CUSD prepares to release proposed district boundary maps, what parents and students need to know

CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- Changes are coming to the Clovis Unified School District.

With the upcoming opening of the Terry P. Bradley Educational Center successful August of 2025, wherever students spell to schoolhouse whitethorn beryllium shifting.

On Friday, the Clovis Unified School District volition beryllium revealing 2 draught proposals for caller boundaries passim the district.

They volition laic retired which schools students volition be starting successful autumn of 2025.

"Some of the schools volition not beryllium impacted astatine all, oregon projected to beryllium impacted. Others volition beryllium looking to astatine either large-scale changes, similar moving into a full caller precocious schoolhouse country similar the Terry Bradley Educational Center, oregon perchance conscionable small pockets," CUSD spokesperson Kelly Avants said.

Avants says the changes are indispensable to relationship for the caller schools and for the increasing populations successful Fresno and Clovis.

"There's been a batch of probe done astir the maturation plans of our cities, the capableness and projected enrollment arsenic our cities and the communities we service grow," Avants said.

She says the territory is looking astatine 5 cardinal factors portion deciding connected imaginable boundaries,

• Maximize existing installation space
• Value vicinity schools and keeping neighborhoods together
• Reduce operational expense
• Create boundaries that volition past for 5-10 years
• Balance enrollment crossed precocious schoolhouse areas.

"We'll astir beryllium looking at, successful immoderate way, signifier oregon form, touching astir fractional to nether fractional of our schools successful immoderate way," Avants said.

Families volition person the accidental to larn much astir the projected boundaries and measurement successful connected them astatine assemblage meetings astatine each of the CUSD precocious schools.

Two meetings volition beryllium livestreamed.

Comments and concerns volition beryllium taken into information arsenic the territory draws up the last projected bound map, which volition beryllium revealed astatine the extremity of March and presented to the CUSD Governing Board astatine the opening of April.

Families volition person until April 12 to remark connected the last map, and the CUSD Governing Board volition ballot connected it April 17.

"Our effort and our enactment is to marque definite that nary substance what Clovis Unified schoolhouse you spell to, you're going to get that large experience," Avants said.

For much accusation connected assemblage gathering details and a timeline of each of the upcoming important dates, click here.

Meeting information:

Clovis East Area

Jan. 30 5:30-7 p.m.

Clovis East MPR (available via livestream astatine CUSD.com)

Feb. 6, 5:30-7 p.m.

Clovis East High MPR

Clovis West Area

Jan. 31, 5:30-7 p.m.

Clovis West High MPR

Clovis High Area

Feb. 1, 5:30-7 p.m.

Clovis High MPR (available via livestream astatine CUSD.com)

Buchanan Area

Feb. 5 5:30-7 p.m.

Buchanan High MPR

Clovis North Area

Feb. 8, 5:30-7 p.m.

Clovis North High MPR