Charleston County Schools District 10West Ashley Mr. Earl Choice, Interim Associate Superintendent

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Charleston County SchoolsDistrict 10-West
AshleyMr. Earl Choice, Interim Associate
Superintendent

• Dr. Maria Goodloe-Johnson
• Superintendent CCSD
• Mayor Joseph P. Riley
• City of Charleston SC

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District 10 Schools Site Map
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District 10 Schools
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2000-2004 Building Program
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District 10 History

• 2000 Census
• U-18 population- lt845
• School age (5-17)
• Total 9500
• CCSD 7600 (80)
• District 10 Enrollment
• Increasing trend since 2000
• New areas gt
• Established areas lt

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Planning Issues

• Growth
• Old, Outdated Elementary Schools
• Swing Space
• Middle Schools
• High School-9th Grade Academy CTE
• School size (ES/MS)

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Past Facility Accomplishments

• Built West Ashley HS
• Converted former Middleton HS to WAMS (grades
  7-8)
• Converted former St. Andrews HS to WAIM (grades
  5-6)deficit of 1,000 seats at District 10 ES.
• Converted former CE Williams MS to CE Williams
  Magnet Middle School (grades 5-8)
• Converted former Drayton Hall MS to ES (grades
  K-4)

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Past Facility Accomplishments

• Three Magnet Elementary School Programs remain
  K-5
• St. Andrews School of Math Science
• Ashley River School of the Arts
• Montessori Program at Springfield ES Campus

82.9 Million
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Projects in 2005-2009Facility Improvements
ProgramDistrict 10-West Ashley Condition
Assessments
Cost to Fix113 Million
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Projects in 2005-2009Facility Improvements
ProgramDistrict 10-West Ashley

• New Orange Grove ES 800 Capacity
• New Oakland ES 600 Capacity
• New Ashley River ES 600 Capacity
• Advance Design Stono Park ES 500 Capacity
• Advance Design St. Andrews ES 750 Capacity
• Real Estate for new schools in growth areas

63.8 Million
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Future Growth Impact on Schools
ASSUMPTIONS

• School age population in older neighborhoods
  remains fairly stable at todays numbers.
• New planned unit developments under
  consideration will have a ten year build-out
  period.
• There are 8519 new housing units being planned
  at this time. Assume figure grows to 9100.
• The 2000 census indicated there were 7600
  students in public school coming from 27663
  housing units (0.2747 school children per unit.)
  There were 0.3433 school children (public
  private) per unit. New growth attracts younger
  families. Assume 0.3000 public school children
  per unit.

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Future Growth Impact on Schools
9100 more housing units in 10 years
If there are 0.30 school age children per unit,
there will be 1260 more children in grades K-5
630 more students in middle school
840 more students in high school by 2015
This equates to 2 Elementary Schools, One Middle
School and 1/3 of a large High School like West
Ashley High.
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PLANNING CHALLENGES

• Predicting growth patterns and locations
• Predicting demographic changes.
• Predicting required locations for new school
  sites.
• Predicting the percent of school age children
  going to public schools.will increase as schools
  are improved.
• Predicting population density changes
• Redistricting attendance zone for ES
  MS..minimum disruption.

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FINANCING CHALLENGES
Replacing aging schools.
Adding capacity to existing overcrowded schools.

Building new schools in new, fast-growing
neighborhoods.
Keeping existing facilities in well-maintained
Condition.
Keeping tax increases to a minimum.
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Future Growth Impacts on Schools
Growth area in West Ashley is not in areas where
existing schools are located (except Drayton Hall
Elementary School, C.E. Williams Middle School,
and West Ashley High School.

• The Three existing schools in growth area will
  reach capacity in the following time frames
• HIGH SCHOOL 4.17 Years
• MIDDLE SCHOOL 0 Years
• (Magnet MS at capacity now)
• ELEMENATARY SCHOOL 1.53 Years
• Focus on ES (K-5) SEATS

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Future Growth Impacts on Schools
Using existing schools outside of growth area to
provide seats for future school age population
will increase traffic congestion.
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Planning Recommendations

• Maintain close communications among planning
  staffs of city, county, and school district.
• Permitting authorities require developers to
  incorporate school impacts into permit
  applications.
• City and County planning departments assist
  school district Facilities Improvements
  Department with selecting sites for new schools
  required by growth.

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Charleston County School District Office of
Facilities Improvements Mr. William H. Lewis,
Executive Director 3999 Bridge View Dr. North
Charleston, SC 29405 843-566-1975
Office 843-566-1976 Fax Emailwilliam_lewis_at_charle
ston.k12.sc.us