The DeKalb School District 428 redistricting committee presented three proposals to the community Wednesday night at DeKalb High School.

“We’re all interested in making the best decision,” said Janice Blickhan, co-facilitator for the committee. “We need to utilize all the buildings.”

While making the maps, committees had to make sure none of the families were split and that neighborhood schools were maintained. For example, if a student lived 1.5 miles away from a school, the student would go to that school.

The committees also had to look to minimize bussing and ensure ethnic and socioeconomic diversity.

Plan A for redistricting met all the requirements, said Misty Haji-Sheikh, who helped present the plan.

The plan also helped eliminate some bus routes and stayed below the maximum capacity for each elementary school building.

The only negative aspect of the plan was that students who live north of Lincoln Highway would have to travel across Lincoln Highway to Tyler Elementary school, Haji-Sheikh said.

Plan B had the most drastic change, said Sue Bowden, who presented the proposal.

Tracie Grimes, who also helped present the plan, said the proposal increased ethnic diversity in all the schools and ensured that all subdivisions weren’t split up.

Plan C was the most traditional one with few changes from the original districting lines, said Amanda Zirzow, who presented the proposal.

Though the proposal kept neighborhoods together and minimized bussing, Jefferson Elementary School would be 24 students over the capacity.

It also was ethnically unbalanced, Zirzow said.

For the plans, committees were asked to make sure the schools were at 110 percent capacity. The other 10 percent would go to the partnership school.

School Board President Tom Teresinski said the next regularly scheduled meeting will be Monday. A decision hopefully would be made by then, he said.

He also stressed that redistricting is only a short-term plan to help with the schools’ overcrowding.

The deadline to apply for the partnership school is March 5, and the board hopes to make a decision by that date so parents can make an informed decision.

He also said the school board would pick one of the plans presented and modifications could be made to it.

The redistricting proposals will be presented at 9 a.m. Saturday at Clinton-Rosette Middle School, 650 N. First St.