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Community Forums Receiving Input from Parents, Families and Staff School Location: Natomas Gateways Middle School 1 Objectives for this Forum Further share with our community the potential for facilities overcrowding (as early as the 2015-
Receiving Input from Parents, Families and Staff
School Location: Natomas Gateways Middle School
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❏ Further share with our community the potential for facilities overcrowding (as early as the 2015- 2016 school year) ❏ Examine options being considered at this school site ❏ Gather input from our parents/families/staff for
school
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(September 2013 – present)
❏ September 25, 2013 Presentation to Board of Trustees - Short and Long Range Facilities Master Plan – Square 1 ❏ November 13, 2013, March 12, 2014, April 30, 2014, May 14, 2014, and June 11, 2014 Presentation to Board of Trustees of Facility Master plan Updates ❏ February 3, 2014, February 5, 2014, March 17, 2014, and March 19, 2014 Received Community Input regarding the 2014 Facility Master Plan ❏ June 25, 2014 Board of Trustees approval of the 2014 Facilities Master Plan ❏ August 27, 2014 Presentation to Board of Trustees: Transitioning out of the Moratorium, Part 1 ❏ September 24, 2014 Presentation to Board of Trustees: Transitioning out of the Moratorium, Part 2 ❏ November 12, 2014 Presentation to Board of Trustees: Transitioning out of the Moratorium, Part 3 ❏ December 11, 2014 Presentation to Board of Trustees: Transitioning out of the Moratorium, Part 4 ❏ November 4, 2014 Measure J - 2014 School Facilities Bond passes with 72% voter support
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Annual projected new dwelling units from residential developments
(2015 through 2024)
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Cumulative projected students generated by new residential developments
(2015 through 2024)
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Total cumulative projected students based on current growth pattern and new residential development (moderate projection)
(2015 through 2024)
Year Enrollment 00-01 6,048 01-02 6,953 02-03 7,653 03-04 8,636 04-05 9,743 05-06 10,398 06-07 10,821 07-08 11,406 08-09 12,188 09-10 12,382 10-11 12,350 11-12 12,344 12-13 12,454 13-14 13,164 14-15 13,800
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2015-16 2016-17 2015-2017
Site Classrooms Short Classrooms Short Cumalitive 2 year classroom shortfall Natomas Park 2 6 8 Heron 1 1 2 Witter Ranch 2 2 4 Two Rivers 1 2 3 JE/Westlake Pebblewood 1 1
Due to anticipated continued growth with the moratorium plus anticipated growth post-moratorium and we do nothing, it is anticipated that the schools below will be short the indicated number of classrooms.
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With current growth, projected growth, the rate at which bond money is available, the percent of students in charters plus the moratorium - Natomas is unlike any other district on the issue
unique to Natomas. There is not one strategy that will create a district-wide
mosaic - multiple pieces (strategies/options) have to come together to make a picture.
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❏ Thanks to Measure J passing with 72% of the voters’ support, new school construction is possible after the moratorium is lifted. ❏ New elementary school campuses are needed in the northeast and northwest regions of our district. ❏ Design development and construction may begin in 2015-16
school takes 3-3 ½ years from start to finish). As such, new school construction is not a short-term strategy/option.
Natomas Unified School District
Campus Options
K-5, 6-8 Portables Boundary Shifts Enrollment Cap YRE (later) ALE
TBD
BCE
TBD
HAH
TBD
JFE
TBD
NPE
TBD
Heron K-8
TBD
TRE
TBD
WRE
TBD
NGMS
NA
NMS
NA
LGA
NA
DHS
NA
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1 current strategies/options being considered: ◻ Adding a 6th grade program to NGMS
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Under consideration: Moving 6th grade students from elementary sites to middle schools starting in August 2015 (this next school year). Rationale for consideration: ▪ If anticipated growth stays as projected and with a combination of
by taking this action ▪ Middle schools have room Note: Future elementary schools would be designed as K-5th grades
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◻ Natomas Middle has a candidate International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme as one option. ◻ Natomas Gateways has a 1 to 1 technology program (every student is issued a Chromebook laptop) plus college and career pathways in Automation/Robotics (Engineering) and Health Careers. ◻ Leroy Greene Academy could add a 6th grade program. LGA is a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) school encouraging technology utilization in our schools. LGA already has college and career pathways in Business and Art/Digital Art.
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Under consideration: Moving 6th grade students from elementary sites to middle schools starting in August 2015 (this next school year). Rationale for consideration: ▪ If anticipated growth stays as projected and with a combination of
by taking this action ▪ Middle schools have room Note: Future elementary schools would be designed as K-5th grades
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◻ One option being considered is adding a 6th grade to Leroy Greene Academy giving families 3 middle school choices: ◻ Natomas Middle, a candidate International Baccalaureate programme. ◻ Natomas Gateways with college and career pathways in Automation/Robotics (Engineering) and Health Careers. ◻ Leroy Greene Academy with its college and career pathways in Business and Art/Digital Art.
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