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Warren County School District

High School Feasibility Study December 2009

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High School Feasibility Study

December 2009 Page 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Process and Purpose Introduction Project Timeline ......................................................................... 2 Board of School Directors - Work Session #1 Determining Criteria ................................................................ 3 High School Options ................................................................. 3 Criteria ......................................................................................... 4 Key Questions ............................................................................ 4

II. Background Information

Summary of Existing High Schools ........................................ 6 Student Profile ............................................................................ 8 Historical Enrollment ................................................................ 8 Projected Enrollment ................................................................ 9 Student Achievement.............................................................. 10 Map of Students ....................................................................... 11 Program Impacts ............................................................ 12 Staffing .............................................................................. 16 Extracurricular Activities ............................................. 18 Athletics/Sports .............................................................. 19 Transportation ............................................................... 25 Utility Costs .................................................................... 30 Charter Schools ............................................................. 31

III. Geographic Analysis High School Boundaries......................................................... 32 Analysis of all 2 HS Options ................................................. 34 Three HS Analysis ................................................................... 46 Transportation Analysis ......................................................... 47 Bus Routes ................................................................................ 49

IV. Options Analysis Planning Assumptions ............................................................. 52 Options .................................................................................... 53 Operating Cost Savings ......................................................... 60 Bonding Cost Analysis ........................................................... 66

V. Community Engagement Community Dialogue Results Summary ............................ 68

Appendix Options Comparison Table .............................................. 100

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PROCESS AND PURPOSE INTRODUCTION In the spring of 2009, the Warren County Board of School Directors contracted DeJONG to conduct a high school feasibility analysis to evaluate master plan options based on various enrollment, program, transportation, community, and cost criteria. The analysis involves evaluating a variety of two high school scenarios and a four high school scenario. These scenarios will have potential impacts on the remaining facilities in the school district. This report describes the process used to determine the facilities options and criteria, and details the impacts of each option. PROJECT TIMELINE As shown in the following diagram, work on the High School Feasibility Study began in May with the definition of criteria, and continues through the summer with the culmination in December. The front end of the process included a heavy emphasis on data gathering and analysis. Throughout the process, the entire Board of School Directors was engaged through Work Sessions. In November, a Community Dialogue was held to gather additional insight into the high school options.

Project Timeline:

1. Define Criteria May 2. Board of School Directors Work Session #1 June 1 3. Gather Data/GIS Mapping June/July 4. Develop Scenarios/Preliminary Analysis July/August 5. Board of School Directors Work Session #2 September 2 6. Community Dialogue October/November 7. Draft Report November 8. Board of School Directors Work Session #3 Nov./December




DETERMINING CRITERIA OVERVIEW The Warren County School District Board of Directors held a work session to begin the High School Feasibility process in the afternoon of June 1, 2009. Board Members worked with district administration and educational facility planners from DeJONG to identify and discuss high school options and the criteria to measure each option. The following summary details the activities and outcomes of the Board Work Session. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the High School Feasibility Study and determine the process, timelines, and data to be used in conducting the study. The focus of the study is to analyze the possibility of reducing the four high schools to two schools. This could be accomplished through a variety of different options or configurations. Seventeen participants attend the work session. In addition to seven current Board Members, two future Board Members participated. Additionally, two high school principals and one assistant principal were in attendance. District administrators representing facilities, finance, and technology were all present along with two representatives from DeJONG.

HIGH SCHOOL OPTIONS The Board of School Directors determined prior to the beginning of the process that the High School Feasibility Study would examine the existing four high school configuration and all two high school options. These options include existing high school sites and new locations. The following table displays the high schools options:

OPTIONSN/A Current Model - 4 High Schools

1 2 HS Option - New Location/New Location

2 2 HS Option - Warren/Sheffield

3 2 HS Option - Warren/Eisenhower

4 2 HS Option - Warren/Youngsville

5 2 HS Option - Warren/New Location

6 2 HS Option - Sheffield/Youngsville

7 2 HS Option - Sheffield/Eisenhower

8 2 HS Option - Sheffield/New Location

9 2 HS Option - Eisenhower/Youngsville

10 2 HS Option - Eisenhower/New Location

11 2 HS Option - Youngsville/New Location




CRITERIA The following list was identified as the criteria by which each high school option should be measured:

• Program Impacts • Staffing • School /Class Size • Extracurricular • Athletics/Sports

• Community Impact • Transportation • Facilities Impact • Attendance Boundaries

• Overall Costs • Implementation

KEY QUESTIONS While discussing the criteria, questions developed by DeJONG were addressed as follows to help guide the planning process:

Question: Does the District want 9-12 high schools, 6-12 schools, or a combination of 9-12 and 6-12 Answer: The District wants to consider high school (grades 9-12) separately from middle school, even if the actual facilities share a site.

Question: What is the minimum/maximum size high school you want to have? Answer: The District wants to consider a difference of no more than 400 students between the two schools. Since the planning number will be 1,700 students, this means the minimum size for a high school is 700 students, and the maximum size for a high school is 1,100 students.

Question: What is your target for desired class size for core academic classes? Answer: The District wants an average of 20 students for class, although core academic classes may have a range of 12-25 students.

Question: How would you define a comprehensive high school? Answer: A comprehensive high school provides core academic classes, AP programs, career tech programs, art/music/band, athletic programs, a full complement of electives, intramurals/extra-curriculars/co-curriculars, and foreign language programs.




Question: Is the desire to have special education programs at each school, or to be provided on a district-wide basis? Answer: Special education students should be accommodated in their home schools whenever possible.

Question: Should career tech in each high school, or in a central location, or a combination? Answer: Currently the career tech program is located in a central location. The District would like to know for each high school option the ability to deliver career tech in each school, in a central location, or as a combination.

A list of other considerations for the planning process was compiled as the criteria were discussed:

• Feeder Impact • Relationship with Higher Education (Grades 13-14) • Should there be a separate LEA? • Open enrollment • Excess space – alternative education, central office, higher education

• List the reasons how options will improve education in Warren County




BACKGROUND INFORMATION A large amount of background information has been collected and analyzed in order to consider the many factors related to the high school options. This information has been summarized for presentation and also for use in comparing the options. SUMMARY OF EXISTING HIGH SCHOOLS Eisenhower Middle High School was built in 1956 and most recently renovated in 1968. The school is 121,406 square feet on an approximately 135 acre site. The grade configuration is 7 – 12 and it is fed by Russell Elementary School and Sugar Grove Elementary School. Its general condition rating is MAJOR RENO/REPLACE and educational adequacy is POOR.

SCHOOLGradeConfig.

Overall Enroll.(08-09)

HS Enroll. [Grades 9-12]

(08-09)

Building Size (SF)

SF per Student

Site Area (Acres)

Capacity (20 Students)

Capacity (25 Students)

Eisenhower MHS 7 - 12 523 363 121,406 232 135 578 623

Sheffield MHS 6 - 12 381 233 102,230 268 43 459 575

Warren Area HS 9 - 12 835 835 146,253 175 100* 867 1084

Youngsville HS 9 - 12 368 368 104,955 285 17 612 765

Total 2,107 1,799 474,844 225 195 2,516 3,047

*Site is shared by WAEC, WAHS, and WCCC




Sheffield Area Middle High School was built in 1979. The school is 102,230 square feet on an approximately 43 acre site. The grade configuration is 6 – 12, and it is the only middle and high school in the Eastern Attendance Area. Sheffield Elementary and Allegheny Valley Elementary School feed into Sheffield Area Middle High School. Its general condition rating is MINOR RENOVATION and educational adequacy is GOOD.

Warren Area High School was built in 1961. The school is 146,253 square feet on an approximately 100 acre site, shared with Warren Area Elementary Center and Warren County Career Center. Warren Area High School serves students in grades 9 – 12 from the Central Attendance Area. Its general condition rating is MODERATE RENOVATION and educational adequacy is FAIR.

Youngsville High School was built in 1905 and most recently renovated in 1985. The school is 104,955 square feet on an approximately 17 acre site. The location of the building and athletic facilities on the site leave limited space for expansion. It is the only high school in the West Attendance Area, and is fed by Youngsville Elementary Middle School. Its general condition rating is MODERATE RENOVATION and educational adequacy is FAIR.




STUDENT PROFILE Historical Enrollment Student enrollment in the Warren County School District has been declining over the last ten years. As the table and chart indicate, overall enrollment has decreased by 1,600 students from the 1999-00 school year to the 2008-09 school year, or an average of 160 fewer students every school year.

YEAR 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09

K 394 364 405 383 397 367 391 367 333 361

G 1 443 397 385 418 395 404 367 402 367 346

G 2 533 437 375 377 402 373 379 361 393 377

G 3 500 523 433 373 376 400 359 379 358 402

G 4 505 485 525 440 381 373 392 375 388 366G 5 523 503 507 533 445 383 382 392 378 395

Subtotal 2,898 2,709 2,630 2,524 2,396 2,300 2,270 2,276 2,217 2,247

G 6 491 515 500 496 525 456 384 391 391 379

G 7 511 503 545 531 510 536 433 402 394 400G 8 589 513 505 549 529 507 512 437 395 398

Subtotal 1,591 1,531 1,550 1,576 1,564 1,499 1,329 1,230 1,180 1,177

G 9 563 599 541 523 578 591 535 590 514 464

G 10 576 556 585 547 503 535 527 482 528 452

G 11 559 564 541 555 493 454 449 467 397 454G 12 573 526 532 518 524 462 442 448 480 424

Subtotal 2,271 2,245 2,199 2,143 2,098 2,042 1,953 1,987 1,919 1,794

UNGRADED 58 63 78 67 59 48 0 0 0 0

TOTAL 6,818 6,548 6,457 6,310 6,117 5,889 5,552 5,493 5,316 5,218

Source: Warren County School District, 2009

Warren County School DistrictHistorical Enrollment (1999/2000 - 2008/09)

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Projected Enrollment Enrollment over the next ten years is projected to decline as depicted in the table and chart to the right. Current enrollment in the lower grades (K-8) is significantly lower than enrollment in the upper grades (9-12), and as these students progress through the grade levels, enrollment will at first decline more sharply, and then begin to level out.

YEAR2008-09Actual

2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

K 361 341 345 349 343 347 347 347 347 347 347

G 1 346 371 350 354 358 352 356 356 356 356 356

G 2 377 338 362 341 346 349 343 347 347 347 347

G 3 402 375 336 360 340 344 347 342 346 346 346

G 4 366 410 383 343 367 347 351 355 349 353 353G 5 395 370 414 387 346 371 350 355 358 352 356

Subtotal 2,247 2,204 2,190 2,134 2,099 2,109 2,095 2,101 2,103 2,101 2,105

G 6 379 394 368 413 385 345 370 349 353 357 351

G 7 400 391 406 380 426 397 356 381 360 364 368G 8 398 400 390 406 379 425 397 356 381 360 364

Subtotal 1,177 1,184 1,164 1,198 1,190 1,168 1,123 1,086 1,094 1,081 1,083

G 9 464 441 443 433 449 420 471 440 394 422 398

G 10 452 431 410 412 402 417 391 438 409 366 392

G 11 454 410 391 372 373 365 379 354 397 371 332G 12 424 439 396 378 359 361 352 366 342 384 358

Subtotal 1,794 1,721 1,640 1,594 1,584 1,563 1,593 1,598 1,542 1,543 1,481

TOTAL 5,218 5,109 4,994 4,926 4,873 4,840 4,810 4,784 4,739 4,724 4,668

Warren County School DistrictProjected Enrollment (2008/09 - 2018/19)

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4,000

6,000 5,218 5,109 4,994 4,926 4,873 4,840 4,810 4,784 4,739 4,724 4,668

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Student Achievement The following table describes student achievement in the Warren County School District. District-wide, students have exceeded the state targets for mathematics and reading proficiency on state assessment tests. Fifty-eight percent of students are proficient in mathematics at the 11th grade level, and 71% of students are proficient in reading at the 11th grade level.

The graduation rate for the district is 90%, which is the same as the average for Pennsylvania. As the neighboring chart displays, high school graduation rates range at the district high schools from 84% at Sheffield, to 93% at Youngsville.

EHS SHS WAHS YHSDistrict Overall

State Average

Grade 11 Mathematics - Overall Proficiency 64% 47% 63% 51% 58% 56%

Grade 11 Reading - Overall Proficiency 72% 76% 72% 67% 71% 65%

Grade 11 Science - Overall Proficiency 44% 26% 47% 26% 39% 36%

EHS SHS WAHS YHSDistrict Overall

State Average

Graduation Rate 89% 84% 91% 93% 90% 90%

Male 88% 82% 85% 98% 87% 89%

Female 90% 86% 98% 88% 93% 91%

Source: District Report Card, 2007-2008, Pennsylvania Department of Education

Student Achievement Summary (2007-08)

89%

84%

91%93%

75%

80%

85%

90%

95%

EHS SHS WAHS YHS

Graduation Rates by School (2007-08)







PROGRAM IMPACTS The accompanying table displays the number of courses by curricular area offered during the 2008-09 school year at each high school in the Warren County School District. As shown, each school has similar proportions of courses by curricular area, except Warren Area High School which includes additional emotional support, alternative education, incarcerated youth, and special education (life skills) courses. While the number of courses is similar, this table does not display the number of periods each course is offered. For example, at a smaller school each course may be offered one period, but in a larger school certain courses would be offered multiple periods. The accompanying table shows the number of Advanced Placement (AP) courses offered at each school. As shown, Eisenhower and Warren Area High School both offer 10 courses, compared to 5 at Youngsville and 1 at Sheffield.

EHS SHS WAHS YHS

Advanced Placement Courses 10 1 10 5

NUMBER OF COURSES

EHS SHS WAHS YHS

Language Arts 00001 - 00099 35 34 38 39

Social Studies 00100 - 00199 26 23 23 18

Mathematics 00200 - 00299 26 16 22 18

Science 00300 - 00399 23 21 23 15

World Languages 00400 - 00499 12 5 13 9

Business/Computer 00500 - 00599 7 2 8 3

Health/Physical Education 00600 - 00699 8 12 10 10

Art 00700 - 00720 9 8 10 5

Industrial Arts/Technology Family Consumer Science

00750 - 00799 15 16 14 13

Music 00800 - 00899 9 7 10 5

Vocational 00900 - 00975 0 0 25 0

Miscellaneous 00976 - 01999 7 7 10 8

Emotional Support 02000 - 02999 1 1 32 17

Alternative Education 03000 - 03999 0 0 28 0

Incarcerated Youth 04000 - 04999 0 0 12 0

Special Education (Life skills) 05000 - 05999 1 0 16 15

NovaNet / Cyber 06000 - 06999 29 18 30 12

Mostly Open Range 07000 - 07999 0 0 0 0

Elementary Courses 08000 - 08999 0 0 0 0

Total 208 170 324 187Source: Warren County School District, High School Master Schedules (2008-09)

CURRICULAR AREANUMBER OF COURSESCOURSE #

RANGE




The following table shows the number of periods for each curricular area, which vary greatly depending on the number of students in each school. In many cases, multiple classes are being taught in one classroom at the same time. For example, some physical education courses are listed separately in the course guide for grades 9-12, but the students are assigned to the same teacher and room for the same period. In that case, this table counts all students in one space as one class.

# of PeriodsAvg. # of Students/

Classroom# of Periods

Avg. # of Students/


Avg. # of Students/


Avg. # of Students/

Classroom

Language Arts 33 13 23 11 61 15 52 10

Social Studies 31 16 16 15 49 18 26 16

Mathematics 33 12 17 11 52 15 24 13

Science 40 17 20 13 62 17 32 15

World Languages 9 17 7 15 25 16 10 14

Business/Computer 3 10 0 0 10 11 2 8

Health/Physical Education 7 21 5 17 13 17 7 23

Art 10 9 9 13 16 17 4 13

Industrial Arts/Technology Family Consumer Science

9 10 5 15 15 15 10 19

Music 5 14 1 15 7 24 8 11

Total 180 103 310 175Source: Warren County School District, High School Master Schedules (2008-09)

CURRICULAR AREA

YHSWAHSSHSEHS

The neighboring table displays the average class size in the core academic subject areas for each school. The goal of the Warren County School District is to have 20 students per class. As shown, the average class size at WAHS is 16 students, and at Eisenhower is 15 students. The average class size at Sheffield and Youngsville is 13 students.

CORE ACADEMIC AREAS EHS SHS WAHS YHS

Language Arts 13 11 15 10

Social Studies 16 15 18 16

Mathematics 12 11 15 13

Science 17 13 17 15

World Languages 17 15 16 14

Average Class Size 15 13 16 13




When scheduling for classes in the Warren County School District, course offerings with less than 12 student requests must receive approval to be taught. Thus, some courses do not have the critical mass to be offered at some schools in the District. In other cases, where a class may be combined, two courses are taught in the same classroom. The following tables display the courses not offered during the 2009/10 school year due to low enrollment.

