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School Board Facilities Committee Recommendation Nov. 20, 2014
- 1. SCHOOL BOARD FACILITIES COMMITTEE UPDATE 11-20-14
- 2. COMMITTEE PURPOSE Review 2012 ARY Facility Report Review Recommendations Administration Task forces Assessments & Recommendations Near, Mid & Long Term Educational space Alternative facility Co-curricular Site modifications Financing options
- 3. COMMITTEE MEMBERS Member Representing Diane Bourassa Technology David Brecht High Schools Clint Christopher Teaching & Learning June Johnson Elementary Schools DeeDee Kahring, Chair Finance & Operations Amy Logue School Board/Community Joe McGough Buildings & Grounds Dana Miller Middle Schools Jeff Ross School Board/Community
- 4. COMMITTEE CHARGE STATEMENT Near Term Topics Mid Term Topics Reassignment of new construction Additions to elementary schools Report 9-11-14 Housing solutions (15-16 & 16-17) FLC La Academia CRE Kindergarten Kinder Academy Report 11-20-14
- 5. COMMITTEE CHARGE STATEMENT Long Term Decisions Long range facility plan Consider new elementary Co-curricular Deferred maintenance Long range housing solutions FLC La Academia CRE Kindergarten Kinder Academy Fall back plan Report 12-11-14
- 6. MID-TERM SOLUTION CONSIDERATIONS Leased spaces Locations Costs Current space Enrollment Programs Transitions
- 7. CURRENT PROGRAMS AND SPACE Family Learning Center La Academia At Chaska HS: ECFE, ECSE, Pre-K, Family Literacy 15 classrooms Total space used = 19,700 square ft. At Chanhassen HS: CSEC Adult Basic Education (ABE) Total space used = 4,100 square ft. Grades K-3 Sections: K & 1 = 3 Grade 2 & 3 = 2 Students = 209 Total space used = 19,950 square ft.
- 8. ANTICIPATED SPACE NEEDS Family Learning Center La Academia Increase size of classrooms Incorporate ABE Community Ed Offices Additional Classrooms Pre-K/SpEd = 12 SpEd, ECFE = 7 Parent Ed/ABE = 6 Space = 43,925 sq. ft. 2016-17 K – 3, 3 sections each Grades 4 & 5, 2 sections each 330 Students Future 3-4 Sections per grade 430 Students Space = 44,775-51,975 sq. ft.
- 9. LEASED SPACE OPTIONS Hyberdata (north of DEC) Ridgeview Chaska Plaza (by Home Depot) Frayne & Jones Co Building (next to KC/La Academia) Family Learning Center (FLC) ECFE ECSE Preschool ABE La Academia (LA) K-5 Leased Building Options Proposed Programs
- 10. LEASE OPTIONS Building Current Square Ft Add’l Square Ft FLC Add’l Square Ft LA Cost Family Learning Center3 Cost La Academia3 Hyberdata1 20,455 18,600 18,900 $9,290,000 $8,030,000 Ridgeview Chaska Plaza2 38,000 6,600 12,000 $7,100,000 $8,520,000 Fraye & Jones 11,325 0 0 $2,300,000 $2,235,000 Note 1: FLC requires second floor added in warehouse. LA could use warehouse as gymnasium. Note 2: LA costs greater due to added gym space Note 3: Costs reflect remodeling, not purchase of property
- 11. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS – LA ACADEMIA Consideration Issues
- 12. MID-TERM RECOMMENDATIONS Clover Ridge Elementary Kindergarten 2015-16 & 2016-17 remain at KC/La Academia Monitor building capacity 2016-17 Housing developments moved Founder’s Ridge (CES) River Bluff Estates (EUE) Christy’s Bluff (EUE) Kinder Academy 2015-16 move to Bluff Creek Elementary All sections together Pair up with K program
- 13. MID-TERM RECOMMENDATIONS Family Learning Center 2015-16 & 2016-17 remain at CHS CHS will: Evaluate space utilization Monitor enrollment La Academia 2015-16 & 2016-17 remain at current location Move KA provides 3 classrooms Continue to evaluate PE Monitor enrollment LA CRE Kindergarten
- 14. PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL Emerging Issue Recommendation Unbalanced Enrollment PRMS = 598 CMSE = 701 CMSW = 800 Programming Traveling staff & students Loss of common prep 2015-16 – EUE students to PRMS Approximately 100 students Balances 3 schools All EUE students stay together
- 15. NEXT STEPS – PRESENT DECEMBER 11 Long-Term Plans Fall Back Plans New elementary Housing: FLC La Academia CRE K La Academia Co-curricular Deferred maintenance Enrollment Class size Boundaries School additions Present Recommendations at December 11th Board Meeting
Editor's Notes
