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Elementary School Program Capacity Planning Team Facilities Planning, Design & Construction January 21, 2020 1 Background Many school districts struggle with calculating, understanding, and utilizing school capacity data. Reason is

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Elementary School Program Capacity

Planning Team Facilities Planning, Design & Construction

January 21, 2020

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Background

  • Many school districts struggle with calculating, understanding, and

utilizing school capacity data.

  • Reason is that different stakeholders can have conflicting definitions
  • f the term.
  • For instance, a County planning department may refer to “design

capacity,” which is the number of students a school can hold based

  • n the building’s proto-typical design.
  • Conversely, a school system typically may refer to “program

capacity,” or how many students a school can hold based on the specific instructional program at a particular school.

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Why is program capacity computed annually?

  • Student enrollment, demographics and classroom needs change

annually

  • Account for new classroom spaces added (i.e., computer lab

converted into K-5 classroom) or changes to staffing standards

  • Ensure that students have optimal learning environments

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Program Capacity Puts Students First

By considering:

  • Current class size requirements and teacher-student ratios
  • Student demographics in the attendance zone
  • Free lunch population
  • ESOL
  • Program offerings
  • K-3 class size reduction
  • Special education
  • Gifted education
  • Resource classroom needs in the building
  • Reading /math specialists
  • Learning disabled
  • Occupational therapy / physical therapy

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Why is Capacity Important?

Capacity helps to inform:

  • Overcrowding or under-utilization at schools
  • Future construction projects
  • School boundary planning
  • Availability of space for student transfers

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Process

  • Facility Planning staff will annually review the instructional program at

each elementary school.

  • Classroom-use information will be provided by the school principal

and verified by Staff.

  • Program capacity is influenced by SCPS, State and Federal standards.
  • Program capacity will be published annually in the Student

Accommodation Plan.

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Class Sizes

* SCPS Staffing Standards Plan ** VDOE K-3 Primary Class Size Reduction Program

  • Special education rooms are assigned a capacity of 8 (for Autism or Multiple Disabilities) or 10 (from

Emotional Behavioral Support and Learning Support I or II students).

  • Resource pull-out rooms assigned capacity of zero (0) students

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Staffing Standards*

Grade SCPS Standard Ratio Maximum: No Larger Than Average K 22 24 23 1 24 26 25 2 24 26 25 3 24 26 25 4 25 27 26 5 25 27 26 Average 24 26 25

Class Size Reduction (30% < 45%)**

Grade State Standard Maximum: No Larger Than Average K 19 24 21.5 1 19 24 21.5 2 19 24 21.5 3 19 24 21.5 4 25 27 26 5 25 27 26 Average 21 25 23

Class Size Reduction (45% < 55%)**

Grade State Standard Maximum: No Larger Than Average K 18 23 20.5 1 18 23 20.5 2 18 23 20.5 3 18 23 20.5 4 25 27 26 5 25 27 26 Average 20.33 24.33 22.33

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K-3 Class Size Reduction Program

  • Under current Virginia K-3 Class Size Reduction (CSR) program guidelines,

a school must have a free lunch population above 30% to participate

  • Ten years ago zero (0) SCPS elementary schools had free lunch populations

above 30%

  • Today, over half (53%) of our elementary schools have free lunch

populations above 30% and participate in either SCPS or State funded K-3 Class Size Reduction (CSR) programs

  • K-3 CSR schools have smaller class size and pupil-teacher ratios that

reduce the capacity of the building because 12% fewer students are allowed in kindergarten through third grade classrooms

  • Current design capacity does not take into account smaller class size

requirements for over half of our elementary schools

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Program Capacity Formula

K-5 classrooms X Average class size

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Self contained special education classrooms X Program multiplier2 = Elementary school program capacity

Notes:

  • 1. Three (3) full-size classrooms allocated for resource pull-out spaces
  • Could be more depending on programmatic need of students at a school
  • 2. Special education classrooms are assigned a capacity of 8 (for Autism or Multiple Disabilities students) or 10 (for Emotional

Behavioral Support and Learning Support I or II students).

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Resource Pull-Out Room Calculations

  • English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL): less than 2 teachers = office space.

2-3 teachers = 0.5 classroom. 4+ teachers = 1 classroom

  • Math Specialist: half a classroom per specialist
  • Reading Specialist: half a classroom per specialist
  • Learning Disabled (LD): half a classroom per Specific Learning Disability teacher
  • Occupational Therapy/Physical Therapy: any combination of 2 or more programs of LS I,

LS II, or MD at the same school gets 0.5 classroom equivalent for OT/PT

  • Primary Support Teacher (PST), Speech Therapist: small group pull-out--half classroom not

needed, office plenty Note:

  • 1. Space needs provided by Learning and Organizational Development and Student Services on 9/24/2018.

