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Boyertown Area School District

Boyertown Area School District. Demographics, Enrollment Projections, and Building Utilization Scenarios, Update #2. February 19, 2019. Prepared By Montgomery Educational Consultants, Inc. Agenda. Rightsizing Project Team. Dr. Dana T. Bedden, Superintendent

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Boyertown Area School District

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  1. Boyertown Area School District Demographics, Enrollment Projections, and Building Utilization Scenarios, Update #2 February 19, 2019 Prepared By Montgomery Educational Consultants, Inc

  2. Agenda

  3. Rightsizing Project Team • Dr. Dana T. Bedden, Superintendent • Ms. Marybeth Torchia, Assistant Superintendent of Student Services • Mr. Michael Stoudt, Acting Assistant to the Superintendent for Academics • Dr. Mia Kim, Chief Human Resources Officer • Ms. Stephanie Landis, Principal - Middle School West • Mr. Andy Ruppert, Principal - Middle School East • Mr. William Gasper, Facility Engineer • Mr. Steve Missimer, Transportation Supervisor • Ms. Cindi Bartholomew, Pupil Accounting Specialist • Ms. Lisa Shade, Pupil Accounting Specialist • Mr. Tim Lambert, Absolute Technology, Inc • Mr. Bill Montgomery, Montgomery Educational Consultants

  4. Introduction/Context • One Boyertown/Who We Are • Rightsizing – efficient and effective use of facilities to support teaching and learning • Educational and Equitable School Facilities: attending public school in a healthy, safe, educationally adequate, environmentally sustainable, and financially efficient facility • Challenges – inequity, projected overcrowding (ES & MS) and fiscal • Points of Pride – BASD Pride/Great Return On Investment

  5. Boyertown Area School District Superintendent Performance Goal Goal: Effective Use of School Facilities to Support Teaching and Learning Task: Provide the School Board with an elementary and middle school enrollment and demographic study along with recommendations for rightsizing. Proposed Full Implementation: 2020/2021 SY https://www.boyertownasd.org/cms/lib/PA01916192/Centricity/Domain/410/Pennsylvania%20Superintendent%20Evaluation%20-%20Boyertown%202018-2019%20Goals.pdf

  6. Geographic size: 97.9 square miles • One (1) Senior High School, Two (2) Middle Schools, Seven (7) Elementary Schools Profile • ENROLLMENT: • 24.4% economically disadvantages • 20.0% Special Education STAFFING: Percent Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Total Staffing – 1,027 Serving: Colebrookdale, Douglass, Earl and Washington Townships and the boroughs of Bally, Bechtelsville and Boyertown in Berks County plus the townships of Douglass, New Hanover and Upper Frederick in Montgomery County.

  7. Who We Are?One Boyertown!

  8. Fiscal Status/Challenge

  9. Fiscal Challenge: Deficits over Past 4 Years and 18/19 Projected

  10. Fiscal Challenge: Current - 5 Year Projections (with tax increases)

  11. Fiscal Challenge: Current - 5 Year Projections(with no tax increase 2021 - 2024)

  12. Points of Pride • 2019 Niche ranked BASD 3,351 out of 11,861 public school districts in the nation - Top 28.3% • 2018 School Digger Rankings – BASD rated 4 stars out of 5 • 2018 School Digger Rankings – BASD ranked 116 of 601 school districts in PA (includes Charters) – Top 19.3% • 2018 US News & World Report Best High Schools ranked BASH 2160 out of 20,500 in the nationof data reviewed (Silver Medal School – Top 10.55%) • 2018 US News and World Report Best High ranked BASH 79 out of 677 high schools in PA - Top 11.6% • 2018 School Digger Rankings – all elementary schools rated with 3 stars out of 5 or better of the 1530 elementary schools rated in PA • 2018 School Digger Rankings – both middle schools ranked in top 12% of 861 middle schools rated in PA • 2018 School Digger Rankings – high school ranked in top 11% of 673 high schools rated in PA

  13. Montgomery Educational Consultants, Inc.

  14. Montgomery Educational Consultants, Inc. Absolute Technology, Inc (ATI) Tim Lambert (Director of I.T.) 20+ years experience in education • Enrollment Projections • Geographic Information Systems • Long Range Planning Scenarios • Databases and Application Development Montgomery Educational Consultants (MEC) Bill Montgomery (Primary) • 44+ years experience in education • 20 years as a public school Board Member & Delaware County I.U. Board Member Recent Projects: • Norristown School District (approx. 7,000 students) • Rose Tree Media School District (approx. 3,800 students) • Upper Darby School District (approx. 12,000 students • Richmond County School System (approx. 32,000 students)

