Presentation to School Board May 2011

Long Range Planning Committee

Members

Teachers, Administrators, Board Members,

Parents, Community Members, City and County

Staff Members

4 well-attended meetings

Historical Overview and Current Status (Nov 4)

Education Initiatives and Direction (Dec 2)

20-Year Enrollment Predictions (Jan 13)

Capital Facilities Needs Forecast and

Recommendation to School Board (Mar 10)

Committee Goals

Provide informed input toward the

development of a comprehensive

20-year Capital Facilities Plan

Identify key priorities for the School

Board to address as they make long

range facilities decisions

Suggest the best planning options

for future study and development

Facility Needs Forecast

Comparison between capacity and

enrollment projections is largest factor

Forecast needs such as land purchase,

remodeled and new schools, and interim

capacity (portables)

Consider purchasing new sites

Consider unused or under-utilized sites

Consider age “regrouping” or magnet

programs

Consider number of students/building

Consider boundary adjustments

Facility Needs Forecast

Other reasons for capital projects besides

increased capacity

Update Aging Facilities

Technology, Safety, Energy Efficiency

Instructional Upgrades

Community Use

Support Services

Specific Topics Considered

Middle School Reuse as High School

Lacamas Elementary Reuse as High School

Magnet School (6-12 or 9-12)

Modify Age Configuration (K-6, 7-9, 10-12)

Continued Growth in Special Ed Program Needs

Community Ed/Extended Day Needs

Information and Assumptions

Facility Capacity, including 2007 Bond Projects

Projected 20 Year Enrollment

Three Potential Enrollment & Capacity Scenarios

Bond/Levy Facts & Schedule

Land Inventory

Internal Assumptions

Elementary School Building SF 2010 Building Capacity 2010 Enrollment

Dorothy Fox (K-5) 49,069 384 (552 in 2011) 504

Helen Baller (K-5) 64,417 552 567

Grass Valley (K-5) 70,023 552 (600 in 2013) 537

Lacamas Heights (K-5) 42,757 432 432

Prune Hill (K-5) 59,130 480 565

Woodburn (K-5) 70,000 (576 in 2013) NA

TOTALS: 285,396 (355,396 in 2013) 2,400 (3,192 in 2013) 2,605

Middle School Building SF 2010 Building Capacity 2010 Enrollment

Liberty (6-8) 121,047 892 676

Skyridge (6-8) 112,133 790 760

TOTALS: 233,180 1,682 1,436

High School Building SF 2010 Building Capacity 2010 Enrollment

Camas (9-12) 216,662 1,512 (1,792 in 2011) 1,763

Hayes Freedom (9-12) 20,500 211 140

TOTALS: 237,162 1,723 (2,003 in 2011) 1,903

Elementary = 24 students/classroom; Middle = 30 students/classroom;

High = 31 students/classroom

Available capacity reflects in-building available teaching stations for

basic ed (special ed capacity calculated separately)

Available capacity includes 85% efficiency for middle and high

Needed capacity = 2030 Enrollment – Available capacity

Each school enrollment = capacity

Capacity allows for full day K, but no additional pre-K classrooms

2 additional sped classrooms in K-8, and 3 additional sped classrooms at

CHS included in this chart

High growth forecast used to determine year for new schools

Remodel and Replacement years determined by when facility qualifies

for OSPI match funds

Portable classrooms used when in-building capacity is exceeded

Portable capacity = 288 for Elementary (1 at Lacamas, 2 at GV, Baller,

Fox and Woodburn, 3 at Prune)

Portable capacity = 51 for Middle (2 at Sky)

Portable capacity = 311 for High (8 at Camas High School)

Capacity does not include Science Olympics portables at Lacamas or

Robotics at Liberty Shop

Remodel of Lacamas Elementary funded w/2007 bond money

12.3 acres at SE Crown Road and NE 35th Ave – future site of 6th elementary school (Woodburn Elementary)

14.2 acres at SE McKever Road and SE Crown Road – site unsuitable for education purposes, declared surplus and is for sale

48.7 acres south of 15th Street and east of NE Ione Street – potential future school site

0.9 acres at 918 NW Hill Street –former Armory site, under-utilized, currently leased as a gymnastics center

Ideal time to run a bond would be 2020 or later due to existing debt and debt capacity

Time of bond to school opening is about 2 ½ years (example: Feb 2007 bond lead to Sept 2009 school opening)

We could offer a quality comprehensive high school program with up to 2200 student enrollment

Max capacity for Hayes is approx. 200

Expansion of Hayes would impact Hayes & Liberty fields and is not recommended at this time

Current projections can accommodate state-funded “All Day” Kindergarten

State funding for “All Day” K is on hold

Need 450 students/school to open a new 600 student elementary

Need 600 students/school to open a new 800 student middle school

Need at least 75% capacity/school to open a new high school

Committee Recommendations

4 Key Areas

1. Desired New Schools to meet Growth Demands – Levels and Timing

2. Sequencing of Bonds and Levies

3. Property – Best use of existing/needs for new

4. Other – Configuration, specialty schools, technology standards, equity

Defer new comprehensive high school for as long as possible

Maintain the current grade configuration

Agree with CHS and Hayes student population assumptions

Consider shared elementary/middle school campus on one site

Consider a Magnet high school

Consider running the next bond campaign with a levy as a consolidated request in 2020

Consider a 2014 capital levy for land purchase, similar to Snohomish, followed by a bond in 2020 for schools

Consider smaller bonds with shorter sequencing, like a smaller bond in 2014 for a new elementary school

Consider selling the two

properties owned by CSD and

purchasing the 80-acre DNR and

40-acre chicken ranch (or other

NUGA properties)

Consider purchasing the property

north of CHS and creating a CHS

mega-campus

Keep CSD’s 48-acre property as

an option for Magnet or middle

school

Move forward on DNR property as

a high school option

Majority against 7-9 grade campus

Majority against isolating a grade

level for the entire day (e.g.

Freshman Campus)

Majority against using Lacamas as

an extension of CHS (due to

distance)

Consider tearing down Lacamas

Heights to create a CHS mega-

campus (switch fields)

Build 2 new elementary schools – 1

central and 1 north of Lacamas

Lake

Scenario 4: Convert Skyridge to a

second high school

Undoable: too many unhoused

students before new school justified

Scenario 5: Convert Liberty to a

second high school

Doable, but requires all middle schools

be 1100 students instead of 800

Scenario 1 was the

preferred alternate

Capital bond would need to

be run about 2020

Ready to take on the

challenge of 2,200 students

at CHS

CSD further investigate an earlier

levy to purchase NUGA property

CSD flesh out property purchase

and sales options

CSD study combination of

elementary/middle school campus

CSD consider a high school magnet

or other smaller school option

prior to second comprehensive

high school