Reimagining Cranford Public Schools 1/3/19

• Why are we having this discussion? • Overview of the 10 proposals • Next Steps

Reimagining Cranford Public Schools #CougarPride

You can’t go back and change the beginning but you can start where you are and change the ending. --C.S. Lewis

Why are we having this conversation?

1965 Elementary School Capacity = 750 Total Classrooms=30 Average Class Size (in 30 General Education Classes) = 25 Students Per Class

Schools Change Over Time

Minus 9 rooms

2018 Elementary School Enrollment = Capacity 750 Total Classrooms=30 Minus: 1 Dedicated Art Room; 1 Dedicated Music Room; 1 room self-contained special education 1 resource room; 1 computer lab; 1 ESL; 1 OT/PT; 1 Speech; 1 World Language Average Class Size (in 21 General Education Classes) = 36 Students Per Class

Address Space Issues

Examples of Constraints:

BAS: Art, Music and Library share a room/Achieve, Speech and SE- Pull Out share a room/OT on

the stage

BPS: Music on a cart, in the Art room and Library; Counselor and Principal share space; P2E,

Achieve, Speech and OT in one room

LAS: Art, and Spanish share a room, Achieve, P2E, Speech share a room.

OAS: Art and Music on the cart for elementary (3-5) only

WAS: Music and Library share a room, OT, PT, and SE - Pull Out share a room

HAS: Shared Staff/Shared Space/Related Services - Special Education Replacement classes

Art, Music (for some of the classes) on a cart

Increased Section Sizes

Increasing Housing Developments

Birchwood –expected to receive 99 students

750 Walnut --??

Recent Affordable Housing Judgment

2% cap restricts the amount of money that can be raised each year.

Implement Full Day Kindergarten

• Discussed for years / Multiple Task Forces

• Strategic Plan / Board Goal

• 92% of schools in NJ have full day kindergarten

• NJ Bill introduced earlier this year to mandate Full-Day K

• District beliefs about full-day kindergarten • More detailed presentation and video

• What does the research say?

• https://www.nea.org/assets/docs/HE/mf_fdkfactsheet.pdf

Research on Full Day Kindergarten

Research on Full Day Kindergarten

Research on Full Day Kindergarten

Research on Full Day Kindergarten

Additional Opportunities

Comprehensive Middle School:

True Teaming

Advisory Periods

Targeted Activities and Initiatives

Scheduling Flexibility / Enhanced Course Selection

• District beliefs about comprehensive middle school • More detailed presentation and video

• What does the research say: http://www.amle.org/Portals/0/pdf/research_summaries/Student_Achievement.pdf

“The results of these middle grades studies are promising. They provide middle grades practitioners, scholars, advocates, and policymakers with a firm foundation that links the middle school concept to improved student academic and socio-emotional development.”

Comprehensive Middle School Concept Additional Research:

Additional Opportunities

Similar Educational Experiences

Appropriate Spaces for OT/PT,

Speech, Achieve, Specials

Consistent Grade Bands

Common Planning Time

• District beliefs • More detailed presentation and video

• What does the research say about professional learning communities: “In a seminal professional development research study using national teacher survey data, Garet et al. (1999) determined that certain professional development activity features had a positive impact on teacher learning. Workshops, conferences, and short-term training–traditional professional development activities–had less impact on teacher learning than reform activities such as study groups and mentoring. ” “The burgeoning research supporting collaboration as an effective professional development process supports AMLE’s long standing promotion of collaborative structures such as interdisciplinary teaming, professional learning communities, and common teacher planning time, for adult and student learning .”

http://www.amle.org/Publications/ResearchSummary/TabId/622/ArtMID/2112/ArticleID/466/Professional-

Learning-and-Professional-Development-in-the-Middle-Grades.aspx

http://www.amle.org/Publications/ResearchSummary/TabId/622/ArtMID/2112/ArticleID/310/Professional-

Learning-Communities.aspx

Opportunity for Career Academies at CHS

Get more out of the High School experience by participating in a Career Academy: • Greater focus on preparation for College and Careers • Spend part of the day pursuing your passion, while taking required academic courses • Work with students with common interests in a small learning community • Opportunity to earn industry recognized credentials • Participate in clubs focused on a specific career • An Advisory Board full of industry professionals would advise each academy to make sure

students are being guided by the latest and greatest industry standards • Structured Learning Opportunities, i.e. internships • Opportunity to earn college credit in high school through various pathways which could be

customized to accommodate each student. If so desired, students could even take their senior year on a college campus, earning credit for a full college course load. Student could graduate with a high school diploma, already completing their first year of college.