SAMHS Grades 9-12

Certification Area Course # Course NameTotal

Students/ Course

Length Y/S

Language Arts 00019 AP English Literature 1 Y00040 Speech 1 S00050 Drama 5 S00093 Detective/Mystery 2 S00097 Story of the American West 2 S00099 Science Fiction/Fantasy 3 S

Social Studies 00113 World Geography 2 S00120 US Military History 5 S00134 US Constitutional Law I 2 S00135 US Constitutional Law II 1 S00146 Great World Ideas 1 S

Mathematics 00271 Functions Honors 1 Y00288 Computer Science 3 Y

Science 00315 Entomology 5 S00336 AP Chemistry 1 Y00371 Ecology 3 S00372 Environmental Science 2 S00375 Forestry (certification issue) 12 S00378 Ornithology 1 S

Tech Ed 00754 Innovation & Invention 5 Y00759 Designs in Bio-Related Technology 1 S

Miscellaneous 01052 Driver Education Classroom Theory 3 S

EMHS Grades 9-12


Students/ Course

Length Y/S

Language Arts 00095 Reading Unlimited II 2 S

Art 00717 Senior Advanced Art 1 Y00718 AP Art Studio 2 Y

WAHS Grades 9-12


Students/ Course

Length Y/S

Mathematics 00281 Probability and Statistics II 6 S00288 Computer Science 6 Y

Science 00333 Advanced Chemistry Honors 1 Y

Family & Comsumer Sc. 00775 Needlework & Crafts 5 S

Music 00860 Music Theory 6 S

YHS Grades 9-12


Students/ Course

Length Y/S

Mathematics 00275 Trigonometry w/Integrated Algebra 4 Y00290 Pre-Calculus 4 Y

Science 00316 AP Biology 4 Y

00336 AP Chemistry 4 Y00353 AP Physics 1 Y

Tech Ed 00754 Innovation and Invention 2 Y00759 Designs in Bio-Related Technology 2 Y

Family & Consumer Sc. 00762 Home Clothing Design 1 S

COURSES WITH INSUFFICIENT ENROLLMENT2009/2010




The following table shows the combined classes during the 2009/10 school year:

EMHS


Students/ Course

Combined #Length

Y/S

Mathematics 00288 Computer Science 600289 AP Computer Science 2

Tech Ed 00751 Design & Manufacturing Enterprise 400752 Engineering Design & Applications 6

SAMHS


Students/ Course

Combined #Length

Y/S

Art 00713 Art IV 300171 Senior Advanced Art 8

WAHS


Students/ Course

Combined #Length

Y/S

World Language 00413 German III 500414 German IV 3

YHS


Students/ Course

Combined #Length

Y/S

Language Arts 00060 Journalism I 700061 Journalism II 2

World Language 00401 French IV 300402 French II 500404 French IV 1

9 Y

11 Y

8 + 2 DL from

EMHSY

10 Y

RECOMMENDED COMBINED CLASSES WITH LESS THAN 12 STUDENTS PER CLASS - SY 2009-2010

8 Y

10 S




STAFFING The accompanying table describes the average staffing costs by position for each of the existing high schools in the Warren County School District during the 2008-09 school year. The total average cost includes salary and benefits. For example, the average cost of a teacher in the district is $66,117.49 per year. The number of staff for each school is included in the table. For Eisenhower and Sheffield, the total number includes the staff for all grades at the school (each school includes some middle school grade-levels). As shown in the table, not surprisingly the school with the largest enrollment, Warren Area High School, has the greatest number of staff.

Number Total Cost Number Total Cost Number Total Cost Number Total Cost

Cafeteria Class B 15,640.28$ 2 31,280.57$ 2 31,280.57$ 3 46,920.85$ 2 31,280.57$

Cafeteria Class C 8,259.91$ 5 41,299.57$ 5 41,299.57$ 5 41,299.57$ 6 49,559.48$

Custodial Class A 37,401.34$ 3 112,204.03$ 4 149,605.37$ 6 224,408.05$ 3 112,204.03$

Custodial Class B 20,793.70$ 2 41,587.40$ 1 20,793.70$ 1 20,793.70$ 1 20,793.70$

Custodial Class C 10,835.25$ 0 -$ 0 -$ 1 10,835.25$ 0 -$

Teacher Aide Class B 19,052.69$ 8 152,421.52$ 4 76,210.76$ 15 285,790.36$ 7 133,368.83$

Secretary A 34,770.96$ 1 34,770.96$ 1 34,770.96$ 1 34,770.96$ 1 34,770.96$

Secretary B 23,856.29$ 2 47,712.59$ 2 47,712.59$ 4 95,425.18$ 3 71,568.88$

220 Day Principals 90,583.92$ 1 90,583.92$ 0 -$ 2 181,167.84$ 0 -$

260 Day Principals 110,021.04$ 1 110,021.04$ 1.4 154,029.46$ 1 110,021.04$ 1.6 176,033.67$

Teachers 66,117.49$ 43 2,843,052.11$ 33 2,181,877.20$ 65 4,297,636.92$ 34 2,247,994.69$

Total Staffing Cost 68 3,504,933.70$ 53.4 2,737,580.17$ 104 5,349,069.71$ 58.6 2,877,574.81$

*Includes MS Grade-Level Positions

Source: Warren County School District, 2009

Student Enrollment (08-09)

Total Staffing Cost/Student

523 381 835 369

6,701.59$ 7,185.25$ 6,406.07$ 7,798.31$

EHS* SHS* WAHS YHSAVERAGE STAFFING COSTS BY POSITION

TOTAL AVERAGE COST/YR




In addition to the cost and total number of staff at each school, the table includes the student enrollment for the 2008-09 school year. Based on this enrollment, the total staffing cost per student is calculated. The total staffing cost per student is lowest at the school with the highest enrollment (Warren Area High School), and greatest at the school with the fewest students (Youngsville High School). The accompanying graph also displays this relationship. The following table shows the average staff cost for all the high schools in the Warren County School District.

Number Total Cost

Cafeteria Class B 15,640.28$ 2.25 35,190.64$

Cafeteria Class C 8,259.91$ 5.25 43,364.54$

Custodial Class A 37,401.34$ 4 149,605.37$

Custodial Class B 20,793.70$ 1.25 25,992.12$

Custodial Class C 10,835.25$ 0.25 2,708.81$

Teacher Aide Class B 19,052.69$ 8.5 161,947.87$

Secretary A 34,770.96$ 1 34,770.96$

Secretary B 23,856.29$ 2.75 65,604.81$

220 Day Principals 90,583.92$ 0.75 67,937.94$

260 Day Principals 110,021.04$ 1.25 137,526.30$

Teachers 66,117.49$ 43.75 2,892,640.23$

Total Staffing Cost 71 3,617,289.60$

AVERAGE OF ALL HIGH SCHOOL STAFFING

527

6,863.93$

Average Student Enrollment (08-09)

Total Staffing Cost/Student

AVERAGE STAFFING COSTS BY POSITION

TOTAL AVERAGE

COST

369 381 523 835

$7,798.31 $7,185.25

$6,701.59 $6,406.07

YHS SHS EHS WAHS

Staffing Cost per Student

Student Enrollment (08-09) Total Staffing Cost/Student




EXTRACURRICULAR The accompanying table displays the participation in marching band and all-county music offered at the high schools in the Warren County School District. Approximately 11% of high school students in the district participate in Marching Band, and 3% participate in All-County Musical. As the following tables display, numerous clubs exist at each high school. Warren Area High School has the most clubs with 24.

Band and Music EHS SHS WAHS YHS Total

Marching Band Participants 33 31 71 57 192

% of Overall Enrollment Participating in Marching Band 9% 13% 9% 15% 11%

All-County Musical Participants 5 3 36 12 56

% of Overall Enrollment Participating in All-County Musical

1% 1% 4% 3% 3%

HIGH SCHOOL EXTRACURRICULAR PARTICIPATION (2008-09)

Clubs (Note: Not all clubs exist at all schools ) EHS SHS WAHS YHS TotalAcademic Bowl 6 24 15 14 59

Aquila - - - 15 15

Art Club - 25 67 21 113

Audio Visual Club 15 - 3 - 18

Broadwalk - - - 7 7

Crossroads Club 18 - 12 19 49

Dragon Strength Club - - 10 - 10

Drama Club X - - - X

Eagle Eye - - - 9 9

Eco Team - - 26 - 26

French Club 23 - 67 20 110

German Clulb 12 - 20 - 32

History Club - - 30 - 30

Home Economics Club - 20 - - 20

JETS - 16 16 - 32

Key Club 34 - 22 - 56

Knight Time Players 35 - - - 35

Model UN - - 15 - 15

National Art Honor Society - - 30 - 30

National Honor Society 30 30 39 17 116

O Ambassadors - - 20 - 20

Ophelia X - - - X

Outdoor Club X - - - XPep Club X - - - X

Clubs (Note: Not all clubs exist at all schools ) EHS SHS WAHS YHS TotalProductions-Drama/Musical - - 22 - 22

SADD Club 33 35 - 25 93

School Newspaper - - 15 - 15

Science Club - - 17 20 37

Ski Club - - 25 - 25

Spanish Club 53 - 35 40 128

Spirit Club - - - 18 18

Stage Crew - - 5 - 5

Steel Drum - 10 - - 10

Student Council 33 28 25 23 109

Trap Team X - - - X

TSA - - - 14 14

Tutoring Club - - - 4 4

Varsity Club - 86 160 - 246

WACOPSE Club 4 - - - 4

Yearbook 25 17 21 - 63

YMI - - - 8 8Youth Volunteer Club 10 - - - 10

Total Club Participants 159 206 508 183 1,533Total Number of Clubs 19 10 24 16 69

Note: An "X" denotes that a club exists, but the number of participants is not available




ATHLETICS/SPORTS Sports are an important part of high school life. As the accompanying table shows, students at the four high schools in the District participate in many sports. Each team for each school is displayed with the number of participants. Middle school level sports are not included in this information, and Varsity/Junior Varsity participation is counted together. The athletics/sports offering vary greatly among schools. Warren Area High School offers the most sports. Where a school does not have enough students to offer a sport, in many cases the students may still participate in that sport through cooperation with another school. The highlighted cells in the accompanying table represent this cooperation.

ATHLETICS PARTICIPATION (2008-2009)Teams (Note: not all teams exist at all schools EHS SHS WAHS YHS Total Baseball - Boys' Varsity/Junior Varsity 26 - 31 20 77 Basketball - Boys' Varisty/Junior Varsity 17 15 30 18 80 Basketball - Boys' Freshmen - - 13 - 13 Basketball - Girls' Varsity 16 15 13 14 58 Cheer - Girls' Varsity (Fall) 18 23 18 14 73 Cheer - Girls' Freshman (Fall) - - 5 - 5 Cheer - Girls' Varsity (Winter) - 9 21 11 41 Cross Country - Boys' Varsity 10 - 7 11 28 Cross Country - Girls' Varsity 6 - 6 7 19

Football - Boys' Varsity/Junior Varsity 37 29 39 21 126 Football - Boys' Freshman - - 28 - 28 Golf - Boys' Varsity 23 - 23 - 46 Golf - Girls' Varsity - - 15 - 15 Soccer - Boys' Varsity/Junior Varsity 27 - 33 - 60 Soccer - Girls' Varsity/Junior Varsity 18 - 35 - 53 Softball - Girls' Varsity/Junior Varsity 19 13 25 18 75 Swimming - Boys' Varsity - - 15 - 15 Swimming - Girls' Varsity - - 25 - 25 Tennis - Boys' Varsity - - 23 - 23 Tennis - Girls' Varsity - - 24 - 24 Track - Boys' Varsity 20 17 50 29 116 Track - Girls' Varsity 37 19 55 20 131 Volleyball - Varsity/Junior Varsity 17 12 22 19 70 Wrestling - Varsity 26 10 28 19 83

Total Sports Participants 317 162 584 221 1284Overall HS Enrollment (October 2008) 363 233 830 368 1794% of Overall Enrollment Participation in Sports 87% 70% 70% 60% 72%

*PIAA Recognized Cooperative Sponsorship of SportsThe Cooperative Sports agreement may include schools/institutions outside of WCSD.Junior High participation is not included.Varsity/Junior Varsity participation is counted together.




As described on the previous page, some sports are offered cooperatively where a school does not have enough students to field its own team. The accompanying team details these cooperative sports, including the host school and the additional co-op schools. For example, for Baseball, studdents from Sheffield Area Middle/High School and Warren County Christian School participate on the Warren Area High School baseball team. For Girls’ Cross Country, students at Calvary Chapel High School participate on the Eisenhower Middle/High School Team.

COOPERATIVE SPORTS LISTSPORT HOST SCHOOL CO-OP SCHOOL

Warren Area High School Sheffield Area Middle/High SchoolWarren County Christian School

BOYS' BASKETBALL Eisenhower Middle/High School Calvary Chapel Senior High School

Eisenhower Middle/High School Calvary Chapel Senior High SchoolWarren Area High School Sheffield Area Middle/High School

Eisenhower Middle/High School Calvary Chapel Senior High School

Warren Area High School Sheffield Area Middle/High SchoolYoungsville High School Warren County Christian School


Sheffield Area Middle/High School Abraxas/Arlene Lissner High SchoolWarren Area High School Warren County Christian School


Youngsville High SchoolWarren Area High School Sheffield Area Middle/High School

GIRLS' GOLF Warren Area High School Youngsville High School

BOYS' SOCCER Eisenhower Middle/High School Calvary Chapel Senior High School

GIRLS' SOCCER Warren Area High School Warren County Christian School

Eisenhower Middle/High School Calvary Chapel Senior High SchoolYoungsville High School Warren County Christian School

Warren Area High School Eisenhower Middle/High SchoolSheffield Area Middle/High School

Warren Area High School Eisenhower Middle/High SchoolSheffield Area Middle/High School

BOYS' TENNIS Warren Area High School Warren County Christian School

GIRLS' TENNIS Warren Area High School Youngsville High School


Youngsville Elementary/Middle School Warren County Christian SchoolYoungsville High School Warren County Christian School


Youngsville Elementary/Middle School Warren County Christian SchoolYoungsville High School Warren County Christian School

GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL Eisenhower Middle/High School Calvary Chapel Senior High School

Eisenhower Middle/High School Calvary Chapel Senior High SchoolYoungsville High School Warren County Christian School

BOYS' SWIMMING

GIRLS' SWIMMING

BOYS' TRACK & FIELD

GIRLS' TRACK & FIELD

WRESTLING

BASEBALL

BOYS' CROSS COUNTRY

GIRLS' CROSS COUNTRY

FOOTBALL

BOYS' GOLF

SOFTBALL




The following tables display the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) enrollment requirements for sports. As shown, these requirements differ between sports, and also between boys and girls sports. Currently, the high schools in the Warren County School District compete in different PIAA Districts: District 9 Sheffield Middle/High School District 10 Eisenhower Middle/High School Warren Area High School Youngsville High School The following table displays the enrollment by school by sex for each high school in WCSD. By comparing this table with the PIAA requirements, the classification for each team can be determined. For example, Eisenhower has 160 Male high school students, so its football team competes in A, whereas Warren Area HS has 376 Male high school students so its team is in AAA.

EHS SHS WAHS YHS

Male 160 84 376 156

Female 129 93 324 125

Enrollment by School

Source: Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, Inc. 2008-09 and

2009-10 school years

A AA AAA AAAA

Baseball 1-161 162-286 287-492 >492

Basketball 1-148 149-262 263-471 >471

Cross Country 1-330 >330

Football 1-195 196-327 328-539 >539

Golf >1

Soccer 1-241 242-447 >447

Swimming 1-464 >464

Tennis 1-411 >411

Track 1-322 >322

Wrestling 1-358 >358

A AA AAA AAAA

Basketball 1-144 145-262 263-450 >450

Cheer N/A N/A N/A N/A

Cross Country 1-314 >314

Golf >1

Soccer 1-282 >282

Softball 1-165 166-285 286-486 >486

Swimming 1-436 >436

Tennis 1-374 >374

Track 1-300 >300

Volleyball 1-187 188-424 >424

Source: Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, Inc. 2008-09 and

2009-10 school years

SPORT (Boys)Total Male Enrollment Required for

Participation

SPORT (Girls)Total Female Enrollment Required

for Participation




This table displays the PIAA Class for each sport at each high school:

Boys' Sports EHS SHS WAHS YHSBaseball A AAA A

Basketball AA A AAA AA

Cross Country AA AAA AA

Football A A AAA A

Golf AAAA AAAA

Soccer A AA

Swimming AAA

Tennis AA

Track AA AA AAA AA

Wrestling AA AA AAA AA

Girls' Sports EHS SHS WAHS YHSBasketball A A AAA A

Cross Country AA AAA AA

Golf AAAA

Soccer AA AAA

Softball A A AAA A

Swimming AA

Tennis AA

Track AA AA AAA AA

Volleyball A A AA A

ATHLETICS - CLASSIFICATIONS BY SPORT

Source: Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, Inc. 2008-09 and 2009-10 school

years




The accompanying table shows the participation and winning percentage of athletics teams in the Warren County School District by school. Only Varsity winning percentages are displayed. The athletics/sports offering vary greatly among schools. Warren Area High School offers the most sports. Winning percentages also vary greatly.

ATHLETICS WINNING PERCENTAGE (2008-2009)Teams (Note: not all teams exist at all schools EHS SHS WAHS YHS Baseball - Boys' Varsity 31% - 74% 11% Basketball - Boys' Varisty 50% 30% 45% 5% Basketball - Girls' Varsity 58% 30% 59% 5% Cross Country - Boys' Varsity 44% - 63% 29% Cross Country - Girls' Varsity 0% - 11% 29%

Football - Boys' Varsity 50% 10% 20% 20% Soccer - Boys' Varsity 76% - 94% - Soccer - Boys' JV 33% - 92% - Soccer - Girls' Varsity 33% - 93% - Softball - Girls' Varsity 50% 0% 74% 53% Swimming - Boys' Varsity - - 41% - Swimming - Girls' Varsity - - 71% - Tennis - Boys' Varsity - - 73% - Tennis - Girls' Varsity - - 42% - Track - Boys' Varsity 0% 0% 71% 14% Track - Girls' Varsity 0% 25% 86% 57% Volleyball - Varsity 40% 6% 71% 60% Wrestling - Varsity 56% 14% 35% 23%

*Only Varsity winning percentages are represented.




Cost for Sports by School The accompanying table shows the cost for sports by high school in the Warren County School District. The total budget for the 2009-10 school year is just over 1 million dollars. As shown, many costs are associated with the operation of athletics. Note that for Eisenhower and Sheffield, the cost of middle school sports is included in these tallies.

