elementary
 Sylvia Anthony-McGeachy, Williford Elementary
 Cindi Carpenter, Southern Nash Middle School
 John Gay, Nash Central High School

7. Parents - 5
 Tracy Proctor, Swift Creek Elementary
 Laticia Cavazos, Spring Hope Elementary
 Tracy Wiggins-Elliott, Middlesex Elementary
 LaTasha Sledge, Parker Middle/ Hubbard Elementary
 Monica Whitehead, Rocky Mount High School

8. District Representatives 11
(Recommended by each School Board Member)
 District 1 – Archie Jones
 District 2 - John Barnes
 District 3 - Reggie Mullen
 District 4 - Chet Osterhoudt
 District 5 - Melissa Dalsimer
 District 6 - Lester Weaver
 District 7 – Chris Miller
 District 8 – Pastor James Gailliard
 District 9 – Shirley Kelly-Morton
 District 10 – Ruth Bullard
 District 11 – Cynthia Dunston

9. Support Staff – Ex-Officio
Program Staff will serve as ex-officio members of the
committee and will be available for technical support.

10. RECOMMENDED
ACTION
Approval

11. COMMITTEE GUIDANCE
 Prior to the committee starting its work the board
will need to reach consensus on priorities to guide
the process
 Tonight we will need to clarify priorities to guide the
committee as discussion evolves

12. Proposed Reassignment Guidelines
Contiguous boundaries:
 Attempt to maintain contiguous school boundaries without using satellite
attendance areas.
Respect neighborhoods:
 Avoid dividing easily recognized “neighborhoods” or identified
“developments” or “sub- divisions” unless it is necessary to meet other
guidelines. Whenever possible and practical use major
highways, railroads, rivers, and streams as natural boundaries.
Proximity to schools:
 While it is recognized that all students cannot be assigned to their closest
school, consider students proximity to other schools when creating school
boundaries.

13. Proposed Reassignment Guidelines
Modify feeder systems:
 In order to maximize facility use and establish reasonable numbers of students at each
site, consider the use of 6 middle school feeder systems instead of 5. This would allow
smaller, more instructionally suited middle schools and less dependence on mobile
classrooms.
Stay within enrollment capacities:
 Unless it is likely that a school enrollment will be declining, assign students to the four
high schools in a way that their enrollments are under established capacities.
Consider anticipated growth:
 Enrollment growth patterns should be taken into consideration, where feasible, to ensure
that anticipated growth will not adversely impact one school significantly more than the
others.
Enrollment balance:
 In keeping with the intent of SB612, attempt to balance the percentage of academic and
economic populations at each middle and high school.

14. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
 Are these acceptable?
 Do you wish to prioritize them in
any way?
 Are there others you wish to add?

15. RECOMMENDED
ACTION
Approval

16. Ensure Compliance with Targets Outlined in
Senate Bill 612 – Sec 17 (a) (b)
 Sec. 17. (a) The Interim Board and the Nash-Rocky Mount Board of
Education shall make their best efforts to achieve a racial balance in student
enrollment, within plus or minus 12 percentage points of the system
wide average minority student enrollment at the following schools:
 Rocky Mount Senior High, Northern Nash Senior High and any new high school within the Nash-
Rocky Mount School Administrative Unit, and any middle or junior high school that feeds any of these
high schools.
 A school will be considered to be in substantial compliance with the racial balance objectives of this
paragraph if its racial balance is plus or minus 18 percentage points of the system wide
average minority student enrollment.

(b) For all schools other than those covered in subsection (a) of this section, the
Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education will promote reasonable and
practical racial balance in the schools, utilizing and preserving neighborhood and
voluntary schools to the maximum extent permitted by the Constitution, and
consistent with sound educational practices.

17. AGENDA
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Auditorium, School Administration Building
Monday, January 30, 2012
6:00
Welcome
Chair, Board of Education
Introductions
Dr. Anthony D. Jackson
Charge to the Committee
Role of the Committee Chairs
Role of the Committee
Role of the Consultant
Senate Bill 612
ORED
Mr. Mike Miller
Methodology
Process
Timeline

18. PROPOSED MEETING SCHEDULE
February
13 – (4:00-5:30)*
March All meetings will held in
26 (6:00) the Central Office
Auditorium
April
30 (6:00)
May
29 (6:00)
June
25 (4:00–5:30)*
August/ Sept
TBD

19. REPORTS TO THE BOARD
 An organizational meeting of the committee will be
held on Monday, January 30, 2012.
 The committee will begin meeting in February with
the charge to bring recommendations to the board no
later than August 2012.
 The chairs will provide updates to the board at the
work session immediately following each of their
committee meetings.

20. COMMUNICATIONS
 Transparent
 Committee Meetings
 Open to the public
 Website
 Information posted immediately after each meeting
 E-mail/ Phone Line
 An e-mail address to answer questions/ receive feedback etc
has been established to ensure seamless communication and
to make all information readily available to the public.
 A phone line has been established for those with limited or no
internet access to provide feedback to the committee.

21. QUESTIONS