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Community Engagement Session #1

April 26, 2016

PURPOSE
! Provide an opportunity for community members to
share and discuss hopes, ideas, and suggestions for the
school district future
! Engage in meaningful dialogue and discussion
! Make recommendations to the Board of Education
regarding a comprehensive, Facilities Improvement
Master Plan covering at least 20 years.

SCHEDULE

QUESTIONS / COMMENTS
Fill out the I Have a Question form
Email: bcox@ecusd.info
Call: (309) 659-2239
Ask questions during Small Group time

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AGENDA

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State of the District

Process Overview
Needs Assessment
Future Focused Learning
Possible Scenarios
Financial Review

State of the District

2015-2016

Brad Cox
Superintendent of Schools

Erie CUSD #1

!Broad Curricular Offerings

!Small Class Size
!Academic Success
!Athletic Success

ERIE CSD ANNEX

Grades: PreKKindergarten | Enrollment: 100
Original Building (1956); Addition 1 (1974); Addition 2 (1997)

ERIE ELEMENTARY
Grades: FirstFourth Grades | Enrollment: 160
Original Building (1954); Most Recent Addition (1982)

ERIE MIDDLE SCHOOL

Grades: FifthEighth Grades | Enrollment: 200
Original Building (1968); Cafeteria, Gymnasium, & Music Room Addition (1973);
Classroom Addition (1992); Kitchen Addition (1995)

ERIE HIGH SCHOOL

Grades: NinthTwelfth Grades | Enrollment: 235
Original Building (1995)

Facility Goals
!Greater Functionality, Now
!More Viable without Exelon, Future
!Decrease Transitions for Students,
Teachers
!Increased Efficiency (Staff and Energy)
!Continuing to Attract Families

PROCESS
For Developing a Facilities Master Plan
WHERE WE ARE NOW

DEFINE
strategic
objectives

ASSESS
current
conditions

WHERE
W E WA N T
TO G O

VISIONING
for the
future

HOW DO WE GET THERE

DEVELOP
solutions

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

EVALUATE
the options

DECIDE

STEERING
COMMITTEE

Nicky Friedrichsen
Kurt Wolf
Tammy Tegeler

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Mark Wiseley
Tim McConnell
Kara Wisdom

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
COMMITTEE
Nicky Friedrichsen
Kara Wisdom
Brad Anderson
Gary Farral
Taylor Jackson
Michelle McWilliams
Chuck Milem
Chad Miner

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Jerry Norman
Shannon Parrish
Jennifer Tegeler
Meagan
VanDeWostine
Mike Winckler
Danae Wunderlich
Jeff Wunderlich

FINANCE
COMMITTEE

Tim McConnell
Tasha Keegan

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Mike Murphy
Jason Norman

NEEDS

ASSESSMENT

Building Components
Electrical

Exterior
Wall

Fire
Detection

HVAC

Interior

Lighting

Plumbing

Roof

Site

Building
Envelope

School
Security

Costs
Per Square
Foot
General
Overview
$80
$70

$67.47

$60
$50
$40

$34.60

$30
$20
$10

$9.40

$12.30

$0
Erie Elementary Erie Middle School Erie High School
School

Erie CSD Annex

Facility Needs
Assessment Total

$4,816,000

FUNCTIONALITY

SCHOOL FACILITY
EDUCATIONAL ADEQUACY

ASSESSMENT
School Site
Building
Systems
Maintainability

Safety and
Security
Program
Support
Educational
Environment

A
Excellent
B
Satisfactory
C
Borderline
D
Poor
F
Failing
X
Non-Existent

Large group spaces for

student collaboration
are provided.

Each teaching/learning
area has adequate
convenient outlets,
phone, and computer
cabling for technology
applications.
Finishes and hardware
are of durable quality.

100

Educational Adequacy
Excellent+

90
80
70
60

73

76.3

60.9

Sa#sfactory+

Borderline+

50
40

Poor+

30
20
10
0
Erie Elementary School

Erie Middle School

Erie High School

POSITIVE TRAITS
Facilities are near residential populations
Campuses are in close
proximity to each other
Support traditional teaching/learning
Well maintained facilities

AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT

Students/teachers moving between buildings

Split classrooms
Accessibility issues
Safety at Elementary School
Lack of effective collaboration environments
Shortage of athletic spaces
Not enough usable outdoor spaces
Shortage of lab/STEM/project based spaces
Bus loading zones, parent pick-ups, parking
Shortage of electrical capacity
Lack of available storage space
Heating and cooling issues in every building

TEACHER SURVEY
Our+spaces+are+small:+we+dont+really+have+storage+space.+We+
order+products+and+then+have+to+disperse+them+through+the+4+
schools.+There+is+no+good+place+to+keep+our+extra+supplies+though+
in+each+building+and+remember+where+everything+is+kept.+
+
We+need+eec#ve+hea#ng+and+cooling+methods+that+can+be+
relied+upon+for+comfort.+
The+tables+work+well+for+students.+However,+I+would+
like+for+my+setup+to+be+more+exible.+If+we+want+to+circle+
up+to+read,+I+would+like+that+op#on+without+having+to+
take+the+#me+to+rearrange+the+en#re+room.+
+
We+have+small+class+sizes,+but+we+have+very+few+
eec#ve+medium+spaces+for+collabora#ve/group+work+
when+larger+spaces/rooms+are+needed.+

