A Systemic Approach to Building 21 st Century Schools

1. A Systemic Approach to Building 21st Century Schools Hawaii Institute for Public Affairs September 2011

2. State of Public School Facilities

3. State of Public School Facilities • School districts suffering from aging schools, • maintenance backlogs, and budget short-falls • In Hawaii, $392 million backlog in repair and • maintenance • With $1.3 billion deficit, deep cuts to government • services, and no money for facilities • Hawaii DOE has 260 public schools

4. HIPA’s Strategic Approach to Building 21st Century Schools………... Phase I • Funded by The Learning Coalition in 2009 • Examine solutions to build 21st Century Schools • Established a “stakeholder group” to guide project • Retained Colliers Monroe Friedlander to evaluate 260 Hawaii public schools • Developed a systemic approach to leverage public lands for public purposes • Resulted in legislation (HB1385) to reform land use and facilities for public schools • High level interest & commitment to 21st Century Schools

5. Public Land Trust Concept • Reviewed other Public School Land Trust models • Washington, Arizona, Oregon • Children’s Land Alliance Supporting Schools (CLASS) • Council for Educational Facilities Planners International • 45 million acres and $32 billion held in trust for public schools • Alaskan Natives and Native Americans are adept at leveraging assets to generate income

6. What is a 21stCentury School?

7. What is a 21st Century School? • Accommodates a wide range of personal learning styles • New styles of team teaching, cooperative learning, project-based learning • Students learn from and interacts with the community • New strategies for school design • Flexible and adaptable floor plans and facilities • Advanced technology and energy efficient

8. Hawaii DOE Schools • 260 public schools • 3,978 acres of land and 19 million square feet of building space • Low-rise/large footprint schools • Hawaii Revised Statutes reflect school averages • 12.5 acres (K-5), 16.5 acres (6-8), 49 acres (9-12)

9. Hawaii DOE Schools New schools are in the works

10. HIPA’s Strategic Approach to Building 21st Century Schools………... Phase II • Leveraging public assets: Utilizing vacant or Underutilized public school lands • Engage in public-private partnerships • Develop a sustainable financing mechanism • Encourage community engagement to determine school and community needs • Systemic planning approach to building 21st century schools

11. How to leverage public lands? • Utilizing vacant or underutilized lands • Joint-use of parcels • Long-term leases • Land swaps • Use for commercial, residential, public or other purposes that are COMPATIBLE with school and community activities

12. Engage in Public-Private Partnerhips • Partner with private sector to build schools and joint use of parcels • Utilize public and private resources • Public land, financing, tax credits, expertise, resources • Military Housing Privatization Initiative – a model that has worked

13. Engaging the Community: The Nexus Concept • Schools as part of the community, rather than a separate activity • Collaborative learning and use of facilities and resources • Active planning amongst students, teachers, community, business and government stakeholders • Developed by Concordia LLC

14. The Nexus Concept PHYSICAL CULTURAL SOCIAL ECONOMIC ORGANIZATIONAL EDUCATIONAL

15. The Nexus Concept BAKER RIPLEY CENTER Houston, Texas

16. The Nexus Concept BAKER RIPLEY CENTER Houston, Texas

17. The Nexus Concept EMERYVILLE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY LIFE Emeryville, California

18. The Nexus Concept community commons Nexus Partners

19. The Nexus Concept learning environments Nexus Partners

20. The Nexus Concept 9am terrace view: school use Nexus Partners

21. The Nexus Concept 5pm after school activities Nexus Partners

22. The Nexus Concept 8pm community activities Nexus Partners

23. The Nexus Concept Program Refinement & Streamlining Source: Nexus Partners 7/28/2011

24. The Nexus Concept Program Refinement & Streamlining 180k SqFt 25% Square Feet 135k SqFt Source: Nexus Partners 7/28/2011

25. The Nexus Concept Project Cost Comparison to Conceptual Plan (2008) $150 $143 $140 $130 Project Costs ($ million) $125 22% $120 $112 $110 $100 “Rightsized & Streamlined“ (2011) Conceptual Plan plus added capacity & program Nexus Partners Conceptual Plan (2008) 7/28/2011

26. HIPA’s Strategic Approach to Building 21st Century Schools: Legal and Policy Reform • Creation of a public school land trust • Formation of a new Commission with a real estate background (in consultation with the DOE) to engage public/private partnerships on school sites • Transfer public school lands into the trust • Revenues generated go into the land trust • Proceeds used to build 21st Century Schools • Real estate and development professionals are utilized • Work collaboratively with educators, students and administrators

27. A Long-term Financing Mechanism • Utilizes all public and private revenue and debt financing tools available • Monetize annual CIP and other revenue streams for issuance of large-scale municipal bonds • Leverage vacant and underutilized lands • Provide incentives to build, maintain and manage facilities over extended period of time • Joint-development agreements to share costs of • school and community facilities • Tax credits and business incentives

28. Long-range Systemic Plan • Systemic approach is essential • Piece-meal approach to building schools will not work • Need to address equity issues in the allocation of resources and building of schools • All schools and all neighborhoods need to be addressed

29. HIPA Approach to Public Policy • Fact- and research-based • Collaborative and community-based • Strategic relationships are key • Focus on desired outcomes • Evaluation and accountability

30. Project Partners (Proposed) • Hawaii Department of Education • Council for Educational Facility Planners International • Urban Land Institute • Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii • Hawaii State Teachers Association • Good Beginnings Alliance • Concordia LLC

31. Public School Land Trust Project: Phase II • A national template to address rebuilding of public school facilities • Focus on 21st Century Schools and learning using Hawaii as a model • Implement components of systemic plan and concepts • Engage national organizations to implement national strategy

32. Next Steps • Secure project partners • Identify local and national funders • Apply for grants • Take the show on the road • Journal articles and publications

33. MAHALO!