New Davie HighAuxiliary Campus, Early College Facility Needs

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New Davie High/Auxiliary Campus, Early College
Facility Needs

• Frequently Asked Questions
• August 3, 2009

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What is the cost for the Early College facility?

• What we determined were the Early College
  facility needs and the approximate square footage
  needed to satisfy those needs.
• We determined that 12,000 sq. ft will satisfy
  those needs when the Early College is at maximum
  capacity.

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Early College Facility Needs

• 6 Regular academic classrooms
• 2 Science based classrooms     
                      
• 1 Multi-purpose room                              
         
• 1 Computer lab
• 1 Guidance complex with office/storage  
• 1 Admin office with secretary/waiting             
    
• 1 Conference room                                 
            
• 1 Teacher workroom/storage
• Estimated space needs 12,000 sq ft.

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How does this plan address the dining needs of
the Early College

• The main issues for food distribution at the
  Early College are 1) the lack of room for our
  food services staff to serve the food and 2) lack
  of room for students to sit and eat lunch.
• Expanding the facility to 12,000 sq ft as
  proposed in the previous slide will allow food
  services to use a room to distribute the food and
  provide enough classroom space for students to
  sit down and eat.

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What are the operational costs for the Early
College?

• DCCC pays daily operational costs with the
  exception of an alarm system which was needed for
  the Early College pod. The yearly cost is 120
  for the alarm system.

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At maximum, the Early College can have 14 staff
members. What are the additional costs?

• After the first year, Davie County Early College
  requires approximately 10,000 of local funds to
  pay for principals travel, coaching supplements.
• Maximum of 14 staff members refers to principal,
  secretary, a guidance position, 9.2 earned
  teaching positions, and a proposed
  career/internship position. The college liaison,
  a DCCC employee, is paid 58,000 from grant
  monies.
• The first year of a Learn and Earn high school
  ,the principals salary is paid by state funds
  and thereafter if the total student enrollment is
  over 100.

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At maximum, the Early College can have 14 staff
members. What are the additional costs?

• The guidance and secretarial positions are paid
  out of grant monies. While the career/internship
  position is part of the grant proposal, we would
  not ask for it from local funds.
• Teachers For every 24.5 freshmen, we earn a
  state-paid teaching position, and for every 26.64
  sophomores, juniors, or seniors, we earn a
  state-paid teaching position.
• Davie County Early College earns instructional
  supply, textbook and staff development allotments
  on the basis of ADM and teacher allotments.

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What are the additional costs for staff for the
auxiliary campus?

• The plan as proposed does not require additional
  staff.
• However, since this plan is a direct result of
  curricular/instructional offerings, if the 21st
  curriculum we need to deliver to our students
  changes, then we will have to respond to those
  changes. This does necessarily mean additional
  courses. It may mean different courses taught by
  the same teachers we currently have.
• We currently have substantial grant opportunities
  which may allocate resources for instructional
  personnel to implement 21st Century STEM
  initiatives.

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How can the proposed cost for operating the
auxiliary campus go from 436,000 to 359,000?

• There would be a reduction in heating and cooling
  costs for the 26 mobile units as well as a
  reduction in custodial hours needed with fewer
  students on campus.

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What are the renovation costs for the auxiliary
campus?

• Renovation costs will be determined when each DCS
  program/department is reviewed for the possible
  move to the auxiliary campus.
• Different areas of the campus lend themselves to
  individual department needs and renovation
  costs.

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What will happen to the 26 mobile units?

• The BOE could approve for them to be sold to the
  highest bidder which in all probability would be
  another school system.

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What will be the combined maximum student
capacity for the new school and the auxiliary
campus.

• The new Davie High would be built for 1700 and
  the auxiliary campus has instructional space for
  600 giving an estimated capacity for both
  campuses at 2300.
• The current curriculum proposal requires
  instructional space for 300-400 students at the
  auxiliary campus.

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What are the growth projections for the high
school population minus the Early College numbers?

• 2012-2013
• 1 1965
• 2 2030
• 3 2094
• 2017-2018
• 1 2041
• 2 2195
• 3 2391
• Percentages were applied beginning 2010-2011

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What are the guidelines for the location of the
new school?

• We want the new school to be as centrally located
  as practical not farther west than Farmington
  Road and not farther east than the Allen
  property.

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How much land is needed for the high school?

• 60 acres or more of usable land would be optimal.

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Are athletic fields included in the 31.3M?

• Practice fields are included. Lights and tennis
  courts are not included in this preliminary
  figure.

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Are the hallways for the new high school wider
than the current high school?

• The new high school would be built according to
  current DPI guidelines the standards of which are
  10-14 ft for halls.
• The current halls are approximately 8 ft wide.

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Is 750,000 for technology enough for the new
school?

• Again, our current grant opportunities in the
  Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
  (STEM) will bring additional resources to all of
  our high school curriculum and technology-based
  instructional delivery.

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Are there plans for a 9th grade academy?

• The current proposal does not have a plan for a
  9th grade academy.
• However, we know that a 9th grade academy modeled
  over the most successful programs could offer
  much to our students and positively impact the
  dropout rate.
• It would require additional personnel recurring
  costs.

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Does this plan put our student drivers at-risk?

• Fall 2008
• 435 Davie High student parking permits were
  sold.
• Fall 2009
• 476 Davie High student parking permits will
  be sold.

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Does this plan put our student drivers at-risk?

• In 2008-2009, approximately 265 DCS students
  arrived or left the campus at different times in
  the instructional day
• dual enrollment, marketing, carpentry,
  masonry, Allied Health Science II, Spanish IV,
  EC, internships, and apprenticeships