Facility Master Plan Update. December 14, 2020

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Facility Master Plan Update

December 14, 2020

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Long Range Facility Guiding Change Document

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Long Range Facility Master Plan

> Average school building is 75 years old - Aging facilities require extensive ongoing and emergency repairs that can cost the District in dollars and

disruptions.

> Raising Racine 2022 – The priorities identified in the District’s five-year strategic plan require safe, positive learning environments.

> Academies 2.0 – Facilities need to be reconfigured to facilitate the Interdisciplinary Curriculum.

> Data-Driven Decisions – Building condition and configuration benchmarks against each other and industry standards drive informed decisions.

> Changing Demographics – Shifting population and enrollment trends require

analysis of facility utilization and existing boundaries.

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> Establish Equity: All Buildings & Every Student Benefits

> Right-Size Number of Schools for Operational Efficiency

> Enlarge Elementary Schools for Educational Efficiency

> Reduce Size of Middle Schools to Build Student Relationships

> Community/Parent Rooms at All Schools for Community Connection

> STEM Labs at all Elementary Schools for Hands-on Learning

> Life Safety, Security, ADA, and Deferred Maintenance Updates at all Schools

> High School Space Renovation to Support Academies 2.0

> Multi-phase Implementation Plan to Increase Affordability

> Create a Balanced, Understandable School Feeder System

> Create an IB K-12 Continuum

Guiding Principles

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Facility Master Plan = Facility Condition + Educational Adequacy + Demographics

Facility Condition

Facility Condition summarizes a complete and multi-

disciplinary audit of all facilities and provides an estimate of reinvestment costs to restore, replace, or maintain

defective assets.

Educational Adequacy

Educational Adequacy is an analysis of how well a school building “works” to deliver current and planned educational programs.

Demographics Analysis of school boundaries, student enrollment market share, and enrollment changes due to housing

developments.

Evaluation Process

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Facility Condition Index and Educational Adequacy Summary

FCI

Suitability for Reinvestment

North Park Y Y G G Y Y Y Y R Y Y Y Y Y Y R R R Y Y R R

Giese R G R G R R Y Y Y R R R Y Y R Y Y R G Y R R

Janes R R Y R R R Y R Y R R R Y Y R R Y R Y Y R R

Roosevelt Y R Y R Y R R Y Y Y R Y R R Y R R R R Y R R

Red Apple R R R R R R Y R Y R Y R Y Y Y Y G Y Y Y R R

Bull ECC R R Y R Y Y R R R R G Y Y NA G NA NA G G Y R Y

Goodland R G R Y Y R Y Y Y Y G Y Y Y Y Y R R Y Y R Y

West Ridge Y G R G R Y R Y R Y Y Y G R Y R G G Y Y R Y

Horlick R R Y Y Y Y G Y R Y R R R G Y R R Y Y R R Y

Case G G Y Y Y Y G Y G Y R R Y R Y R R Y R R Y G

Park R R R Y Y R G Y Y Y Y R R R Y R Y Y R R Y G

Schulte R G R Y R R Y Y Y Y R R R Y G Y Y R Y G Y G

SC Johnson Y G Y G Y Y R Y Y Y R Y Y R Y R Y Y G R Y G

Dr. Jones Y G Y Y R R Y Y Y Y R R Y Y G Y Y R Y G Y G

Jefferson R R R R R R G Y Y R Y R Y R R R Y R G Y Y Y

Jerstad Y Y Y R R Y R Y Y Y R R Y R Y R R R R Y Y G

Wadewitz R R Y G Y R R Y Y Y R R Y R Y R Y R G G Y G

Mitchell Y Y Y R Y Y R Y Y Y R R Y R Y R R Y G Y Y G

Fratt R Y Y Y R G R Y Y Y R Y Y R G R Y R G Y G G

Pathways G Y R R R R Y R Y R NA R R R Y NA Y R Y R G Y

Walden R Y R R Y G Y Y Y Y Y R Y Y Y R Y Y Y Y G G

Starbuck Y Y Y G G G Y Y G Y Y Y Y G G R Y G R Y G G

Gilmore G G G G G Y R Y G Y NA Y Y Y Y R G Y G Y G G

Gifford Y Y G G G Y Y G Y Y Y G G Y G R Y R Y G G G

REAL G Y Y Y G G R G Y Y Y G R R Y R G G R Y G G

Julian Thomas Y Y R G G G Y G G Y G Y G Y G G Y G G G G G

Knapp Y G G G Y G Y G G Y G G G Y G Y Y G G G G G

Olympia Brown G Y G G Y G Y G Y G R G G G G G Y G G G G G

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School Closure & Transitional

Boundary Recommendations

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Right-Sizing Facilities

Build 5

Schools Consolidate

9 Facilities 4 Less

Facilities

 Right-Size Number of Schools for Operational Efficiency

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Goals

Facility Condition + Educational Adequacy + Demographics

> Identify two RUSD elementary schools which could close the summer of 2021

> Choose closures that best correlate with the district-wide, long- term facilities plan