Warren County School District Athletics Budget (2009-10)EHS SHS WAHS YHS Central Office Total

Referee Fees/Officials 21,930$ 18,000$ 24,230$ 17,000$ 87,346$ Crowd Control/Gate Help 5,650$ 5,015$ 8,100$ 4,000$ 23,365$ General Building Services 2,500$ 2,500$ Equipment Maint/Repair 4,500$ 2,750$ 2,500$ 2,250$ 14,475$ Rental Land/Bldg 13,769$ 13,769$ Student Transportation Svc 46,150$ 27,607$ 60,000$ 35,912$ 11,000$ 192,769$ Football Insurance 850$ 1,000$ 1,500$ 850$ 4,200$ Cellular Comm/Hardware 2,780$ 2,780$ Training Expense/Conf & Mtngs 565$ 450$ 700$ 400$ 2,340$ Playoff Expense 12,500$ 12,500$ General Supplies 10,000$ 6,000$ 16,132$ 8,406$ 1,000$ 44,288$ Medical Supplies 2,250$ 1,500$ 2,210$ 1,700$ 9,910$ Uniforms 10,000$ 4,000$ 8,700$ 5,633$ 30,923$ Equipment Replacement/Equipment 3,000$ 2,000$ 5,400$ 2,000$ 14,800$ Other Expenses/Co Meet/Tourn 1,500$ 1,500$ Security/Professional Security 3,000$ 275$ 100$ 3,375$ Dues/Fees 4,500$ 2,000$ 3,750$ 2,750$ 13,700$ SUB TOTAL 112,395$ 70,597$ 146,991$ 81,001$ 31,280$ 474,540$

-$ Salaries 98,391$ 77,070$ 111,836$ 82,686$ 17,498$ 429,644$ Social Security (.0765) 7,527$ 5,896$ 8,555$ 6,325$ 1,339$ 32,868$ Retirement (.0713) (.37647) staff 2,637$ 2,065$ 2,997$ 2,216$ 469$ 11,514$ Athletic Trainer (2 FT) 97,500$ 97,500$ Sub-Total 108,555$ 85,032$ 123,389$ 91,228$ 116,806$ 571,526$

TOTAL 220,950$ 155,629$ 270,380$ 172,229$ 148,086$ 1,046,066$ Gate Receipts (ESTIMATED) 15,050$ 8,300$ 35,519$ 12,700$ -$ 72,469$ War Memorial Contribution (400)$ (26,500)$ (27,800)$ TOTAL REVENUE 14,650$ 8,300$ 9,019$ 12,700$ -$ 44,669$

GRAND TOTAL 206,300$ 147,329$ 261,361$ 159,529$ 148,086$ 1,001,397$

Student Enrollment ('08-'09) 523 381 835 368 - 2,107Average Cost/Student 394$ 387$ 313$ 434$ - 475$

Source: Warren County School District Athletics Budget (2009-10)




TRANSPORTATION COST The following table displays the average transportation costs for the entire school district for each of the previous five school years.

TRANSPORTATION COSTS 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09*

Contractor Pay $4,041,745.44 $3,788,069.99 $3,870,027.45 $4,164,266.67 $4,259,948.80

Fuel $253,637.40 $310,936.00 $425,802.83 $717,237.54 $621,803.05

Late Runs $113,835.69 $91,688.95 109.883.03 $109,610.10 $80,383.70

Total $4,409,218.53 $4,190,694.94 $4,295,830.28 $4,991,114.31 $4,962,135.55

Note: 2008-09 Fuel Cost is estimated and Late Runs are incomplete (do not include May/June) TRANSPORTATION TIME AND DISTANCE The following table summarizes the time and distances of bus routes for each high school. Bus routes are shared among elementary, middle, and high schools, although in every case but one, buses only go to one high school. The average distance for each bus is 64.5 per day. The average time each bus takes to get to school each morning is 47 minutes, and the average time going home is 55 minutes. On the following pages, distance and transportation for each high school is detailed by bus route.

TRANSPORTATION TIME AND DISTANCE SUMMARY TABLE

SCHOOLNUMBER OF

BUSES

AVERAGE DISTANCE

(MILES)

AVERAGE OVERALL TIME TO SCHOOL

(MINUTES)

AVERAGE OVERALL TIME TO HOME

(MINUTES)

EHS 20 62.7 52 61

SHS 16 64.1 40 45

WAHS 33 51.7 44 55

YHS 27 79.4 54 60

Overall Average 64.5 47 55




Eisenhower Middle/High School Transportation Time and Distance

TYPE NUMBERDISTANCE

(MILES)SCHOOL(S) GR'TST #

TOTAL #

PICKUP TIME

ARRIVAL TIME

OVERALL TIME

(MINUTES)

SCHOOL DEPARTURE

TIME

DROPOFF TIME

OVERALL TIME

(MINUTES)

BUS E04 54.2 EHS 35 41 703 749 46 312 403 51

BUS E05 82.6 EHS (SGES PM) 42 72 658 738 40 305 358 53

BUS B32 89.3 EHS, WAHS, ST. JOES 5 8 600 755 115 200 430 150

BUS E06 36.2 RES, EHS 56 56 705 745 40 315 400 45

BUS E07 55.7 RES, EHS 70 70 655 747 52 300 358 58

BUS E08 52.1 RES, EHS 61 67 659 743 44 302 407 65

BUS E12 56.9 RES, EHS 36 36 700 750 50 300 408 68

BUS E13 51.6 RES, EHS 65 66 700 742 42 310 358 48

BUS E14 47.6 RES, EHS 38 48 700 749 49 300 357 57

BUS E15 42.6 RES, EHS 53 53 657 745 48 303 406 63

BUS E19 89.1 RES, EHS 34 38 644 750 66 315 414 59

BUS E03 103.7 SGES, EHS 27 43 700 748 48

BUS E09 60.9 SGES, EHS 63 73 653 745 52 300 408 68

BUS E10 87.1 SGES, EHS 35 70 640 745 65 310 405 55

BUS E11 62.0 SGES, EHS 45 45 652 746 54 315 409 54

BUS E17 44.8 SGES, EHS 26 26 710 754 44 307 355 48

BUS E21 71.2 SGES, EHS 51 51 655 752 57 305 412 67

BUS E22 0.0 SGES, EHS 26 37 638 758 80 310 430 80

BUS E01 52.8 SGES/EHS 43 64 700/733 730/755 30

VAN AC5 113.4 EHS/ BETHAL BAPTIST 5 5 705 725 20 250 245 15

62.7 52 64

Source: Warren County School District, 2008-09

OVERALL AVERAGE

VEHICLE MORNING AFTERNOON




Sheffield Area High School Transportation Time and Distance

TYPE NUMBERDISTANCE


TOTAL #

PICKUP TIME

ARRIVAL TIME

OVERALL TIME

(MINUTES)

SCHOOL DEPARTURE

TIME

DROPOFF TIME

OVERALL TIME

(MINUTES)

BUS S06 69.4 AV, SAHS 48 64 702 800 58 248 358 70

BUS S07 68.6 AV, SAHS 68 68 708 741 33 310 345 35

BUS S09 61.8 AV, SAHS 45 74 705 758 53 251 347 56

BUS S10 68.6 AV, SAHS 39 44 715 752 37 300 350 50

BUS S08 64.4 SAHS 49 49 710 752 42 305 341 36

BUS S01 51.0 SES, SAHS 49 53 715 755 40 307 347 40

BUS S02 76.0 SES, SAHS 33 68 712 750 38 305 339 34

BUS S03 51.8 SES, SAHS 72 89 715 750 35 253 328 35

BUS S04 67.0 SES, SAHS 44 44 650 753 63 300 406 66

BUS S05 52.6 SES, SAHS 61 85 717 750 33 252 322 30

VAN FW5 37.0 AV, SAHS 6 6 730 754 24 245 325 40

VAN V10 85.8 AV, SAHS 3 3 705 740 35

VAN V28 104.8 AV, SAHS 3 4 710 755 45

VAN V36 42.0 AV, SAHS 5 5 712 741 20

VAN V43 39.6 SAHS TO WAHS 4 4 1200 1230 30

62.7 39 45



OVERALL AVERAGE




Warren Area High School Transportation Time and Distance

TYPE NUMBERDISTANCE


TOTAL #

PICKUP TIME

ARRIVAL TIME

OVERALL TIME

(MINUTES)

SCHOOL DEPARTURE

TIME

DROPOFF TIME

OVERALL TIME

(MINUTES)

BUS NP7 71.0 WAEC, BWMS, SSLEC, WAHS 9 13 705 745 40 220 435 75

BUS W02 50.0 WAEC, BWMS, SSLEC, WAHS 48 49 707 753 46 247 355 68












BUS TR1 24.4 WAEC, SSLEC, WAHS 39 54 720 730 10 256 347 51

BUS W10 68.1 WAEC, SSLEC, WAHS 38 55 655 756 61 250 355 65

BUS W26 14.0 WAEC, SSLEC, WAHS 46 46 716 742 26 253 334 41

BUS W06 69.0 WAEC, WAHS 70 70 640 736 56

BUS W08 27.5 WAEC, WAHS 67 122 711 757 46 249 342 53

BUS W15 30.4 WAEC, WAHS 57 96 711 800 49 249 347 58

BUS W22 64.0 WAEC, WAHS 39 68 640 737 57 738 354 76

BUS W25 57.1 WAEC, WAHS 58 58 722 745 23 310 338 28

BUS W30 14.7 WAEC, WAHS 57 57 732 305

VAN AE6 149.0 BWMS, WAHS 6 6 710 754 44 257 401 64

VAN D01 41.0 BWMS, WAHS 3 4 716 749 33 300 329 29

VAN V30 60.8 SSLEC, WAHS, BEACON LT 2 3 720 815 55 215 305 45

VAN V26 51.4 ST. JOES, WAHS 5 5 715 757 42 245 345 60

VAN F10 90.8 WAEC, BWMS, SSLEC, WAHS 5 7 720 749 29 250 316 26

VAN V14 48.3 WAEC, WAHS, SHS 5 5 700 800 60 245 330 45

VAN N15 58.9 WAHS 4 4 657 748 51 259 341 42

VAN V02 83.9 WAHS 4 4 720 750 30 200 221 21

VAN V15 77.8 WAHS 6 6 703 739 36 254 343 49

VAN AE1 74.0 WAHS, BEACON LT 3 4 715 800 45 155 250 55

VAN V01 63.4 WAHS, BEACON LT 6 6 710 815 65 210 247 37

51.7 44 56



OVERALL AVERAGE




Youngsville High School Transportation Time and Distance

TYPE NUMBERDISTANCE


TOTAL #

PICKUP TIME

ARRIVAL TIME

OVERALL TIME

(MINUTES)

SCHOOL DEPARTURE

TIME

DROPOFF TIME

OVERALL TIME

(MINUTES)

BUS B22 81.7 YEMS, YHS 4 4 650 755 65 245 404 79

BUS SL6 108.2 YEMS, YHS 1 1 625 805 100 225 352 87

BUS Y01 115.0 YEMS, YHS 31 31 704 745 41 245 347 62

BUS Y02 87.5 YEMS, YHS 35 35 644 736 52 300 350 50

BUS Y03 118.6 YEMS, YHS 34 34 652 752 60 250 405 75

BUS Y04 107.2 YEMS, YHS 39 39 643 741 58 245 408 83

BUS Y05 80.1 YEMS, YHS 49 49 700 752 52 310 355 45

BUS Y06 68.2 YEMS, YHS 58 58 658 311 346 35

BUS Y07 77.4 YEMS, YHS 58 58 715 756 41 311 349 38

BUS Y08 61.8 YEMS, YHS 59 59 655 755 60 250 413 83

BUS Y09 86.6 YEMS, YHS 55 55 643 755 72

BUS Y10 40.9 YEMS, YHS 72 86 720 748 28 257 340 43

BUS Y11 47.9 YEMS, YHS 51 51 718 753 30 300 355 55

BUS Y12 47.8 YEMS, YHS 66 66 715 750 35 253 342 49

BUS Y13 71.2 YEMS, YHS 54 54 655 744 49 311 403 52

BUS Y14 76.9 YEMS, YHS 41 41 645 749 64 306 406 60

BUS B30 111.2 YEMS, YHS, WCCS 15 15 635 755 80 250 435 45

BUS W24 66.2 YEMS, YHS, WCCS 40 46 652 800 68 255 417 100

VAN F14 65.0 YEMS, YHS 6 6 706 754 48 350 355 5

VAN FW2 35.0 YEMS, YHS 5 5 717 758 41 255 332 37

VAN V18 103.0 YEMS, YHS 3 3 715 745 30 245 340 55

VAN V25 150.2 YEMS, YHS 5 6 700 745 45 250 355 65

VAN V34 98.8 YEMS, YHS 4 4 705 740 35 220 340 80

VAN V37 29.0 YEMS, YHS 3 3 635 746 71 254 427 93

VAN FW7 31.1 YEMS, YHS, WCCS 6 6 712 800 48 247 352 65

VAN V21 66.1 YEMS, YHS, WCCS 5 5 713 758 45 302 349 47

VAN V39 111.0 YEMS, YHS, WCCS 5 5 630 758 88 244 408 84

79.4 54 60


OVERALL AVERAGE





UTILITY COSTS The following table displays the utility costs for the four existing high schools from April 2008 – March 2009 in the Warren County School District. As shown, there is a wide range in costs among the facilities. Eisenhower has the highest average gas cost per square foot, over twice as high as any of the other schools. Yet, Eisenhower High School does not have a water or sewer cost because they have a well and septic system owned by the district. Warren Area HS has the highest average electricity cost per square foot.

Cost/ SF Annual Cost Cost/ SF Annual Cost Cost/ SF Annual Cost Cost/ SF Annual CostAverage Cost/ SF

Annual Cost

Electricity $0.51 $61,889.40 $0.62 $63,358.56 $0.78 $113,495.76 $0.53 $55,617.96 $0.61 $294,361.68

Gas $1.16 $141,403.32 $0.55 $56,421.60 $0.54 $79,294.32 $0.52 $55,015.80 $0.70 $332,135.04

Water $0.00 $0.00 $0.01 $1,325.40 $0.13 $19,282.20 $0.03 $3,075.96 $0.04 $23,683.56

Sewer $0.00 $0.00 $0.01 $640.68 $0.18 $26,448.00 $0.03 $3,629.88 $0.06 $30,718.56

Overall Total $1.67 $203,292.72 $1.19 $121,746.24 $1.63 $238,520.28 $1.12 $117,339.60 $1.40 $680,898.84Source: Warren County School District (2008-09)

Note: EHS has a well and septic system owned by WCSD, thus Water and Sewer costs are $0.00

Utility Costs(April 2008 - March

2009)

EHS SHS WAHS YHS OVERALL

The following table displays the utilities cost per student for each of the existing high schools.

EHS SHS WAHS YHSOverall

Avg.Annual Utility Cost $203,292.72 $121,746.24 $238,520.28 $117,339.60 $170,224.71

Number of Students 523 381 835 368 526.75

Annual Cost of Utilities per Student $388.71 $319.54 $285.65 $318.86 $323.16




CHARTER SCHOOLS Charter schools are self-managed public schools that are approved by local school districts and the Pennsylvania Department of Education. These schools are created and controlled by parents, teachers, community leaders, colleges, and universities. There are currently 117 charter schools operating in Pennsylvania, eight of which are cyber charter schools. Pennsylvania enacted the Charter School Act in 1997 in accordance with No Child Left Behind to “permit the creation of nonsectarian public schools of choice that are allowed to operate free from many of the regulations that apply to traditional public schools.” In a large area such as Warren County, the opportunity for charter schools may become more prevalent as enrollment declines and facilities decisions are made that move students from one location to another. One such example is the creation of the Tidioute Community Charter School in southwest Warren County, a K-12 charter school that was established when the Warren County School District made the decision to close its school in Tidioute, and move students to locations elsewhere in the district. Charter schools are funded by a combination of local taxes and state aid. Thus, when facility decisions are made which may result in operating cost savings, it is important to recognize the possibility of contributing to funding a charter school which may offset that cost savings. The following table shows the approximate costs per student paid by the Warren County School District for each pupil to attend the Tidioute Community Charter School.

Students 2008-09 Enrollment Cost Per Student Total Cost

Regular Education 194 $7,953.00 $1,542,882.00

Special Education 63 $17,508.00 $1,103,004.00

Total (Blended) 257 $10,295.28 $2,645,886.00

TIDIOUTE COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOLCOST PER PUPIL (2008-09)




GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS HIGH SCHOOL BOUNDARIES The accompanying map displays the current high school boundaries and density of high school students. As depicted, the highest concentration of students is in the City of Warren. Based on the location of students in the district, and the travel distance required to traverse the district, there are three possible scenarios in which the Warren County School District could be combined from four high school attendance areas to two:

A. Divide the district into East and West B. Divide the district into Northwest and Southeast C. Combine existing attendance boundaries (Sheffield and Warren, Eisenhower and Youngsville)

A. East/West B. Northwest/Southeast C. Combine Existing Boundaries




As the accompanying map shows, it is not feasible to divide the district North and South because of the distribution of students, and the distance to traverse the district. Additionally, it would require splitting the City of Warren to even out enrollments.

North and South Split




GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF ALL 2- HIGH SCHOOL OPTIONS

The following diagrams describe the school facility configurations described in the High School Feasibility Study. The current configuration is displayed as the four existing high schools (labeled with their 2008-‘09 enrollment). The remaining options are described by the second diagram, which shows two high schools for the district, and a range of 600-900 students in each (as determined by the Board of School Directors).

