West Hanover Elementary

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West Hanover Elementary

• Classroom Availability
• May 18, 2015

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Current Elementary Enrollment TotalsMembership
Summary for May 15, 2015
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Five-Year Enrollment Trends
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Five-Year Enrollment Trends
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Five-Year Enrollment Trends
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West Hanover Enrollment for 2015-16
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Available Data

• Enrollment at West Hanover Elementary over the
  past five years has increased but appears to be
  hitting a plateau.
• The enrollment data that we have tells us that we
  can make valid predictions as to what may happen
  next year.

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Options for Consideration

• West Hanover Classroom Availability 2015-16

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OPTION 1 Modular Classroom

• Add a Modular Classroom
• Cost of classroom 68,066.00
• Cost of upgrades 30,000.00
• Furniture 2,962.32
• Considerations
• Potential upgrades, restroom facilities, safety,
  sprinklers
• COST 101,030.32
• Students Affected 30 - 40

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Aerial View of West Hanover Elementary School
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OPTION 2 Relocate Kindergarten

• Transfer kindergarten classes to Linglestown
  Elementary School where there are at least 6
  unused full-sized classrooms.
• Morning Kindergarten
• Buses pick students up at home for AM
  Kindergarten and transport them to WHE.
• Older students are dropped off at WHE and
  kindergarten students remain on bus to go to LES.
• Kindergarten students are transported home
  directly from LES.

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OPTION 2 Relocate Kindergarten

• Afternoon Kindergarten
• Bus picks students up in their neighborhoods and
  transports kindergarten students to WHE.
• Transfer bus takes all kindergarten students
  together from LES to WHE.
• Kindergarten students get on appropriate bus at
  WHE and are transported home with WHE students.

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OPTION 2 Relocate Kindergarten

• COST Minimal additional fuel costs
• Students Affected 60

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Option 3 Re-draw Attendance Lines

• Shifting a neighborhood into a different
  attendance in order to lower the number of
  students who will attend West Hanover
• The students affected by this proposed shift will
  attend Linglestown Elementary School for the
  remainder of their elementary years and
  Linglestown Middle School afterward.
• Cost None
• Students Affected 91

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OPTION 4 Increase Class Size

• Increase class size in Grade 1 to exceed 22
• Rutherford, North Side, South Side exceed 22 at
  this time.
• The current number of first grade classes at WHE
  can go from 4 to 3.
• Class sizes would be approximately 23.
• This creates an additional available classroom.
• Cost none
• Students Affected 70

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Questions