March 15, 2005
Varna children shifted to Caroline under ICSD redistricting plans
It looks like I was wrong when I said that only the easternmost edge of Varna would be affected by Ithaca elementary school redistricting. Admittedly I was quoting the Ithaca Journal and the ICSD's maps weren't very clear, but it's pretty plain now that the change is much more drastic.
In the current elementary school map, children in the Town of Dryden attend Cayuga Heights (green) and Caroline (brown) elementary schools. I've heard of Varna children attending Northeast and Belle Sherman as well, though that's not shown on this map and may be open enrollment.
Current Ithaca elementary school districts in Dryden.
The rightmost edge of the light blue at the top is Sapsucker Woods Road, and marks the Dryden-Ithaca town boundary. You can extend that line south as an indicator of the town line.
There are three redistricting scenarios posted on the ICSD redistricting site:
- February 8th, revised (152KB PDF
- February 22nd, revised (152KB PDF)
- February 22nd, Version #2 (151KB PDF)
In all of these maps, the Dryden portion looks like:
Proposed Ithaca elementary school districts in Dryden.
In this second map, the pinkish-purple is for Caroline. No bright green for Cayuga Heights remains in the Town of Dryden.
As I noted earlier, the Ithaca school board will be looking at redistricting tonight from 7:00pm to 9:30pm at the district's administration building (map).
Posted by simonstl at March 15, 2005 12:01 PMNote on photos