CURRENT HIGH SCHOOL CONFIGURATION4 HIGH SCHOOLS

EHS363 HS Students

SHS233 HS Students

WAHS835 HS Students

YHS368 HS Students

TWO HIGH SCHOOL OPTIONSEXISTING AND/OR NEW HIGH SCHOOLS

(Capacity for 1,500 Students Total)

HS #1600-900 HS Students

HS #2600-900 HS Students

OPTIONSN/A Current Model - 4 High Schools

1 2 HS Option - New Location/New Location

2 2 HS Option - Warren/Sheffield

3 2 HS Option - Warren/Eisenhower

4 2 HS Option - Warren/Youngsville

5 2 HS Option - Warren/New Location

6 2 HS Option - Sheffield/Youngsville

7 2 HS Option - Sheffield/Eisenhower

8 2 HS Option - Sheffield/New Location

9 2 HS Option - Eisenhower/Youngsville

10 2 HS Option - Eisenhower/New Location

11 2 HS Option - Youngsville/New Location




OPTION 1 – New Location and New Location Option 1 would require the construction of two new facilities for the two district high schools in Warren County. The existing facilities would be repurposed to accommodate middle school students or sold. While two new high schools on new locations would detach students from the tradition of the existing high schools, it would also provide neutral sites to begin new traditions.

Cost analysis has determined that the construction of two new high schools on new sites would be costly option, and likely not feasible. As displayed in the accompanying map, the District could reasonably be divided into two high school boundaries.

OPTION 1TWO NEW HIGH SCHOOLS

West HSApprox. 801 HS Students

East HSApprox. 934 HS Students




OPTION 2 – Warren Area HS & Sheffield Area HS Option 2 would utilize Warren Area HS and Sheffield Area HS for the two district high schools. A renovation would be required at Warren Area HS, and an addition would be required at Sheffield Area HS. A middle school solution must be determined to relocate the middle school students currently located at Sheffield Area HS.

Geographic analysis has determined that based on the existing locations of these two schools, sensible student boundaries could not be created to make this a viable option. The map in the bottom right displays possible attendance boundaries, which would require dividing the City of Warren.

OPTION 2WARREN AREA HS & SHEFFIELD AREA HS

WAHSApprox. 949 HS Students

SHSApprox. 786 HS Students




OPTION 3 – Warren Area HS & Eisenhower HS Option 3 would utilize Warren Area HS and Eisenhower HS for the two district high schools. A renovation would be required at Warren Area HS, and a renovation/addition would be required at Eisenhower to accommodate more students, A middle school solution must be determined to relocate the middle school students currently located at Eisenhower HS.

Geographic analysis has determined that based on the existing locations of these two schools, sensible student boundaries and transportation solutions could not be created to make this a viable option. The time and distances students would need to travel would be too great. The map in the bottom right displays possible attendance boundaries, which would require dividing the City of Warren. Additionally, Eisenhower would require a significant amount of work to handle additional high school students

OPTION 3WARREN AREA HS & EISENHOWER HS

WAHSApprox. 1,056 HS Students

EHSApprox. 679 HS Students




OPTION 4 – Warren Area HS & Youngsville HS Option 4 would utilize Warren Area HS and Youngsville HS for the two district high schools. A renovation would be required at Warren Area HS, and a addition would be required at Youngsville to accommodate more students. Feeder boundaries may be created by dividing the district East and West, or by combining the current Eisenhower and Youngsville boundaries, and combining the current Sheffield and Warren boundaries. The district would still need to address the elementary and middle school projects identified in the master plan.

OPTION 4WARREN AREA HS & YOUNGSVILLE HS


YHSApprox. 593 HS Students




OPTION 5 – Warren Area HS & New HS Option 5 would utilize Warren Area HS and a new high school for the two district high schools. Renovations would be required at Warren Area HS to accommodate more students, and a new site would have to be selected for the construction of a new high school. As the map in the bottom right indicates, Warren Area High School would be the high school for students residing in the eastern portion of the district, and the new high school would serve students in the western part. In this option, Eisenhower MHS would be converted to a middle school, and Sheffield MHS would be converted to a K-8 with Sheffield ES and Alleghany Valley ES both closing. Youngsville HS would also close.

OPTION 5WARREN AREA HS & NEW HS


New HSApprox. 734 HS Students




OPTION 6 – Sheffield Area HS & Youngsville HS Option 6 would utilize Sheffield Area HS and Youngsville HS for the two district high schools. An addition would be required at Youngsville to accommodate more students, and a middle school solution must be determined to relocate the middle school students currently located at Sheffield Area HS. Youngsville HS would require a renovation.

Geographic analysis has determined that based on the existing locations of these two schools, sensible student boundaries and transportation solutions could not be created to make this a viable option. The time and distances students would need to travel would be too great. The map in the bottom right displays possible attendance boundaries, which would require dividing the City of Warren.

OPTION 6SHEFFIELD AREA HS & YOUNGSVILLE HS






OPTION 7 – Sheffield Area HS and Eisenhower HS Option 7 would utilize Sheffield Area HS and Eisenhower HS for the two district high schools. An addition would be required at Sheffield Area HS to accommodate more students, and a middle school solution must be determined to relocate the middle school students currently located there. Youngsville HS would require a renovation. Geographic analysis has determined that based on the existing locations of these two schools, sensible student boundaries and transportation solutions could not be created to make this a viable option. The time and distances students would need to travel would be too great. The map in the bottom right displays possible attendance boundaries. Additionally, Sheffield Area HS would need a significant addition to accommodate more HS students.

OPTION 7SHEFFIELD AREA HS & EISENHOWER HS






OPTION 8 – Sheffield Area HS & New Location Option 8 would utilize Sheffield Area HS and a new HS as the two district high schools. An addition would be required at Sheffield to accommodate more students, and a middle school solution must be determined to relocate the middle school students currently located at Sheffield Area HS. A new high school in a new location would have to be constructed in the western or northwestern portion of the district.

Geographic analysis has determined that based on the existing location of Sheffield compared to the high concentrations of students not living in the Sheffield area, sensible student boundaries and transportation solutions could not be created to make this a viable option. The time and distances students would need to travel would be too great. The map in the bottom right displays possible attendance boundaries, which would require dividing the City of Warren.

OPTION 8SHEFFIELD AREA HS & New HS






OPTION 9 – Eisenhower HS & Youngsville HS Option 9 would utilize Eisenhower HS and Youngsville HS for the two district high schools. An addition and renovation would be required at Youngsville to accommodate more students. An addition and renovation would also be needed at Eisenhower, and a middle school solution must be determined to relocate the middle school students currently located there.

Geographic analysis has determined that based on the existing locations of these two schools, sensible student boundaries and transportation solutions could not be created to make this a viable option. The time and distances students would need to travel would be too great. The map in the bottom right displays possible attendance boundaries, which would require dividing the City of Warren.

OPTION 9EISENHOWER HS & YOUNGSVILLE HS






OPTION 10 – Eisenhower HS & New Location Option 10 would utilize Eisenhower HS and a new HS for the two district high schools. An addition and renovation would be required at Eisenhower to accommodate more students, and a middle school solution must be determined to relocate the middle school students currently located there. A new HS would have to be constructed in the eastern or south eastern part of the district.

Geographic analysis has determined that based on the existing location of Eisenhower HS compared to the areas of students concentration, sensible student boundaries and transportation solutions could not be created to make this a viable option. The time and distances students would need to travel would be too great. The map in the bottom right displays possible attendance boundaries, which would require dividing the City of Warren.

OPTION 10EISENHOWER HS & New HS






OPTION 11 – Youngsville HS and New Location Option 11 would utilize Youngsville HS and a new HS for the two district high schools. An addition and renovation would be required at Youngsville to accommodate more students. A new high school would have to be constructed in the eastern portion of the school district.

The map in the bottom right displays possible attendance boundaries, which would require dividing the City of Warren. It has been determined that this option may be unreasonable because Warren Area High School would need to replaced by a new HS facility.

OPTION 11YOUNGSVILLE HS & New HS






Three High School Analysis In addition to identifying the possible two-school scenarios, analysis was performed to determine if any three high school scenarios might be feasible. The following maps show two of the possible boundaries that would be created for a 3 HS option. Based on the Board’s desire to have a difference of no more than 400 student difference between high schools, a minimum size of 700 students, and offer comprehensive high school programs, the District could not reasonably create boundaries for three high schools due to the location of the population centers in the District.




Transportation Analysis The following maps show the driving time from each of the four high schools to other parts of the district. This travel time is calculated directly from the school to a location assuming good road conditions, and does not factor in bus stops.

Distance from Eisenhower As the map displays, the distance from Eisenhower throughout the district varies. Many areas in the southern half of the district are over 40 minutes away.

Distance from Sheffield As the map displays, many areas of the district art 30 – 50 minutes away from Sheffield MHS.




Distance from Warren Area HS As the map displays, most of the central part of the district can be reached from Warren Area High School in 20 minutes.

Distance from Youngsville HS As the map displays, most of the central part of the district can be reached in 30 minutes.




Bus Routes Currently, the Warren County School District has K-12 busing for all schools in the District. If the District were to have two high schools instead of four, changes to this busing system would have to be made to reasonably accommodate the transportation of students to school. To analyze the transportation time and costs of these scenarios, the following analysis was performed based on the 2009-10 student locations. As Table 1 describes, this analysis shows the current high school students who attend SAMHS. These are newly calculated bus routes to only include Grades 9-12 students for comparison purposes. Table 2 displays the time and cost to transport those same students to WAHS instead of SAMHS, assuming that in this scenario, the students who attend SAMHS would be moved to WAHS and the students who attend EMHS would be moved to a new HS. It would cost approximately $15 more per student to bring them to WAHS instead of SAMHS. Additionally, most routes would be longer.




As Table 3 describes, this analysis shows the current high school students who attend EMHS. These are newly calculated bus routes to only include Grades 9-12 students for comparison purposes. Table 4 displays the time and cost to transport those same students to a New HS (at a theoretical location) instead of EMHS, assuming that in this scenario. It would cost approximately $39 more per student to bring them to WAHS instead of SAMHS. Additionally, most routes would be longer.




Table 5 shows those same 9-12 students from EMHS being transported to YHS. In this scenario, it would cost over $100 more per student for bus transportation. In some cases for EMHS students being transported to YHS, students would be transported past WAHS. To account for this, Table 6 was created to show that these students might actually attend WAHS. As described, the cost of transportation would be less than in Table 5, and the travel times would be shorter. The highlighted cells indicate routes that would stop at WAHS instead of YHS.




OPTIONS ANALYSIS The following section compares the viable 2-HS Options with the four high school option as detailed in the Facilities Master Plan:

• Four HS Option: High Schools at Eisenhower, Sheffield, Warren, and Youngsville • Two HS Option A: High Schools at Warren and Youngsville • Two HS Option B: High Schools at Warren and a new location

Additional comparisons are made to account for elementary and middle school configurations as described within this section. This includes comparisons regarding the middle school options between the 2-HS Options, whereby Eisenhower MHS may either be closed (Options A1 and B1) and Russell and Sugar Grove would be converted to K-8 schools, or Eisenhower would become a 6-8 MS for the northern part of the district, and Russell and Sugar Grove would be converted to K-5 schools. Regarding elementary school options in the Central Attendance Area, distinction is made between the recommendation originally made in the Facilities Master Plan that reopens Pleasant Township as a K-1 school to replace South Street Elementary, or a new option which would renovate South Street as a Kindergarten Center, move 1st grade to WAEC (to become grades 1-4), and move grade 5 to a renovated Beaty (to become 5-8). PLANNING ASSUMPTIONS The following planning assumptions were used to estimate the costs of facilities options. The table below represents total project cost estimates for new or renovation of school buildings in the Warren County School District. Please note that these are only planning estimates based on projected 2008 costs and are being used for comparative purposes only. Once a project is selected and designed more precise estimates can be determined. These costs include approximately 20% for soft costs for design fees, contingencies, furniture/equipment, etc. The costs do NOT include purchase of sites, sale of existing properties, or demolition costs of schools if they are to be replaced.

Cost/SFNew Construction $250

Major Reno. $165

Moderate Reno. $100

SF/Student 200

Planning Assumptions




4 High School Option – from the Facilities Master Plan Report This option is the plan that was submitted to the Warren Area Board of School Directors has part of the Facilities Master Plan Report in October 2008.

In this option, Allegheny Valley Elementary School and Sheffield Elementary School would be combined in to the Sheffield K-12 School site. South Street Elementary School would be closed and students would attend the renovated Pleasant Township School. Warren Area High School would receive a moderate renovation, and Beaty Middle School and Sugar Grove Elementary School would both receive major renovations. Eisenhower Middle/High School would be replaced with a new school on or near the same site.

ActionAction SF Est. Cost Action SF Est. Cost

Eisenhower MHS Replace Eishenhower MS/HS with a new school 550 Replace School 99,000 $24,750,000 None 0 $0 $24,750,000

Warren Area HS Moderate Renovation 900 Moderate Renovation 146,253 $14,625,300 None 0 $0 $14,625,300

Sheffield K-12 New ES on the Sheffield MHS Site 650 110 New Constr. 30,800 $6,930,000 None 0 $0 $6,930,000

Sugar Grove ES Major Renovation 250 Renovation 31,178 $4,629,933 New Constr. 4,000 $900,000 $5,529,933Beaty MS Major Renovation 600 Historic Reno. 120,000 $21,600,000 None 0 $0 $21,600,000Pleasant Township School Partial Renovation, some Demolition, addition 350 Major Reno. 20,000 $2,080,000 New Constr. 36,000 $8,100,000 $10,180,000Russell ES None 320WAEC None 720Youngsville ES/MS None 640Youngsville HS None 380Allegheny Valley ES DiscontinueSheffield ES DiscontinueSouth Street DiscontinueCareer Center $2,000,000Total 5,360 0 $85,615,233

Total Est. CostOption/Description Students SF/StdtAction 1 Action 2




2 HS Option Configurations The accompanying diagram displays possible grade configurations for each of the 2 HS options. As described, the cost of the options varies depending on the middle and elementary school options. For comparative purposes, the cost estimates on the following pages estimate the cost of the high school options with each of the two middle school options.




2 High School Option A1 – Warren Area High School and Youngsville High School This option would utilize Warren Area High School and Youngsville High School as the two District high schools, and close or re-purpose the remaining two high schools.

In this option, Allegheny Valley Elementary School and Sheffield Elementary School would be combined in to the Sheffield K-12 School site. South Street Elementary School would be closed and students would attend the renovated Pleasant Township School. Warren Area High School and Youngsville High School would both receive a moderate renovation and addition. Beaty Middle School would receive a major renovation. Sugar Grove Elementary School would receive a major renovation and addition to accommodate grades K-8, and Russell would receive an addition to accommodate grades K-8. Eisenhower Middle/High School would be discontinued.


Warren Area HS Moderate Renovation 1,000 Moderate Renovation 146,253 $14,625,300 Addition 26,600 $6,650,000 $21,275,300

Youngsville HS Renovation/Addition 700 104,955 $10,495,500 Addition 17,600 $4,400,000 $14,895,500

Sheffield K-8 Minor Renovation to accommodate younger children 430 110 Renovation 102,230 $2,044,600 None 0 $0 $2,044,600

Sugar Grove K-8 Major Renovation and Addition 340 Renovation 31,178 $4,629,933 Addition 16,422 $3,694,950 $8,324,883Beaty MS Major Renovation 600 Historic Reno. 120,000 $21,600,000 None 0 $0 $21,600,000Pleasant Township School Partial Renovation, some Demolition, addition 350 Major Reno. 20,000 $2,080,000 New Constr. 36,000 $8,100,000 $10,180,000Russell K-8 Addition 420 47,590 Addition 11,210 $2,522,250 $2,522,250WAEC None 720Youngsville ES/MS None 640Allegheny Valley ES DiscontinueEisenhower MHS DiscontinueSheffield ES DiscontinueSouth Street DiscontinueCareer Center $2,000,000Total 5,200 0 $82,842,533





2 High School Option A2 – Warren Area High School and Youngsville High School As with Option A1, this option would utilize Warren Area High School and Youngsville High School as the two District high schools, and close or re-purpose the remaining two high schools. The difference between this option and Option A1 is that in this option, Eisenhower is repurposed into a middle school for grades 6-8, and Sugar Grove and Russell are converted from K-6 to K-5.

In this option, Allegheny Valley Elementary School and Sheffield Elementary School would be combined in to the Sheffield K-12 School site. South Street Elementary School would be closed and students would attend the renovated Pleasant Township School. Warren Area High School and Youngsville High School would both receive a moderate renovation and addition. Beaty Middle School would receive a major renovation. Eisenhower would receive a major renovation and be converted into a 6-8 middle school. Sugar Grove Elementary School would receive a major renovation and be converted from a K-6 to a K-5, and Russell would be converted from a K-6 to a K-5.



Youngsville HS Renovation/Addition 700 104,955 $10,495,500 Addition 17,600 $4,400,000 $14,895,500

Sheffield K-8 Minor Renovation to accommodate younger children 430 110 Renovation 102,230 $2,044,600 None 0 $0 $2,044,600

Sugar Grove K-5 Major Renovation 240 Renovation 31,178 $4,629,933 $4,629,933Beaty MS Major Renovation 600 Historic Reno. 120,000 $21,600,000 None 0 $0 $21,600,000Pleasant Township School Partial Renovation, some Demolition, addition 350 Major Reno. 20,000 $2,080,000 New Constr. 36,000 $8,100,000 $10,180,000Eisenhower MS Renovation 240 200 Major Reno. 48,000 $7,128,000 $7,128,000Russell K-5 None 280WAEC None 720Youngsville ES/MS None 640Allegheny Valley ES DiscontinueSheffield ES DiscontinueSouth Street DiscontinueCareer Center $2,000,000Total 5,200 0 $83,753,333





2 High School Option B1 – Warren Area High School and a New High School This option would utilize Warren Area High School and a new High School in the western portion of the district as the two District high schools, and close or re-purpose the remaining three high schools.

