HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 1995-028CITY OF PLYMOUTH
RESOLUTION NO. 95-28
URGING LSD 279 APPROVAL OF BOUNDARY PLAN LESS DISRUFrM TO
PLYMOUTH RESIDENTS
WHEREAS, the voters in ISD 279 recently passed bonds for construction of two (2)
elementary schools and one (1) high school located in the City of Maple Grove; and
WHEREAS, a boundary commission has been assigned the task of establishing new
boundaries for elementary, junior and senior high schools within ISD 279; and
WHEREAS, the above referenced boundary commission has been charged with the task
of establishing boundaries that disrupt the fewest number of students; and
WHEREAS, all Plymouth elementary students have been for years bused past existing
elementary schools in ISD 279 to attend Sunny Hollow Elementary; and
WHEREAS, all Plymouth junior high students attend Maple Grove Junior High School
which is in close proximity to the ISD 279's Plymouth territory; and
WHEREAS, all Plymouth junior high students proceed with their elementary and junior
high classmates from Plymouth and Maple Grove to attend the same high school as a
group;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA, that it should and hereby does request and urge the
School Board of the Independent School District 279 to approve a boundary plan that
meets the following goals:
1. Allows the Plymouth elementary students to attend schools located in Maple
Grove, and be divided into not mors than two (2) groups for this purpose; and
2. Allows the Plymouth junior high students to continue to attend the Maple Grove
Junior High School; and
3. Allows the Plymouth junior high school students to advance to the ISD 279
senior high school that will accommodate the majority of their classmates from
their elementary and junior high school level.
Adopted by the City Council on January 3, I"S