Bloomington Schools Look At Boundary Changes

BLOOMINGTON (WCCO) -- Another Twin Cities school district is considering boundary changes for its elementary schools. The Bloomington School Board will discuss two boundary maps at a meeting Monday night.

District spokesman Rick Kaufman said some schools are overcrowded people of population shifts and others have a socio-economic imbalance.

"Some schools have concentrations of poverty above 80 percent while others in the teens," said Kaufman.

In addition to drawing up new attendance maps, the district also plans to limit where parents can transfer their children within the district.

"We embrace parent choice, but we have to limit transfers so we don't create the situation we have today," added Kaufman.

Special meetings to gather public input are scheduled on Dec. 15 and 18.  A final decision is expected Jan. 10.

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