- In June 2014, a joint task force recommended to the School Board that it build a new elementary school and additional classroom space with a referendum election in 2015. Because of housing growth in the district, increasing student enrollments will cause schools to become crowded. The task force of parents, students, school board members and staff represented early childhood through high school. It reviewed school capacities, enrollments, boundaries and related issues. As part of its recommendation, the task force outlined issues that must be addressed between now and the earliest that a new elementary school could open, which is 2017 if a 2015 referendum is successful. Following the recommendation in June, the School Board convened a task force of principals, district staff and board members – the School Board Facility Task Force – to give the board action items based on the larger task force’s recommendation.
- What was considered? The School Board Facility Task Force considered the following: Classroom spaces, including current and potential leased space, alternative facility repairs (long-term maintenance), co-curricular and activity needs, modifications to existing sites for current or future program needs, and the financing for renovations, leases or other improvements.
- High School Classroom average size = 750-825 Requested for FLC = 800-1200
- Leasing Space District staff, working with city officials, identified three locations large enough to accommodate La Academia or the Family Learning Center. To meet code and Minnesota Department of Education requirements, expensive renovations to each location would be required. Hyberdata building (north of district office) – renovation costs range from $8 million to $9.3 million. Ridgeview Chaska Plaza (by Home Depot in Chaska) – renovation costs range from $7.1 million to $8.5 million. Fraye & Jones (adjacent to La Academia / Kindergarten Center) – renovation costs are approximately $2.3 million. Remodeling costs do not include purchase of property. Taxpayers receive the most benefit when the district owns property over the long-term, particularly when expensive renovations are required. Renovation and purchase costs would be levied directly from property taxes. With the possibility of a referendum election in fall of 2015, this would lead to two separate taxes trying to achieve the same solution, which is additional classroom space.
- La Academia Hyberdata New space = 11,700 sf $2,492,100, New space = 7,200 sf $1,749,600 (mezazanine) Remodel = 13,200sf $2,151,000, Soft costs, FFE, Tech, Storm water, inflation= $1,636,700 Ridgeview New Space = 12,000sf $2,556,000, Remodel = 26,000 sf $4,238,000 Soft costs, FFE, Tech, Storm water, inflation = $1,726,000 KC Remodel space = 11,300 sf $1,706,300 Soft costs, FFE, Tech, site wk, FFE, Tech, Infl = $643,700 FLC Hyberdata New space = 2400 sf $511,200 New (mezzanine) = 16,200 sf $3,936,600 Remodel space – 17,600 sf $2,868,800 Soft costs, FFE, Tech, Storm water, inflation= $1,939,194 Ridgeview New = 6600 sf $1,405,800 Remodel = 26,000 sf $4,238,000 Soft costs, FFE, Tech, Storm water, inflation = $1,456,200 KC Remodel space = 11,300 $1,774,100 Soft costs, FFE, Tech, site work, FFE, Tech, Inflation = $525,900
- Grades 3-5 move to JES Splits the program Daily interaction between students & staff Stronger if housed under one roof Move La Academia to CHS Little to no education value (Same programs) Two moves for LA (to CHS and then permanent building) More costly to do so
- Clover Ridge Elementary School Recommendation is for Clover Ridge kindergarten to remain at the La Academia site through 2016-17. Construction of a new elementary classroom space for 2017 would allow kindergarten to return to Clover Ridge. Kinder Academy and Bluff Creek Recommendation is to relocate the program to Bluff Creek Elementary School Transportation will be provided to families Kinder Academy (3 sections) will be connected with Bluff Creek’s kindergarten program Bluff Creek is the only elementary school with any available space The move out of the La Academia building is necessary to accommodate growth of the La Academia program School Board Facility Task Force recommendation affirms the boundary change of Camden Ridge out of Bluff Creek to Chanhassen Elementary. Families with purchase orders prior to Sept. 24 would be grandfathered into Bluff Creek. The rationale for this decision is that this area would be under consideration to move to Chanhassen as part of a future boundary process. Chanhassen is in an established neighborhood that is experiencing aging-in-place. It has school district boundaries to the north and east and Bluff Creek to the west, which means it only can extend its boundary southward to maintain enrollment.