In this option, Allegheny Valley Elementary School and Sheffield Elementary School would be combined in to the Sheffield K-12 School site. South Street Elementary School would be closed and students would attend the renovated Pleasant Township School. Warren Area High School would receive a moderate renovation and addition. Beaty Middle School would receive a major renovation. A new high school would be constructed in the western portion of the District. Sugar Grove Elementary School would receive a major renovation and addition to accommodate grades K-8, and Russell would receive an addition to accommodate grades K-8. Eisenhower Middle/High School and Youngsville High School would be discontinued.



New High School New Construction 700 New Construction 140,000 $35,000,000 None 0 $0 $35,000,000

Sheffield K-8 Minor Renovation to accommodate younger children 430 Renovation 102,230 $2,044,600 None 0 $0 $2,044,600

Sugar Grove K-8 Major Renovation and Addition 340 Renovation 31,178 $4,629,933 Addition 16,422 $3,694,950 $8,324,883Beaty MS Major Renovation 600 Historic Reno. 120,000 $21,600,000 None 0 $0 $21,600,000Pleasant Township School Partial Renovation, some Demolition, addition 350 Major Reno. 20,000 $2,080,000 New Constr. 36,000 $8,100,000 $10,180,000Russell K-8 Addition 420 47,590 Addition 11,210 $2,522,250 $2,522,250WAEC None 720Youngsville ES/MS None 640Allegheny Valley ES DiscontinueEisenhower MHS DiscontinueSheffield ES DiscontinueSouth Street DiscontinueYoungsville HS DiscontinueCareer Center $2,000,000Total 5,200 $102,947,033

Total Est. CostOption/Description StudentsAction 1 Action 2




2 High School Option B2 – Warren Area High School and a New High School As with Option B1, this option would utilize Warren Area High School and a new High School in the western portion of the district as the two District high schools, and close or re-purpose the remaining three high schools. The difference between this option and Option A1 is that in this option, Eisenhower is repurposed into a middle school for grades 6-8, and Sugar Grove and Russell are converted from K-6 to K-5.

In this option, Allegheny Valley Elementary School and Sheffield Elementary School would be combined in to the Sheffield K-12 School site. South Street Elementary School would be closed and students would attend the renovated Pleasant Township School. Warren Area High School would receive a moderate renovation and addition. Beaty Middle School would receive a major renovation. A new high school would be constructed in the western portion of the District. Eisenhower would receive a major renovation and be converted into a 6-8 middle school. Sugar Grove Elementary School would receive a major renovation and be converted from a K-6 to a K-5, and Russell would be converted from a K-6 to a K-5. Youngsville High School would be discontinued.



New High School New Construction 700 New Construction 140,000 $35,000,000 None 0 $0 $35,000,000

Sheffield K-8 Minor Renovation to accommodate younger children 430 Renovation 102,230 $2,044,600 None 0 $0 $2,044,600

Sugar Grove K-5 Major Renovation 240 Renovation 31,178 $4,629,933 $4,629,933Beaty MS Major Renovation 600 Historic Reno. 120,000 $21,600,000 None 0 $0 $21,600,000Pleasant Township School Partial Renovation, some Demolition, addition 350 Major Reno. 20,000 $2,080,000 New Constr. 36,000 $8,100,000 $10,180,000Eisenhower MS Renovation 240 Major Reno. 48,000 $7,128,000 $7,128,000Russell K-5 None 280WAEC None 720Youngsville ES/MS None 640Allegheny Valley ES DiscontinueSheffield ES DiscontinueSouth Street DiscontinueYoungsville HS DiscontinueCareer Center $2,000,000Total 5,200 $103,857,833





Elementary School Options In addition to the high school options, the configuration of the elementary level grades may be considered. The recommendation from the Facility Master Plan is to re-open Pleasant Township with significant demolition, addition, and renovation to accommodate Grades K – 1. Grades 2 – 5 would continue to attend Warren Area Elementary School, and Grades 6 – 8 would attend Beaty Middle School. The estimated cost of this option is $31.78 million.

An additional option could be considered which would require the re-configuration of grades in the Central Attendance Area. As the table below indicates, South Street could receive a minor renovation to accommodate K students. First grade students would move to WAEC, creating a 1 – 4 grade configuration. And Beaty would become a 5 – 8 school This option would cost approximately $26.41 million.


Beaty MS Major Renovation 600 Historic Reno. 120,000 $21,600,000 None 0 $0 $21,600,000Pleasant Township School Partial Renovation, some Demolition, addition 350 Major Reno. 20,000 $2,080,000 New Constr. 36,000 $8,100,000 $10,180,000South Stteet Discontinue - - - - - - - -WAEC None 720 - - - - - - -Total 1,670 - - - - - - $31,780,000



Beaty MS Major Renovation 780 Historic Reno. 130,000 $23,400,000 None 0 $0 $23,400,000South Stteet Minor Renovation 170 Moderate Reno. 33,460 $3,011,400 - - - $3,011,400Pleasant Township School None - - - - - - - -WAEC None 720 - - - - - - -Total 1,670 - - - - - - $26,411,400

Option/Description StudentsAction 1 Action 2

Total Est. Cost




Operating Cost Savings Comparisons

4 HS Option

The result of implementing the 4 High School Option from the Facilities Master Plan would be an operating cost savings of approximately $293,169 per year. This includes the staffing costs, sports costs, and utilities. Facility Actions:

• Close Allegheny Valley – Students to be assigned to Pleasant Twp and Sheffield K-12

• Close Sheffield Elem – Students Sheffield K-12 • South Street is closed and Pleasant Twp is opened

PositionNumber of Positions

Cost* Total

Principal [220 day] 0 $90,584 $0Principal [260 day] 0 $110,021 $0

Secretary A 1 $34,771 $34,771

Secretary B 0 $23,857 $0Bookkeeper

Library Media Specialist 0 $0 $0Library Assistant 0 $0 $0

Teachers 2 $66,117 $132,234Teacher Aides 0 $19,053 $0

Specialists [Reading, ESL, Spec 0 $0 $0

Cafeteria B 1 $15,640 $15,640Cafeteria C 0 $8,259 $0

Custodians A 1 $37,401 $37,401Custodians B 0 $20,794 $0Custodians C 0 $10,835 $0

Sports Various $0Utilities $73,123

Total 5 $293,169* Estimated average cost of position including benefits

Operating Cost Reductions




The accompanying table displays the calculation of utilities costs savings for the 4 HS Option.

Utilities (Includes Sewer, Water, Gas, and Electricity)Reducing SF Cost Average

Allegheny Valley 48,966Sheffield ES 25,805South Street 33,460

108,231 $1.40Adding

Pleasant Twp 56,000

Difference 52,231 $1.40 $73,123.40




2 HS - Options A1 and B1

The result of implementing either of these 2 High School Options A1 or B1 would be an operating cost savings of approximately $1,834,107 per year. This includes the staffing costs, sports costs, and utilities. Facility Actions:


• Close Sheffield Elem – Students to Sheffield K-8 • South Street is closed and Pleasant Twp is opened • Close Eisenhower MS/HS – Eisenhower HS students

reassigned to Warren/Youngsville; Russell and Sugar Grove become K – 8

• Close Sheffield HS – Sheffield becomes K – 8; Sheffield HS students reassigned to Warren/Youngsville

Position Number of Positions

Cost* Total

Principal [220 day] 1 $90,584 $90,584Principal [260 day] 2 $110,021 $220,042

Secretary A 2 $34,771 $69,542

Secretary B 4 $23,857 $95,428

Library Media Specialist 1 $66,117 $66,117Library Assistant 0 $0 $0


Specialists [Reading, ESL, Spec 0 $0 $0

Cafeteria B 3 $15,640 $46,920Cafeteria C 10 $8,259 $82,590

Custodians A 3 $37,401 $112,203Custodians B 1 $20,794 $20,794Custodians C 1 $10,835 $10,835

Sports Various $149,238Utilities $142,527

Total 39 $1,834,107

* Estimated average cost of position including benefits





The accompanying table displays the calculation of utilities and sports costs savings for the 2 HS Options A1 and B1.


Eisenhower 121,406Allegheny Valley 48,966Sheffield ES 25,805South Street 33,460

229,637 $1.40

AddingPleasant Twp 56,000Youngsville Addition 17,600Warren Addition 26,600Russell Addition 11,210Sugar Grove Additio 16,422

127,832

Difference 101,805 $1.40 $142,527.00

SportsEisenhower* $152,456Sheffield MS/HS* $94,934Warren HS $270,380Youngsville HS $172,229

Total $689,998

Assumption: 2 High Schools would each have a cost similar to WarrenWarren HS $270,380Youngsville $270,380

Total $540,760

Difference $149,238

Adjustments to account for

current MS StudentsTotal Sports Cost

Percentage of

HS StudentsAdjusted Cost

Eisenhower $220,950 69% $152,456Sheffield $155,629 61% $94,934

*Note: Since Eisenhower and Sheffield sports costs include middle school students, costs are adjusted to

subtract those students from this comparison




2 HS - Options A2 and B2

The result of implementing either of these 2 High School Options A1 or B1 would be an operating cost savings of approximately $1,640,206 per year. This includes the staffing costs, sports costs, and utilities. Compared to the 2 HS Option A1 and B1, this option would likely require an additional principal, teachers would be about the same, and more custodians since there would be another school. Facility Actions:


• Close Sheffield Elem – Students to Sheffield K-8 • South Street is closed and Pleasant Twp is opened • Change Eisenhower Grade Configuration to 6-8 –

Eisenhower HS students reassigned to Warren/Youngsville; Russell and Sugar Grove 6th graders move to Eisenhower and both schools become K-5

• Close Sheffield HS – Sheffield becomes K – 8; Sheffield HS students reassigned to Warren/Youngsville

Position Number of Positions

Cost* Total

Principal [220 day] 0 $90,584 $0Principal [260 day] 2 $110,021 $220,042

Secretary A 2 $34,771 $69,542

Secretary B 4 $23,857 $95,428

Library Media Specialist 1 $66,117 $66,117Library Assistant 0 $0 $0


Specialists [Reading, ESL, Spec Ed 0 $0 $0

Cafeteria B 3 $15,640 $46,920Cafeteria C 10 $8,259 $82,590

Custodians A 1 $37,401 $37,401Custodians B 1 $20,794 $20,794Custodians C 1 $10,835 $10,835

Sports Various $149,238Utilities $114,012

Total 36 $1,640,206

* Estimated average cost of position including benefits





The accompanying table displays the calculation of utilities and sports costs savings for the 2 HS Options A2 and B2.


Eisenhower 73,406Allegheny Valley 48,966Sheffield ES 25,805South Street 33,460

181,637 $1.40

AddingPleasant Twp 56,000Youngsville Addition 17,600Warren Addition 26,600

100,200

Difference 81,437 $1.40 $114,011.80

SportsEisenhower* $152,456Sheffield MS/HS* $94,934Warren HS $270,380Youngsville HS $172,229

Total $689,998

Assumption: 2 High Schools would each have a cost similar to WarrenWarren HS $270,380Youngsville $270,380

Total $540,760

Difference $149,238

Adjustments to account for

current MS StudentsTotal Sports Cost

Percentage of

HS StudentsAdjusted Cost

Eisenhower $220,950 69% $152,456Sheffield $155,629 61% $94,934

*Note: Since Eisenhower and Sheffield sports costs include middle school students, costs are adjusted to subtract

those students from this comparison




BONDING COST ANALYSIS The facilities options proposed in this report would cost an estimated $82 million - $100 million. Paying to implement these plans would require the passage of bonds. The following tables were developed to display the millage impact of scenarios for $82 million and $100 million to approximate the impact of the options on local millage.

$82 Million Bonding Scenario As the following table displays, to pay for a $82 million bond would require as much as approximately 6.15 mills. Considering millage already in place and part of the annual capital improvements budget, this would be as little as 3.77 mills. In the Warren County School District, one mill is equal to approximately $420,000 in assessed property. Property in Pennsylvania is assessed at 50% of its market value for tax purposes. Thus, to raise each additional mill, each property owner in the District would have to pay an additional $25 per year per $50,000 of market value. Requiring an increase of 3.77 mills, a property owner would owe an additional $94.25 per year. Requiring an increase of 6.15 mills, a property owner would owe an additional $153.75 per year. Thus, this option would likely cost an additional $94.25 to $153.75 per year in property taxes for a $50,000 market value.

Source: Public Financial Management, Inc. 10/1/2009




$100 Million Bonding Scenario As the following table displays, to pay for a $100 million bond would require approximately 7.86 mills. Considering millage already in place and part of the capital improvements budget, this would be as little as 5.48 mills. In the Warren County School District, one mill is equal to approximately $420,000 in assessed property. Property in Pennsylvania is assessed at 50% of its market value for tax purposes. Thus, to raise each additional mill, each property owner in the District would have to pay an additional $25 per year per $50,000 of property value. Requiring an increase of 5.48 mills, a property owner would owe an additional $137 per year per $50,000 of market value. Requiring an increase of 7.86 mills, a property owner would owe an additional $196.50 per year. Thus, this option would likely cost an additional $137 to $196.50 per year in property taxes for a $50,000 market value.

Source: Public Financial Management, Inc. 10/7/2009




COMMUNITY DIALOGUE RESULTS

Introduction

The Warren County School District held a community dialogue to present and gather input on the High School Feasibility Study on November

10, 2009 in the gymnasium at Warren Area High School. Approximately 300 people attended and participated in the dialogue. Following an

introduction by School Board Members and the Superintendents, staff from DeJONG presented the High School Feasibility Study to the

attendees. Following the presentation, participants worked individually on questionnaires, and in groups of 6-8 people to discuss the same

questions, listen to each other‟s opinions, and try to reach consensus on a group questionnaire.

At the conclusion of community dialogue, the results from the group work were posted on large flipcharts for participants to see the preliminary

results. After the community dialogue, the individual and group questionnaires were tallied by DeJONG. These results are included in this

report.

For each question, individual and group responses are tallied separately, and a summary of those results is included. Additionally, a summary of

the individual and group comments is included, as well as all comments.

Left: Groups

discuss the

questionnaire

at the community

dialogue

Right: Group

representatives

record responses

at the end of the

community

dialogue




Question 1. What is the ONE most important factor for deciding among school facilities options?

Results Summary

The majority of individual and group respondents indicated

that impact on community is the most important factor

for deciding among school facilities options. A smaller

percentage of respondents indicated that improving

education as the most important factor.

Based on the comments, many respondents felt that a

combination of two or more of the factors were important for deciding among school facilities options, but that the most important

is impact on community.

Individual Comments:

Other: Transportation [2]

Other: Impact on students. [2]

Other: Impact on student & community.

Other: Impact on kids personally!

Other: Leave things as is

Other: That all students including (Special Education Students) are

prepared to be employed upon graduation.

Other: Smaller classes, smaller schools.

Other: Saving the community.

Keep our four schools. [3]

You can‟t separate education from community.

I think they are all important. We must improve the education

for our kids at a minimal cost while getting our buildings caught up

for the 21st Century.

My biggest concern is quality of education and cost. We can‟t

afford a school district of this size with our tax base. We need to

0.00%10.00%20.00%30.00%40.00%50.00%60.00%70.00%80.00%

Improving education

Least costly Impact on community

Improving building

condition

Most Important Factor for Deciding

Among School Facilities Options

IND GRP

IND GRP

Improving education 34.83% 23.08%

Least costly 0.50% 0.00%

Impact on community 62.69% 73.08%

Improving building condition 1.99% 3.85%




be more efficient with our tax dollars to give better educational

resources.

You can‟t improve education on a school you don‟t have.

Impact on community is just as important as improving education.

Impact on community is just as important.

The keeping together our communities most important. Four

schools – four communities.

Yes, statistically class size doesn‟t affect education but to an

individual, a large class can be stressful.

Low property value with 2 schools.

Education involves community and family function. Impact on

community important.

There is no one most important factor. All factors weigh in on

my decision.

Consolidating schools will ruin communities.

This is something that was done across the county 20 years ago. I

have seen and heard that community and neighborhood schools

produce better results. Many areas are now going back to smaller

schools in many areas.

Improving education and impact on community should not be

mutually exclusive.

Stronger community leads to supportive learning environment.

Education should guide our decisions.

Education improvement means that people leaving the schools are

better prepared to have successful lives per their own direction.

Education is very important to me, but consolidating schools

would hurt the community.

Quality education and social aspects.

I believe in improving education and I know that money and

decreasing population are a problem, “but”, our community

would die which is what the US Forest Service would like and

make us all a National Forest. I don‟t want to see our school

gone when it is the Heart of our Town. If not 2 or 4 schools, do

3.

Education!/Seat time on bus!/Community!

If you close schools, we will lose business in our communities

from people moving.

The community impact directly relates to improved education.

Schools are more than buildings – the kids are what counts.

I would be willing to pay more taxes to get a better education.

Renovation costs are most cost effective considering community

input.

Property value in towns where schools are closed will lose value,

businesses will have little reasons to stay, and people will begin to

move. I personally do not see the logic of paying property taxes

to close our community schools and renovate waste-holes like

Beaty and Warren HS.

We are a large geographical area. Transportation times will

increase for too many students.

In all the options-we should look at closing Beaty- Each

community will have their own high school.

Improve education opportunities – more electives! Prepare our

kids for the 21st century.

Lose your schools and your town dies.

I am concerned about improving education equally as impact on

community.

It is the quality of teachers who overall improve the education,

not the building‟s physical make-up or location.

I want my kids to receive the best education possible. I realize

that if my kids went to Warren, they would be offered more

classes; however, I think the class size and social aspects may

deter them from learning more.

To keep the small communities and the schools in those areas

alive with pride. EHS has a good record. Students are very

happy, we have the highest SATS and always #1 in sports.

