|
|
|
Meeting Date:
|
|
|
Category:
|
|
Regular Items of Business |
|
|
|
Type:
|
|
|
Subject:
|
|
19. Action on a Request to Authorize Regional Development Plans Associated with the 53206 Initiative at Auer Avenue, Andrew Douglas, Hopkins Lloyd, Jackson, Keefe Avenue, Green Bay and North Division |
|
|
|
Strategic Plan Compatibility Statement:
|
Goal 1 Academic Achievement Goal 2 Student, Family and Community Engagement Goal 3 Effective and Efficient Operations
|
|
|
|
Attachments:
|
|
|
File Attachment:
|
|
|
Background:
|
To better serve the 53206 community, the Administration is requesting authorization to expand educational program offerings and reconfigure schools in 53206. In February 2017, the Administration held a visioning meeting with school leaders from nine 53206 schools and with administrators representing a variety of offices and departments, including the Offices of Academics and Finance, and the departments of Strategic Partnerships & Customer Service, Communications & Outreach, Recreation, and Black & Latino Male Achievement. One external stakeholder from Community Advocates Public Policy Institute also attended.
Following the internal visioning meeting, the Administration held a community visioning meeting in April 2017. This meeting included elected officials and stakeholders from a variety of organizations and funders, including Running Rebels, Safe & Sound, Walnut Way Conservation Corp., United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County, Northwestern Mutual, and representatives from the City of Milwaukee.
In addition to the visioning meetings, a Principal’s Cohort was created, consisting of nine school leaders from North Division, Andrew Douglas, Auer Avenue, Benjamin Franklin, Hopkins Lloyd, Green Bay, Gwen T. Jackson, Keefe Avenue, and LaFollette. The Cohort meets regularly to further discuss the needs in 53206.
Based on input from the visioning meetings and the Cohort, the Administration is recommending that Andrew Douglas be reconfigured as a state-of-the-art middle school beginning with the 2019-20 school year. To prepare for this reconfiguration, the Administration is recommending that Douglas temporarily operate from the Keefe Avenue building during the 2018-19 school year. This temporary relocation will allow for the renovation of the Douglas building for reopening for the 2019-20 school year.
The Administration is also recommending that Auer Avenue, Hopkins Lloyd, Keefe Avenue, and Jackson be reconfigured to operate as K-5 schools effective with the 2019-20 school year. The K-5 seats at Douglas will be allocated to these four K-5 schools. Reconfiguring the schools will allow for a feeder pattern from the K-5 schools into Douglas, and from Douglas into North Division by implementing a pipeline model offering a continuum of expanded educational programs across elementary, middle, and high school grade bands. The Administration recommends engaging a consultant to facilitate the re-envisioning of North Division as part of the Initiative. With these changes, the nine schools will be better able to prepare students for college and career success.
The Administration also recommends that Green Bay serve as the Success Center for all schools in the district starting with the 2019-20 school year. |
|
|
|
Fiscal Impact Statement:
|
FY19 expense to implement the projects is $3,130,000:
Andrew Douglas Middle School: $3,100,000 - Qualified School Construction Bonds (QSCB)
North Division: Funds to engage a consultant to facilitate the re-envisioning process $25,000 (School Operations) |
|
|
|
Implementation and Assessment Plan: |
|
Upon Approval by the Board, the Administration will implement the initiative and the FY19 projects. |
|
|
|
Recommendation
|
The Administration recommends that the Board approve the following projects for FY19 effective with the 2019-20 school year:
1. Establish Andrew Douglas as a state-of-the-art middle school and feeder to North Division High School;
2. Authorize the temporary co-location of Keefe and Andrew Douglas students at Keefe for 2018-19 to allow for renovation of Douglas as a middle school to open in 2019-20.
3. Authorize the reconfiguration of Auer Avenue, Hopkins Lloyd, Keefe Avenue and Jackson to operate as K-5 schools;
4. Engage a consultant to facilitate the process to re-envision North Division; and
5. Establish Green Bay as the Success Center for all schools in the district. |
|
|
|
Approvals:
|
|
Recommended By: |
|
Signed By: |
 |
|
Keith Posley, Ed.D. - Superintendent |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|