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Perrysburg  Schools    Strategic  Facili3es  Commi6ee  

Board  Recommenda3on  March  19,  2012  

Thank  You!  The  Strategic  Facili4es  Commi9ee  wishes  

to  thank  the  Board  of  Educa4on  for  involving  a  cross-­‐sec4on  of  local  leaders  

in  this  important  decision  that  will  impact  the  en4re  community  

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Vision  

•  Facili4es  must  support  educa4onal  goals  •  State  mandates  •  Aligning  curriculum  7-­‐12  •  Crea4ng  college-­‐ready  students  

Why  Did  the  Board  Ask  for  this  Community  Group  to  be  Formed?  

•  Age  and  condi4on  of  buildings  •  Lack  of  program  space  in  grades  K-­‐8  •  Community  growth  trends  • Overcrowding  •  Become  more  agile  to  address  changing  state  requirements  

•  Con4nue  educa4onal  excellence  

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District  School  Buildings  with  Dates  of  Construc3on  &  Addi3ons  •  Ft.  Meigs  Elementary—1990    •  Frank  Elementary—1957  orig,  1989  add    

•  Toth  Elementary—1953  orig,  2001  add  • Woodland  Elementary—1979    •  Jr.  High—1964  orig,  1979  &  1990  add    •  High  School—2001  

Commi6ee  Members  •  Steve  Banks,  Produc4on  Director,  The  Blade  •  Jerry  Bannister,  Re4red  Execu4ve,  O-­‐I  •  Eric  Benington,  Health  Care  REIT/Parent  •  Dr.  Beth  Christoff,  Toth  Elementary  Principal  •  Nelson  Evans,  Mayor  •  Alison  Frye,  VP  -­‐  Signature  Bank  •  Rick  Gilts,  Wood  County/Re4red  Police  Chief  •  Brian  Kennedy,  CEO,  Toledo  Museum  of  Art  •  Chris  Lawless,  Beta  Corpora4on  •  Bob  Mack,  Township  Trustee/Signature  Assoc.  

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Commi6ee  Members—Con3nued  •  Ellie  McManus,  Development  Officer  –  

Make-­‐A-­‐Wish  Founda4on/Parent  •  Mike  Olmstead,  City  Council/Owner,  

   Performance  Over  Pain/Parent  •  Ken  Robinson,  COO,  American  Red  Cross  –  

Toledo  Region/Parent  •  Tom  Schmidt,  Owner,  Ed  Schmidt  Auto  Group  •  Beverly  Schmoll,  Dean,  Judith  Herb  College  of  Educa4on,  Health  Science  and  Human  Service  UT  

•  Karen  Shrock,  6th  Grade  Math  Teacher  

Support  Team  •  Barry  Van  Hoozen,  School  Board  President  •  Dr.  Walt  Edinger,  School  Board  member  •  Ma9  Feasel,  District  Treasurer  •  Tom  Hosler,  District  Superintendent  •  Aura  Norris,  District  Execu4ve  Director  HR  •  Frank  Beans,  Architect  •  John  Castellana,  Architect  •  Dr.  Chris  Vogel,  Volunteer  Sta4s4cian  •  Dr.  Kathleen  Booher,  Co-­‐Facilitator  •  Robert  Henthorne,  Co-­‐Facilitator  

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Dedica3on  &  Teamwork  

•  The  16  commi9ee  members  devoted  over  320  hours  over  10  months  in  mee4ngs  and  researching  on  their  own  

• We  considered  many  op4ons  and  have  arrived  at  a  unified  recommenda3on  

•  All  members  of  the  commi9ee  agree  that  doing  nothing  is  not  a  viable  op4on  

Steps  of  the  Process  

Part  1—Defining  the  Challenge  Part  2—Genera4ng  Ideas  Part  3—Craging  the  Plan  Part  4—Presen4ng  the  Plan        

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Defining  the  Challenge  

July/August  •  Grade-­‐Level  Research  Data  presented  and  reviewed  Current  Data  and  Prac4ces  

•  Reviewed  District’s  History  of  Grade  Configura4ons  •  Addi4onal  Reading  Materials  provided  to  commi9ee  members  at  their  request  •  Enrollment  history  and  projec4ons  

•  Reviewed  Communi4es  Comprehensive  Master  Plans  •  Met  with  City  and  Township  Officials  

