3.0 Comparative Analysis: Impact and Strategic Alignment of Reorganization Options While the four final options achieve similar financial goals, they represent fundamentally different approaches to managing change, each with distinct consequences for students, staff, and the community. The following table provides a high-level comparison of these critical trade-offs, synthesizing the human impact of each model with the strategic assessment provided by the district's Senior Leadership Team.
Criterion
Option 3v2
Option 4
Option 5v2
Option 6
Core Concept
Targeted School Closure
Targeted School Merger
2 large buildings banded into smaller K-3 and 4-6 grade-level schools, plus Blanchard as a K-6 school. Creates an "equitable disruption" by structurally reorganizing all Acton schools. All students are disrupted, with 16-70% displaced depending on the enrollment model.
Consolidation into 2 large K-6 schools, plus Blanchard as a K-6 school.
Primary Human Impact (Displacement & Disruption)
Concentrates high-intensity
Concentrates high-intensity
Creates an "equitable disruption" by structurally reorganizing all Acton schools. All students are disrupted, with 16-70% displaced depending on the enrollment model.
displacement on the Merriam community (395 students; 15.8%). The relocated Conant community is highly disrupted, and the majority of remaining schools (65.5% of enrollment) are impacted by absorbing students.
displacement on two communities (826 students; 33.1%), which are dissolved and merged into a new school. 350 of these students are dispersed to other schools.
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