WACONIA SCHOOL DISTRICT #110 FACILITY PLANNING TASK FORCE BOARD REPORT

1. WACONIA SCHOOL DISTRICT #110FACILITY PLANNING TASK FORCEBOARD REPORT February 2007

2. Prepared By: Dr. Roger B. Worner Dr. Kay T. Worner Project Consultants Roger Worner Associates, Inc. Cedar, Minnesota

3. FACILITY PLANNING TASK FORCE - MISSION STATEMENT The mission of the Facility Planning Task Force is to study the status of Waconia School District #110’s enrollment, enrollment trends, finances, programs, services, staffing, facilities, and other organizational characteristics; tour school district facilities; examine population and housing trends; and undertake other analyses as deemed advisable in order to make advisory recommendations to the School Board and Superintendent on the need for, timetable of, extent of, and type of new facility construction in the future.

4. METHODOLOGY USED • 30 member Facility Planning Task Force • Eight meetings

5. METHODOLOGY CONT: • Presentations • Susan Arntz/John Hilgers, City of Waconia • Holly Kreft, City of Victoria • Jason Angell, City of Minnetrista • John Weinand, presenting City of St. Bonifacius information • Roger Worner, (Ann Perry), City of New Germany • Roger Worner, (Dean Johnson), City of Cologne • Roger Worner, Waconia School District #110 • Principals DeVaan, Anderson, Gustafson, Fredericksen • Directors Krueger and Kuehn • Superintendent Kjergaard

6. METHODOLOGY CONT:  • Tours of Facilities • Data Review and Discussion • Drawing Conclusions • Advisory Recommendation Formulation

7. CITIES: HOUSEHOLD PROJECTIONS AND POPULATIONS

8. Minne-2020-9,400 25% 2005: 5,501 St. B-2020-2,940 100% 2005: 2,320 Wac-2020 20,000 100% 2005: 8,692 N.G-2020-1,546 100% 2005: 328 Vic-2020-19,600 30% 2005: 5,702 Tot Dist Pop. Cities 2020: 32,716 Cities Pop. Inc: 2005-2020: 18,690 Cologne 2020: 5,500

9. PROJECTIONS OF STUDENT ENROLLMENT GROWTH--2020

10. Historical GrowthEstimated Future Growth

11. FACILITY PLANNING TASK FORCEAdvisory Recommendations • Task Force members believe student enrollment growth will be of such a magnitude (in the next 14 years) to necessitate new school building construction. • Task Force members believe the school district will need to construct more than one building over the course of the next 14 years. • Task Force members believe the school district will need to construct both elementary and secondary school buildings over the course of the next 14 years. • Task Force members believe the school district should operate with a single, larger high school—as student enrollment grows in the future—rather than operating two, smaller high schools.

12. Recommendations Cont: • Task Force members believe the school district should purchase at least one school site of approximately 100 acres. • Task Force members believe the school district will need to purchase more than one site (at least one of which is approximately 100 acres, capable of accommodating a large, modern-day high school with unified, appropriate support spaces on and/or in close proximity to the high school). • Task Force members believe the generalized location of select site locations include (a) adjacent to current middle school/high school site; (b) north/northeast of the City of Waconia; and (c) southeast of the City of Waconia. Task Force members believe that sewer and water availability are factors, as is cost a major consideration. The school district should consider as many sites as possible.

13. Recommendations Cont: • Task Force members believe—over time and with student enrollment growth—the function (as well as the grade levels of students) will need to be altered (e.g. high school) to maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of facility usage in the district and serve the growing student population. • Task Force members asserted that additional outdoor fields are needed by the school district and should be secured in the context/as a part of the 100 acre site (or in close proximity thereto) which is purchased for the construction of a future school district high school. • Task Force members asserted that the current high school auditorium needed to be expanded—in the future—to serve 800 students and, further, that an appropriately-sized auditorium be constructed in the future as a part of a new Waconia High School.

14. Recommendations Cont: • The Task Force members offered that Early Childhood Family Education space—with the provision of outdoor space and a classroom to the current Program holdings—would appear to be sufficient for the foreseeable future. • The Task Force members concluded that a new Waconia High School on a 100 acre site should include a Field House (along with a school, auditorium, practice and competitive fields, track, and other support structures).

15. Recommendations Cont: • The Task Force members expressed mixed feelings about the inclusion of a swimming pool as a part of a future, new, larger Waconia High School structure. • The Task Force members urged the School Board and Superintendent to provide information to the public on a regular, consistent, and open basis regarding future student enrollment growth, future facility needs, a master plan for addressing student enrollment growth needs, and a timetable for addressing future student enrollment growth.

16. The following community members were invited to participate. Not all listed participated but many did.