For schools, take tax dollars from each school district and put

only into the corresponding school.

History tells us, you close the school property values go down.

Long bus rides, less community involvement. New buildings can‟t

create better schools. The impact on students and parents is not

desirable.

My son, age 5 now, presently travelling on the bus over 2 hours

daily since Lander Elementary School is now closed. He is only in

kindergarten. How much can a child reasonably be expected to

do? This is not acceptable. I will not bus my son to Warren,




Corry, or Youngsville. Would this turn into a 3 hour bus trip,

perhaps more?

Close Beaty, it‟s a dinosaur + money pit. Youngsville is rather

new and it is more central than WAHS and perhaps should be a

middle school. What happens after 10 years when the population

increases and there isn‟t room for all of them, it‟s cyclical.

Because of classes, children who need help and also sports, only

the best are able to play, and it won‟t be fair to others.

If you destroy community support, more students will drop out.

Social problems will increase.

If the district goes to 2 schools it will drastically change the

education for the students? They will be backed into huge classes.

It is my personal experience that students do much better in a

class with fewer students. Students get more attention and it is

much easier to ask questions. More scholarships are also available

to students with 4 schools.

Transportation, distance needs to be addressed.

Why would we want to close a school where we are getting a

better education and have more AP classes than any other school

in the country? May this is because smaller classes where

teachers can work one on one with their students.

Impact on community is a huge concern of mine. I moved my

family away from the city to specifically have my children go to

smaller schools.

Improving education but the impact on community.

The impact on the community needs to be positive.

Closing schools will impact resale value of homes etc. Who

wants to buy a house in a community without a high school?

Improving education is obviously important, but so are the others.

See which high school is doing the best academically –

Eisenhower.

People would not move into the community knowing how far

away the schools are. Also, people would move out of the county

or attend schools such as Corry or Southwestern.

Making bigger school doesn‟t necessarily mean better education.

In small groups more one on one and better understanding.

More about not making things worse, which consolidation will do.

The negative impact that it would create if EHS and SHS were

closed is more than anyone can imagine.

Out community is very supportive of our schools and HS

students. The students have smaller classrooms which is

extremely good for their education.

Smaller class sizes – more one on one with students. Over two

hours a day commute. When are students expected to do

homework, study, rest?

The communities love Sheffield and Eisenhower. They would lose

hope and stuff. People would lose hope.

Kids who don‟t live in Warren won‟t be able to have extra

athletic activity because they won‟t have “all” athletic group

practice right after school and a lot of our kids walk and that

won‟t be an option. Parents out of area won‟t attend as many

functions because of travel time. Leave 4 4 4.

As a recent college graduate, I have seen firsthand how students

in the district are behind others, even within this region in the

opportunities provided.

Improving education is always the most important, but maintaining

the discipline and peer environment is also important.

School facilities should never be decided on one issue.

The community loses a lot when you take away their schools.

This is part of the community and people look at this when

deciding what area to move in.

I want my tax dollars spent in my community.

There is more than one important factor in this decision. You

have to be able to select more than those listed above.

All are equally important. All of the above.

Personally, I think this “plan” is absolutely crazy. High schools are

fine as is. Maybe taking WAHS out of the plan would help

considering we have around 1,100 students compared to others

with 300 to 400 students. No matter how you slice it issues such

as utilities and improvements are still going to be present.

There is a sense of camaraderie among everyone who goes to a

school. I am proud to say I go to Warren and I don‟t want to

change that. I would also love my children to go here if I still live

here. I think things are fine the way they are




The school is part of the community. If you lose the school, you

lose the interest in the community. Would WAHS like to be

closed down and students bussed to another community?

I believe opportunity for education is the most important factor

and the provision for every student to excel

Smaller classes are better for the kids to learn

I feel our northern area has achieved educational excellence.

Closing these would greatly impact our community and students

Improving education, cost effectively

Students and their communities must buy into any school

configuration. Schools are more successful when students and

parents are fully involved. The further away from a school the

less parent and student involvement

Course offerings and building conditions aren‟t even close to

equal

I fell this can be done without impact on the community

Education should not be pushed to the side

Deterioration of communities has contributed to lack of

involvement by parents and students. Many families are moving

away due to many reasons, but having a local school is important

Transportation is time consuming, costly, & overly exhausting to

students. What good is educational opportunity without the

ability and time to absorb and retain it

Quality of student life

Smaller schools are better for the kids

The youth of Warren County would provide the best ideas. It is

their school system. Ask for their future and they already work

together at the YMCA for sports. They could provide a fresh

look at big controversy.

Eisenhower‟s quality of education is already improving adequately.

Moving the students somewhere else would be detrimental to

their education. Those who are current students or alumni of

Eisenhower (and Sheffield) haven‟t done anything to have their

Alma Mater taken away from them.

This includes impact on our kids.

You need to realize that the human factor needs to be taken into

consideration.

Keep high schools open. It will be more beneficial academically

and will also afford more opportunities in sports/ and other

extracurricular activities (regardless of the study).

Do not want new buildings – only renovations.

Results

Four school scenario is no different than the two school scenario.

Four school renovation is not much different than the two school

option. Educational results are currently also not significantly

different.

I feel that larger schools will obviously create larger class sizes.

This does not improve education.

I think the most important factor is what is best for the students

all over the county.

Education is also important but combining schools does not

create a better education. Education comes from the individual

teaching the education and the students willing to supply

themselves.

I believe that our children should come first. This is about their

education.

Your school is the center of your community. Keep our schools

open.

There are too many considerations not addressed on this form.

This survey is slanted to achieve the results the board wants.

I believe the best option for the students individually should be

chosen. The District shouldn‟t care about the cost of efficiency

over education.

Improving education quality of the best cost/benefit ratio.

WAEC is the perfect example of the positive impact on students

due to consolidation.

Educational improvement is always the #1 concern; or it should

be. Impact on the community seems to be the driving force here

tonight vs. least costly.




Group Comments:

Other: Transportation

Other: Keep four

Other: Impact on students and community

Impact on community with improving education [2]

Keep all 4 high schools open

Varying opinions and ideas

Additional busing time would ultimately affect education

Education is important also, but consolidation does not create

better education. Educators create better education. Students

need a name, not a number.

Charter schools and home schooling will become more popular

and tax dollars will go to those

Well-rounded education

It is a combination of 3: improving education, improving building

condition, impact on community

Split between improving education and impact on community

The community supports our families and our children

Without a stable community that improved education may be less

likely to occur

All are important

All other aspects impact the community

Community support is essential to improving education

Loss of school would impact community to extremes

Home value decreases with lack of school in area

If you lose the school, you lose the community. Difficult to decide

between impact on community and improving education.

Teachers impact education.

Close Beaty and Warren

Community support improves education

Our table was happy with the previous result of 4 HS option at

the meeting at St. Joseph‟s




Question 2A. If the school district had two high schools, which option would you prefer?

Results Summary

The majority of individual and group respondents indicated

that of the two high school options, Option B (Warren

Area High School and a New High School) would be the

preferred option.

[Note: Comments for Question 2A are included with Question 2B]

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Option A - WAHS and YHS 30.99% 38.89%

Option B - WAHS and New HS 69.01% 61.11%

0.00%

20.00%

40.00%

60.00%

80.00%

Option A - WAHS and YHS Option B - WAHS and New HS

If the District had 2 High

Schools, Which Option Would You Prefer?

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Question 2B. Please rate the desirability of the high school options.

Results Summary

Over eighty percent of individual and group respondents rated both two high school options as low.

Comments indicated that many respondents would prefer to maintain the current four high school model. Of the two options,

Option B is preferred, although most comments do not support either.


Neither. [21]

Keep the 4 schools. [11]

Not an option. [4]

Youngsville does not have the acreage for an adequate facility.

As painful as it may be for some, we really need to consolidate for

the reasons I stated in question 1.

Being familiar with YHS, I don‟t feel its location is suitable to

handle more students. A more centrally located HS between YHS

& EMHS seems more desirable.

Leave alone.

The communities need individual schools.

I don‟t favor either of the two high school options.

The write in vote on November elections is evidence of the

serious concerns of the tax payer.

Keep all high schools open!

I am 100% against the 2 school option.

Leave 4 open. Tax payers pay your salary.

Renovate existing schools. Students deserve to be educated in

their own community.

Other – Move Beaty students to WAHS and send Warren

students to other 3 high schools.

Beaty moving to WAHS – send WAHS students and staff to the 3

remaining schools to offer these wonderful courses. May improve

numbers of students that are in the Honor Society from those

from the WAHS.

Other-Beaty moving to WAHS – sending WAHS to the existing 3

high schools.

Do not support the 2 HS options.

Provides the new environment to the most students.

Do not want consolidation.

In question 1 – no mention is made about sports and clubs. If

anyone wants more than education in the schools-why use

High Moderate Low High Moderate Low

Option A - WAHS and YHS 7.37% 6.32% 86.32% 0.00% 12.00% 88.00%

Option B - WAHS and New HS 3.74% 12.83% 83.42% 0.00% 4.00% 96.00%

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taxpayer money for it-keep the schools for education-not social

life. If parents want their children in all of those activities the cast

should be to them not close or consolidate at the expense of

others.

Keep all schools.

Youngsville is further for me, personally either 2 school scenario

is better than 4.

Either way you are wasting money just to improve Warren and

deal with the rest of the kids some other way.

Neither option should be on the table.

Neither option is preferred choice.

I want 4 schools not 2 schools. I don‟t like any of the options for

2 schools.

Schools, leave it alone.

I think you should stay with 4 schools.

I believe bumping down to 2 schools is a horrible idea. In my

opinion 4 schools is way better because there are smaller class

sizes.

Totally disagree with 2 schools.

I do not feel either of these is acceptable or very attractive.

I don‟t believe it will work. McKean County survives with its 4 or

5 school districts. If the district would not have consolidated we

wouldn‟t be having this meeting. The charter school will become

more and more important.

This is all about enhancing standing at Warren while stealing from

our rural communities.

Get rid of WAHS. Make WAHS a middle school with the current

elementary school. Build a new High school towards the Russell

Area. Bus Warren, Sugar Grove and Russell students there.

Going to 2 schools would really hurt every community. My family

will seriously consider moving out of this district if it goes with

two schools.

None of these options. Though I suspect 4 high schools if we

were to go to 2 high schools, it would be 2 new high schools.

New school names, new colors, new mascots, a fresh start for all.

Neither is agreeable.

I like the other 2 school options better

Closing Warren + distributing out to the 3 schools.

Close Warren and transport the Warren area kids to the other

schools. Renovate the 3 schools.

These should not be the only options. Let‟s close Warren High

School and send them students out to the other 3 schools.

Using geographic studies, more effort needs to be put into the

feasibility of having 3 instead of 2 high schools.

If three high schools are an option…Move Warren students to

other schools – close Beaty – leave Warren as a middle school.

No one from EHS would want to go to YHS.

If you were going to consolidate, why would you have one school

in the middle of the county and one on the end? Also, why would

you want to create more problems for these students? Bullying,

larger classes, lots of time spent on a school bus. If you need to

close something, close Beaty, the money pit!

Do not support the two school option.

SAMHS forever.

Sheffield, Youngsville, Eisenhower, no Warren, move Beaty.

Keep four high schools. All the smaller towns will diminish and

there will be more people moving out. Why not split Warren

between SAMHS, YHS, EHS?

Four schools or remove Warren.

Youngsville has no room to expand.

I don‟t want a two high school.

I would prefer four schools. I do not even consider two an

option.

Neither my children will become home-school students or go to

Christian school.

Whose bright idea is this

If we have to go to two schools, I think a new facility should be

built

Close WAHS & Beatty. Why close EHS?

I attended parent teacher conference at EHS on 10.09.2009. I am

impressed the school looks so good and well kept and clean.

Many inner city schools would love to have a school like EHS and

all the property with it. Students are happy with their own

schools.

My children will not attend a two high school option

No new schools




Without time to digest data, difficult to say

This question is not written well. You are only giving people the

choice of two high schools. Then in your result you will report

that the majority chose two high schools

I will not choose just from a choice of two

I in no way agree with the basis of these questions. Where is the

three and four school; option?

It is a huge change for everyone it is different than what we have

had before, but maybe not bad.

I want equal opportunities for the students.

We consolidated grade schools in Warren and WAEC is a

fantastic learning experience

Not interested in any option that does not include Sheffield High

School.

Do not want either option on 2 A or 2 B

Close Warren, transport to the other 3 schools

Neither option in 2A is acceptable. If WAHS has space, move

student from Beatty to WAHS. Close Beatty and save any

renovation costs. We finished Russell just six years ago. WAHS

has had all the renovation for 20 years and Eisenhower has had

none. They are due the next renovation at Eisenhower. First on

the list

Eisenhower needs to exist. There‟s no question about their ability

to outperform Warren on the state test. We have dedicated

teachers and a decent environment, although renovations to the

heating system would be fantastic. No one will want to ride a bus

all the way to Warren or Youngsville every day.

Don‟t care for either.

It has been proven that larger schools are not conducive to

greater academics. It is too easy to overlook the needs of all the

students. Our school administration is paid by us (therefore they

work for us). Listen to all sides.

These options only benefit Warren.

Do not support the two (2) high schools option – Want four (4)

high schools.

If two (2) high schools – will they be equal in all aspects such as

course offerings, activities, etc.

Both options are not a good scenario for this County.

Option A is unacceptable to me.

I like the four (4) schools system because of the impact on the

students. With this system there are more opportunities for

students to become well-rounded.

If there were two (2) schools a new one would be better.

Spend less money. Our elderly population is worried about paying

their taxes!

Group Comments:

Keep all 4 high schools open [4]

Not interested

Neither option [4]

We would prefer three – SHS K-12

Keep Ike open

Question 2A is not an option!

We only like the four high school option

No consensus at our table

Some concern with the expansion of YHS

We‟ve already been working on improvements in Sheffield and

should continue to do so

Our children would not attend a 2-school option

Not enough land at Youngsville

Four schools or possibly three by dividing Warren

Two new schools would be preferable to two current schools

We do not prefer two schools in any option




Question 3. Please select whether you believe 4 high schools or 2 high schools would provide the

best opportunities for students for each criteria.

Results Summary

The majority of individual and group respondents indicated that for each criteria either the four high school scenario would provide

the best opportunities for each student or there would be no difference between the four high school and two high school scenario.

Comments indicated that that transportation, competition, and community spirit should also be included in the criteria, that the four

high school scenario best preserves those criteria.


Other: Competition

Other: Spirit

Other: Loss of rivalry.

Other: Love

Other: Transportation/Travel Time [7]

Other: Community [5]

Other: Parent participation [2]

Other: Leave as is [2]

4 HS 2 HS No Diff. 4 HS 2 HS No Diff.

A. Program/Course Offerings 56.48% 21.30% 22.22% 40.74% 22.22% 37.04%

B. Special Education 64.68% 10.09% 25.23% 60.71% 7.14% 32.14%

C. AP Programs 55.35% 21.86% 22.79% 44.44% 22.22% 33.33%

D. Foreign Language 51.87% 21.03% 27.10% 42.31% 15.38% 42.31%

E. Performing Arts 63.43% 10.65% 25.93% 61.54% 0.00% 38.46%

F. Career Tech. 46.23% 7.08% 46.70% 32.14% 3.57% 64.29%

G. Elective Courses 55.92% 23.70% 20.38% 46.15% 15.38% 38.46%

H. Extracurriculars 75.80% 11.87% 12.33% 92.31% 0.00% 7.69%

I. Athletics/Sports Teams 82.19% 9.13% 8.68% 96.15% 0.00% 3.85%

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Other: Teacher to student ratio

Other: Peer support

Other: Sense of belonging

Community spirit [4]

Keep all 4 schools open. [3]

Two schools will provide better opportunities for our children

and in the long run, save us money.

Four high schools would allow us to provide average and remedial

course better. But more advanced opportunities exist in a 2 high

school scenario.

Four high schools are better for each community.

If you personalized enrollment number for classes and activities

with the number job students in the schools, anything is possible.

Ex. Sheffield has 5 AP students to make a class. Youngsville has

12 to have an AP class.

Small class size proves a better education. I don‟t want my child

to become a number.

While I believe there would be more programs available for my

children. I feel that their class sizes are better when they are

small.

4 high schools would be best for sports and extracurriculars

because there is a limit on number of participants.

The best we can do four our kids is to give them all the

opportunities that the small town schools have to offer. We have

that home town pride.

Too many get lost in the consolidation of these schools. Many

“not so good” athletes and academic students will be turned away

likes to drugs, etc. Teachers forget names, not enough room to

write all the downfalls…. I‟ve learned from watching other

communities make the same mistake.

When there are so many children, will you guarantee that the

children with problems will get the help they need and not just a

“No”.

AP courses can be offered though distance learning. Eisenhower

has one of the highest percentages in extra-circulars. More

students get a chance to play at smaller schools.

Eisenhower has several AP programs that have many students

from EHS also several clubs, extracurricular and sports teams in

which several students participate. Four high schools would really

be beneficial for the districts.

Education may be influenced by the things but learning is not.

Smaller class sizes help education. Schools that underperform

should be looked at.

Do you realize that putting 2 rival schools into one could be a bad

idea? Especially EHS vs. YHS.

Least time on road for students on bus.

After visiting colleges with a friend and daughter-the college

people said they prefer HS student not take AP courses - most

are not taught properly and students can‟t pass the test.

As the study shows, there is already ample opportunities at each

of the 4 high schools. Students at 2 high schools would have

fewer chances to participate.

Any student wanting more than is offered in their school – being

in Warren County they can attend the one where it is offered.

Jaded to the presentation.

I graduated from outside of this area – senior class was 800.

There were definite advantages and disadvantages – fewer

students could experience certain activities (sports – seemed to

be the same students – fewer typical athletes could compete).

