Miami School District Negotiation Paper
The Miami school district has announced that in the upcoming year, school boundaries will
be redrawn due to unexpected increases in enrollment. The school board has created a plan
for the students as the school is not large enough to accommodate each and every one of
them. They have hired experts to redraw school boundaries to be submitted for the
following year. Upsetting many students as they will not be able to stay at their present
school, several parents have voiced opinions based upon the school district proposed plan.
Most of the parents are concerned about the quality of education their children will
receive, increased travel time, crossing economic and cultural boundaries, affect on
property values, and social effects on children. With the following reasons against the
proposed plan, I will address all of the stakeholders and their concerns. This paper will
also discuss a developed plan to address stakeholders concerns as well as the negotiation
strategy used to support the school boards need to redraw the boundaries with the concerns
of the stakeholders. Lastly, the paper will explain how ethics and culture affect the
decisions.
There are many stakeholders in this situation with the students being redrawn from their
current school. The students, school officials, staff, teachers, school district, and even the
students parents are all stakeholders. The students will be affected by the redrawing as they
may be going to a different school and face with different personal issues, including
separation from friends. Students may be troubled with the new society, struggle meeting
new friends, have difficulty understanding the new concepts and school guidelines, and
carry cultural differences and education. Students may feel lack of support based on their
surroundings and bring those problems home. It can be difficult meeting friends at a new
school and adapting to a new culture and groups. There may situations where a student is
socially affected in school and will take their problems out on their parents. They will
possibly get into school arguments, be picked on, and even be ignored by others, which
will cause them to become unconfident and unhappy.
Parents are important stakeholders as they will be concerned about the welfare of their
children when going to a new school. Although students chose their own decisions and
lifestyle, students can be affected by their surroundings and worry their parents. The
parents may fear that the quality of education does not meet the same standards in the new