> Increase the space utilization & efficiency of surrounding schools

> Identify potential new boundary options that would best align with the district-wide, long-term facilities plan

> Maintain school populations with socio-economic mixes similar too

other schools within RUSD

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Methodology

> Utilized Insights GIS tool to map existing students and school boundaries

> Made enrollment projections using pre-COVID trends

> Assumed little/no growth in geographic areas under review

> Assumed existing out-of-boundary students at Giese & North Park would move with classmates or return to neighborhood school

> Place new boundaries along major streets, rail lines, parks or rivers

> Assume during transitional master plan construction years, existing middle school boundaries would stay in effect regardless of

elementary boundary changes discussed herein

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Feeder System

Facility Condition + Educational Adequacy + Demographics

Horlick HS (9-12)

Jerstad MS (6-8)

Olympia Brown (4K-5)ES

Jerstad ES (4K-5)

Middle School (6-8)

Wadewitz ES (4K-5)

Julian Thomas (4K-5)ES

Elementary School (4K-5)

Case HS (9-12)

Gifford MS (6-8)

Gifford ES (4K-5)

Schulte MS (6-8)

Schulte ES (4K-5)

Elementary School (4K-5)

Park HS (9-12)

Mitchell MS (6-8)

Mitchell ES (4K-5)

SC Johnson ES (4K-5)

Middle School (6-8)

Fratt ES (4K-5)

Knapp ES (4K-5)

 Create a Balanced, Understandable School Feeder System

5,104 Total Students 5,041 Total Students 4,235 Total Students

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Recommend Closure of Giese Elementary School

GIESE CLOSES (GIESE WEST TO FRATT – GIESE EAST TO KNAPP- FRATT SOUTH TO KNAPP – FRATT EAST TO KNAPP– FRATT NORTHEAST TO JULIAN THOMAS)

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Recommend Closure of Giese Elementary School

GIESE CLOSES (GIESE WEST TO FRATT – GIESE EAST TO KNAPP- FRATT SOUTH TO KNAPP – FRATT EAST TO KNAPP– FRATT NORTHEAST TO JULIAN THOMAS)

• Current Giese Attendance Area is split into Giese West and Giese East along Ohio St. & Wright Ave.

• Current Fratt Attendance Area is split into Fratt South along Wright Avenue

• Current Fratt Attendance Area is split into Fratt East along Washington Park

• Current Fratt Attendance Area is split into Fratt Northeast along the river

• Approximately 160 – 180 net additional students to Fratt Elementary over the next 5 years

• Facility Utilization at Fratt Elementary goes from 66% currently to 95% to 98% over the next 5 years

• Approximately 100 – 120 net additional students to Knapp Elementary over the next 5 yrs

• Facility Utilization at Knapp Elementary goes from 61% currently to 80% to 84% over the next 5 years

• Approximately 25 – 55 additional students to Julian Thomas Elementary over the next 5 yrs

• Facility Utilization at Julian Thomas Elementary goes from 50% currently to 54% to 58% over the

next 5 years

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Fratt Elementary School Change

School Total

Students Asian % Asian Black % Black Hispanic % Hispanic ^{Native Am}or Pacific Islander

% Native Am or Pacific Islander

Multiracial %

Multiracial White % White Spec Ed % Spec Ed ELL % ELL Median H.H.

Income

Fratt Current 348 0 0.0% 63 18.1% 170 48.9% 1 0.3% 27 7.8% 87 25.0% 67 19.3% 91 26.1% $44,337

Fratt Modeled* 518 2 0.4% 156 30.1% 189 36.5% 1 0.2% 41 8.0% 128 24.8% 104 20.1% 86 16.6% $40,844

*Assume additional 170 Students

SOCIOECONOMIC MODELING - SCENARIO 1.9 - FRATT ELEMENTARY CURRENT VERUS FRATT ELEMENTARY MODELED

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Knapp Elementary School Change

Students Asian % Asian Black % Black Hispanic % Hispanic ^{Native Am}or Pacific Islander

Multiracial %

Multiracial White % White Spec Ed % Spec Ed ELL % ELL Median H.H.

Income

Knapp Current 348 0 0.0% 159 45.7% 66 19.0% 1 0.3% 58 16.7% 64 18.4% 66 19.0% 11 3.2% $39,144

Knapp Modeled* 458 0 0.0% 199 43.5% 100 21.8% 1 0.2% 72 15.6% 86 18.8% 86 18.8% 28 6.1% $39,815

SOCIOECONOMIC MODELING - SCENARIO 1.9 - KNAPP ELEMENTARY CURRENT VERUS KNAPP ELEMENTARY MODELED

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Julian Thomas Elementary School Change

SOCIOECONOMIC MODELING - SCENARIO 1.9 - JULIAN THOMAS ELEMENTARY CURRENT VERUS JULIAN THOMAS ELEMENTARY MODELED

Multiracial %

Multiracial White % White Spec Ed % Spec Ed ELL % ELL Median H.H.

