Joint Long Range Planning Update: September 26, 2013

1. Joint Long Range Planning Update:September 26, 2013 ACPS & City of Alexandria

2. The Purpose of the LREFP Background • Long Range Educational Facilities Plan to improve facilities planning, accommodate the growing student population, and enhance educational programs and services. • Enrollment up 2,600 since 2007

3. Background • What’s happening now: • Beginning in 2007, ACPS enrollment has increased by 2,589 students (24.6%). • Most growth so far: elementary schools • Middle schools seeing increases now • High school impacts expected in 2017 • Latest growth follows years of declining enrollment • Also happening in Arlington, Fairfax and Montgomery Counties

4. Long Range Educational Facilities Plan • 19 member Work Group jointly created by ACPS and City Leadership • 15-18 months timeline

5. Plan Objectives • Collaboration with City staff, ACPS, and external partners • More robust analysis of space utilization and capacity • Assessment of feasibility for adding capacity at existing sites • Short and long -term recommendations for inclusion in the City’s 10 year CIP • Incorporate growth forecasts and infrastructure needs into City’s planning process

6. Outcomes • Better understanding of current and future enrollment and capacity challenges • Updated middle and K-5 educational specifications • Solutions for ACPS capacity problems • Shared understanding of ACPS budget needs and • priorities. • Identification of future school sites/locations including satellite school sites. • Shared understanding of the “school of the future”

7. SubcommitteeOverview

8. Work Group Overview Representation From: • School Board • City Council • Campagna Center • PTA Council • Regional Demographer • Park and Recreation Commission • Alexandria Economic Development Partnership • Citizens At-Large

9. Work Group Overview • Role of the Work Group: • Review and advise on the work being done to develop a joint long-range educational facilities plan. • Meet Quarterly • Responsibilities • To define ACPS short, medium, and long-term facilities’ needs and to subsequently identify solutions • To articulate a vision of future APS facilities to serve students, parents, staff and community through the 22nd century • To serve as a representative of ACPS and its facilities’ needs at City of Alexandria small area plan meetings, with City Council, and with City of Alexandria Civic Associations.

10. SubcommitteeOverview

11. Subcommittee Overview • Role of the Enrollment Forecasting/Demographics Subcommittee: • Review the details of the forecasting elements • Collaborate on the development of a short term and long term enrollment forecast • Report results to the LREFP workgroup

12. Schedule

13. Subcommittee Overview • Role of the Facilities Subcommittee: • Assess existing conditions • Review existing capacity analysis methodology and recommend modifications • Review how existing capacity is allocated to meet current demand • Establish guidelines for adding capacity, supporting education, reflecting including capital and operating costs & issues • Identify potential school site types • Report results to the LREFP workgroup

14. Schedule

15. Subcommittee Overview • Role of the Education Specifications/School of the Future Subcommittee: • Recommend future educational specifications for elementary and middle school levels • Report results to the LREFP workgroup

16. Schedule

17. Subcommittee Overview • Role of the Student Assignment: • Goals- • Identify priority objectives for student assignment • Develop recommendations for a school assignment methodology • Topic for report on October 17th School Board meeting

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