11/22/04

Impact Studies

Data/Resources Available

Data/Resources Needed

 

Least Restrictive Environment

 

1.       Which elementary schools do we slate for the next renovation?

2.       What are the space needs of the district K-8?

3.       What are the space needs associated with LRE?

4.       What will it cost the district to return the special education students to their neighborhood schools?

5.       From which fund will the facilities cost come?

6.       What is the impact on Buckley and Keeney programming?

 

·          Jenifer Tait's LRE info

·          FTE

·          Transportation

·          Answer to Racial Balance Option 3 # 3.

·          Space Analysis

·          Transportation Data

·          Board Reserve

·          Capital Improvement Plan

·          3510

·          Bond

 

Compliance of "No Child Left Behind" Mandates

 

Adequate Yearly Progress

 

1.       How will NCLB mandates affect educational programs?

2.       See attached grid: “Identification Timeline for Title I Schools.”

 

·          CMT Results 2003

·          BMS Adequate Yearly Progress Timeline Established

 

·          Knowledge of parents interested in transferring students

·          Status of racial/economic populations, once students are transferred

·          CMT Results 2004

 

Racial Imbalance Options

 

 

Option 1:  Movement of Neighborhood Boundary Lines

Option 2:

Create Magnet Schools

  • Edulog-Transportation Software

 

·          Upgrade Edulog-Transportation Software (Est. Cost $5,000-$6,000)

·          Trapeze Software (Est. Cost $30,000)

·          Re-establish School Themes

·          Redesign Educational Specs

·          Identify Consulting Firms

Impact Studies

Data/Resources Available

Data/Resources Needed

 

Option 3:

Redistrict Elementary Schools

 

1.       What is the cost of redistricting the elementary schools?

2.       What impact does redistricting the elementary schools have on the middle schools?

3.       Does it solve space needs for the return of special education students?

4.       What is the impact on Buckley and Keeney programming?

5.       How does this affect the sequence of elementary school renovations?

6.       From which fund will the facilities come?

 

·          Projected Enrollment Trends

·          Projected Poverty Trends

·          Edulog-Transportation Software

·          Space Analysis

·          FTE/Certifications

·          Facility Needs Survey

·          Board Reserve

·          Capital Improvement Plan

·          Upgrade Edulog-Transportation Software (Est. Cost $5,000-$6,000)

·          Trapeze Software (Est. Cost   $30,000)

·          Space Analysis

·          3510

·          Bond

 

 

Option 4:

"Controlled Choice"

"Attendance Zones"

 

·          FTE/Certifications

·          Space Analysis

·          Edulog-Transportation

·          Upgrade Edulog-Transportation Software (Est. Cost $5,000-$6,000)

 

Option 5:

Redistrict Middle Schools

 

1.       What is the most effective grade level configuration to educate middle school students?

2.       Does it solve the imbalances that challenge the middle schools?

3.       What are the costs associated with reconfigured middle school grade levels?

4.       What are the costs associated with redistricting middle schools?

5.       What is the impact on the Board budget to maintain Bennet Middle School-should the bond issue be delayed?

 

·          Projected Enrollment Trends

·          Projected Poverty Trends

·          Edulog-Transportation Software

·          Space Analysis

·          FTE/Certifications

·          Facility Needs Survey

·          NELMS Recommendations

·          Upgrade Edulog-Transportation Software (Est. Cost $5,000-$6,000)

·          Trapeze Software (Est. $30,000)

·          Bond

Impact Studies

Data/Resources Available

Data/Resources Needed

 

Option 6:

K-8 Reconfiguration

 

1.       What is the most effective grade level configuration for educating Manchester's youth?

2.       What are the space needs of the schools K-8?

3.       What are the costs associated with reconfigured neighborhood schools and/or middle school grade levels?

 

·          Projected Enrollment, Racial, & Poverty Trends

·          Edulog-Transportation Software

·          Space Analysis

·          FTE/Certifications

·          NELMS Recommendations

·          Upgrade Edulog-Transportation Software (Est. Cost $5,000-$6,000)

·          Trapeze Software (Est. $30,000)

·          Facility Need Survey

·          Capital Improvement Plan

·          Bond