The students who will be forced to leave Meadows Elementary School when it shuts its doors next year now know what other school they can attend.

After looking at dozens of options over the past few months, Conejo Valley Unified School District school board members voted last week on the new attendance boundaries for students who are currently zoned to attend Meadows.

Families who live in the Meadows boundaries will be split based on which side of Erbes Road they live. Students who live east of Erbes will go to Ladera School, and students who live west of Erbes will go to Westlake Hills School.

Boundaries for University Elementary—the other school slated to close its doors next year—haven't yet been voted on.

According to projected numbers for the 2009-10 school year, 480 students will be attending Ladera, including 55 who will come from Meadows. Meadows students who will go to Westlake Hills number 125, making the total enrollment jump to 635.

Capacity at Ladera and Westlake are 430 and 600 students respectively, meaning an additional four portable classrooms may be necessary—two at Ladera and two at Westlake Hills.

That's one benefit of the approved scenario: Each of the schools would require, at most, two portable classroom units. In another other possible scenario, Ladera might have needed three units. If a site requires more than two additional units, an architect is required to look at the entire campus for plans, as opposed to just the two units.

When the board announced last year that Meadows would be closing, a group of its parents put together plans for a charter school. The district has denied support for the school, but the charter is currently being considered by the county.

Baarstad reminded the board that if the charter school is approved by the county, the district may lose more students, making the capacity issues at Ladera and Westlake Hills less severe.

Parent John Hollister said the Meadows parents asked for a solution like the approved boundary scenario long ago.

"You look at us like we're demons," Hollister said. "For five months we have gone to these dreadful meetings. The parents at Meadows care about the education of our kids. We've asked you to present real options, and you are finally getting there."

The scenario also includes a dual attendance area in the Kevington neighborhood, where four Meadows students live. Baarstad said there was a unique identity in the neighborhood and parents desired to have both options.