Parent Conference Facility Survey

1
Parent Conference Facility Survey
2

• Welcome!
• Please take a few moments to learn some important
  information about the future facilities at
  Northwest Local School District.

3

• In 1997, the Ohio School Facility Commission
  (OSFC) began providing financial assistance to
  Ohio public schools to build quality learning
  facilities. Since that time, the OSFC has
  completed 5.4B in 154 projects. Financial
  assistance to public school districts is based on
  the local school district property wealth.

4

• The OSFC defines wealth by the amount of property
  value per student. NWLSD is in the top 1/3 of
  districts in the state of Ohio regarding wealth.
  As the enrollment declines, the wealth of the
  district increases, according to this formula.

5

• Prior to receiving financial assistance from the
  OSFC, a facility assessment must be completed.
  The facility assessment estimates the cost to
  renovate a school building to OSFC standards
  compared the cost to replace the school building.
  The wealth of the district determines the amount
  of financial support available from the OSFC.

6

• Any building that costs over 67 to renovate to
  OSFC standards is recommended to be vacated and
  rebuilt. In 2007, the OSFC completed the
  facility assessment for Northwest Local School
  District. The following slide shows the results
  of this assessment.

7

• 2007 OSFC Assessment Results

School
Renovation
Replacement
OSFC Master Plan
Total
Total
Bevis Elementary
8,655,437
10,541,168
72
Replace
Colerain Elementary
14,549,149
15,961,163
91
Replace
Houston
Elementary
9,792,119

11,606,261
84
Replace
Monfort
Heights
Elementary
2,438,072

14,966,701
16
Renovate
Pleasant Run Elementary
9,446,982
10,537,563
90
Replace
Struble
Elementary
8,201,840
8,607,610
95
Replace
Taylor Elementary
11,070,533
11,495,523
96
Replace
11,443,695
Weigel
Elementary
11,763,340
98
Replace
Welch
Elementary
8,589,315
10,137,464
85
Replace
8

• 2007 OSFC Assessment Results

School
Renovation
Replacement
OSFC Master Plan
Total
Total
Colerain Middle
11,062,363
13,347,029
83
Replace
Renovate
Pleasant Run Middle
13,462,400
18,054,218
75
White Oak Middle
13,679,693

15,614,356
88
Replace
Colerain High School
35,438,072

49,810,875
71
Renovate
Northwest High School
24,893,681
37,649,449
66
Renovate
9

• 2007 OSFC Assessment Results
• The OSFC assessment recommended that all current
  elementary schools be vacated and replaced with
  new schools with the exception of Monfort
  Heights. The assessment also recommended that
  Colerain Middle School and White Oak Middle
  School be vacated and replaced with new schools.

10
2007 OSFC Assessment Results

• The OSFC assessment recommended that Monfort
  Heights Elementary School, Pleasant Run Middle
  School, Colerain High School and Northwest High
  School be renovated to meet OSFC standards.

11
NWLSD Facility Committee

• In the Spring of 2008, NWLSD formed the Facility
  Committee. This committee was charged with the
  task of studying the assessment and making a
  recommendation to the school board for a facility
  plan to submit to the OSFC for approval.

12
NWLSD Facility Committee

• This plan has become known as the Placeholder
  Plan. It serves as a temporary plan that allows
  the district to freeze the funding rate at 25.
  Any project that is part of the Placeholder Plan
  will be a shared cost 75 local funding and 25
  OSFC funding.

13
NWLSD Facility Committee Issues

• Several issues had to be considered when
  developing the Placeholder Plan. One critical
  issue is declining enrollment. The district has
  been experiencing declining enrollment for the
  past few years. This is predicted to continue
  for the next several years.

14
NWLSD Declining Enrollment

• Currently, NWLSD has approximately 9,600 students
  enrolled in K-12. The projected enrollment by
  the year 2012 is 8,600 in grades K-12. NWLSD
  will not need as many school buildings in the
  future.

15
NWLSD OSFC Placeholder Plan

• The Placeholder Plan calls for Colerain High
  School and Northwest High School to be renovated.
  It also calls for Colerain Middle School and
  White Oak Middle School to be vacated and new
  school building built to OSFC standards to
  replace them.

