Some Mill Street Elementary parents are speaking out about proposed school boundary changes they say don’t move enough students to alleviate the overcrowding at their north-side school.

Boundaries approved by a committee last week would move 134 students out of Mill, which they say is at least 50 too few.

“We’re looking for them to properly address redistricting to move enough people out of Mill to make an impact now so we don’t have to do it again next year and next year and next year,” parent John Tarantino said. “We don’t want band-aids and short-term fixes.”

Alleviating overcrowding at Mill and Beebe elementary schools was one of the driving forces behind the district’s exploration of boundary changes along with making room for new programs like the proposed all-day kindergarten.

Mill’s capacity is 750, but a study released in the fall put enrollment at 812. A consultant’s mid-level projections showed between 838 and 886 students attending the school over the next five years without boundary changes.

Although 134 students are slated to move out under the proposed boundary changes, parent Robert Bava believes the school will be getting new students in the coming years due to the proposed all-day kindergarten program, young families moving into the area and private schools getting more expensive.

“We’re a mess in a very short order,” he said.

He would like to see more of the school’s students south of Ogden Avenue be moved to another school and questioned why only five elementary schools are being affected when the district hasn’t changed boundaries in years.

Parent Mike Crossett agreed and said he liked the hypothetical scenario released in December that would have made more large-scale changes including closing an elementary and middle school, which angered many parents.

“It’s as close as you’re going to come to balancing the district properly,” Crossett said.

While Crossett said young students would adjust switching schools, the school board directed its enrollment committee to make causing the least disruption a priority.

When the committee met Wednesday to give its final review of the changes known as Map 6, several members asked whether enough students are being moved from Mill and Beebe. Administrators said they believe there are. Superintendent Mark Mitrovich said the issues at Mill are more complicated than simply the number of students.

The district also addressed the question on its website saying it can reconfigure some spaces inside Mill and that the school will eventually lose some students who were grandfathered last year when the district moved some students out of the school.

“We understand the extent of concern parents are feeling,” Director of Communications Susan Rice wrote in an email to the Tribune Friday.

She said the issue will be addressed when the school board reviews the proposed changes this week. The board meeting begins at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Naperville Central High School, 440 W. Aurora Ave.