Conversion of Year Round Schools

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Conversion of Year Round Schools
Superintendents Committee on

• November 12, 2002

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The Committees Beginning

• 2002-03 District-wide goals adopted on March 26,
  2002
• Goal 5.3 authorized the appointment of an
  advisory committee to assist in a review and
  study of the feasibility of moving all schools to
  a common calendar.

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5 Major Tasks of the Committee

• Identify initial costs and long-term savings of
  making transition
• Identify problems associated with making a change
• Develop a criteria for selecting which schools go
  off first
• Investigate a time line for transferring all
  schools off year round
• Forward the Committees recommendation to the
  Superintendent by November 30

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Committee Composition

• Classroom Teachers
• Resource Teachers
• Resource Specialist Teachers
• Speech and Language Teachers
• School Nurses
• Classroom Aides

• Special Education Aides
• Library/Computer Aides
• School Secretaries
• School Custodians
• Assistant Principals
• School Principals
• Parents
• Community Members

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Meeting Dates

• May 20
• July 22
• August 19
• September 23

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Committee Recommendations

• Move as many schools off as soon as possible
• Do not leave one or two schools off by themselves
• Balance geographically the schools being moved
  off of year round schedule each year
• Look carefully at the number of restroom
  facilities,drinking fountains, multi-purpose room
  space, playground space, support staff space and
  parking

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Committee Recommendations (Continued)

• Do not sacrifice class size reduction in grades
  K-2 (201) in order to facilitate the change
• Continue to provide employees with 12 equal
  monthly paychecks for the transition year
• When all schools are returned to one schedule,
  give consideration to studying alternative
  calendars (longer Winter Break, longer Spring
  Break, breaks throughout the year)

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Year Placed on Year Round Schedule

• Fairview 1987
• Crestwood 1987
• Mountain View 1989
• Crowley 1989
• Veva Blunt 1989
• Mineral King 1989
• Willow Glen 1990

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Title I Status

• Fairview Yes
• Mountain View No
• Willow Glen Yes
• Mineral King Yes
• Crestwood No
• Veva Blunt Yes
• Crowley Yes

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Affect of New School Construction(Next Two Years)

• Fairview Possibly
• Crestwood No
• Mountain View No
• Crowley No
• Veva Blunt No
• Mineral King Yes
• Willow Glen Yes

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Number of Classrooms Needed

• Fairview 3
• Crestwood 6
• Mountain View 4 (Conversion of old cafeteria)
• Crowley 3
• Veva Blunt 4
• Mineral King 0 (After new NE school is built)
• Willow Glen 0 (After new NW school is built)

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Committees Proposed Time Line

• Based on information they had at the time, the
  committee initially recommended the following
  timeline
• 2003-04 School Year
• Mountain View Crowley
• Fairview
  Willow Glen
• 2004-05 School Year
• Crestwood
  Mineral King
• Veva Blunt

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Additional Information Affecting Recommendations

• Northwest School opening date shifted to
  beginning of 2004-05 school year
• Proposition 47 (Kindergarten University Public
  Education Facilities Bond Act of 2002) approved
• Visalia Unified to receive funds from Proposition
  47 Bond Measure
• Northeast School to open concurrently with
  Northwest School in 2004-05

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Staff Recommendation based on Committee and New
Findings

• Convert old cafeteria into four classrooms at
  Mountain View School using Modernization Funds
  before August 2003.
• Add three portables at Fairview School before
  August 2003
• Add three portables at Crowley School before
  August 2003
• Delay the conversion of Willow Glen until 2004-05
  in order to coincide with opening of NW School

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Additional Information Affecting Recommendations
(Continued)

• Move Crestwood ahead one year in place of Willow
  Glen. Add 6 portables to Crestwood before August
  2003.
• Add four portables to Veva Blunt for 2004-05
  school year
• Mineral King and Willow Glen move to traditional
  schedule in 2004-05. They will not need extra
  buildings due to new school construction

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In a Nutshell

• 2003-04 School Year
• Mountain View Crowley
• Fairview Crestwood
• 2004-05 School Year
• Mineral King Willow Glen
• Veva Blunt

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Possible Funding Sources

• Modernization Monies
• Federal and State Renovation Dollars
• Deferred Maintenance Dollars
• General Fund Restricted Maintenance
• General Fund Savings resulting from the
  conversion from a year round to a traditional
  schedule (energy savings, clerical staff
  savings, administrative savings)

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Next Steps

• Continue to analyze funding sources
• Second Reading and Action Taken at
• December 10th Meeting

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QUESTIONS??????