How can school districts make attendance boundary planning more data-driven, transparent, and easier to understand?
This webinar from MGT explores how school districts can use GIS and SchoolSite Pro to simplify the complex process of reviewing and developing attendance boundaries. From enrollment shifts and school capacity to residential development, transportation, demographics, programs, and feeder patterns, effective boundary planning requires districts to bring multiple sources of information together.
Hear a practical discussion about attendance boundary planning, GIS, SchoolSite Pro, school enrollment, capacity and utilization, demographic data, residential development, transportation planning, feeder patterns, equity, and community engagement—and how geographic analysis can help districts understand where students live and evaluate how potential boundary changes could affect schools, neighborhoods, families, and communities.
The webinar also explores how districts can develop, adjust, and compare multiple attendance boundary scenarios while seeing potential impacts in real time. By bringing enrollment, facility, demographic, development, and geographic information into one planning environment, districts can evaluate tradeoffs using consistent criteria and make more informed decisions.
Whether you’re responsible for enrollment planning, facilities, GIS, transportation, school operations, administration, or district leadership, this webinar offers practical strategies for creating a more transparent and sustainable approach to attendance boundary planning.
Topics covered:
- Attendance boundary planning
- School boundary reviews
- GIS for K–12 school districts
- SchoolSite Pro
- Enrollment shifts and forecasting
- School capacity and utilization
- Student address and geographic data
- Residential development and housing growth
- Attendance boundary scenarios
- Scenario planning and comparison
- Feeder patterns
- Transportation and travel patterns
- Student travel distance and time
- Program access and grade configurations
- Equity and access
- Neighborhood continuity
- Community engagement and transparency
- Data-driven decision-making
- School enrollment planning
- Geographic barriers and walk zones
- Districtwide planning
- Boundary implementation and transition planning
- Long-term enrollment and facility planning
- School siting and capital planning
