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Presentation to the Facility Task Force Lindenwold Board of Education March 9, 2020

Committee Purpose To educate committee stakeholders on the facility constraints and corresponding impact on educational programs in the Lindenwold School District. This committee will serve as key communicators to address the facility needs of the District.

Conversation Points Topics to Include: ◦ Enrollment Growth ◦ Building Capacity and Current Usage ◦ Property Discussion ◦ Steps to Date

ENROLLMENT GROWTH & BUILDING CAPACITY

10 Year Enrollment Growth 1 Year Enrollment Growth (Now vs FY09 School Funding (Now vs Prior Year) Reform Act) Selected Categories of Enrollment Selected Categories of Enrollment Net Net October Category Increases 2008-2009 Category Increases 2019 2019 2018 since SFRA since SFRA Resident Resident 558 2,828 2,270 144 2,828 2,684 Student Count Student Count On Roll On Roll 679 2,946 2,272 187 2,946 2,764 Student Count Student Count Low income on Low income on 1,037 2,404 1,367 314 2,404 2,090 roll roll 581 736 155 123 736 613 LEP on roll LEP on roll ENROLLMENT CONTINUES TO GROW

ON ROLL 2015-2019 ON ROLL 2010-2014 Inc(Dec) Inc(Dec) Date On Roll over PY Date On Roll over PY 10.15.19 2946 182 10.15.14 2634 168 10.15.18 2764 -13 10.15.13 2466 9 10.15.17 2777 52 10.15.12 2457 147 10.15.16 2725 -9 10.15.11 2310 22 10.15.15 2734 100 10.15.10 2288 16 Past 10 years of enrollment shows multiple spikes and continued growth

CHOICE Budget Student CHOICE School Current Year Count Aid Enrolled 2011-12 4 61,368 Elementary 5 2012-13 26 115,336 Middle School 8 2013-14 37 221,815 High School 16 2014-15 54 323,730 Total Enrollment 29 2015-16 55 323,730 2016-17 51 323,730* * State provided “adjustment 2017-18 38 323,730* aid” to districts with declining 2018-19 32 297,472 Choice enrollment 2019-20 32 246,934 2020-21 29 203,091 NJ CHOICE Program Historical Analysis

School 4 School 5 Grade Level Enrollment Enrollment FULL DAY K 129 138 ONE 115 127 TWO 135 119 THREE 134 112 FOUR 129 108 TOTAL 642 604 Elementary Enrollment by School

School #4 School #5 56,501 GSF 52,691 GSF Total Classrooms Total Classrooms 34 33 34 Available Available Total Classrooms Available 29 28 29 Grade Level Classroom Grade Level Classroom Grade Level Classroom Special Education Special Education 4 3 4 Classroom Classroom Special Education Classroom Shared Shared 1 2 1 Instructional/Offices Instructional/Offices Shared Instructional/Offices Elementary Room Inventory

 All specialists, such as technology, art and music are on carts and have to push into classrooms  Both buildings have one multi-purpose room that has to accommodate 5 lunch periods and all gym and assembly functions on daily basis  Growing enrollment has corresponding growing staff with inadequate space to work and sometimes inadequate privacy to confer on confidential matters  Administrative areas such as main offices and nurse’s offices not designed to handle current enrollments Elementary Educational Program Limitations

Lindenwold Middle School Enrollment Grade Level Enrollment FIVE 266 SIX 230 SEVEN 222 EIGHT 206 TOTAL 924

Middle School Room Inventory Total Classrooms 51 Available Current 5 th Grade has enrollment of 265 students spread over 10 34 homerooms. All other grade Grade Level Homerooms levels have 8 homerooms. For Special Education 2020-2021, we will need to add 2 5 Classrooms homerooms in Grade 6 to move Grade 5 up. 4 Read 180 All rooms are utilized as listed 1 here, and we are either close or at ESL capacity for all Special Education class size limits. 1 ISS We may have to consider either 2 utilizing trailers, split sessions or Basic Skills (Enrich/Inter) moving the 8 th grade to the High 4 School for the 2020-2021 school Music/Art/Technology/STEM year.

