CPPS board delays meeting by a day
By Terry Murry on Tuesday, October 26th, 2021 in Columbia Basin News More Top Stories
COLLEGE PLACE – The College Place Public Schools Board of Directors has rescheduled its work session and meeting originally set for today to tomorrow (Wednesday), due to a scheduling conflict. The public will also have an opportunity to comment on the redistricting of areas 2 and 3. The work session begins at 5 p.m. and the board meeting begins at 6 p.m. at the Davis Elementary School cafeteria, 31 SE Ash Street.
The proposed redistricting comes after the district had a third party review its director areas of service based on the most recent census data as required by state law. After review, the district saw a disproportionate distribution of population between Area 2, currently represented by CPPS board member Anne-Marie Bauman and Area 3, currently represented by board member Todd Stubblefield.
The board is proposing a small change by redistricting a portion of Area 2 that is adjacent to the boundary line of Area 3 in that area. The area impacted will be between Whitman Drive (north boundary) and Southeast Third Street (south boundary) and Northeast Larch Avenue (east boundary) to Southeast Alpine Drive (west boundary).
According to Superintendent Jim Fry, school districts are required to evaluate their data to ensure that each director’s district is nearly equal in population, is as compact as possible, does not favor or disfavor any racial group or political party, and coincides with existing natural boundaries.