Bands were bigger though, etc.

Smaller classes are pretty much better for every student.

Teachers at EHS know their students on a personal level, due to

the smaller class sizes.

There are so many options for AP courses the bigger the school

doesn‟t matter.

Having smaller schools creates the same opportunities as it does

with two high schools! In fact, it makes everything so much more

personable!

The one on one time afforded in four high schools in the smaller

classes provides a more meaningful education! Because the issue

of schools should focus on students, the smaller classes should be

seen as bonus and seeing as there is no difference in course

offerings, four schools is better.

Keep four schools forever.

Why change!

Bigger classes mean less attention of every aspect on education.




Loaded questions.

There is no reason why all courses cannot be offered at all

schools. With distant learning you can offer it.

In sports everyone would not get to compete.

The larger the school the lesser the chance for student to

participate in activities, leadership, sports, etc.

To be a student and not a number

Travel time

The goal should be educating the middle group of student to the

best of our ability with less emphasis on elitist A.P. groups

Will transportation home be available for SHS & EHS students

who wish to participate in athletics & extracurricular? Use

distance learning for AP & foreign languages

Four high schools only

With distance learning there should be little or no differences

between 2 or 4 high schools

Electives can be more broadly offered

Teachers may have better schedules / kids more choices for

teachers‟ larger choirs / bands / football teams, etc.

AS in the past, if a student chooses to he/she may take any

courses or play any sport by driving to the offering school

Smaller classes will yield better results.

EHS has a great program.

Stupid question. Best opportunities are qualitative and not

dependent on physical # of schools.

Eisenhower, Sugar Grove and Russell are maintaining school

population.

I have been involved with youth sports and when it comes to

athletics and extracurricular activities, I do not feel that the kids

living in the outlaying areas receive equal treatment.

No one school can equal even within the County. The District

does a good job of providing all of the above.

Two (2) high schools does not offer any more options for the

EHS people than what schools is offering now.

More opportunities for all to participate with four high schools.

I do not want my child to be on the bus for that long. They

wouldn‟t have time for sports, etc. due to transportation time.

Class size becomes an issue. I believe Beauty implemented a

program that increases teachers and reduces students to bring up

PSSA scores. Class size determines whether extra time will be

spent with each student.

I think that four (4) schools can educate children as well as two

(2) schools and the community will not lose its identity.

Four (4) schools offer a better option for overall success.

No difference because of distance learning.

Group Comments:

Other: Bus/transportation [2]

Other: Community spirit

Other: Travel time

Other: Parental involvement

Other: Class size

Kids can drive to other schools if you want those opportunities.

Willing to sacrifice for four schools

My son said he would rather lose every game as a Sheffield

Wolverine than win one game as a Dragon

School involvement

With internet availability and technology this is available to

everyone

Not enough money for a mill increase

Either four or three

Offerings can be made to support students who need it in a

variety of situations with either option

Three school option not studied

The human factor has to take precedence, quality of the teaching

is more important than the number of schools we have

Eisenhower highest participation




Question 4. If the district were to have only two high schools, how would you prefer middle schools

(grade3s 6-8) be configured in the northern part of the district?

Results Summary

The majority of individual and group respondents

indicated preference for Option B. If the district were to

have only two high schools, respondents would prefer to

convert Eisenhower to 6-8, and convert Sugar Grove and

Russell to K-5.

Comments indicated that many respondents would prefer

for Eisenhower to be maintained as a high school, but

would prefer it to be a middle school instead of no longer

in operation.


Other: Leave them the way they are. [17]

Other: Keep Eisenhower open. Keep four (4) high schools.[9]

Other: Neither [8]

Other: Leave EHS open! [2]

Other: Do not agree with the 2 high school option at all.

Other: My children will not attend.

Other: Don‟t mess with our schools!!!

Other: Close Beaty

Other: EHS 7-12.

Other: Keep both sugar grove & Russell K-6 & EHS, JR, SR. High

Other: They were complaining a few years ago that the new

Russell ES is too small why would they want to cram more kids in

there

Other: The word is if. We may choose to move 7 miles north to

Frewsburg, NY. Like many, my wife works in Jamestown, NY and

we can always buy another small farm.

Other: No not acceptable

IND GRP

A. Convert Sugar Grove and Russell from K-6 to K-8 and close Eisenhower 23.21% 12.50%

B. Convert Eisenhower to 6-8, and convert Sugar Grove and Russell to K-5 76.79% 87.50%

0.00%20.00%40.00%60.00%80.00%

100.00%

A. Convert Sugar Grove and Russell f rom K-6 to K-8 and

close Eisenhower

B. Convert Eisenhower to 6-8, and convert Sugar Grove and

Russell to K-5

Preference for Middle School Configuration if there were 2 High

Schools

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Other: I would move before my child needs to graduate to

Warren High School or any other long distance to a school

similar to Eisenhower such as Cassadaga, NY or Frewsburg, NY.

Other: Both are not acceptable

Other: More 6th grade to Eisenhower from Russell and Sugar

Grove.

Other: Close Beaty shrink WAHS and use all 4 high schools

Other: Keep Sugar Grove, Russell, and Eisenhower.

Other: No Middle schools

Other: I wouldn‟t prefer two high schools.

Other: No!

Other: I wouldn‟t want 2 high schools.

Other: Close Beaty and move to middle – high school of Warren.

Other: Beaty

Other: Upgrade all schools.

Other: I don‟t support two high schools in any form.

Other: Don‟t change the middle schools

Other: I do not agree with the premise of only two high schools

Other: Eisenhower 7-12, Russell & Sugar Grove the same

Other: Just don‟t, that would be so stupid.

Other: Don‟t like mixing the older 7th & 8th grade kids.

Other: Want to keep four (4) high schools. Leave EHS. Do not

want separate MS – Have them with HS.

Other: We need uniformity across the District. All should be the

same.

Other: Do not wish to change.

No change [11]

Keep the four high schools. [2]

Being a middle school teacher I feel middle school students should

be separate from elementary students.

I would be in favor of closing Sheffield Elementary and AV and put

all the children K-12 in Sheffield HS.

Keep EHS.

Sheffield K-5 to AV.

Neither – if 2 schools should start at elementary level.

No matter where the locations, have them configured the same.

Use WAHS for middle school utilities. Youngsville, EHS and

SAMS HS for 9-12 grades.

It appears keeping Eisenhower open for 6-8 would help reduce

transportation time and costs for those students.

Option B – Pay to renovate. 2 schools that need major

renovations? Why is that even an option?

Convert Sugar and Russell from K-6 to K-8

I think 2 schools is really going to hurt the district and destroy

communities they are in. Also no one will more to a town

without a school.

Education research has shown middle schools are not conducing

to learning or social development. Why don‟t educators pay

attention to the research

Sugar Grove helps to feed the most accomplished high school:

EHS!

No room in SG&R

Four schools only

If this meeting is about merging high schools, why do we need to

worry about middle schools? One plan at a time, please

Elementary schools are for elementary students, do no combine

If you convert EHS, why not keep it a high school? Russell was

just renovated and Sugar Grove has no room on site for

renovations

I believe younger kids should remain in small, community schools

Again you want me to choose the two high school option

These are leading questions forcing a choice of two high schools

Keep four high schools

Prefer none, prefer four high schools

In my opinion grade 6 will always be elementary, not middle

school age

Four high schools

I cannot believe, still that that this dispute hasn‟t been settled

because obviously people in Eisenhower area want their tax

money to keep it open.

Neither, K-6 at Sugar Grove, 7-12 at Eisenhower.

All areas should be uniform. Move up to EHS.

Our school is our community, we love EHS.




Put Warren high school with Beaty and keep four (4) high

schools.

Middle school students do better when they are thrown in with

older kids and are forced to speak and to grow up. Elementary

kids mixed with 12-14 year olds is not necessarily good.

Keep the outlying elementary schools open.

Group Comments:

Other: No change [4]

Other: Neither [3]

Other: Don‟t support two high schools in any form

Other: No two-school options

Middle school kids should be kept separate

Kindergarteners should not be in same school as 8th grade

Bring Sugar Grove up to par and leave Eisenhower as is

Keep elementary schools open in outlying areas




Question 5. How would you prefer to address elementary school grade configuration in the central

attendance area?

Results Summary


indicated a preference for Option B, to renovate South

Street for K, move Grade 1 from South Street to WAEC,

and move Grade 5 from WAEC to Beaty MS. There was

also some support for Option A.

Comments indicated a concern for the current condition

of Beaty, and a preference to not move more students to

that location or to close Beaty altogether.


Other: Keep as is. [7]

Other: Neither [5]

Other: Close Beaty [4]

Other: Close Beaty and send them to Warren [2]

Other: I repeat, don‟t mess with our schools.

Other: Put K-1 at WAEC

Other: Keep using Allegheny Valley

Other: Sheffield site

Other: Renovate Sheffield and leave it alone

Other: Do not pour any money into Beaty.

Other: Go back to half day kindergarten.

Other: Go back to one room schools for grade school.

IND GRP

A. Renovate and add-on to Pleasant Township School to replace South Street as a

K-1 facility 42.74% 38.10%B. Renovate South Street for K, move Grade 1 from South Street to WAEC, and

move Grade 5 from WAEC to Beaty MS 57.26% 61.90%

0.00%10.00%20.00%30.00%40.00%50.00%60.00%70.00%

A. Renovate and add-on to Pleasant Township School to replace South Street as a K-1

facility

B. Renovate South Street for K, move Grade 1 f rom South Street to WAEC, and move

Grade 5 f rom WAEC to Beaty MS

Preference for Elementary School Configuration in the Central Attendance

Area

IND GRP




Other: Renovate Sugar Grove Elementary!

Other: Don‟t know.

Other: Do not know details. Cannot comment.

Other: Upgrade all schools.

Other: We just got a new elementary school

Other: Make WAEC into middle school

Other: Make Beatty Pre-K though 6

Other: We need uniformity. All schools should have the same

configuration.

No change [4]

4 high schools. [2]

South St. was not built to house so many young students.

Beaty MS is overcrowded and they tried once for a 5-8 school at

Beaty, and it didn‟t work.

Central attendance area does not apply to me.

Be sure classes aren‟t over crowded.

Most are K-4 and 5-8 and 9-12 in many other areas and states.

Do minor renovations to existing schools.

As a result of question 4 option, more space may evolve with no

need to open Pleasant or renovate South St.

I see no preference.

Why did we as tax payers pay for WAEC if it can‟t even hold all

the intended students and now we are paying for you to correct

this problem of Warren?

I‟m an EHS resident. I don‟t think it is fair for me to answer this

question since I‟m not knowledgeable about the central

attendance area.

Do ASAP.

I can‟t believe there is a new grade school in Warren. And the

kindergarten students are bussed out of town. Who figured that

out?

Don‟t destroy our communities.

I find it amazing that a school board would vote for full day

Kindergarten and not have a building. It‟s time to cut out frills and

support for basic education in our 4 communities.

A middle school should be next to a high school not an

elementary school.

Beaty is falling down and we should not waste money renovating

it because it is so far gone.

I don‟t understand why we have not be complicated and switch

everthing around why can‟t we leave the schools as they are?

It honestly doesn‟t matter to me in this case because I‟m not from

Warren.

They closed schools (elementary). Did not work.

Elementary schools are fine as is

They should have made WAEC bigger to start with. Think first

Why was WAEC built? It is already too small. That concerns me

and make public lose faith in people (board & administration) who

are making decisions. I question any decision to retain or

renovate Beatty

Not an acceptable option

Not happy with the WAEC building

All Pre-K thought 5 or 6 under one roof on Beatty property in

existing building or new building is the only reasonable solution.

Too many transition for young people with all these buildings

None of these

Grade 5 was just moved to Warren Elementary for a reason.

Move Beatty student to WAHS

Close Beatty and move to High School

Grade school needs to be kept together

Get rid of Beatty school. It is just a big price to keep

Just as long as a multi-million dollar Russell Elementary stays open.

Keep 5th graders in elementary school. They do not need to be

influenced by 8th graders!

Close them all and send them to Beaty.

I would like to see all the elementary schools together.

Too many shifts in schools cause unrest in children.

Warren Elementary isn‟t working. You need smaller schools.

Should have built WAEC to originally accommodate K-4.

Add to WAEC if possible.

No idea what is best. My children will not go to this school.

Why isn‟t it mentioned to close Beaty and move to Warren HS?

6-12




Children benefit from attending schools with children of other ages.

Group Comments:

Other: No change [3]

Other: Not an option

Other: Reopen the schools that have been closed to

accommodate children

Other: Make WAEC into a middle school, make Beaty Pre-K thru

Grade 6

Other: Go back to half day kindergarten

South Street is too small and Beaty cannot accommodate 5 – 8

Grade 5 was once at Beaty MS [2]

All elementary housed in the same building

Children benefit from being with children of other ages




Question 6. How many high schools should the Warren County School District have?

Results Summary

Over 90% of individual respondents and 100% of group

respondents indicated a preference for maintaining the

current four high school configuration.

Comments indicated that respondents strongly support

the existing four high schools in the district.


Keep four high schools [7]

Three high schools. [3]

Keep Eisenhower open. [2]

With bigger schools the top kids will continue to do well. There

will be more kids in the bottom who feel they don‟t fin in or can‟t

compete. There is less flexibility in bigger schools.

If you look at what‟s best for our kids, it is the proper decision to

make.

Keep as is.

This would be the best. The focus should be on education.

Keep all schools open.

Take care of what we have and monitor needs.

Gives student more closeness in all activities.

Other districts that have consolidated are now going back to

smaller schools. Why? Because it didn‟t work!!

If less money was spent at Central Office (reduce number of

administrators). These dollars could be spent to actually touch the

education to all students.

This depends on how we can best teach our children.

The stated advantages of consolidation will not work out in

practice. We have schools that perform well now and are

affordable. It is a pipe dream that consolidation would be better –

only for an elite few.

Why not close Beaty? Build the Warren Jr. HS then all Warren

will be in one location. Beaty requires a lot of maintenance. It

0.00%

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100.00%

150.00%

Four Two

How Many High Schools Should the Warren County School District Have?

IND GRP

IND GRP

Four 92.69% 100.00%Two 7.31% 0.00%




seems like the proposal is always in favor of closing the outlying

schools because of needing repairs. How much has been spent on

Beaty in the past 10 years.

Youngsville, Warren, and Sheffield. EHS is in bad condition.

ES should be shut down and students sent to YS and WS, based

on the costs of renovating ES as well as how the population is so

dispersed.

Do what was decided to do last time we had these meetings.

Or maybe 3. Sheffield, Youngsville, and Eisenhower. Move all the

Sr. High kids from WAHS to the three other Jr./Sr. Highs. Close

Beaty and move those kids to WAHS.

I believe that with only two schools some children will now

receive the education of individual attention that they deserve. If

the child is not one of the “best”, he or she will be left behind or

excluded.

I understand a lot of the financial differences but the welfare of

our children comes first. Eisenhower has been under attack for

years. Also repairs and free gas for heating has been neglected,

why? Because its easier to close a school if you let it lapse.

Close Beaty.

Send North Warren students to Eisenhower, Warren High is not

in the city of Warren, the city fire department cannot respond to

a fire first.

Four schools is the best for the district. It will cost even more to

have two schools because of busing, new uniforms and many

unexpected costs. EHS as a small school had extremely better

PSSA scores than the other schools also no one will move to a

town without a school many other will easily move away.

I like my country school with smaller classes where my teachers

can work more one on one with smaller classes.

3 school option needs to be addressed should Beaty be kept by

the School District.

Small class – more one on one – students learn more.

The impact on the community would be far less if the schools

were renovated and kept as is.

Please don‟t break up our community!

For the benefit of the students, more one on one, higher sports

participation and sense of community. Because education focuses

on students, four high schools is a better option.

We want our school, we want to be equal and we feel we need

our school for our town!

The more schools, the better the overall education and academic

skills that will be learned. The bigger a class, the less that is

learned and the less interest!!

In all honesty, two is too many. The district could conceivably

reduce to one high school.

It is my tax dollars paying. I should have a bigger say in this

matter than I do. I‟m all for fun high schools!

I want my tax dollars to be spent on my own community.

I believe that smaller schools are better overall than large schools.

If the District would have spent more “renovation” money on

EHMS, since 1968, it probably wouldn‟t require so much today!

Most differently four schools for community reasons to keep a

close knit community.

There are four communities, therefore there should be four high

schools

Do not lose your community by forcing people to overlook our

schools

For the size of the county, it is the only acceptable option

This was what the first study & dialogue elected

With two sport would be harder to get on the team and classes

would be fuller so it is harder to get the classes you want and not

as good teacher / student familiarity

Sports would be limited to kids who normally would have the

opportunity to play in a smaller school

Maybe I missed it in the presentation, but what would be the tax

increase per house to keep all four high schools open

Move Warren High School students to Eisenhower & Sheffield

More Warren high school to Sheffield and Youngsville

Two high schools for Warren County is ridiculous! No one will

learn in a class of 40+ obnoxious teenagers who don‟t respect the

teachers they don‟t know.

Kids don‟t need one hour busing times.

Sports and extra activities not high importance.




The community has already voted this way.

Eisenhower is doing exceptionally well academically; therefore

there is no reason to close it. There are very few behavior

problems (the newspaper prints several incidents from YHS and

Warren).

Because of the widespread area of the District, I think four (4)

schools would be better for the students and the communities

involved. Keep EHS and SAHS open.

Is this the best value for all parties?

Make all high schools Jr/Sr high buildings.

You would be killing two communities that depend on these

schools.

Our school is our community. Our kids are on the bus long

enough.

Your school is a major part of your community.

I vote for three (3). However, there are already plenty of students

enrolled in high schools in our County that are not being counted

in these statistics.