• Self contained preschool program classrooms in place • Half Day Inclusion Preschool which eventually changed to full day preschool for about 4-5 inclusion classrooms housed throughout the Prior to District 2014 • Began leasing current Preschool Building • 9 Inclusion classrooms in place – class size capped at 18 2014-2015 • Preschool Expansion Grant(PEG) Funding awarded – expanded to 12 Inclusion classrooms – class size capped at 15 • PEG ended YE2019, expanded to 4 additional HeadStart classrooms Beginning during the 4 year grant period – total of 240 student seats 2015-2016 History of Preschool Education

Enrollment Year Total PreK End General Ed Special Ed HeadStart Seats Universe 2013 68 46 114 432 2014 68 46 114 432 2015 110 52 162 462 2016 135 45 15 195 462 2017 130 50 30 210 502 2018 132 48 30 210 502 2019 130 50 60 240 454 2020 130 50 60 240 454 Enrollment History of Preschool Program

Current Preschool Building  Annual rental cost – Approximate $100K  No bathrooms in classrooms and for 7 classrooms not even on the same floor  5 floors in building and no elevator to create accessibility for students/staff/parents  Very old infrastructure – costly repairs for mechanical and building envelope including the HVAC, plumbing, exterior doors, windows and walls  Feasibility study prepared by Architect in 2017 estimated $16 million to renovate without bathrooms in classrooms and with no additional space added

• Projected growth – future Cohort enrollment of 2,716 by FY2017 Study 2013 • ASSA reported 2,725 10.15.16 Cohort • Projected growth – future enrollment of 2,962 by Study 2019 FY2024 • ASSA will report approx 2,951 10.15.19 Cohort Study performed by Demographer as required by NJDOE for building study

Student Calculations of Unhoused Students per NJ State Long Range Facility Plan (LRFP) Program Guidelines Lindenwold School District Grades 1 – 5 State Calculation is 645 “ Unhoused ” Students Grades 6 – 8 State Calculation is 240 “ Unhoused ” Students Note: The NJDOE calculates facility housing loads for Elementary and Middle School based on Grades 1-5 and Grades 6-8. The Lindenwold School District is currently configured as K-4 and 5-8.

2009 - SFRA 2016-2019 Beginning • Schools funded in line • Inequities in funding 2019-2020 with SFRA (School became larger focus • State implemented S2 Funding Reform Act) at state level legislation which dictated • This funding act was • Advocacy by Board & that full SFRA should be not funded after the Admin by involving funded over next 7 years initial year (2009) and local legislature with phase out of so state aid funding representatives and “adjustment aid” to was held essentially attending House and overfunded districts flat for almost a Assembly meetings to • We received additional decade testify on $2.4 million & $4.9 million underfunded status of in state aid FY20 & FY21 our District Lindenwold State Aid History

The cost of a new building will be supported by issuing debt, which is funded primarily by the Debt Service Tax Levy. Currently our High School debt, originally issued at approx $25 million, expires in June 2025. To have the least impact to the taxpayer, the plan will be for the new building debt to begin very close to the end of the HS building debt so that the debt tax levy already collected can be utilized towards the new building debt. However, this is not enough as the new building will cost significantly more money based on today’s construction costs. If we continue to receive increased State Aid in line with S2 legislation, we will be able to reduce the General Fund Tax Levy simultaneous to increasing the Debt Service Tax Levy. Continued state aid funding is crucial to this plan. Why Is State Aid Funding Important?

Addressing the Overall Issues  Overcrowding at the Elementary Buildings and the Middle School  Leased, Inadequate Space for Pre- School

 Consideration of an Early Childhood Center (ECC) to House Pre-School, Kindergarten, and First Grade  Move Fifth Grade Back to the Elementary Buildings  Schools 4 and 5 will House Grades 2 - 5  Middle School will House Grades 6 – 8 Proposed new configurations will address all current and projected capacity issues

Property Discussion Architect: Scott England

Selection of Building Site – Properties Considered Location/Address PROS CONS Families would be displaced Partially owned by Environmental concerns Linden Ave Board and wetlands Accessible with minimal busing Insufficient space Good space - a lot of DEP/County owned Lake Worth area Green Acres 100% busing required Egg Harbor (near 100% busing required county complex) Sufficient space Privately owned Camden County shooting range in close proximity Accessible - minimal Insufficient space Emerson Ave busing Existing public park Owned by the Borough Wetlands restrictive Chews Landing & Park Privately owned Ave Insufficient space

Selection of Building Site – Properties Considered Location/Address PROS CONS Wetlands restrictive MS Lower Field Board owned Insufficient space Tight area for traffic Wetlands restrictive 4th & Scott Ave Owned by the Borough Public Park Tight area for traffic Insufficient space Multiple commercial Current preschool site Sufficient space properties involved with additional Accessible minimal Church property properties busing Cost of acquisition Pre-school students would be displaced during construction for approximately 2 years