Proposed changes next year and affected schools include:
Los Ranchitos Elementary
- Combining four special education classes into two classrooms, combiing two Language Development and Speech classes into one classroom and
moving El Centro Alegre Preschool to a yet undetermined site. That should open four classroom spaces at Los Ranchitos Elementary, 2054 E. Ginter Road. The committee also recommended hiring additional staff at Los Ranchitos for students expected to transfer next year from Esperanza Elementary. There were 560 students enrolled in the 2004-05 school year, according to district attendance numbers.
Esperanza Elementary
- About 135 students from Esperanza Elementary School, 2353 E. Bantam Road, would be moved to Ocotillo and Los Ranchitos elementary schools. Of the 135, 48 students who live in the KB Home development and reside north of Ocotillo Elementary School would be moved to Ocotillo Elementary. About 87 Esperanza students who live in the 5600 block of South Country Club Road would be moved to Los Ranchitos. There were 899 students enrolled in the 2004-05 school year.
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Ocotillo Elementary
- Sixty-one students from Ocotillo Elementary School, 5702 S. Campbell Ave., would be transferred to Liberty Elementary School, 5495 S. Liberty Ave., or Drexel Elementary School, 801 E. Drexel Road. Ocotillo students who live west of Nogales Highway would attend Liberty while students who live east of the highway would attend Drexel. Six requests were made by parents who want their children to stay at Liberty through an open enrollment policy. There were 379 students enrolled in the 2004-05 school year.
Los Niños, Santa Clara and Elvira Elementary
- Two new classrooms would be built at Los Niños Elementary School, 5445 S. Alvernon Way, and two new classrooms at Santa Clara Elementary, 6910 S. Santa Clara Ave. Once the work is completed, about 80 students from Elvira Elementary School, 250 W. Elvira Road, would be transferred to Santa Clara. That move would require either an additional bus route to get the students to and from Santa Clara or hiring two new crossing guards on 12th Avenue.
In the 2004-05 school year, there were 645 students enrolled at Los Niños, 527 at Santa Clara and 752 at Elvira.