Confirming  the  Challenges  

•  Age  and  condi4on  of  buildings  •  Community  growth  trends  (City  &Township  –  1.5%  increase  model)  

•  Use  of  portable  classrooms  –  (projected  use)  •  Lack  of  program  space  in  grades  K-­‐8  •  Provide  classroom  space  for  growing  special  educa4on  popula4on  

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Overcrowding  

•  Jr.  High  Lunch  Schedule  –  with  7:45  a.m.  start    4me  and  2:35  p.m.  dismissal,  lunches  are  served  to  students  beginning  at  10:34  and  ending  at  1:01  p.m.    

•  Orchestra  students  were  banned  from  prac4cing  in  hallways  and  exit  doorways  by  Perrysburg  Fire  Department.  Now  students  prac4ce  in  corners  of  auditorium  

Overcrowding  –  This  Year  

•  Ft.  Meigs  converted  a  custodial  storage  area  to  be  used  as  a  classroom  this  year  

•  Ft.  Meigs  converted  the  staff  break  room  to  be  used  as  a  classroom  for  special  needs  students.  It  is  located  in  the  office  across  from  the  staff  workroom  

•  Five  classrooms  now  being  rented  from  a  local  church  to  house  preschool  classes  

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Overcrowding  

•  Many  areas  designed  for  other  purposes  now  serve  as  classrooms,  i.e.  woodshop  area  at  PJH,  department  offices  now  used  as  classrooms    

•  Two  large  portables  with  2  classrooms  each  at  PJH  

•  A  portable  “pod”  with  6  classrooms  installed  at  Woodland  Elementary  

 

Overcrowding  

•  The  district  is  now  using  15  temporary  classrooms  through  portables  and  leasing  to  accommodate  growth  

•  This  trend  will  con4nue  •  Balancing  enrollment  between  the  elementary  buildings  results  in  “irregular”  school  boundaries  

•  This  trend  will  con4nue        

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Goal: Establish Neighborhood Schools

Brainstorming  

•  Began  process  with  each  member  sta4ng  their  preference  before  the  building  tours  

•  None  of  the  op4ons  being  recommended  today  were  men4oned  at  this  early  mee4ng  

•  Once  addi4onal  research  and  data  were  presented  to  this  commi9ee,  preferences  changed  drama4cally  

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Brainstorming  

•  Many  grade  configura4ons  and  other  op4ons  were  studied,  including:  ·∙  K-­‐4  schools    ·∙  5-­‐6  schools      ·∙  6-­‐8  schools  ·∙  K-­‐6  schools    ·∙  5-­‐8  schools      ·∙  7-­‐8  schools  

•  Add  on  to  all  exis4ng  buildings  •  The  5-­‐6  grade  configura4on  is  used  by  more  higher  achieving  districts  than  any  of  the  others  and  that  is  why  it  was  a  driving  component  in  each  of  the  three  recommended  op4ons  

5/6  Grade  Configura3on  Benefits  •  Balance  class  sizes  •  Enable  more  focus  on  needs  of  each  age  grouping    •  Relieve  overcrowding  K-­‐8  •  Enhance  technology  integra4on  K-­‐8  •  Improve  collabora4on  and  communica4on  •  Enable  “loop”  op4on—same  teacher  for  2  years  (research  indicates  this  may  be  an  effec4ve  model)  

•  Simplify  accelera4on  for  5th  graders  •  Make  adding  5th  grade  foreign  language  possible  

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Steps  of  the  Process  

CraQing  the  Plan  Nov.-­‐Feb.  

Finalized  Plan  Presen3ng  the  Plan  March  19  Present  Recommenda4on  to  Board  of  Educa4on  

Three  Op3ons  for  the  Board’s  Considera3on  

Op4on  #1—New  7/8  Building  on    PHS  Campus  &  Convert  PJH  to  5/6  

 

Op4on  #2—New  5/6  Building,  Loca4on  TBD  (Possibly  at  PJH  Campus)  &  Convert  PJH  to  7/8  

 

Op4on  #3—New  K-­‐4  Building,  Loca4on  TBD  &  Convert  1  Elementary  to  5/6  

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Universal  Benefits  of  All  Op3ons  

•  Provide  Classroom  Space  to  accommodate  future  growth  (projected  25  years)  