FUTURE
FOCUSED
SCHOOLS

THEN . . .

 and NOW

Yesterdays Educational Approach:

The Factory Model
Skilled&and&
Unskilled&
Laborers&
Extra&People&
Leaders&

The Bell Curve of Results

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EMPLOYMENT:Then and Now

Professional & managerial

Clerical &
administrative
Service
Sales
Manufacturing & other
blue collar occupations
Agricultural &
related occupations
*Source:&1959&data<&the&1960&census,&Table&100,&Social&and&Economic&CharacterisDcs&of&the&
PopulaDon.&2008&data<&the&U.S.&Department&of&Labor,&Bureau&of&Labor&and&StaDsDcs,&Current&
*Source:&1959&data<&the&1960&census,&Table&100,&Social&and&Economic&CharacterisDcs&of&the&PopulaDon.&2008&data<&the& PopulaDon&Survey,&CharacterisDcs&of&the&Employed,&Table&10&
U.S.&Department&of&Labor,&Bureau&of&Labor&and&StaDsDcs,&Current&PopulaDon&Survey,&CharacterisDcs&of&the&Employed,&
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Table&10&

1920

1950

1980

2010

2015

CURRICULUM: Then and Now

Social Studies

1960
American History
Soc. Prob.
Social Studies
Western History

Today&
&
Adv.&World&History&
AP&European&History&
AP&Psychology&
AP&US&Government&
AP&US&History&
Basic&Law&
Economics&
Government&
Psychology&
Sociology&
US&History&
World&Geography&
World&History&

CURRICULUM: Then and Now

Business Education

1960
Basic Business
Bookkeeping
Business Law
Office Practice
Shorthand
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Today&
&
AccounDng&1&
Business&Mrkt.&Mgmt.&
Business/Tech&Conc.&
Computer&ApplicaDons&
Consumer&EducaDon&
Co<op&OccupaDons&1<2&
Keyboarding&
MulDmedia&
Video&ProducDon&1<4&
Web&Design/Media&Devt&
Yearbook&ProducDon&1<2&

CURRICULUM: Then and Now

Special Education

Today&

1960
Not required

Life&Skills&Business&
Consumer&EducaDon&
Life&Skills&Elec4ves&
VocaDonal&Training&
VCE&1<3&
Job&Training&
Computer&Skills&
Fine&Arts&
Home&Arts&
Life&Skills&
Social&Problems&
ParenDng/Childcare&
RecreaDonal/Leisure&
Independent&Living&
Adult&Living&
Life&Skills&&
Language&Arts&
Basic&Reading&
PracDcal&Language&
VocaDonal&Language&
Consumer&Language&&
Life&Skills&Mathema4cs&
Basic&Math&
Math&1&
Math&2&

Life&Skills&PE&
Health&
AdapDve&PE&
Life&Skills&Science&
Basic&Science&
Life&Science&
Earth&Science&
Life&Skills&Social&Studies&
Geography&
Current&Events&
Civil&Law&
Social&InteracDons&
Cross&CAT/SED&Business&
Consumer&EducaDon&
Computer&Skills&
Careers&
VCE&1<3&
VCE&Job&&
Cross&CAT/SED&Family&&&&
Consumer&Science&
Home&Arts&
Childcare&
ParenDng&
Social&Problems&
Social&InteracDon&Skills&

Cross&CAT/SED&&
Language&Arts&
Read&180&
English&FoundaDons&1<4&
Cross&CAT/SED&&
Mathema4cs&
FoundaDons&of&Algebra&1&
FoundaDons&of&Geometry&
FoundaDons&of&Algebra&2&
Cross&CAT/SED&PE&
Health&
Drivers&EducaDon&
AdapDve&PE&
Cross&CAT/SED&Resource&
Learning&Strategies&
General&Physical&Science&
General&Biology&
General&Earth&Science&
US&Geography&
World&History&
US&History&
Government&

Do school facilities affect

academic outcomes?

YES!

17&separate&studies&all&found&posiDve&health&
impacts&from&improved&indoor&air<quality,&
ranging&from&13.5%&up&to&87%&improvement.&

ST
21

CENTURY

Learning Environments
Learning is no longer optional
Meet the needs of every child
Engage students in learning
Anywhere/anytime learning
Support the 4Cs:
collaboration - communication
creativity - critical thinking
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characteristics of

FUTURE
FOCUSED
SCHOOLS
How is FORM changing to
follow FUNCTION?

POTENTIAL
SOLUTIONS

Status Quo

Scenario 1A: 21st Cent / Retire Partial Annex

Scenario 2: HS Becomes Elem / MS to 612

Scenario 5: PK4 at Annex; 58 at HS; 912 at MS

Financial
Committee
Update

ECUSD Financial Status

No debt
Reserves of $12MM
Operating budget surplus of $1M

Property Tax Rates-Surrounding Area

Historical
Property
Tax
Rates-Erie
Historical Tax Rates

Purposefully Positioned
for a Campus Project

Campus Project-Proposed Funding Sources

Financial Impact on You

Property Tax Rates-Surrounding Area

Historical
Property
Tax
Rates-Erie
Historical Tax Rates

THANK
YOU!
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