  15. Project Review, Enrollment Projections, Scenarios and Outcomes

  16. Project Review Large parcels of land purchased for residential developments Need for an enrollment projection and demographic study District can adequately plan for future student capacity needs At least twenty-five new, current or planned residential communities PEL Report 2014-2015, indicated a potential of thirty-six developments New residential developments in the area will increase the number of live births and students moving into the School District • Single Family Homes : 2,913 • Townhomes : 306 • 3,219 Potential New Units (built after start of 2018/19 SY) • 300 new units will be occupied by start of 2019/20 SY

  17. Choosing BASD!

  18. NewDevelopmentsOverview Washington ES • Construction: 3 • Planning: 1 • TBD: 3 Colebrookdale ES • TBD: 1 Boyertown ES • Planning: 3 Gilbertsville ES • Construction: 4 • Planning: 6 New Hanover-Upper Frederick ES • Construction: 2 • Planning: 3 • TBD: 1

  19. Enrollment Projections* * Includes new student projections for all developments. Enrollment history provided as of October 1st of each School Year.

  20. Elementary School Students 2018/19 ES Students 2018/19 ES Catchment

  21. Elementary School Students (Zoomed)

  22. Scenarios

  23. Current / Projected Utilization * 137 Students not plotted. No catchment assignment.

  24. NPUs Neighborhood Planning Units (NPU) identify a geographic area. They are comprised of a continuous part of the School District with associated attributes, for example encompassing a neighborhood. They often utilize natural and man made boundaries as limits and the size takes into consideration both physical area and number of students. NPUs allow for ease of analysis and planning by allowing the units to be evaluated independently as well as having the ability to move them and define new scenarios.

  25. Scenario 1 • Goals: • Balance building utilization (capacity vs enrollment) • School to school feeders (no split feeders) • Account For: • New developments, over time • Adjustment to adjacent catchments • Distance to school

  26. Scenario 1Elementary Schools Proposed ES Boundaries Boyertown ES Colebrookdale ES Earl ES Gilbertsville ES New Hanover-Upper Frederick ES Pine Forge ES Washington ES ES Boundaries (‘18/19) Proposed Boundary Changes

  27. Scenario 1 - Elementary Schools (Zoomed)

  28. Scenario 1Middle Schools Propose MS Boundaries MS - East MS - West MS Boundaries (‘18/19) Proposed ES Boundaries

  29. Scenario 1 - Projected Utilization

  30. Scenario 1 – Student Impact

  31. Scenario 2 • Goals: • Balance building utilization (capacity vs enrollment) • School to school feeders (no split feeders) • Closure of Pine Forge Elementary School • Account For: • New developments, over time • Adjustment to adjacent catchments • Distance to school

  32. Scenario 2Elementary Schools Proposed ES Boundaries Boyertown ES Colebrookdale ES Earl ES Gilbertsville ES New Hanover-Upper Frederick ES Washington ES ES Boundaries (‘18/19) Proposed Boundary Changes

  33. Scenario 2 - Elementary Schools (Zoomed)

  34. Scenario 2Middle Schools Propose MS Boundaries MS - East MS - West MS Boundaries (‘18/19) Proposed ES Boundaries

  35. Scenario 2 - Projected Utilization *Should review on regular cycle

  36. Scenario 2 – Student Impact

  37. Scenario 1 & 2 - Projected Utilization *Should review on regular cycle

  38. Summary – Dr. Bedden

  39. The Power of Public Place: PK–12 School Facilities Infrastructure The crisis of public school facilities inadequacy and inequity is caused by structural limitations in our underlying political and administrative systems for facilities stewardship. The facilities policies, practices, and funding of local, state, and federal authorities are outdated and underdeveloped. To ensure all school districts can provide adequate and equitable public school facilities, they need modern PK–12 facilities systems. http://citiesandschools.berkeley.edu/uploads/PK12_Infrastructure_Priority_Actions_Report_06152017.pdf

  40. The Power of Public Place: PK–12 School Facilities Infrastructure

  41. The Power of Public Place: PK–12 School Facilities Infrastructure The six basic elements of modern and effective public PK–12 facilities systemsare: governance and decision making, funding, management, planning, data and information, and accountability.

  42. The Importance of School Facilities in Improving Student Outcomes A large body of research over the past century has consistently found that school facilities impact teaching and learning in profound ways. Yet state and local policymakers often overlook the impact facilities can play in improving outcomes for both teachers and students. While improving facilities comes at a financial cost, the benefits of such investments often surpass the initial fiscal costs. Policymakers, thus, should focus greater attention on the impacts of facilities and adopt a long-term cost-benefit perspective on efforts to improve school facilities. Penn State - Center for Evaluation and Education Policy Analysis, College of Education https://sites.psu.edu/ceepa/2015/06/07/the-importance-of-school-facilities-in-improving-student-outcomes/

  43. Possible Next Steps • Board Enrollment Committee Work Session – Maybe March 5, 2019 • Two Community Meetings – March (TBD) @ MSE and MSW • Board Voting Meeting – Late March or Early April

  44. Comments/Questions: School Board Comments: CommunityPlease have index card and come to mic

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