A consultant-led K–5 Enrollment and Capacity Study is underway to evaluate and balance student enrollment across the district’s five elementary schools. The study may result in adjustments to elementary school attendance zones.
Currently, Glenmont and Eagle Elementary Schools are operating at or near capacity, while Elsmere, Hamagrael, and Slingerlands are being underutilized and have available classroom space.
Superintendent Jody Monroe outlined a plan for the study in May, highlighting enrollment trends at the district’s five elementary schools that have affected the distribution of K-5 students within the district. Over the past decade, Eagle and Glenmont have experienced steady enrollment growth, while Elsmere, Hamagrael, and Slingerlands have seen double-digit enrollment declines during the same period.
During the Oct. 22 Board of Education meeting, representatives from Tyler Technologies—the data and mapping firm leading the study—along with a committee of district stakeholders, provided an update on their progress. This was the second committee update to the Board of Education.
You can view the Oct. 22 Board of Education meeting here (YouTube).
Key highlights:
- The consultant’s work is still preliminary; no proposed boundary changes have been presented.
- The stakeholder committee of 30 parents, faculty, staff, and administrators (representing all five schools) has met twice, most recently on Oct. 15.
- Committee members emphasized that maintaining small class sizes should remain a top priority in balancing enrollment.
- Tyler Technologies shared an initial “sensitivity analysis” of enrollment projections and class size targets.
- The committee provided feedback to Tyler to help define what constitutes a “neighborhood” within each school attendance zone.
- Tyler will use this feedback to develop mapping “planning units” that could form the basis for new boundary options.
The committee will meet again twice in November, followed by a community meeting on Thursday, Nov. 20 at 6:30 p.m. in the Library Media Center at Bethlehem Central Middle School. This meeting will be open to the public.
Community feedback collected in November will help shape the recommendations presented to the Board of Education in December. Tyler Technologies plans to offer multiple options for improving enrollment equity across the five schools.
Important dates
- Nov. 3, 2025: Committee meeting
- Nov. 12, 2025: Committee meeting
- Nov. 19, 2025: Board of Education meeting – Committee update
- Nov. 20, 2025, 6:30 p.m.: COMMUNITY MEETING at Bethlehem Central Middle School
- Dec. 10, 2025: Committee meeting
- Dec 2025-Jan 2026: Recommendations by the committee and Tyler Technologies will be presented to the Board of Education for consideration.
Committee PTO/PTA representatives
Eagle
- Leo Gameng
Elsmere
- Melissa Forrest
Glenmont
- Sara Bailey,
- Farrin Wagoner, Alternate
Hamagrael
- Alicia Segura
Slingerlands
- Neethu Jean-Pierre
Current elementary attendance zones
The maps below have been provided by Tyler Technologies. If you are unable to access the PDF files, please contact the BCSD Communications Office at 518-439-3650.
- Eagle
- Elsmere
- Glenmont
- Hamagrael
- Slingerlands
- Districtwide
- Districtwide (with student density)