We The Residents Of The Iredell Statesville School District

We, the residents as being homeowners and parents of children attending Lake Norman School District adamently oppose the redrawing of school boundry lines that would move our children to Troutman or Statesville schools. We are looking out for the best interest of our children and their education. The schools that our children would be moved to are not near the same quality as the schools that they currently attend. Evidence of this fact is proven on the school report cards. Lakeshore Elementary is a School of Distinction with 80-90% of students at grade level compared to Troutman Elementary which is a school of No Recognition. Lakeshore Middle is an Honor School of Excellence with at least 90% of students performing at grade level compared to Troutman Middle School which is a School of Progress with only 60-80% at grade level. Only 45% of seniors at South Iredell High School participate in taking the SATs which shows that this is not a college prep high school. Lake Norman High School has an 89% participation rate for taking SATs and their scores are higher than those at South Iredell,  1069 vs. 1019 respectively (the average of the combined verbal and math scores). The school board argues that the Troutman schools scores are above the state average; this is not the issue here. The issue is that they are below the level of the Lake Norman schools that our children are currently attending. 
In addition, a study by Jud and Watts (1981) studied the effects of school quality on house values. Jud and Watts found that the quality (as measured by the average grade point) of school is an important determinant of house values. They found that a one grade point increase in average student achievement test result in a 5.2% to  6.2% increase in the value of an average house. Therefore, the redistricting proposed will negatively impact the value of our property and create an inability to sell our homes. We support the purchase of modular classrooms to be placed at Lakeshore Elementary, Lakeshore Middle, Brawley Middle, Woodland Heights, Lake Norman Elementary, and/or Lake Norman High School to supply seats for future growth. We do not want to be redistricted.
Title, Target, and schools ammended Oct. 28th, 2008
We the residents who live in the proposed boundry line area North of Cornelius Road, Mooresville, and who's children currently attend LakeShore Elementary, Lakeshore Middle, and Lake Norman High, respectfully ask that the school board reconsider these changes that would move our kids to Troutman schools. As stated above, we firmly believe based on research that this would have not only a negative impact on the quality of education that our kids would recieve in Troutman, it would also have a negative impact on our communities, resell values and desirability of prospective home buyers interested in moving to our area. It is my understanding that residents of Morrison Plantation and other communities currently pay city taxes ,yet are attending the Lake Norman schools? Why are they not attending city schools? We recently moved into our home and paid a significant amount more just so that we, as many others that I have spoken to, could have our children attend Lakeshore Elementary and Lakeshore Middle. If this change takes place, it will be very traumatic on the emotional well being of my 3 kids as they just moved into new schools and have made new friends and teachers. We respectfully ask that you leave the boundries alone and allow our kids to continue to attend the schools that we moved here for in the first place.

Respectfully,
Michael Bosman
206 Kenway Loop
Mooresville, N.C. 28117
704-528-8394
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