• The current plan assigns African-American students (K-12) who reside in the Assigned Attendance Area (AAA) neighborhood to other schools throughout the district based on their address within the AAA.
• African-American students may opt out of participation in the busing for desegregation plan by applying for magnet school admission, receiving a special transfer, or be enrolled in a special program.
• African-American students are bused out of the AAA for their entire elementary/secondary career.
• Caucasian students (K-5) are selected to attend Mueller and Adams elementaries by birthday lottery or by volunteering to attend these schools.
• Lottery placement for Caucasian students is for one year, but options exist for families to volunteer to remain at Mueller and Adams. Many choose to do so each year.
• The birthday lottery does not apply to students of other races.
• Students (both Caucasian and African-American) who attend magnet schools and who were accepted through the magnet lottery process are exempt from the busing for desegregation plan.

• The original AAA area was designated in 1971 as part of the original agreement with the Office of Civil Rights. It is a geographic area in northeast Wichita in which the majority of African-American students in the Wichita district lived at the time.
• The peripheral AAA area was added soon thereafter to support the desegregation effort.
• African-American students who are bused as part of the desegregation plan reside within this AAA area.
• Currently, approximately 30% of the African-American students in the Wichita Public Schools reside in the AAA area. The majority of Wichita's African-American students live in other homes and neighborhoods throughout the Wichita district.

How long has the plan existed?

• Wichita's busing for desegregation plan has been in existence since 1971.

How many students are impacted by the current plan?

• 2,993 of the district's 9,949 African-American students live within the AAA area. Of those:

            - 365 (12%) attend neighborhood schools
            - 128 (4%) are pre-K students
            - 930 (31% attend special programs (magnet schools, special ed, special transfers)
            - 1,570 (53%) K-12 students attend schools based on address assignment         

• 335 Caucasian students attend Mueller Elementary
• 118 Caucasian students attend Adams Elementary

How do magnet schools factor in to the plan?

• Students who were selected to attend a magnet school through the magnet lottery application process are considered exempt from the busing for desegregation plan.

Are students bused for desegregation the only students who ride a bus?

• No. During the 2006-07 school year, approximately 19,500 students rode a bus. Of those:

            - 6,200 attend a school of choice, including magnets and the IB program
            - 3,500 live more than 2.5 miles from their assigned neighborhood school
            - 2,200 were part of the busing for desegregation program
            - 4,100 live less than 2.5 miles from their assigned school but qualify for hazardous busing
            - 1,600 have special education IEPs calling for transportation
            - 1,630 are in the ESOL/bilingual program
            - 260 participate in the NCLB Choice Plan
            - 80 reside outside the Wichita district
NOTE: Numbers may vary over the course of the school year due to shifting transportation demands.

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