Career Academy Concept

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmmYOAUeoUM&feature=youtu.be

Other Referendum Opportunities

• Updated Science Labs (CHS)

• Updated Media Centers

• Enhanced Performing Arts Spaces

• Explored accessibility options

• Explored Air Conditioning options, especially at common areas

• Electrical Service Upgrades (All schools except for WAS which has already been upgraded)

• Interior Door replacements including Hardware

• Paving, masonry and concrete repairs

• Window replacements

• Technology Upgrades

Task Force will help shape the final list

What is a demographer and what do they do?

Demographic and Facility Study Report by Ross Haber Associates Addendum Only

“Demographers study populations to determine their size and composition and to predict how they are likely to change in years to come.”

What is the current proposal?

» Four K-2 schools (Neighborhood School Model) with FULL DAY Kindergarten » Bloomingdale Avenue School » Walnut Avenue School » Brookside (only K-2, no longer K-5) » Hillside (no longer K-2); Livingston becomes K-2

» Grades 3-5 (Cranford Intermediate School) » Grades 3-5 School established (Orange)

» Grades 6-8 (Cranford Middle School) » Grades 6-8 School established (Hillside)

Overview of the 10 Proposals

Table 1: Summary of Options

Plan 1 Plan 2 Plan 3 Plan 4 Plan 5 Plan 6 Plan 7 Plan 8 Plan 9 Plan 10

Table 2 Table 3 Table 4 Table 5 Table 6 Table 7 Table 8 Table 9 Table 10 Table 11

School

(BAS,BPS,L

AS,WAS) K-

2, (OAS) 3-5,

(HAS) MS

(BAS,BPS,LA

S,

OAS,WAS) K-

5 and (HAS)

MS

(BAS,BPS,HAS,

LAS,WAS) K-5

and (OAS) MS

(BPS,LAS,

OAS,WAS) K-5,

(BAS) PK/SE and

(HAS) MS

(BPS,LAS,

HAS,BAS) K-5,

(WAS) PK/SE and

(OAS) MS

(BPS,OAS, LAS,

WAS) 1-5, BAS

PK - K and

(HAS) MS

(BAS,BPS,

HAS, LAS) 1-

5, WAS PK - K

and

(OAS) MS

(BAS,BPS,

LAS,WAS)

K-5 and

(HAS,OAS)

MS

(BAS,BPS,

LAS,WAS)

K-4 and

(HAS,OAS)

5-8 MS

Status Quo with

FDK and

Additional Spaces

Construction -4 -35 -36 -24 -36 -29 -30 -48 -35 -21

Avg. Section Size 20 20 19 20 20 21 20 21 20 21

Full Day K Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Comprehensive

Middle School Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No

Similar Educational

Experiences Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No

Redistricting Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No

# of Students Bused

S = Statute

C = Courtesy

S=333

C=894

S= 157

C= 496

S=179

C= 421

S=157

C= 496

S=179

C= 421

S = 282

C = 496

S = 282

C = 421 NA NA NA

# of Buses S=8 / C=19 S=4 / C=10 S=4/ C=9 S=4 / C=10 S=4 / C=9 S=7 / C=10 S=7 / C=9 NA NA NA

Other District

Improvements Costs $170.00 $170.00 $170.00 $170.00 $170.00 $170.00 $170.00 $170.00 $170.00 $170.00

Operating Costs $543,650 $1,365,650 $1,545,650 $1,095,650 $825,650 $1,275,650 $1,365,650 $1,125,000 $1,215,000 $855,000

Cost of Construction $5,850,000 $27,105,000 $28,015,000 $19,630,000 $28,015,000 $24,570,000 $25,285,000 $34,515,000 $25,220,000 $15,405,000

Annual Tax Impact:

W/0 Courtesy Busing

W/ Courtesy Busing

$267 $492 $518 $415 $438 $466 $481 $512 $463 $362

$393 $558 $577 $481 $498 $532 $540 N/A N/A N/A

* Based upon Average Assessment of Cranford Home ($183,303)

