Demographic Trends & Facility Planning

Charge:
A standing committee to provide annual recommendations to the Board of Education regarding demographic trends, boundary issues, capacity updates, and other relevant data. This would allow for long range predictability of attendance areas, facility needs, and programmatic equity.

Advisory Council Members

Tim Leibham, Facilitator
Kathy Clark, County Board Representative
Ken Faanes, Board Member
Wendy Sue Johnson, Board Member
Tom Pulse, Chamber Representative
Ron Martin, ECAE Representative
Michael Falch, Parent At Large
Ben Nemitz, PAC Representative
Kathy Attermeier, Parent -- Former Enrollment Management Committee
Charles Kramer, Director of Buildings & Grounds
Larry Sommerfeld, Facilities Planning Manager

The Demographic Trends & Facility Advisory Council will strive to base recommendations upon:

1. Reliable, current & projected demographic and housing-impact data from internal and external sources;

2. Utilization of best practice research;

3. Student access to equitable programs and services;

4. Building enrollment greater than 65% of capacity, not to exceed 100%;

5. When considering boundary changes, a balanced socio-economic makeup of the buildings;

6. An effort to maintain boundary changes for a minimum of five years;

7. Minimization of transportation time and costs;

8. Consideration of cost to maintain existing buildings vs. new construction;

9. New elementary construction will provide a minimum of three-section grade level arrangements/450 students with room for expansion;

10. Siblings remaining in the same school;

11. Maximum educational and operational efficiency of facilities.