With SchoolSite Redistricting Boundary Planning Made Easy.

With SchoolSite RedistrictingWith SchoolSite Redistricting

Boundary Planning

Made Easy

Things you can accomplish using DDP’s SchoolSite Redistricting

Program• Can create unlimited number of boundary scenarios using current or projected student counts

• Using current students you can redistrict using student data such as ethnicity or program info

• Can easily use a variety of grade ranges for exploring grade re-configuration studies • Can create attendance matrices that help show the district’s current Open Enrollment percentages

• Ability to create Street Directories

Exercise 1Creating a Redistricting Plan

• Open ArcMap as a blank map document• Add in SchoolSite Redistricting Toolbar

• Pull down the “Redistricting” menu go to the “Redistricting Admin” and click on “Create Plan”

• Click on “Create a new SchoolSite Geodatabase”

• Save the new GDB onto the C-Drive and call it: plans_July09

• Give the Plan a Name (i.e.: ES Plan 1)

• You can also add Notes and Comments

Exercise 1Creating a Redistricting Plan

LOADING THE INDIVIDUAL DATA LAYERS LOADING THE INDIVIDUAL DATA LAYERS FOR THE REDISTRICTING PLANSFOR THE REDISTRICTING PLANS

FOR THIS EXERCISE GO WITH THE DEFAULTS:Create an “Elementary School” Plan Using “Current

Boundaries”

For this exercise we will be usingFor this exercise we will be using“Current” student data, “Current” student data,

not projectionsnot projections

Exercise 1Creating a Redistricting Plan

After clicking on Finish, the data layers will be copied and a Redistricting Plan is created

Setting Up the Plan Setting Up the Plan Properties Properties for for Reports and TablesReports and Tables

The statistics you choose will be

displayed in the plan report and

statistics window

Time for Exercise 2Time for Exercise 2

• Begin Exercise 2 (page 4)Begin Exercise 2 (page 4)

““Setting Up How to View Setting Up How to View the the Statistics Table Statistics Table for a Plan”for a Plan”

Reassigning Attendance Areas with the Redistricting Extension

The redistricting software allows you to easily reassign regions from one attendance area to another by shifting

individual, or groups of, study areas

Reassigning Attendance Areas with the Redistricting Extension

The redistricting software allows you to The redistricting software allows you to easily reassign regions from one attendance easily reassign regions from one attendance

area to another by shifting Study Areas area to another by shifting Study Areas (neighborhoods)(neighborhoods)

You can choose study areas individually or as You can choose study areas individually or as a group by using a line, circle or polygona group by using a line, circle or polygon

Reassigning Attendance Areas with the Redistricting Extension

While you select certain Study While you select certain Study Areas (highlighted in light Areas (highlighted in light

blue), you can “preview” the blue), you can “preview” the impact by the “Proposed impact by the “Proposed

Statistics” Tab before you Statistics” Tab before you actually make the changeactually make the change

RED ATTENDANCES RED ATTENDANCES AREAS ARE ONES AREAS ARE ONES THAT WILL LOSE THAT WILL LOSE STUDENTS WITH STUDENTS WITH

THE CHANGETHE CHANGE

WHILE BLUE WHILE BLUE ATTENDANCE ATTENDANCE

AREAS ARE ONES AREAS ARE ONES THAT WILL GAIN THAT WILL GAIN

STUDENTSSTUDENTS

Time for Exercise 3Time for Exercise 3

• Begin Exercise 3 (page 7)Begin Exercise 3 (page 7)

“ “Reassigning Attendance Areas”Reassigning Attendance Areas”

Reporting in SchoolSiteReporting in SchoolSite

Within the Within the Redistricting ExtensionRedistricting Extension you use a combination you use a combination of the Plan Report, Statistics Window and Plan of the Plan Report, Statistics Window and Plan Properties Properties

buttons to create your reportsbuttons to create your reports

And there is an Identify button that will allow you And there is an Identify button that will allow you to interactively select a Study Area or group of Study to interactively select a Study Area or group of Study Areas to see how many students are in each or Areas to see how many students are in each or altogetheraltogether

Printing ReportsPrinting Reports

You have control over the font size, page orientation, title, footnote, You have control over the font size, page orientation, title, footnote, starting page number, and datastarting page number, and data

Exporting ReportsExporting Reports

Export to a Excel, Text, or dBase file and format in any Export to a Excel, Text, or dBase file and format in any word processing or spreadsheet software, such as MS word processing or spreadsheet software, such as MS

WordWordTMTM or Excel or ExcelTMTM

Changing the Symbology within the Changing the Symbology within the Redistricting ExtensionRedistricting Extension

Other Useful Abilities within the Other Useful Abilities within the Redistricting ExtensionRedistricting Extension

• Creating Plans Off of Student ProjectionsCreating Plans Off of Student Projections

• Elementary, middle and high school attendance Elementary, middle and high school attendance matricesmatrices

• Street DirectoriesStreet Directories

• Classroom Loading TablesClassroom Loading Tables

You can create an unlimited number ofYou can create an unlimited number ofRedistricting Plans off any student forecastsRedistricting Plans off any student forecasts

generated by DDP’s SchoolSite Projection generated by DDP’s SchoolSite Projection softwaresoftware

Projected student counts

Representsstudent

data for Fall 2010

Creating Plans Off of Projections

Attendance MatricesAttendance Matrices

Extremely helpful for visualizing your “Open Enrollment”Extremely helpful for visualizing your “Open Enrollment”(compares enrollment counts to residence counts)(compares enrollment counts to residence counts)

You can use the data from the redistricting reports to make a matrix in MS Excel.

Street DirectoriesStreet Directories

View and print streets with their address ranges within each attendance area, in a report formView and print streets with their address ranges within each attendance area, in a report form

Classroom Loading TableClassroom Loading Table

Helpful in determining the need for more or fewer classroomsHelpful in determining the need for more or fewer classroomsat school sites as you adjust boundariesat school sites as you adjust boundaries

Clicking on the HELP (?) Clicking on the HELP (?) Buttons will launch DDP’sButtons will launch DDP’s

extensive Help Systemextensive Help System for Redistrictingfor Redistricting

Getting Help with the Redistricting

Time for Exercises 4 and 5Time for Exercises 4 and 5

• Begin Exercise 4 (page 10)Begin Exercise 4 (page 10)

““Creating an Attendance Matrix”Creating an Attendance Matrix”

and then, at the end we will “Close a Plan”and then, at the end we will “Close a Plan”

QUESTIONS?

Please come by the Doctor’s Office. We are glad to address questions directly related to your District.