Plan 1 Table 2:

(BAS,BPS,LAS,WA

S) K-2, (OAS) 3-5

(HAS) MS

Plan 2 Table 3:

(BAS,BPS,LAS,

OAS,WAS) K-5 and

(HAS) MS

Plan 3 Table 4:

(BAS,BPS,HAS,

LAS,WAS) K-5, and

(OAS) MS

Plan 4 Table 5:

(BPS,LAS,

OAS,WAS) K-5

(BAS) PK/SE and

(HAS) MS

Plan 5 Table 6:

(BPS,LAS,

HAS,BAS) K-5

(WAS) PK/SE and

(OAS) MS Demographics

Total Enrollment

# of Sections in Each

Grade Level

Avg. Section Size

BAS 162 220 334 334

BPS 285 348 568 348 568

HAS 900 900 373 900 434

LAS 206 335 192 335 339

OAS 862 335 900 555 900

WAS 185

185

461 232 461

BAS 3 2 3 3

BPS 5 3 5 3 5

HAS 13 13 3 13 4

LAS 4 3 2 3 3

OAS 13 3 13 5 13

WAS 3 4 2 4

BAS 18 16 19 20

BPS 20 19 20 19 20

HAS 24 24 19 24 18

LAS 19 19 16 19 19

OAS 22 19 24 19 24

WAS 19 20 17 20

Demographics

Total Enrollment

Plan 6 Table 7:

(BPS,OAS, LAS,

WAS) 1-5, BAS PK

- K, and (HAS) MS

Plan 7 Table 8:

(BAS,BPS,HAS,

LAS) 1-5, WAS PK -

K, and (OAS) MS

Plan 8 Table 9:

(BAS,BPS,LAS,WAS

) K-5 and

(HAS,OAS) MS

Plan 9 Table 10:

(BAS,BPS,LAS,WA

S) K-4 and

(HAS,OAS) 5-8 MS

Plan 10 Table 11:

Status Quo with

FDK and Additional

Spaces

# of Sections in Each

Grade Level

Avg. Section Size

BAS 310 268 407 342 262

BPS 293 470 494 414 399

HAS 900 361 421 544 K-5 (291) / 6-8 (414)

LAS 278 290 353 300 252

OAS 445 900 479 624 3-5 (262) / 6-8 (486)

WAS 373 310 442 372 253

BAS 15 3 3 3 4

BPS 3 5 5 4 3

HAS 13 4 7 7 K-5(2 ) / 6-8 (7)

LAS 3 3 3 3 4

OAS 5 13 7 7 3-5( 4) / 6-8 ( 7)

WAS 4 15 4 3 4

BAS 21 18 21 20 22

BPS 20 20 19 19 20

HAS 24 18 20 19 K-5( 21 ) / 6-8 ( 19 )

LAS 19 19 20 20 21

OAS 19 24 22 21 3-5( 22) / 6-8 ( 22)

WAS 20 21 22 21 21

Opportunities

Full Day Kindergarten

Similar

Educational

Experiences

Comprehensive

Middle School

Consistent Grade

Bands

Common Planning

Time

Appropriate

Spaces for OT / PT

/ Speech / Achieve/

Specials

True Teaming

Advisory Periods

Targeted Activities and

Initiatives

Scheduling Flexibility/

Course Selection

Plan 1 Table 2:

(BAS,BPS,LAS,WA

S) K-2, (OAS) 3-5

(HAS) MS

Plan 2 Table 3:

(BAS,BPS,LAS,

OAS,WAS) K-5 and

(HAS) MS

Plan 3 Table 4:

(BAS,BPS,HAS,

LAS,WAS) K-5, and

(OAS) MS

Plan 4 Table 5:

(BPS,LAS,

OAS,WAS) K-5

(BAS) PK/SE and

(HAS) MS

Plan 5 Table 6:

(BPS,LAS,

HAS,BAS) K-5

(WAS) PK/SE and

(OAS) MS

Opportunities

Full Day Kindergarten

Similar

Educational

Experiences

Comprehensive

Middle School

Consistent Grade

Bands

Common Planning

Time

Appropriate

Spaces for OT / PT

/ Speech / Achieve/

Specials

True Teaming

Advisory Periods

Targeted Activities and

Initiatives

Scheduling Flexibility/

Course Selection

Plan 6 Table 7:

(BPS,OAS, LAS,

WAS) 1-5, BAS PK -

K, and (HAS) MS

Plan 7 Table 8:

(BAS,BPS,HAS, LAS)

1-5, WAS PK - K, and

(OAS) MS

Plan 8 Table 9:

(BAS,BPS,LAS,WAS

) K-5 and

(HAS,OAS) MS

Plan 9 Table 10:

(BAS,BPS,LAS,WA

S) K-4 and

(HAS,OAS) 5-8 MS

Plan 10 Table 11:

Status Quo with

FDK and Additional

Spaces

Construction

Rooms Needed – New

Construction

Available Space

Upgrades Needed

BAS -7 -11 -10

BPS -3 -15 -3 -15

HAS - 4 -4 -4

LAS -7 -1 -7 -7

OAS -4 -4

WAS -14 -5 -10

BAS +2

BPS +2

HAS +13 +12

LAS + 1 +7

OAS +15

WAS +8

BAS

BPS

HAS café/ internal

ren./ bathrroms

café/ internal ren./

bathrroms

bathrooms for K café/ internal ren./

bathrroms

Bathrooms needed for K

LAS

OAS internal ren. bathrooms for K café/ internal ren./

bathrroms

Bathrooms needed café/ internal ren./

bathrroms

WAS

Plan 1 Table 2:

(BAS,BPS,LAS,WA

S) K-2, (OAS) 3-5

(HAS) MS

Plan 2 Table 3:

(BAS,BPS,LAS,

OAS,WAS) K-5 and

(HAS) MS

Plan 3 Table 4:

(BAS,BPS,HAS,

LAS,WAS) K-5, and

(OAS) MS

Plan 4 Table 5:

(BPS,LAS,

OAS,WAS) K-5

(BAS) PK/SE and

(HAS) MS

Plan 5 Table 6:

(BPS,LAS,

HAS,BAS) K-5

(WAS) PK/SE and

(OAS) MS

Construction

Rooms Needed – New

Construction

Available Space

Upgrades Needed

BAS -11 -8 -13 -10 -4

BPS -9 -13 -9 -5

HAS - 4 -4

LAS -4 -4 -10 -7

OAS -4 -4

WAS -10 -5 -12 -9 -4

BAS

BPS

HAS +13 +15 +6

LAS

OAS +9 +12 +3

WAS

BAS Bathrooms needed

BPS

HAS café/ internal

ren./ bathrroms

Bathrooms needed

LAS

OAS café/ internal ren./

bathrooms

WAS Bathrooms needed Bathrooms Needed

Plan 6 Table 7:

(BPS,OAS, LAS,

WAS) 1-5, BAS PK

- K, and (HAS) MS

Plan 7 Table 8:

(BAS,BPS,HAS,

LAS) 1-5, WAS PK -

K, and (OAS) MS

Plan 8 Table 9:

(BAS,BPS,LAS,WAS

) K-5 and

(HAS,OAS) MS

Plan 9 Table 10:

(BAS,BPS,LAS,WA

S) K-4 and

(HAS,OAS) 5-8 MS

Plan 10 Table 11:

Status Quo with

FDK and Additional

Spaces

Transportation

# of students bussed (s) = by statute

(c) = by courtesy

# of busses

B = buses

Redistricting

“Neighborhood Schools”

3-5 (s) 176 B = 4

3-5 (c) 398 B = 9 6-8 (s) 157 B = 4 6-8 (s) 179 B = 4 6-8 (s) 157 B = 4 6-8 (s) 179 B = 4

6-8 (s) 157 B = 4 6-8 (c) 496 B =10 6-8 (c) 421 B = 9 6-8 (c) 496 B = 10 6-8 (c) 421 B = 9

6-8 (c) 496 B = 10

Totals S=333 B = 8

Totals C=894 B = 19

Totals (s) 157 B = 4

Totals (c) 496 B =10

Totals (s) 179 B = 4

Totals (c) 421 B =9

Totals (s) 157 B = 4

Totals (c) 496 B =10

Totals (s) 179 B = 4

Totals (c) 421 B =9

K – 2

K-5 K-5 K-5 K-5 3 – 5 North

3 – 5 South

6 – 8 North

6 – 8 South

6 – 8 North

6 – 8 South

6 – 8 North

6 – 8 South

6 – 8 North

6 – 8 South

6 – 8 North

6 – 8 South

Plan 1 Table 2:

(BAS,BPS,LAS,W

AS) K-2, (OAS) 3-

5 (HAS) MS

Plan 2 Table 3:

(BAS,BPS,LAS,

OAS,WAS) K-5 and

(HAS) MS

Plan 3 Table 4:

(BAS,BPS,HAS,

LAS,WAS) K-5, and

(OAS) MS

Plan 4 Table 5:

(BPS,LAS,

OAS,WAS) K-5

(BAS) PK/SE and

(HAS) MS

Plan 5 Table 6:

(BPS,LAS,

HAS,BAS) K-5

(WAS) PK/SE and

(OAS) MS

Transportation

# of students bussed (s) = by statute

(c) = by courtesy

# of busses

B = buses

Redistricting

“Neighborhood Schools”

6-8 (s) 157 B = 4 6-8 (s) 179 B = 4

N / A N / A N / A

6-8 (c) 496 B = 10 6-8 (c) 421 B = 9

K 125 B = 3 K 139 B = 3

Totals S = 282 B=7

Totals C = 496 B= 10

Totals S = 282 B=7

Totals C = 421 B= 9

K

1-5

K

1-5 K-5 K-4 K-5

6 – 8 North

6 – 8 South

6 – 8 North

6 – 8 South

6-8

5-8

6-8

Plan 6 Table 7:

(BPS,OAS, LAS,

WAS) 1-5, BAS PK

- K, and (HAS) MS

Plan 7 Table 8:

(BAS,BPS,HAS,

LAS) 1-5, WAS PK -

K, and (OAS) MS

Plan 8 Table 9:

(BAS,BPS,LAS,WAS

) K-5 and

(HAS,OAS) MS

Plan 9 Table 10:

(BAS,BPS,LAS,WA

S) K-4 and

(HAS,OAS) 5-8 MS

Plan 10 Table 11:

Status Quo with

FDK and Additional

Spaces

Next Steps

• Community-wide Q & A sessions will take place as follows (Demographer will be present all meetings will be taped by

TV 35): January 22 @ LAS February 5 @ Orange February 7 @ Hillside February 19 @ Brookside *More meetings will be scheduled if necessary. • Survey the community at the end of February / early March

• Data Analysis Shared at the end of March

• Task Forces created • The timeline will be driven by process, not time!

The idea of change can be hard

Reimagining Cranford Public Schools

Cranford’s First Schools

The first school in Cranford was known as the “Little Red Schoolhouse.” It was located at the corner of South Union Avenue and Lincoln Avenue. Currently, there is a house on the property, but the Cranford Historical Society has identified the historical importance of the site and commemorated it with a plaque.

In 1869-70, Grant School was built with four classrooms, rather than continue to build a larger one room school house. It was located on the corner of Holly Street and Springfield Avenue and was the first official District School – School No. 1. In 1898, additional rooms were added to accommodate Cranford’s increasing population, bringing it to a total of 8 classrooms. In 1902, Cranford High School was established as a four year educational institution.

Cranford Public Schools The Early Years

CHS – top Cleveland School – left Grant School – right Roosevelt School – lower left Sherman School – lower center Lincoln School – lower right

• These schools were built in the early years of the 20th century.

• The schools housed up to the 6th grade.

In the 1960s and 1970s, modern schools were built to replace them – Bloomingdale Avenue School, Brookside Place School, Livingston Avenue School, and Walnut Avenue School. They housed a variety of grades throughout their life-time, as did Hillside Avenue School and Orange Avenue School.

Hillside Avenue School Orange Avenue School Built in the early 1960s, both schools opened in the 1964 – 65 school

year. The buildings at one time housed Grades 6-9, Grades 6-10, Grades K-8, Grades 3-8.

Cranford High School

Cranford High School – 1938.

The new high school opened on January 3, 1938. Construction of the new high school was under the WPA, part of FDR’s New Deal reforms to put

Americans back to work

When it was first built, Cranford High School housed grades 7 – 12 and was a Junior Senior High School. Additions were made and in 1973, the building expanded to it’s current size.

The Class of 1983 was the first graduating class to complete grades 9 – 12 in this building.

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