- Family Learning Center Recommendation is to keep the Family Learning Center within the walls of Chaska High School as a separate program. If Chaska High School’s enrollment grows as expected, school administration will monitor how and where classes are offered through 2016-17 to accommodate the Family Learning Center. La Academia Recommendation is to keep La Academia at its current location and grow the program to 5th grade. Relocation of Kinder Academy will allow for this. On-going evaluation of physical education will be conducted. Leasing space for La Academia was cost-prohibitive (see below). Option to switch spaces with Family Learning Center at Chaska High School was not supported by La Academia families. This move would not provide any educational advantage except for the possibility that gymnasium and outdoor green space could be used. In addition, scheduling with high school classes and activities would be complicated. Option to split program with K-2 at La Academia and 3-5 at Jonathan Elementary was not supported by families. District staff do believe this option best serves the growth of La Academia. The program reinforces language through daily interaction between students and staff. Therefore, it is strongest when housed under one roof. Keeping La Academia at its current location maintains the best consistency of programming until its own school building is identified. If voters approve a new elementary school, a boundary realignment process will provide the opportunity to relocate all of La Academia.
- E-12 group recommended that the district monitor enrollment for balance – annually. This is leading to this recommendation. Pioneer Ridge Middle School, East Union Elementary School and Chaska Middle School West Concern with Pioneer Ridge’s shrinking enrollment was identified by the joint task force. This is due to demographic changes at Pioneer Ridge’s feeder elementary schools, Chaska and Chanhassen elementary schools. The district’s demographic report identified lower birth rates, and slow housing turnover in the district’s older neighborhoods. As enrollment drops, Pioneer Ridge risks reducing opportunities to students. Consequences of not maintaining enrollment numbers include more students and staff traveling to other middle schools for classes. This becomes expensive and inefficient. Recommendation is to make East Union Elementary School a feeder to Pioneer Ridge Middle School effective 2015-16 (moving it from Chaska Middle School West). This will balance enrollment between all three middle schools. Current 6th and 7th grade students who live in the East Union attendance area will attend Pioneer Ridge in the fall of 2015 (moving from CMSW). East Union was identified because its small size (20-40 per grade level) provides enough enrollment for Pioneer Ridge to maintain equal programming. Moving another elementary school to feed into Pioneer Ridge would move the enrollment imbalance to another middle school. Families that want to stay at Chaska Middle School West can do so through the in-district transfer process. Families that choose this option are responsible for transportation. All of the district’s middle schools offer an exceptional program. If this recommendation is approved, Pioneer Ridge will work with East Union families to welcome them into the school.
- What if voters do not approve a new elementary school? The joint task force recommendation to the School Board in June recommended “cram” as the contingency plan if voters do not approve additional space. This would require increases to class sizes and boundary changes to balance enrollments between schools. The district could consider special, state-approved financing levied to property taxes in order to make small additions to certain schools as a short-term fix. These recommendations, if approved, would likely stay in place if voters do not approve construction of a new school. What’s next? The School Board will decided on these recommendations at its December 11 meeting. Feedback can be sent to feedback@district112.org. It will be routed to school board members and appropriate district staff. On Dec. 11, the board will hear a final recommendation on long-term facility plans, including co-curricular activities and construction of a new school and classroom space. All of these long-term recommendations will be part of a community engagement process to be conducted by the district in January.