Kleinham's Discovery Part 2 - Flathead County, Montana

g. Schools:
Fire- ambulance. and qolice caq provide service to this suMivision
with existine personnel. At some point in time the cumuladve
impact of npw residences will require an increase in personnel. and
facilities- Hopefrrlly the increased tax revenue from the new
residential lots yrill oflset some of these costs. However if calls to
emergency services increases at a rate greater that the growth in
populalions than the burden to provide additional
personneVequipment is spread over all the ttix payers.
i. Identify the School Districts and describe the available educational
facilities whiph would service this suMivision.
The North Shore Ranch Subdivision falls within the Somers Lakeside
School District #29 for K - 8 Grades. Tbe subdivision. however. is split
in half by the Flathead High School and Bigfork Hieh School with the
west half eoing to Kalisp)ell and the east half going to Bigfork. Students
within the BiCfork Hieh School District would have the option of
transferring to Flathepd and payine tuition and students in the Flathead
High Scbool District have the option of transferring to Bigfork with ng out
of distri.ct tuition- The Somers School is located approximately 2 miles
west of the proposgd subdivision. A bus stop will be placed within the
subdMsion subject to review and approv4 by the Sohool Districts.
Busine for High School students would not be able to cross District lines.
Although this is not the most desirable situation to have the development
split by two Hieh Schgol District it is a geographical fact and the School
Dishicts most likely will not relinquish potential students to another
District,
ii. Estimate the number of school children that will be generated from the
proposed subdivision.
Usine County wide average of 0.42 school aged children oer residence.
(There were 15.042 students recorded with the Flathead County
Superintendent of Schools Office including publiq. private and home
schooled children at the beginning of the 2005 school vear- The US
Census Bureau 2004 American Communiff Survey projected 36.077
residential units in Flathead County for the year 2004). The proposed
subdivision will generate approximately 130 school aged children to the
districts.
iii. The subdivider shall discuss the impact of the proposed development on
the provision of educational services with the administrator(s) of the
school system(s). The subdivider shall provide a written outlining whether
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