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Meeting Date:
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2/23/2017 - 6:30 PM
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Category:
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Report of the Committee on Strategic Planning and Budget
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Type:
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Action
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Subject:
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3. Action on a Request to Delay the Expansion of Howard Avenue Montessori School (357 E. Howard Avenue) to Include a Second Campus at the Dover School Facility (619 E. Dover Street) to the 2018-19 School Year
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Strategic Plan Compatibility Statement:
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Goal 1 Academic Achievement Goal 2 Student, Family and Community Engagement Goal 3 Effective and Efficient Operations
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Attachments
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File Attachment:
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Background:
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In an ongoing effort to increase effective and efficient operations and to prepare for the FY18 budget, the Administration is bringing forward a series of items focusing on proposed changes related to regional development.
The Administration has historically examined the needs of our families, along with district data, to provide programming that best supports each school community. Data that are routinely examined include, but are not limited to, school enrollment, requests for programs versus seats available/program need, school budgets, feeder patterns, and school performance.
In order to continue to better serve our students and families, the Administration has conducted an assessment of programs in an effort to expand access to programs through additional seats; to expand access to programs and to strengthen feeder patterns through grade realignment; to create schools within schools and to merge or close programs to better support students and to achieve greater operational efficiency.
One outcome of the assessment was a recommendation to expand Howard Avenue Montessori (357 E. Howard Avenue) to include a second campus at the Dover School facility located at 619 E. Dover Street. In December 2016, the Board took action to authorize the Administration to move forward with the expansion of Howard Avenue Montessori into the site located at 619 E. Dover Street, beginning with the 2017-18 school year. Subsequent to the Board's action in December, the building-assessment’s results determined that a significant amount of building updates will be needed prior to occupancy. Thus, the Administration is recommending that the expansion of Howard Avenue Montessori School to a second campus at the Dover School facility be effective with the 2018-19 school year.
The official fall enrollment count for Howard Avenue Montessori was 250 students, with 75 K3 and K4 students on the wait list at the beginning of the 2016-17 school year. Howard Avenue Montessori has an Alternate Rating of Satisfactory Progress on the State Report Card.
The proposed expansion of Howard Avenue Montessori to a second campus at the Dover Street facility has been discussed at meetings with the school leadership, staff, and families.
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Fiscal Impact Statement:
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This item does not authorize expenditures. Any costs or savings associated with the expansion of Howard Avenue Montessori School to a second campus at the Dover Street facility will be included as part of the FY18 budget. Any contracts associated with the expansion to a second campus will be brought back to the Board for approval in accordance with Administrative Policy 3.09, Purchasing and Bidding.
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Implementation and Assessment Plan
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Upon approval by the Board, the Administration will work with the school community and respective departments to move forward with the expansion for the 2018-19 school year.
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Recommendation:
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Your Committee recommends that the Board approve the expansion of Howard Avenue Montessori School (357 E. Howard Avenue) to a second campus at the Dover School Facility (619 E. Dover Street) for the 2018-19 School Year.
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Jacqueline M. Mann, Ph.D. - Board Clerk/Chief Officer
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