DRAFT Grady Cluster Capacity Community Conversation September 24, 2015.

DRAFT

Grady Cluster CapacityCommunity Conversation

September 24, 2015

Agenda

• Welcome/Purpose Dr. Betsy Bockman – Principal, Inman Middle School

• Recap Last Meeting/Update Current Situation Larry Hoskins - Chief Operating Officer

• Solutions/Moving AheadDr. Meria J. Carstarphen - Superintendent

• Questions & Answers/Dialogue/Next Steps Facilitated by Byron D. Amos, Cynthia Briscoe Brown, Leslie

Grant and Matt Westmoreland - Members of the Atlanta Board of Education

• Closing Tim Guiney – Principal, Grady High School

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Meeting Purpose

• Summarize outcomes of our last community meeting

• Present solutions for moving forward• Align on strategy for moving forward to

address Grady Cluster capacity concerns

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Grady Cluster

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Summary of February and May Meetings

• Discussed enrollment issues at Inman and other factors- Non-viability of original solution of adding eight classrooms - Proposed Druid Hills annexation

• APS administrators presented space recommendations, including an Inman 14 classroom addition, an Inman 6th Grade campus and a Howard Junior High as solutions.

• Druid Hills annexation proposal did not pass the legislature.

• In April 2015, the Board set new attendance boundaries (beginning in 2017-2018 school year) for Centennial Place Academy for a middle school.

• APS administrators presented the creation of Howard Middle School, Inman 9th Grade Academy and new APS athletic practice fields on former Walden Middle School campus.

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Proposed Solutions

• Given community feedback and preferences, APS administrators re-examined options for solutions.

• Current proposed solutions to address space and enrollment in the Grady Cluster

8 Expand Grady campus and address recommendations from the Facility Condition Assessment

8 Create a Howard Middle School 8 Build new APS athletic practice fields on former Walden Middle

School campus8 Convert Inman campus into additional elementary capacity for

the cluster

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Grady Campus Expansion

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• Costs: $33 milliono Estimated $22 million (18

Classrooms and 3 laboratories addition, New Administrative Suite)

o Estimated $11 million (Facility Condition Assessment recommendations)

• Considerations: o Maintain High School

configuration (grades 9-12) o Removal of portableso Green space reductiono Dependent on approval of

the next SPLOST Referendum by the voters

• Capacity: 1,725 FTE @ 25/1

• Cost: Estimated $52 million (Renovation and 25 Classroom addition)

• Considerations: o Solves capacity issues at

middle school levelo Preserves historic buildingo Preserves grades 6-8 middle

school experienceo Dependent on approval of

the next SPLOST Referendum by the voters

• Capacity: 1,450 FTE @ 25/1

Howard Middle School(Former David T. Howard High School)

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New APS Athletic Practice Fields (Located on former Walden Middle School campus)

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• Cost: Estimated $8 million

• Considerations: o Priority for Grady Clustero Possibly include regulation

high school baseball field and a football practice field that could be used for soccer and lacrosse practices

o Not located on a campuso Dependent on approval of

the next SPLOST Referendum by the voters

Elementary School Capacity(Inman Campus)

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• Cluster will have additional elementary school capacity

• 875 FTE @ 25/1

Timelines

Projects Project Launch Range

(including design work)

Construction Completion

Range

Howard MS August 2017 – August 2018

July 2020 – July 2021

Grady HS August 2017- October 2018

June 2020 – July 2021

Morningside ES February 2020 – July 2020

July 2022 – December 2022

Inman ES Capacity February 2022 – July 2022

January 2023 –July2023

Timelines are subject to change

• Several factors will be considered when prioritizing SPLOST projects including: program management costs, debt service requirements, legacy projects, availability of a relocation site, critical HVAC needs, and capacity challenges.

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Dialogue

• Questions

• Ideas

• Next Steps

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Opportunities for Input

- Additional information will be made available (including FAQs) on the APS website of cluster member schools - under the Grady Construction Update tab.

- Feedback may be submitted via the following email address: [email protected]