D1scenarios 111309 Final

To: District 1 CEC Fr: Community Superintendent and the Office of Portfolio Planning Re: District 1 – Scenarios around Space Needs Date: November 15, 2009 The following memo outlines the needs as identified by the Department of Education (DOE) in District 1 and the process by which the DOE has engaged with all schools to understand more information about school needs as well as the available space. The memo also outlines potential scenarios to meet these needs. This is a follow-up to the September CEC meeting which underutilized space was discussed. District Needs:

1. Girls Preparatory Charter School of New York (“Girls Prep”), a charter school currently serving grades K-5 with two sections per grade, is in need of space for their middle school. The Girls Prep middle school will serve grades 5-8 with three sections per grade. Girls Prep is currently housed in M188. There is sufficient space for the K-4 elementary school in M188, but the current configuration of the building does not have enough space for Girls Prep to serve its middle school grades long-term. At scale, Girls Prep requires 10 sections for its K-4 elementary school and 12 sections for its 5-8 middle school (22 total sections).

Girls Prep K Sections At Scale 2

2. District 1 Office to be more centrally located. The District 1 Office requires 2 full size rooms. Available Space

The original list of buildings discussed at the September CEC meeting was as follows:

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M015 (houses P.S. 15 and D75 program; hereinafter referred to by building code “M015”) M020 (houses P.S. 20; hereinafter referred to by building code “M020”) M056 (houses Henry Street School for International Studies, University Neighborhood Middle School, and Collaborative Academy of Science, Technology & Language Arts Education; hereinafter referred to by building code “M056”) M137 (houses P.S. 184; hereinafter referred to by building code “M137”) M188 (houses P.S. 188, Girls Prep, and D75 program; hereinafter referred to by building code “M188”)

Since September discussions were held with all principals, Network Leaders, SLTs, and building surveys were conducted of M020 and M137 to understand the space and the current situation in each of the building. Based on those conversations and surveys the following buildings were removed from consideration for having space:

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M015- Given the standard instructional footprint that allocates cluster space there is not additional space in the building for a new program or school M056- Due to the high need Special Education population located in the building and the existing programmatic needs in the building it did not make sense to add another organization into the building

Furthermore the following building was added to the list as potentially having space:

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M025 (houses School for Global Leaders, Marta Valle Secondary School, and Lower East Side Preparatory High School; hereinafter referred to by building code “M025”)

Potential Scenarios for Feedback The following is a summary of the scenarios the Office of Portfolio has identified to meet the identified needs of space for the Girls Prep middle school and the District 1 Office. These scenarios were devised based on conversations with all Principals, Network Leaders, and SLTs, and on the below assessment of space available in each building based on building surveys of M020 and M137 that were conducted this year and surveys of M025 and M188 that were conducted in previous years. Several adjustments have been made to the original assessment of space from the September CEC meeting based on the recent building surveys and current ATS registers. These changes include: • • •

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Accounting for cluster room allocations in each building Increasing the total number of Gen Ed/CTT sections in M020 by 4 sections due to the increase in 2009-10 active Gen Ed/CTT enrollment at P.S. 20 Increasing the total number of Gen Ed/CTT sections in M137 by 3 sections due to the increase in 2009-10 active Gen Ed/CTT enrollment at P.S. 184, and incorporating the need for 8 additional classrooms over time due to the increase in 2009-10 kindergarten enrollment at P.S. 184 Decreasing the total number of Gen Ed/CTT sections in M188 by 3 sections due to the decrease in 2009-10 active Gen Ed/CTT enrollment at P.S. 188 and Girls Prep and increasing the total number of Special Ed sections by 1 section due to the increase in 2009-10 Special Ed active enrollment at P.S. 188

B u ild in g B u ild in g 0 8 -0 9 Code N am e C a p a c ityU 2

1) Scenario 1  Move D75 program out of M188 and allow Girls Prep to expand in M188  D75 program to moves to new space in District 2, 02M276  New D75 program to M137  Move District office to M020

08-09 08 Building Capacity Utili Notes/Implications – Scenario 1: • New construction will be coming online in 2010 for D75 programs in District 2 at 02M276 that the current D75 program in M188 could move to if needed. However, there is a growing need for 6:1:1 D75 Programs in District 1, and 4- 5 6:1:1 D75 classrooms will still be needed in District 1 in the future • No costs incurred for moving a school since Girls Prep will stay in its current building • M188 has a middle school science lab

2) Scenario 2    

M020

08-09 08-09 Building Capacity Utilization M020

M025

M188

896

1477

1010

896

6

Move School for Global Leaders out of M025 and into M020 Move Girls Prep middle school out of M188 and into M025 D75 program could expand in M188 to accommodate 6:1:1 D75 need District office remains in M056 or moves to M188

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70

09-10 Available Gen 09-10 Rooms Ed/CTT SC in Section Section Building

ATS

School Name

M020

P.S. 020 Anna Silver

28

3

M378

School for Global Leaders

6

2

M509

Marta Valle Secondary School

14

5

M515

Low er East Side Preparatory High School

22

0

M188

P.S. 188 The Island School

19

1

M094

P.S. M094

9

n/a

M330

Girls Preparatory Charter School of New York

11

0

M137 67

10

Rooms Gained or Used in Scenario 9-10 rooms used by Global Leaders move into building

Available Rooms after Scenario 0

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8 rooms gained by Global Leaders move out of building, making 11 rooms available. Girls Prep w ould then use 10 more rooms to grow to scale

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7

1 room gained since Girls Prep elementary school w ould use one less room, making 10 rooms available. D75 could expand and 45 rooms could be used for D75 6:1:1 pograms

4-5

907

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Notes/Implications – Scenario 2: • Costs incurred for moving 2 schools – Girls Prep and Global Leaders • Global Leaders serves a high need Special Education population, and its current building, M025, is the only barrier free/fully ADA compliant building in District 1. The addition of an elevator in M188 in 2010 will make M188 program accessible, although not fully ADA compliant/barrier free • M020 does not have a middle school science lab

3) Scenario 3   

Move Girls Prep middle school into M020 D75 program could expand in M188 to accommodate 6:1:1 D75 need District office moves to M188, M184 or remains in M056

08-09 08 Building Capacity Utili Notes/Implications – Scenario 3: • Costs incurred for moving 1 schools – Girls Prep • Space would be tight and would require enrollment adjustments • M020 does not have a middle school science lab

Next Steps The Department welcomes feedback on the following recommendations by December 10, 2009. Feedback will be used to develop a proposal which will be posted publically as an educational impact statement by the end of December or early January. That would be followed by a public hearing at the impacted school, a period for public comment and a vote by the Panel on Education Policy at the February panel meeting.

M020

896

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