16
NWLSD OSFC Placeholder Plan

• The Placeholder Plan calls for Pleasant Run
  Middle School to be replaced with a new building.
  The current building would be renovated into an
  elementary school. The remaining elementary
  schools would be vacated and replaced with fewer
  new buildings, with the exception of Monfort
  Heights.

17
NWLSD OSFC Placeholder Plan

• Pleasant Run Elementary and Welch Elementary
  would be combined into one new school.
• Taylor Elementary and Bevis Elementary would be
  combined into one new school.
• Weigel Elementary and Struble Elementary would
  be combined into one new school.

18
NWLSD OSFC Placeholder Plan

• The following slide is a graphical representation
  of the Placeholder Plan.

19
NWLSD OSFC Placeholder Plan
Renovated Colerain High School
Renovated Northwest High School
New Pleasant Run Middle School
New Colerain Middle School
New White Oak Middle School
Renovated MS into Pleasant Run Welch ES
New Taylor Bevis ES
New Weigel Struble ES
Renovated Monfort Heights ES
New Colerain ES
20

• On behalf of the OSFC Facility Committee and the
  Board of Education for the Northwest Local School
  District
• Thank You!

21
NWLSD OSFC Placeholder Plan

• The placeholder plan calls for the district to
  house K-5 students in five elementary schools.
  Each school would have at least six sections of
  each grade level. This allows for additional
  flexibility including more intervention and
  enrichment opportunities.

22
NWLSD Declining Enrollment

• As mentioned earlier, NWLSD has been experiencing
  declining enrollment for the past six years, and
  will continue for the next several years.
  Current high school enrollment is 5,500 students.
  By the year 2012, the high school enrollment
  could be as low as 4,900.

23
NWLSD Declining Enrollment

• In order for NWLSD to continue to offer the level
  of programming currently offered at the high
  schools, other possible school configurations
  were examined. One of these configurations is a
  single high school for grades 10-12 and a
  separate freshman school.

24
NWLSD OSFC Alternate Plan

• The following slide is a graphical representation
  of the Single High School Alternate Placeholder
  Plan.

25
NWLSD OSFC Single HS Alternate Plan
Renovated Colerain High School (10-12)
Colerain Freshman School
New White Oak Middle School
Renovated MS - NWHS
Renovated PRMS Pleasant Run Welch ES
New Taylor Bevis ES
New Colerain ES
New Weigel Struble ES
Monfort Heights ES
26
Bond Levy

• In order to participate and receive funding from
  the OSFC, NLWSD must pass a 2 mill bond levy.
  NWLSD would also need to transfer
• 1 mill in property tax from the permanent
  improvement fund, in order to begin the
  Placeholder Plan. The net result would be a
  property tax increase of 2 mills. This would be
  approximately 70 a year for a home assessed at
  100,000.

27
Other Levy Issues

• The current emergency operating levy is schedule
  to expire in 2010. Due to the possibility of
  state budget cuts and inflation, this levy may
  need to be increased by at least
• 2 mills in order for NWLSD to continue to offer
  the level of programming that is currently
  offered. Both the operating levy and the bond
  levy could be on the ballot at the same time.

28
NWLSD OSFC Focus Groups
NWLSD received a grant from the state to

• continue to explore the OSFC assessment. In
  order to receive public input and feedback, NWLSD
  hired a consultant to work with focus groups to
  obtain their opinions of the Placeholder Plan, as
  well as other issues that must be addressed.

29
NWLSD OSFC Focus Groups

• NWLSD would now like to get the opinions of our
  most vested population you, the parents and
  staff. The OSFC Facility Committee has developed
  a survey to see if the opinions of the focus
  groups are consistent with the opinions of our
  parents and staff.

30
NWLSD OSFC Parent Survey

• Please take 5 minutes to complete the survey.
  This information will be used as the committee
  and the school board decides how to proceed.
  This is an exciting time for the future of the
  facilities at NWLSD. Do not miss this
  opportunity to provide important input.