•  Balance  class  sizes  •  Enable  more  focus  on  needs  of  each  age  grouping    

•  Relieve  overcrowding    •  Enhance  technology  integra4on  

Universal  Benefits  of  All  Op3ons  

•  Improve  collabora4on  and  communica4on  •  Enable  “loop”  op4on—same  teacher  for  2  years  

•  Simplify  accelera4on  for  5th  graders  •  Make  adding  5th  grade  foreign  language  possible  

•  Provide  classroom  space  for  growing  special  educa4on  popula4on  

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Op3on  #1  

•  New  7/8  Building  on  PHS  Campus  •  Convert  PJH  to  5/6  •  Op3on  most  preferred  by  commi6ee  •  $37M-­‐$38M  Construc4on  Cost  Only  (No  Addi4onal  Land  Cost  Necessary)    

   

Op3on  #1  

Conceptual Sketch: Will it fit?

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Op3on  #1  Benefits  

•  State  Cer4fica4ons  (K-­‐8,  4-­‐9,  7-­‐12)—  can  hire  grade  4-­‐9  teachers  for  5/6;    flexibility  benefit  with  7-­‐12  all  on  one  campus  

•  Drop  off  7-­‐12  at  same  loca4on—lower  costs  •  Alleviates  vehicle  &  hallway  conges4on  at  PJH  •  Accelera4on  easier  for  7th-­‐  8th  graders  •  Benefits  all  grade  levels  in  terms  of  tes4ng  •  Every  student  coming  through  would  get  the  opportunity  to  experience  a  new  building  

Con4nued…  

Op3on  #1  Benefits—Con3nued  

•  Improved  collabora4on  between  7-­‐12  teachers—new  state  standards  must  integrate  English  Language  Arts  into  Social  Studies,  Science  &  Math  

•  No  addi4onal  school  loca4on/campus  in  city  •  Site  is  70  acres  (Anthony  Wayne  87.4-­‐acre  site:  HS,  JH,  MS,  opera4ons,  athle4c  game  &  prac4ce  fields)  

•  Ft.  Meigs  Road  tenta4vely  scheduled  for  widening  in  2016  

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Op3on  #2  •  New  5/6  Building,  Loca4on  TBD  (possibly  at  PJH  campus)  •  Convert  PJH  to  7/8  •  Could  possibly  locate  the  5/6  building  at  the  Jr.  High  

campus,  elimina4ng  land  cost  for  this  op4on  •  $33.7M-­‐$35.7M  

$33M-­‐$35M  Construc4on  +  $709,843  est.  Land  Cost  •  Land  cost  based  on  price  per  acre  of  13015  Eckel  

Junc4on  Rd.;  the  closer  to  Rte.  25,  the  higher  the  cost  •  Price  does  not  include  off-­‐site  development  (e.g.  u4li4es)  

–  If  site  requires  this  there  will  be  significant  addi4onal  costs  

Op3on  #2  Conceptual  Sketches:    Will  it  fit?  

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Op3on  #2  Benefits  

•  Every  student  coming  through  would  get  the  opportunity  to  experience  a  new  building  

•  PJH  athle4c  facili4es  on  site  for  7-­‐8  programs;  no  addi4ons  would  be  necessary  (same  for  op4ons  2  &  3)  

•  Would  have  more  school  grounds  (same  for  op4ons  2  &  3)    

Op3on  #3  •  New  K-­‐4  Building,  Loca4on  TBD  in  southwest  area  •  Convert  1  Elementary  to  5/6  •  Convert  all  current  elementary  buildings  to  K-­‐4  •  $33.7M-­‐$41.7M  $33M-­‐$41M  Construc4on  +  $709,843  Land  Cost  

•  Land  cost  based  on  price  per  acre  of  13015  Eckel  Junc4on  Rd.;  the  closer  to  Rte.  25,  the  higher  the  cost  

•  Price  does  not  include  off  site  development  –  If  site  requires  this  there  will  be  significant  addi3onal  costs    

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Op3on  #3  Benefits  

•  Don’t  need  to  find  a  central  loca4on  •  Property  easier  to  find  and  less  expensive  than  Op4on  2  

•  10  of  the  15  acres  could  poten4ally  be  donated  

•  PJH  athle4c  facili4es  adequate;  no  addi4ons  would  be  necessary  (same  for  op4ons  2  &  3)  

