Toledo Blade Elementary School

Another new school is coming to North Port. As a result of continued growth due to families moving to the area, the School Board of Sarasota County will construct another new elementary school scheduled to open in August 2009.
The opening of this school will require the creation and/or
revision of attendance boundaries.

Public Forum Meeting at Toledo Blade on
April 1, 2008 at 6:00 P.M.
(Please note change of date!)

Establishing school attendance boundaries ensures the availability of program,
staff and facilities to meet the educational needs of all students and ensures the
prudent use of taxpayers’ dollars. A Boundary Advisory Committee will be
formed to assist the school district in the process of redrawing these attendance
boundary lines. The Office of Long Range Planning, supported by the Office of
Research, Assessment and Evaluation, will organize and work directly with this
group.The Boundary Advisory Committee will be formed with the following
membership: the Director of Long Range Planning; the Supervisor of Student
Assignment; representatives from Toledo Blade Elementary School (and others if
necessary), including the School Advisory Committee (“SAC”) Chair (if the chair
is a teacher, this will be the teacher representative; if the chair is a parent, this will
represent one parent member from that school); the principal of the school; four
parent representatives from the school who live in different geographic areas
(selected jointly by the SAC Chair and principal), and a teacher from the school
(selected jointly by school administration and the Sarasota Classified/Teacher
Association).

In the process of drawing the attendance boundaries, the School Board will use 
the following guidelines whenever possible: Attendance areas will be designed to 
incorporate entire neighborhoods, where and whenever possible, so as to provide 
student groupings which are deemed reasonably viable, keeping neighborhood 
children together, and which fall within the operation and maintenance of an 
efficient, effective and economic transportation configuration.

Redistricting shall strive to assure that schools are left with a capacity that allows 
for growth from new neighborhoods.When attendance boundaries are changed, 
students with one year remaining in their present school may have the option of 
remaining at that school.  This shall not automatically entitle the student to district 
transportation.

The public is encouraged to provide input during the  entire Boundary Advisory 
Committee planning and School Board process. If you have questions or wish to 
serve on the Boundary Advisory Committee, please contact Chris Renouf, 
Principal, Toledo Blade Elementary at 426-6100 or Bill  Storms at 927-9000 
x32265

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Questions Posed for Consideration

Will 5th graders be dressing out for P.E.?

Can the 4th grade students/families have a vote on whether 
Woodland Middle School has uniforms?

When scheduling is done, will 5th graders be mixing with older
students (i.e. passing times)?

Will 5th graders have recess?

Will this year's 4th graders, who will be next year's 5th graders,
have any sort of "Advancement Ceremony" since they will already 
be at the middle school?