ABS and WCS Building Configuration Options for Community Forum

After voting on the top 10 Configuration Options you will be asked to comment on each of these possible "Building Configuration Options" below and how they meet or do not meet the criteria which were identified. You will also be asked to comment on the diffent "Grade Grouping" and "Grade Span Options" below.

General Building Configuration Options

Option A
· Pre-K through 2 at Allenbrook School
· 3-8 at Williston Central School - WCS would lose a special education “office”
space to create the one additional classroom space needed

Option B
· K-3 at Allenbrook School
· Pre-K (EEE) and 4-8 at Williston Central School

Option C· 1-4 at Allenbrook - ABS would need to eliminate the music room and art
room to create the 2 additional classroom spaces needed
· PreK, K, 5-8 at Williston Central School
Option D Current building configuration with options for different grade span
configuration and age groupings (single, multi, looping) within those grades
· Pre K, K, 1-4 at Allenbrook School
· 1-4 and 5-8 at Williston Central School

Option E
Current building configuration and current house system with focus on
improving equity among the houses

Options D and E
Are combined for the purpose of the Teachers’ and Community
Forums, as they both involve the current building configuration option.

*Grade Grouping and Grade Span Options (see below for definitions)

1. Single grade, single year
2. Multi-age
3. Looping
4. 2-4 Year Grade Span

*Definitions“Grade grouping” means how students are arranged by grades (single, multiage,
or looping).
“Grade span” means how many years students are with the same teacher or
teacher teams (1, 2, 3, or 4)
“Multiage” means multiple grades in the same classroom (2, 3, or 4 grades learning
together)
“Looping” means single grade of students learn together with the same teacher or
teacher team for multiple years (2 or 3).