With Beaty closing and students going to Warren HS.

Let‟s consider one.

Group Comments:

Keep all four high schools [2]

To keep your community. Sense of security within the

community.

Educationally, four schools is the best option for everyone

Transportation is a big issue. Two schools would add additional

time spent away from home.

Class sizes would increase with two.

Table split between both

Staffing and equality are valid concerns, however we are firm in

our choice of four schools

Three – Sheffield, Youngsville, Eisenhower

Shrink Warren attendance area, close Beaty, utilize existing

buildings, make WAHS 7-12 facility

The number of schools doesn‟t matter as long as Eisenhower is

kept open

Transportation times are too excessive and costly

There are more honor students in the four schools than in

Warren alone and there are more opportunities for all students

not just the best students both academic and athletic




Question 7A. Would you be willing to support a tax increase to fund capital improvement

projects?

IND GRP

Yes 83.33% 96.55%No 16.67% 3.45%

Results Summary


indicated that respondents would be willing to support a

tax increase to fund capital improvement projects.

[Note: Comments for Question 7A are included with Question 7B]

0.00%

50.00%

100.00%

150.00%

Yes No

Would You Be Willing To Support A Tax Increase to Fund Capital Improvement

Projects?

IND GRP




Question 7B. If yes, what amount of a tax increase would you be willing to support to fund capital

improvement projects?

Results Summary

Respondents indicated they would be willing to

support a wide range in the size of tax increase to fund

capital improvement projects, with the majority of

individual and group respondents between 2 and 4

mills.

Comments indicated many respondents felt tax

increases are inevitable, and that they would be willing

to support an increase if it was for an appropriate

facilities plan.

IND GRP

1 mill increase (= to a $25 increase per $50,000 property value) 11.64% 15.00%








0.00%

5.00%

10.00%

15.00%

20.00%

25.00%

30.00%

35.00%

40.00%

1 mill 2 mill 3 mill 4 mill 5 mill 6 mill 7 mill 8 mill

What Amount of a Tax Increase

Would You Support?

IND GRP





Other: Whatever is necessary [8]

Other: For support of 4 high schools [7]

Other: Don‟t own a home. I‟m a student [2]

Other: No increase [2]

Other: Let‟s wait to see the plan [2]

Other: Depends on question 7A.

Other: How and where it will be used.

Other: Whatever it works out to best support the decision made.

Other: Doesn‟t affect me directly.

Other: Depends on the final result of outcome.

Other: Any of the above. My home has a minimal value

Other: Depends on what is done.

Only if we have four schools [6]

No matter what, taxes will increase [3]

Need to know how and where the money would be used. [2]

I don‟t mind paying more taxes if it is going to benefit the kids and

in the long run, save us money.

Do not want to pay additional taxes for no local school and

additional bussing.

Depends on what the improvements consist of.

What is it for?

What improvements?

We would need to know the decision before deciding.

Us it to improve education and maintain present facilities.

Only if these dollars are spent on capital improvement.

All of the building options need to be more modest. Buildings do

not educate.

The “city” will need to carry the rest of the county in whatever

tax increase is needed.

We already pay the highest mills in the state for class of county.

If renovations, would be willing to pay more tax.

Keep the same.

As I said in Question #1, education at any cost.

Yes, only if one high school remains at Sheffield.

We are not willing to pay a tax increases for you to close down

schools and build new ones or renovate schools in Warren.

Warren residents should have to pay if they want a new HS, ES or

MS.

In this economy – how can you justify an increase?

The increase should be to us parents who have children using the

school. Tax payers without children in school, max 2 mill

increase.

Eisenhower will stay open no matter what. Whether by the

school district or the charters. So it doesn‟t really matter to the

parents how it happens, but it might to the district.

I do not support building new schools and buildings when a lot of

the existing ones are closed or not being used efficiently.

Keep schools open.

I don‟t mind taxes increasing if the money supports community

student needs.

See question 6 comment!

For the benefits of the students, a tax increase is acceptable.

Keep EHS open!!

If all schools get the needed attention and not just to get the

upgraded like it has been done in the past.

The mill increase must stay with the school community

No matter what option we have, we are going to have to pay for

our schools

I just moved back from New York, where my taxes were nearly

$4,000 on a $140,000, so the tax issue is not a problem for me if I

am getting what I want.

Provided four high schools are maintained

WE need a plan that works for all the students, not just WAHS

Pine Grove Township taxes need to go toward Eisenhower.

I‟m already laid off.

The money you get is already spent on activities not related to

education. How much has been spent o this issue when we

already voted on it?




There is so much waste in this school district. Let‟s cut out waste

and use that for improvements.

Don‟t waste our money.

Develop annual budget for improvements so major renovations

are not needed.

I will pay more tax dollars for four (4) schools.

Yes, I would pay more for an option I want.

Group Comments:

Other: Need to know how and where it would be used

Other: Depends on where it is being spent

Other: 2 mills to 4 mills

Other: Need to develop long range plan

Other: Whatever it takes to keep it open

Other: The amount that works out to support the best decision

Other: Whatever it takes to keep Eisenhower open

Other: As much as needed to keep four schools

Would only support a tax increase if 4 high school configuration

[2]

All agree to fund capital improvement

Willing to support tax increase if Sheffield keeps high school

students

We waste too much money now – cut out waste

It should go to voter referendum like in New York State




Question 8. If there is a question we forgot to ask, what is the question and what is the answer?

Results Summary

Many comments indicated a preference for maintaining the current four high

school configuration. Respondents stated a desire to keep students in their

respective communities.


To what degree do you think implementing the 2 school plan

would affect your community? ANSWER: greatly!

Why is the data used not current!!

Does our input do any good? It doesn‟t seem that it does.

Why did you use old 2007 data instead of this year‟s?

Beaty is at least as old as the old WHS, which was a fire trap. Tell

me why should we put any more money into Beaty, which is also

a fire trap?

How is the educational improvement measured using old data

instead of new?

Should Eisenhower be kept open? YES!!!

Why not take Beaty or Warren Area Elementary Center and put

them into Warren Area HS?

What is the worst scenario if no change is made?

What are the specific needs of these high costs?

Would you support your school leaving WCSD rather than

closing your HS? Yes!

This survey is skewed to support a 2 high school option. You

need to listen to people from the community and keep the 4 high

schools. Has anyone noticed all of the babies being lately-we are

entering another baby boom. Use your head for something more

than a hat rack. The survey taken in spring 2008 should give you

people a clue – Nobody wants consolidation!!

Utilize differentiated instruction and don‟t offer an inordinate

amount of lower level classes.

Should the Warren attendance area be downsized by adjusting

current attendance area boundaries?

Do you value educational opportunities over buildings?

Keep the 4 schools.




When the steering committee came up with the 4 HS option,

there was input from DeJong that 50-75 million could be spent

without raising taxes. Also renovations would be cheaper now!

What was the need for the second study by DeJong?

Why Beaty? Don‟t you think the voters have spoken?

Why is the district always throwing so much money into Beaty‟s $

hole. $24 million to build a new school at Eisenhower and $21

million for historic renovations at Beaty?! We could have a whole

other new school!

Why Beaty?

Why not close down Warren and Beaty? That is where all the

money is needed….and invest in schools that are not falling apart.

Cost of Beaty.

Would you support opening Eisenhower as a Charter School if

the district went to a 2 high school scenario? Yes I would.

What would the actual cost savings be if we changed to a 2 high

school setting and one of the closed high schools [such as

Eisenhower] became a Charter School? It would probably cost a

lot more and mess up the attendance plan for the 2 HS‟s?

Why in all the options – why keep Beaty open?

Would you have a charter school if Eisenhower building was sold/

leased /given to you? Yes we could, as Tidioute, run a better

school without political attachments, as it is now. Less waste,

more opportunities, Community pride + volunteerism. Why

hasn‟t Warren been considered for closure? Eisenower has a

more stable base of students and has consistently outdone the

others in SAT scores. It is a common belief that Warren needs

our talent and numbers without the impact on students being

considered?

Close Beaty

How can we afford a full day kindergarten facility in the Warren

attendance area while closing Sheffield and Eisenhower?

How can you put money into Pleasant Township to keep kids

local but want students to bus from Bear Lake, Lotsville, and

Sheffield? I taught at Sheffield from my home in Lander and it was

an 18 mile drive which took me 30-40 minutes. A school bus run

with stops will take 60 to 90 minutes. Would board members

especially those who live in Warren, please ride the buses this

winter on a bad day from these outer areas and find out what it‟s

really like.

Why would you close Eisenhower when it‟s the only school in the

county that has kept a steady student population for the last 50

years, when Warren HS has lost student population?

What about renaming the schools, new school uniforms, new

mascots and other unthouht costs with 2 schools. We should ask

the students their opinions. We should take a community vote to

see what the majority of the community wants. 4 schools 4

Warren County.

There was no 3 school option studied.

What is best for the students! Increased individual participation

and better education is resulting from four schools.

The bottom line is this – my children should not have to spend all

their time on a bus. They should not have to run back and forth

from Warren constantly to participate in all their sports. The

Warren High School hill will be awful in winter. There is no

room for buses. There is not enough parking and all you are

going to have is a lot of bullying. A lot of discipline problems and

a lot of kids doing Cyber School. P.S. Will there be an activities

bus running to Sheffield every night until 9pm or will the Sheffield

kids not be expected to join anything?

Why not close Beaty and make Watts the middle and senior high

school 6-12? Please stop doing “studies” and start putting monies

toward repairs, etc. Study after study trying to get the results a

select few want to see is a waste of time and money.

I would like a chance to tell and give my opinion.

Why not close Beaty and make Watts 6-12? That would make

one less money pit and a bigger school which is what you want.

Leave the other school alone.

Deal with the emotional impact of larger schools.

You provided the cost per student for the charter school in

Tidioute. What is it for our students per school cost? It wasn‟t

provided.

If you are a student, how do you like you school? I love it. If you

are a parent, how do you like the school your child goes to? If

you are a student, what would you like to do with your school? I

would like my school either renovated or have a new one built




with my old school‟s work of art. If you are a student, how do

you like the education that you get? I like, but there are times I

wish we had a little more elections. If you are a parent, how do

you feel about your child‟s education now?

Since 1968, how much district funding has been spent on each

school?

When you talk about transportation cost and the cost is for

bussing. What about the cost for the parent travelling more miles

for functions/activities. The school now is two minutes maybe

from my house and my kids would go to YU which is 25-30

minutes away. In fact, none of the kids want this. My family will

leave the school district if two schools is chosen. Have they

figured that in the kids going to a different school, cyber schooling

where does that put the number?

Why can‟t WCSD hire a superintendent and keep him or her for

more than just a couple of years?

Why is it so important to keep four schools

Additional transportation has been provided for students in

outlying areas who want to participate in sports and

extracurricular activities…Were these included in your

transportation costs?

Why not one high school

Will savings pay debt service

Is there an optimum number of students per class

What happened to the idea of

o combining Sheff Elementary with Clarendon

o Get rid of SES

o Make South Street Kindergarten / 1st grade

o WAEC 2 to 5 grade

o Pleasant 6 to 8 grade

o WAHS 9 to 12th grade

o Get rid of Beatty

o Build at EHS addition for Sugar Grove Elementary &

Russell Elementary, Get rid of those elementaries and

keep EHS

I appreciate all 60 pages of data, but there might be too much

information for this audience to consume

If I get what I want (four high schools), what will it cost me?

Too many to address in this space

What about eliminating Beatty, renovating WAHS for a middle

school, and building two new high schools without territorial

issues

I definitely thing that retrofitting WAEC to a middle school and

using Beatty‟s properly as the single elementary campus Pre-K

through at least 5th grade, and preferably 6th grade

These studies, multiple studies now, always show a plane to

renovate Eisenhower. So far, all the funds go to WAHS &

Elementary Schools Finally, we need all the other schools to get

funded, with Eisenhower being first on the list.

I would like to know why the school board people who were

elected why they don„t have to answer the phone when you call

Where are the PSSA test results? Why are they being kept such a

secret? Because Eisenhower did so much better than Warren,

people can‟t know. It would look bad to close the best academic

school in the district.

What do we feel is best for the children? Not just economics. 3

or four (4) schools is the best option.

Why can nine (9) people on the Board make the decision for the

entire County? Put it on the ballot.

Charter school options if the four (4) high school option is not

chosen.

Should Beaty stay open? No – Why dump that kind of money into

something that is so deplorable! When a gift starts to cost you

that kind of money, you should give the gift back.

Why is there no consideration of Beaty closing?

Why isn‟t there a consideration to close Beaty and move those

students to WAHS?

Why is Beaty never in the equation?

Why not close Beaty? It‟s a mess.

Why is Beaty such a white elephant? Get rid of it?

Why not close Beaty and move 6,7 and 8th grade to a renovated

WAHS? Save $21 Million and a building.

What about what the kids want?

Travel time would be a major issue. The increased time would be

hard on small children, even teens.




Increased size would increase the spread of illnesses and major

pandemics could happen.

Would you be willing to sacrifice your students‟ education be

having two schools and more travel time? After all, the students

are what we are relying on to come back to our community

striving.

I think that whatever decision is made, that each school should

have a new identity, new colors, new mascot and new team

names. There will be too much conflict if team colors and mascots

are retained from the old schools.

Students should have an input. My daughter has received a good

education at Eisenhower and I would like my son to get the dam

chance. Colleges look for well-rounded students; students that

participate in activities.

In regards to bigger schools, in the case of sports or music

programs, the good ones will be chosen for these programs. Kids

that could have the opportunity to play in smaller schools will fall

through the cracks and will have low self-esteem.

Why don‟t you ask the students what they think?

Why is it only a historical renovation and was evaluated only on

the Steering Committee and dropped (for Beaty) to move to

Warren since the high school needs to be renovated.

Consider one (1).

Have you considered how many students will drop out to Cyber

School? I am fearful that they would drop out and/or the cost to

pay for alternative cybering would be great!

Group Comments:

Bottom line it: What is the cost per tax payer per year – 4

schools =? 2 schools =?

Don‟t you think the voters have spoken?

Why was 2007 data used when 2008 is available?

Why wasn‟t new data on PSSA tests used?

How much money has been spent on study after study?

Why keep Beaty open? Make Warren Junior Senior High

What is the impact of larger schools on children (unbiased)

Why wasn‟t the option of renovating EHS given?

Suggestion – close Beaty and put kids at WAHS

Fear of dropout rates or kids changing to cyber

PSSA scores? Eisenhower can‟t make the district look bad

Why was this put through without the vote of the people?

Has there been a study to consider the impact on attendance

either through secession, charter, home, or other options?

Would the district provide an after-activity bus to move students

from a new school back to their former attendance area, and have

the costs been included in the transportation costs?

Why wasn‟t Beaty mentioned?

What was the cost of this study and why wasn‟t the money used

to renovate schools in need of repair?

Perhaps the Erie County High Schools could be used as a model

for this and tax issues.

How much money has been spent on each school for upkeep and

renovation since 1968?

What about transportation cost increase for parents for

transportation to take, pick up kids from school and activities?

What about option of drilling at Eisenhower – this could

potentially cover heating costs and possible income.




Demographics

Note: Where participants were instructed to answer “all that apply,” percentages do not total 100%

IND

Under 18 8.3%

18-29 5.1%

30-39 19.8%

40-49 35.5%

50-64 21.7%

65+ 9.7%

Current Student 10.1%

Not a High School Graduate 0.4%

High School Graduate 23.3%

Some College/Trade School 21.1%

College Graduate 32.6%

Advanced Degree 12.3%

Do not have children in Warren County Schools 13.8%

Parent/Guardian of student less than 5 years old 7.6%

Parent/Guardian of kindergarten student 4.0%

Parent/Guardian of 1st thru 3rd grade student 20.4%

Parent/Guardian of 4th thru 5th grade student 15.1%



Parent/Guardian of private/parochial student 1.3%

Parent/Guardian of former student or graduate of WCSD 17.8%

Grandparent of student or graduate 12.4%

Parental/

Guardian

Status

Age

Education

Overall Respondent Demographics

Gender

Male 36.7%

Female 63.3%




IND

South Street 2.7%

Warren Area Elementary Center 5.3%

Beaty MS 8.0%

Warren Area HS 9.3%

Warren County Career Center 4.4%

Russell ES 25.2%

Sugar Grove ES 25.7%

Eisenhower MS/HS 56.6%

Youngsville ES/MS 3.1%

Youngsville HS 4.0%

Sheffield ES 22.6%

Allegheny Valley ES 8.4%

Sheffield MS/HS 27.4%

Please

select the

school(s)

with which

you are

most

closely

affiliated

Overall Respondent DemographicsIND

Teacher 17.5%

Support Staff 12.3%

Other 21.1%

Retired 36.8%

Administration 12.3%

School Newsletter 26.1%

Local Newspaper 43.8%

Church Bulletin 7.1%

Community Flyer 75.2%

Word of Mouth 13.7%

Email 0.4%

Other 4.0%

Less than 2 0.5%

2-5 4.1%

6-10 4.6%

11-15 10.0%

16-20 11.9%

More than 20 68.9%

How did you

learn of the

Community

Dialogue?100.0%

Years Residing

in Warren

County School

District?

Position (If

employed by

WCSD)

Poster in

Community

Demographics

Other School Affiliations:

Lander ES [2]

Tidioute

St. Joseph School

Other Ways of Finding out about the Community Dialogue:

4 schools 4 Warren County [7]

School district website [2]

In school

Mother

Concerned citizens

District web page

Phoned school

Former employer

School Board Member

School Board Meeting

Former Board Member

On committee

Phone call

Eisenhower

Student – child

Friend

Sports banquet

Documents

Warren County School District High School Feasibility Study School... · In the spring of 2009, the Warren County Board of School Directors contracted DeJONG to conduct a high school