NORTH COUNTRY ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOL

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NORTH COUNTRY ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOL Striving for
Excellence
Susan Hodun, Principal Seth Lipshie, AP Matt
Clark, Dean of Students Miller Place School
District
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IMMEDIATE AND FUTURE SPACE NEEDS

• FOR THE 2001-2002
• AND
• 2002-2003 SCHOOL YEARS

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NCRMS STUDENT POPULATION

• 2001-2002
• 8th Grade 235
• 7th Grade 254
• 6th Grade 250
• Total 739

• 2002-2003
• 8th Grade 254
• 7th Grade 250
• 6th Grade 240
• Total 744

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CURRENT CLASS SIZES AND ACCOMODATIONS

• Grade Sections Class Size
• 8th 9 28 (33)
• 7th 10 29
• 6th 9 28

Additional space is needed to reduce classes to
manageable sizes and provide appropriate teaching
and learning spaces. NYS assessments in 8th
grade.
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LACK AND QUALITY OF SPACE ISSUES
Compliance with NYSED Programs and Regulations

• Special Education
• Resource Room 3 grades, scheduled all day,
  testing
• Inclusion 3 grades, 2 support periods, 25/class
  cap
• Writing/ORT 3 periods
• English as a Second Language (ESL) 3 grades, 2
  periods
• Reading Remediation 3 grades, push-in, 2
  periods
• Math and ELA Academic Intervention Services
  (AIS) resulted in 10 additional periods this
  year!

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LACK AND QUALITY OF SPACE ISSUES
Quality of Space Issues

• English class in HC room
• Reading class in Tech lab
• Art in Math class
• Content areas not taught in content area rooms
• Teachers on carts (Speech in 3 rooms, Health in 4
  rooms)
• AIS classes in HC and Tech labs
• Testing in cafeteria
• In School Suspension (ISS) room in renovated
  locker room
• Safety caps limit HC, Tech and Science labs

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2002-2003 CLASSROOM SPACE NEEDS

• Classroom 1 One additional section (9 periods)
  to accommodate 8th grade population
• Classroom 2 One additional section (6 periods)
  to accommodate 6th grade population and reduces
  class size from 29/30 to 24/25
• Classroom 3 One additional section (9 periods)
  to accommodate current special education,
  remediation, AIS needs and provide appropriate
  space for inadequate assignments.
• This does not include new entrants.

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SUMMARY OF NEEDS

• 3 ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS WILL
• 1. Accommodate increase in 8th grade
• 2. Maintain large sections in 7th grade
• 3. Reduce class size in 6th grade
• 4. Provide appropriate instructional space for
  inadequate assignments
• 5. Provide a short-term remedy to our immediate
  needs

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WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS?

• Do Nothing
• Extended Day
• Split Sessions
• Overlapping Sessions
• Split Session in 6th Grade Only
• Convert Central Office to Classroom Space

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OPTION 1 DO NOTHING

• Maintain large class size (up to 34)
• Continue inappropriate assignment of classes

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OPTION 2 EXTENDED DAY TO 10 PERIODS

• Allows one extra classroom
• Staggers staff and student arrival
• Impacts elementary dismissal transportation
• Impacts 6th grade music, extracurricular, and
  interscholastic athletic programs (requires
  supervision and space for participants)
• Projected transportation cost 361,330

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OPTION 3 SPLIT SESSIONS

• Allows double the amount classrooms
• Staggers staff and student arrival
• 4½ hour school day of 27 minute periods
• 2 sessions from 700-1130 and 100-530
• No lunch, 6th grade music, extracurricular, or
  interscholastic athletics
• NYSED mandated special education (42 minutes),
  remedial, and AIS will need additional
  transportation

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OPTION 4 OVERLAPPING SESSIONS

• Only possible with less than 5 sections

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OPTION 5 6TH GRADE SPLIT SESSIONS

• Allows four additional classrooms
• 4½ hour school day of 27 minute periods
• 2 sessions from 700-1130 and 100-530
• No lunch, 6th grade music, extracurricular, or
  interscholastic athletics
• NYSED mandated special education (42 minutes),
  remedial, and AIS will need additional
  transportation
• Projected transportation cost 369,540

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OPTION 6 CONVERT CENTRAL OFFICE SPACE (BACK TO)
CLASSROOMS

• Allows three additional classrooms
• Maintains all components of current Middle School
  program
• Provides adequate space for the provision of
  NYSED mandated special education remedial, and
  AIS services
• Provides appropriate instructional space for
  inadequate assignments
• Requires the relocation of Central Office
• Projected Central office lease 100,000-110,000
  per year

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RECOMMENDATION

• THREE RENOVATED
• CLASSROOMS WOULD SERVE AS A
• TEMPORARY MEASURE
• TO ADDRESS OUR CURRENT NEEDS
• IN 6TH AND 8TH GRADES AND WITH
• OUR SUPPORT SERVICES.

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KEEP IN MIND...

• This is a short-term solution to our immediate
  needs.
• Numbers do not include 199 new homes in Imperial
  Estates, 110 new townhouses on Miller Place Road,
  or new entrants.
• NYSED mandates the provision of special education
  services, remedial instruction, AIS, Character
  Education, and high stakes assessments.

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On behalf of the Faculty, Staff, and Students at
the North Country Road Middle School
Thank You!