Small Boundary Adjustment Approved by Osseo School District 279 School Board

Before homes are even built in the area, the Osseo School District School Board recently approved an administrative census boundary adjustment in Maple Grove.

The area, an undeveloped piece of more than 30-acres of land in southwestern Maple Grove, was recently sold by the Osseo School District, according to a memo from Assistant Superintendent Kim Riesgraf provided at the Oct. 2 school board meeting.

The school district census map had the parcel split into two census areas – one assigned to Rush Creek Elementary and one assigned to Basswood Elementary. 

“Once developed, the parcel will have about 55 single-family homes,” Riesgraf wrote. “Unless the census area boundary is adjusted, the future development runs the risk of having lot lines split between two schools.”

With the full approval of the school board, the new census area was adjusted fall within the Rush Creek Elementary attendance area (see attached map for details).

“The benefits of the change include more efficient bus transportation for future students living in the area and the balancing of new developments in the area between Basswood and Rush Creek,” Riesgraf wrote.

The last administrative boundary adjustment done in a district area slated for development took place in January 2007, according to Riesgraf, when a new census boundary was created between Woodland Elementary in Brooklyn Park and Elm Creek Elementary in Maple Grove.

“The change being proposed now fits this pattern,” she wrote.

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