Income

Julian Thomas Current 422 1 0.2% 174 41.2% 194 46.0% 0 0.0% 21 5.0% 32 7.6% 91 21.6% 121 28.7% $28,832

Julian Thomas Modeled* 452 1 0.2% 182 40.2% 212 46.9% 0 0.0% 21 4.7% 36 8.0% 94 20.8% 132 29.2% $28,096

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Recommend Closure of North Park Elementary School

NORTH PARK CLOSES (NORTH PARK NORTH TO OLYMPIA BROWN - NORTH PARK SOUTH & WEST TO JERSTAD-AGERHOLM – JERSTAD SOUTH TO ROOSEVELT)

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Recommend Closure of North Park Elementary School

NORTH PARK CLOSES (NORTH PARK NORTH TO OLYMPIA BROWN - NORTH PARK SOUTH & WEST TO JERSTAD-AGERHOLM – JERSTAD SOUTH TO ROOSEVELT)

• Current North Park Attendance Area is split into North Park North and North Park South & West

• The North Park North boundary begins along North Main St. up to Campus Ct where it heads west along Thunderbird Dr. to an imaginary line that runs west to the Chicago & Northwester Rail Line, where it then traces the rail line in a south-southeast direction to 3 Mile Rd. and follows that west to the river

• The North Park South & West boundary comprises 3 Mile Rd. and south encompassing the remaining area of the current North Park Attendance Boundary

• The Jerstad South boundary would move 1 block north to Melvin Ave.

• Approximately 100 – 125 additional students from North Park North to Olympia Brown Elementary over the next 5 years

• Facility Utilization at Olympia Brown Elementary goes from 72% currently to 92% to 96% over the next 5 years

• Approximately 185 – 370 additional students from North Park South & West to Jerstad-Agerholm Elementary/Middle over the next 5 years

• Facility Utilization at Jerstad-Agerholm Elementary/Middle goes from 66% currently to 81% to 97% over the next 5 years

• Approximately 0 – 20 additional students from Jerstad South to Roosevelt Elementary over the next 5 years

• Facility Utilization at Roosevelt Elementary goes from 64% currently to 64% to 69% over the next 5 years

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Olympia Brown Elementary School Change

Multiracial %

Multiracial White % White Spec Ed % Spec Ed ELL % ELL Median H.H.

Income

Olympia Brown Current 384 4 1.0% 19 4.9% 76 19.8% 1 0.3% 26 6.8% 258 67.2% 78 20.3% 16 4.2% $75,502

Olympia Brown Modeled* 499 4 0.9% 28 5.6% 110 22.0% 3 0.6% 40 8.0% 314 62.9% 103 20.7% 23 4.5% $73,261

SOCIOECONOMIC MODELING - SCENARIO 2.0 - OLYMPIA BROWN ELEMENTARY CURRENT VERUS OLYMPIA BROWN ELEMENTARY MODELED

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Jerstad-Agerholm K-8 School Change

Students Asian % Asian Black % Black Hispanic % HispanicNative Am or Pacific Islander

% Native Am or Pacific

Islander Multiracial %

Multiracial White % White Spec Ed % Spec Ed ELL % ELL Median H.H.

Income

Jerstad-Agerholm Current 207 1 0.5% 65 31.4% 42 20.3% 0 0.0% 13 6.3% 86 41.5% 40 19.3% 8 3.9% $52,666

Jerstad-Agerholm Modeled* 307 5 1.7% 128 41.7% 52 17.0% 2 0.7% 27 8.7% 93 30.3% 49 16.0% 13 4.3% $48,959

*Assume additional 100 Elementary Students

SOCIOECONOMIC MODELING - SCENARIO 2.0 - JERSTAD-AGERHOLM ELEMENTARY CURRENT VERUS JERSTAD-AGERHOLM ELEMENTARY MODELED

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Roosevelt Elementary School Change

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Communication Plan &

Cost Savings

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Communication Plan

• Thursday (Dec. 10) - Communication to Giese and North Park staff

• Monday (Dec. 14) - Communication to Giese and North Park families

• Wednesday and/or Thursday (Dec. 16,17) - Giese and North Park virtual parent meetings

• January 2021 through spring - Follow-up communications and virtual meetings

• Spring 2021 - Receiving school outreach and welcome to

incoming families impacted by boundary changes and school

closures

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Estimated Cost Savings

•Allows for more efficient use of state AGR program by re-assigning to another school and increasing enrollment at Fratt & Julian Thomas

•Allows federal Title I funds to provide more effective resources to meet school improvement plans

•Provides for non-classroom related efficiencies, including reduced building operational costs

•Further efficiencies possible for special education, ESL, and pupil support services

*Note: Assumes opening a new charter school starting 4K to grade 2 with 2 sections as per RSA Charter proposal. Costs could vary based on actual pupil transportation costs, school enrollment and staffing costs.

Estimated Fiscal Impact of Closing Giese Elementary -$865,000

Estimated Fiscal Impact of Closing North Park Elementary -$1,015,000

Estimated Savings -$1,880,000

Estimated Fiscal Impact of potential Charter School Opening* +$1,500,000