Building Our Future Together

Feasibility Study Presentation IntroductionSouth Kingstown School Committee

Work Session

January 14, 2020

School Building Committee Project Update

• Vestibule Project Update

All of the vestibules have been approved as substantially complete. This allows us to be approved for our reimbursement. There are still some parts of the project that are being worked on but it is important to know that we have met all requirements and are on track with our timeline. (more to be shared during Sub-committee Reports)

• Feasibility Study Update

Tonight we will have a complete presentation of the results of the feasibility study.

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Building Our Future Together

Agenda from Special School Committee Meeting 10.28.2019

• Essential VALUES of our EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING

• Community: Equity, Excellence & the Environment

• District: Professional Learning Community

• Classroom: Deeper Learning & How People Learn

• Assessing our Buildings based upon these VALUES

• Learning from Others

• Current Facilities Improvement Program: Stage 2

• Reconsideration of Our Current Facilities Improvement Program

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Link to October School Committee Meeting Review of Stage 2

Link to October Special School Committee Meeting Asking for Feasibility Study

School Building Information (based up Jacobs Report)

PDES 19246.2 acres574 students$9.6m/$5.1m

WES19648 acres189 students$6.6m/$4.2m

WKES197513 acres242 students$7.1m/$5.7m

MES197514 acres246 students$7.3m/$6.2m

Key1. Number of students is based upon aspirational size

2. Cost is 5 year needs / current year needs

Based upon Jacobs Report

BRMS2001150 acres409 students$8.2m/$3.4m

CCMS196451 acres570 students$15.6m/$10.3m ADMIN

Hazard

SKHS195411 acres1270students$24.7m/$19.4m

Gr Prek-4

Gr Prek-4

Gr k-4Gr k-4

Gr 7-8Gr 5-6

Gr 9-12

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Initial Stage 2

PDES WES WKES MES

BRMS CCMS

ADMIN

Hazard

SKHS

$ 12 million Elementary Schools

$ 17 million Broad

Rock

CLOSE

Approx $ 50 million HS

Gr 6-8

Gr Prek-5

Gr Prek-5

Gr k-5 Gr k-5

Gr 9-12

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Does the facility project a special

signature in the local community?

• How does the planning concept relate to our district’s commitment and approach to education?

• How does the design relate to a variety of learning modalities?

• What is the connection between interior and outside space like?

• How is daylight used?

• What kind of views to the outside and interior vistas are present?

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Innovative Student Centered Learning Grounded in a Collaborative Culture Where ALL MEANS ALL

Community

DistrictClassroom

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Learning From Others : Forest Avenue Elementary School

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oH-BURVsGQ

Learning From Others : Forest Avenue Elementary School

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PDES WES WKES MES

BRMS CCMS

ADMIN

Hazard

SKHS

Provide upgrades to elementary schools to

support grades Pre K - 5

Same Middle School

Plan: Update to be able

to have the building

support grades 6-8

CLOSE

Use the Stage 2 High

School portion to put an

addition on CCMS and

renovate the remaining

building (as much as

possible)

Gr 6-8

Gr Prek-5

Gr Prek-5

Gr k-5 Gr k-5

Gr 9-12

Reconsideration for Our Facilities Planning: Is it Feasible?

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• On November 12, 2019 the School Committee voted to pause the Building Committee’s work on Stage 2 and asked that we instead do a feasibility study to see if Curtis Corner Middle School could be renovated and added on to support South Kingstown High School.

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https://www.ride.ri.gov/FundingFinance/SchoolBuildingAuthority/NecessityofSchoolConstruction.aspx

RI Department of Education

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Feasibility Study

Presentation

RGB Architects and Peregrine worked together with School Department Leadership and the School Building Committee to:

1. Develop a DRAFT hypothetical site plan

2. Develop a DRAFT hypothetical floor plan

3. Consider the budget with maximum amount in the range of where we were in our initial Stage 2

4. Hire a consultant to perform a traffic study and make recommendations

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IMPORTANT DATES

• January 8, 2020 9 AM Town Hall

School Building Committee Meeting (includes DRAFT Site Plan Presentation of Curtis Corner SKHS)

• January 14, 2020 6 PM SKHS

School Committee Work Session & Presentation of Curtis Corner SKHS Feasibility Study (followed by Business Meeting)

• January 22, 2020 6:30 PM Curtis Corner Middle School

School Building Committee Meeting (includes tour of Curtis Corner and public comment)

• January 28, 2020 7:00 PM SKHS

School Committee Work Session (Budget Work Session that will begin with vote on Feasibility Study and the direction to provide to the School Building Committee)

• January 14 through January 27

Survey Available for Comment: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfhsoXWHfCR0WtCWghfwXYCqIBPKOFdFSfGiI9d8LN5_vLvBQ/viewform

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Reminder of the RI Department of EducationHousing Aid Information

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35% +5%+5%+5%

As of today, we have worked with RI Department of

Education to understand that we

could take advantage of state

funding in the amount of 50% reimbursement.

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Learning Together.

Growing Together.

Building Our Future

Together.

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COMMUNITY FEEDBACK FORM Due by Jan 27

LINKS

Town CIP 2019-2020 through 2025-2026 https://www.southkingstownri.com/DocumentCenter/View/2704/FY-2019-2020-FINAL-CIP

Facilities Improvement Program Information http://www.skschools.net/district/facilities_improvement_program

School Building Committee Information https://clerkshq.com//Content/SouthKingstown-ri/Boards/SchoolBldg.htm

Jacob’s Report from ride.ri.gov (http://www.eride.ri.gov/SBA/analysis/combined/South_Kingstown_Combined_LEA_Reports.pdf )

October 2019 Enrollment Report http://go.boarddocs.com/ri/soki/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=BGRLXT58BD4D

Facilities Stage 2 Application: http://go.boarddocs.com/ri/soki/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=BFXJRN4E5CF6

OPM (Organizational Project Management) Peregrine about our Stage II application. This presentation can be founded here:

https://go.boarddocs.com/ri/soki/Board.nsf/files/BGXSYM74FAB9/$file/SK%20Stage%20II%20Evaluation%209.27.pdf

Schools 2.0 Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oH-BURVsGQ

Superintendent’s Goals https://create.piktochart.com/output/40458119-books?presentation=true

Superintendent’s SBC Update for School Committee (Oct 2019)

https://go.boarddocs.com/ri/soki/Board.nsf/files/BGXTBT769C72/$file/SK_SBC_Oct2019_SuperintendentReport.pdf

How People Learn: Taken From http://www.nisl.org/nisl-insights/how-people-learn-an-education-revolution-two-decades-delayed17

Reminder of the RI Department of Education Timeline

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Reminder of the RI Department of Education Timeline

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