Grady Community Meeting - September 2015

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DRAFT

Grady Cluster CapacityCommunity Conversation

September 24, 2015


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Agenda

Welcome/PurposeDr. Betsy Bockman Principal, Inman Middle School

Recap Last Meeting/Update Current SituationLarry Hoskins - Chief Operating Officer

Solutions/Moving AheadDr. Meria J. Carstarphen - Superintendent

Questions & Answers/Dialogue/Next StepsFacilitated by Byron D. Amos, Cynthia Briscoe Brown,Leslie Grant and Matt Westmoreland - Members of the AtlantaBoard of Education

ClosingTim Guiney Principal, Grady High School

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Meeting Purpose

Summarize outcomes of our last communitymeeting

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 anInman 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 (beginningin 2017-2018 school year) for Centennial Place Academy for amiddle school.

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

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Proposed Solutions

Given community feedback and preferences, APSadministrators re-examined options for solutions.

Current proposed solutions to address space and enrollmentin the Grady ClusterExpand Grady campus and address recommendations from the

Facility Condition Assessment

Create a Howard Middle School

Build new APS athletic practice fields on former Walden Middle

School campusConvert Inman campus into additional elementary capacity for

the cluster

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Grady Campus Expansion

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Costs: $33 million

o Estimated $22 million(18 Classrooms and 3laboratories addition,New Administrative Suite)

o Estimated $11 million

(Facility Condition Assessmentrecommendations)

Considerations:

o Maintain High Schoolconfiguration (grades 9-12)

o Removal of portables

o Green space reduction

o Dependent on approval ofthe next SPLOSTReferendum by the voters

Capacity: 1,725 FTE @ 25/1


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Cost: Estimated $52 million(Renovation and 25 Classroomaddition)

Considerations:

o Solves capacity issues atmiddle school level

o Preserves historic buildingo Preserves grades 6-8 middle

school experience

o Dependent on approval ofthe next SPLOST Referendumby 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 Cluster

o Possibly include regulationhigh school baseball field

and a football practice fieldthat could be used forsoccer and lacrossepractices

o Not located on a campus

o Dependent on approval ofthe next SPLOST

Referendum by the voters


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Elementary School Capacity(Inman Campus)

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Cluster will have additionalelementary school capacity

875 FTE @ 25/1


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Timelines

Projects Project LaunchRange

(includingdesign work)

ConstructionCompletion

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 projectsincluding: program management costs, debt service requirements,legacy projects, availability of a relocation site, critical HVAC needs, andcapacity 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 clustermember schools - under the Grady ConstructionUpdate tab.

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

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Documents

Grady Community Meeting - September 2015