Dr. Jeff Tsai

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  Published on: 1/1/2008    Last Visited: 5/24/2009  

  Jeff Tsai taught a session dealing with School Siting and Pupil Assignment. Jeff is the Director of the Pupil Transportation Group at ITRE located at NC State.

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  Published on: 5/27/2009    Last Visited: 5/29/2009  

  North Carolina State University consultant Jeff Tsai assisted the redistricting committee during the study.

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  Published on: 7/28/2007    Last Visited: 7/28/2007  

  "Jeffrey Tsai, a North Carolina State University researcher, rode with students on buses outfitted with shoulder and lap belts two years after the state purchased 13.While half the elementary school students used them, he said, he found no middle or high school student with one on."I asked them why, and they said the law didn't require it," Tsai said."

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  Published on: 10/20/2008    Last Visited: 10/21/2008  

  Jeff Tsai, North Carolina State University Director of the Institute for Transportation Research and Education, will provide technical assistance to the committee as they build the criteria for redistricting.
  
  Tsai said any new redistricting plan should benefit the entire school district and not just one school. He advised the committee to take "ownership" of the redistricting process.
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  According to Tsai, a preliminary study will continue through November, costing $10,000.
  
  Tsai said the school board had decided to first examine the distance students travel to their schools and building utilizations in the preliminary stage without an emphasis on demographics.
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  Whatever redistricting plan the school board finally approves, it should have a long shelf life, Tsai said.
  
  "Redistricting impacts people's lives," Tsai said.

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  Published on: 5/30/2007    Last Visited: 5/31/2007  

  The panel will also include Jeff Tsai, a transportation program director for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.

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  Published on: 6/3/2008    Last Visited: 6/3/2008  

  Jeff Tsai, a consultant from North Carolina State University, met with school board members Monday during an exploratory meeting to discuss parameters for redrawing the school district lines.No formal action was taken at the meeting.
  
  Tsai, program director for operation research and education laboratory at N.C. State, presented several redistricting plans his lab recently completed for school districts throughout the state, including Franklin County Schools.
  
  If the Lenoir County school board hires Tsai, it would cost the district $27,500 for a full redistricting study, which would take about five months to complete.
  
  The study could include examining both Sanderson Farms Inc.'s and Spirit AeroSystems Inc.'s impact on Lenoir County's population and education requirements.Both companies recently announced they will invest in and bring jobs to Lenoir County.
  
  "We would interview planners and forecast growth," Tsai said, adding school systems nationwide are facing difficult planning challenges from increasing student populations and aging infrastructure.
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  School board members agreed to wait until the July board meeting to decide whether to hire Tsai.
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  Superintendent Terry Cline plans to present the school board with Tsai's proposed study plan before the next scheduled board meeting.

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  Published on: 7/18/2008    Last Visited: 7/18/2008  

  Jeffery Tsai, program director for the ITRE, said his team studied trends in student numbers and examined data from the county's geographic information system.The team not only looked at the numbers but also conducted interviews with members of the community.The goal of the study was to figure out where and when schools would reach capacity and where new schools could be built to help alleviate that problem.Ultimately, Tsai and his team suggested the school board begin looking for possible sites of a new elementary school in Kings Mountain, a new intermediate school in the Crest area, and a new middle school site to replace Shelby Middle as it ages.As The Star previously reported, the school board has expressed interest in using the old Shelby Middle School as an office building to consolidate the three current locations of administrative offices for the school system.During the study, Tsai said it was important to be mindful that while some areas were seeing localized growth, overall the number of students have been in decline for five years.

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  Published on: 1/29/2009    Last Visited: 2/1/2009  

  Superintendent Terry Cline said Thursday that Jeff Tsai of the North Carolina State University for the Transportation Research Foundation has developed several maps for the committee to examine during the meeting.
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  According to Tsai, there are seven bridges that cross the Neuse River, which create some limitations for bus transportation.

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  Published on: 1/30/2009    Last Visited: 2/1/2009  

  The committee met for nearly two hours to examine preliminary school attendance maps created by Jeff Tsai of the North Carolina State University for the Transportation Research Foundation.
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  The committee offered several ideas to Tsai to consider before the next meeting. Several committee members suggested the new Northeast school next year be better utilized than what Tsai proposed.
  
  Tsai also displayed attendance maps for the district's four middle schools and three high schools. Based on the first scenario, 193 middle school students would be forced to change schools while 342 high schools students would head to different schools next year.
  
  Like the elementary school numbers, both the number of middle and high school students who would have to change schools would change after Tsai develops new models.
  
  Another redistricting committee meeting is scheduled for Feb. 18.
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  During the next several weeks, Tsai will develop attendance clusters for the school district.
  
  Not everyone is pleased with the committee's progress or direction though.
  
  Committee member C.L. Braxton said after the Friday meeting that the redistricting study isn't balanced and is being pushed through without much debate.
  
  He also said there are too many Lenoir County Schools staff members and not enough members from the public on the committee.
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  During the map generation process, Tsai said he hoped to eliminate the divide between city and county schools. He said the models will allow each school to be utilized between 65 and 85 percent.
  
  The redistricting plan will be based on current student attendance for each school.

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  Published on: 12/29/2008    Last Visited: 12/30/2008  

  Dr. Jeff Tsai of the North Carolina State University Institute for Transportation Research and Education is working with the committee to develop criteria for new attendance lines.

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