•  More  school  grounds  (same  for  op4ons  2  &  3)  

Alterna3ve  to  Three  Op3ons:  No  New  Buildings  &  Expand  All  Current  Buildings  

•  Elementary  Addi4ons/Remodeling  (includes  30  new  classrooms)  

$16,394,688  •  Jr.  High  Addi4ons/Remodeling  

(includes  21  new  classrooms)  $28,440,219  

TOTAL      $44,834,907  

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Alterna3ve:  No  New  Buildings  &  Expand  All  Current  Buildings  

•  Would  address  enrollments  out  to  year  2032  at  1.5%  growth  per  year  

•  Alterna4ve  costs  more  than  any  of  the  three  op4ons  studied  by  the  commi9ee  

•  Addi4ons  at  elementary  schools  accommodate  classrooms  only—dining  areas,  etc.  may  also  have  to  be  increased      

•  Two  schools  are  over  50  years  old  and  past  their  design  life;  higher  construc4on  costs  an4cipated    

Costs  

   Op4on  1        $37-­‐38  million      Op4on  2        $33-­‐35.7  million*      Op4on  3        $33.7-­‐41.7  million*      Alterna4ve    $44.8  million        

*Assumes  no  off  site  development  costs  

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There  are  plenty  of  ways  to  do  it  cheaper  and  one  way  to  do  it  right.  

Review:  Primary  Drivers  

•  Educa4onal  benefit,  par4cularly  from  the  opportuni4es  for  synchroniza4on  of  curricula  and  teachers  for  be9er  alignment  in  the  future    

•  Easier  access  to  accelera4on  opportuni4es  for  7/8th  graders  into  HS  curricula  

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Review:  Primary  Drivers  

•  Current  6th  graders  isolated  from  7th  and  8th  graders  

•  Sixth  graders  not  generally  involved  in  extracurricular  

•  K-­‐6  and  7-­‐12  are  clear  lines  of  dis4nc4on  in  teacher  training  and  licensure  

Review:  Three  Op3ons  

Op3on  #1—New  7/8  Building  on    PHS  Campus  &  Convert  PJH  to  5/6  

 Op4on  #2—New  5/6  Building,  Loca4on  TBD  (Possibly  at  PJH  Campus)  &  Convert  PJH  to  7/8  

 Op4on  #3—New  K-­‐4  Building,  Loca4on  TBD  &  Convert  1  Elementary  to  5/6  

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Ac3on  Items  

•  Board  to  consider  and  review  op4ons  over  the  next  two  months  

•  Board  to  confer  with  commi9ee,  faculty  and  staff  members  about  facili4es  plan  

•  Board  to  make  known  to  the  commi9ee  ques4ons  and/or  request  for  addi4onal  informa4on  (July-­‐August)  

Ac3on  Items  

•  Commi9ee  to  reconvene  to  review  board  ques4ons  and  comments  (Nov.)  

•  Commi9ee  and  Board  will  meet  to  discuss  op4ons  (Jan.  2013)  

•  Community  engagement  push  (Feb.  2013)  

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Ac3on  Items  

•  Finalize  facili4es  plan  by  end  of  2013  •  Levy  on  ballot  Nov.  2014  to  Nov.  2015  •  2016—begin  collec4ng  bond  issue  •  Construc4on  es4mate:  18  months  •  2018  opening  

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Class  of  2024  

•  Today’s  kindergarteners  are  the  Class  of  2024  •  Today’s  kindergarteners  will  be  the  first  class  to  go  through  the  new  7/8  building  

•  In  2024,  the  newest  building  in  the  district  will  be  24  years  old  

•  At  an  annual  growth  rate  of  1.5%  per  year,  district  enrollment  will  be  5,715  (4,800  today)  

•  We  need  to  be  ready  to  move  in  24  months  

Summary  

We  applaud  the  Board’s  willingness  to  act.  We  are  asking  you  to…    •  Commit  to  studying  op4on  #1  •  Con4nue  community  dialog  on  the  plan  •  Address  limita4ons  of  the  current  facili4es  •  Con4nue  to  use  this  commi9ee  as  a  resource  •  Remember  24  •  Commit  to  moving  forward  

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Thank  You!  Any  Ques0ons?