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Grafton Village ES

  • Non-Class Size Reduction School
  • 722 students enrolled as of

9/30/2019

  • 89% program capacity utilization
  • 96% design capacity utilization***

11 * Average from SCPS Staffing Standards Plan ** Room designations and numbers are based on the 2019-20 GVES floor plan and includes with conversion of 2 computer labs to classrooms. *** Design capacity is less than program capacity because it does not include the conversion of 2 computer labs to classrooms.

School: Grafton Village ES

2019-20 Program Capacity* Design Capacity

# Teaching Stations Average # Pupils Per Room** Capacity # Teaching Stations # Pupils Per Room Capacity

Permanent Spaces** Kindergarten Rooms:

5 x 23 115 9 x 24 216

First-Third Grade Rooms:

16 x 25 400 10 x 24 240

Fourth - Fifth Rooms:

10 x 26 260 10 x 25 250

Self-Contained Rooms:

2 x 8 16 6 x 8 48

(Autism,Multiple Disabilities) Self-Contained Rooms:

2 x 10 20 1 x

(EBS, LS1, LS11)

(Resource Rm counted as 0)

Allow 3 Resource Rooms

3 x

(Needs 3) TOTAL

38** 811 36 754 Program Capacity Design Capacity 811 754

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Barrett ES

  • Class Size Reduction School
  • 858 students enrolled as of

9/30/2019

  • 101% program capacity

utilization

  • 91% design capacity utilization***

12 * Average from Class Size Reduction 30%-45%. ** Room designations and numbers are based on the 2019-20 KWBES floor plan and includes with conversion of 1 computer lab to a classroom. *** Design capacity is more than program capacity because it does not take into account class size reduction for grades K-3.

Program Capacity Design Capacity 849 950 School: Kate Waller Barrett ES

2019-20 Program Capacity* Design Capacity # Teaching Stations # Pupils Per Room** Capacity # Teaching Stations # Pupils Per Room Capacity

Permanent Spaces**

Kindergarten Rooms: 6 x 21.5 129 6 x 24 144 First-Third Grade Rooms: 20 x 21.5 430 19 x 24 456 Fourth - Fifth Rooms: 12 x 26 312 13 x 25 325 Self-Contained Rooms: 1.5 x 8 12 4 x 8 32

(Autism, Multiple Disabilities)

Self-Contained Rooms: x 10

(EBS, LS1, LS11)

Allow 3 Classrooms for Pullouts*** 3 x (Needs 5) 2 x

  • 23
  • 46

(Using 3.5) 0.5 x 23 12

(Rounded to 950)

957 TOTAL 43 849 42 950

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Program versus Design Capacity

*Class Size Reduction School 30% < 45% **Class Size Reduced 45% < 55% ***SCPS Class Size Reduction 30%,45% 13

NOTE: There is a difference of -643 (or 4%) less seats under the program capacity calculation.

Barrett ES* 858 Brent ES 805 Burns ES* 760 Conway ES*** 885 Falmouth ES* 649 Ferry Farm ES 645 Garrisonville ES 543 Grafton Village ES 722 Hampton Oaks ES** 871 Hartwood ES* 548 Moncure ES*** 882 Park Ridge ES 793 Rockhill ES 668 Rocky Run ES* 845 Stafford ES 726 Widewater ES* 662 Winding Creek ES 803 Total 12,665 School Name 9-30-19 Enrollment 849 950

  • 101

931 950

  • 19

844 950

  • 106

863 950

  • 87

703 794

  • 91

743 732

11

801 768

33

811 754

57

859 950

  • 91

582 649

  • 67

841 964

  • 123

864 843

21

865 843

22

881 950

  • 69

785 794

  • 9

801 843

  • 42

943 925

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13,966 14,609

  • 643

Capacity Difference Program Capacity Design Capacity

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Why Did Capacity Change?

Decreases in capacity:

  • K-3 Class Size Reduction

Program,

  • More special education

programs rooms needed beyond the design capacity

  • More resource “pull-out”

spaces needed to accommodate students Increases in capacity:

  • Computer lab conversion
  • Omitted from design

capacity, increases to net effective class size

  • Special education room being

used as a general classroom

  • Counted as 8 in design

capacity, increases to net effective class size

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Key Takeaways

  • Design capacity is based on a proto-typical school
  • Program capacity is based on “real-world” student needs today
  • This year 53% of SCPS schools are restricted by CSR caps
  • K-3 CSR reduces seating capacity 12% for kindergarten through third

grade classrooms, due to smaller class size and pupil-teacher ratio requirements

  • Changes in student demographics over the last decade have increased

the demand for more classrooms and pull-out spaces in school buildings

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Elementary School Program Capacity

Planning Team Facilities Planning, Design & Construction

January 21, 2020

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