DOE Presentation to CEC6 June 2012

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Division of PortfolioPlanning

Office of Portfolio Management

June 21, 2012

CEC 6 Meeting

For discussion purposes


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District Planning Process

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Assessment of needsinformed by data, stakeholder input

Consideration of structural changes, pipeline of school leaders, school types, etc.

Availability of space, review of constraints


Stakeholder input is considered throughout the process at multiple intervals.


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District Planning

What are Structural Changes?

Significant changes in school utilization, including:

Siting of new district and charter schools

Efficiently using underutilized space for new programs and schools

Phasing out schools that are not serving the needs of students

Grade reconfigurations driven by performance and demand

considerations

Zoning changes (district-wide or at individual schools)

Improving access to programs that serve special populations, including

G&T, programs for English Language Learners, District 75, ASD Nest,

UPK , and CTE

Implementing changes in enrollment/admissions policies



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Strategic Priorities for 2013-2014

Manhattan and District 6

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Strategic Priorities for 2013-2014


To achieve our goal to improve access to quality schools and utilize seat capacity

efficiently to create high-quality seats, we are currently looking at the following for

District 6:

Potential Grade Reconfigurations: Washington Heights Academy (06M366): K-5 to K-8

P.S. 178 (06M178): K-2 to K-5

Zoning and Admissions Changes: Elementary school choice

Re-Sitings: Community Health Academy of the Heights (06M346) to new space

Other Opportunities for Structural Changes Underutilized buildings (list available at

http://schools.nyc.gov/community/planning/default.htm)
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M178 Grade Reconfiguration

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P.S. 178 currently serves grades K-2, and would become K-5

Due to limited space in the building, the addition of new grades

would require the school to reduce the number of sections it

enrolls in kindergarten each year.

To allow for this, the school is interested in becoming a district-

wide choice school.

P.S. 152 would continue to be the zoned school for the current

zone and can accommodate increased enrollment.

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P.S. 366 Washington Heights Academy currently serves gradesK-5, and would become K-8.

P.S. 366 is a district-wide choice school.

The school is currently in Round 2 of the application process.

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significant changes in school utilization.

Significant changes include:

Grade reconfigurations

Co-locations

Re-sitings

Phase-outs

For every proposal for a significant change the NYCDOE is required to:

Publish an Educational Impact Statement (EIS) and Building Utilization Plan(BUP) where applicable;

Schedule and convene a Joint Public Hearing to discuss the proposal;

Produce and publish an Analysis of Public Comment at the Joint Public Hearing;

Arrange for the Panel for Educational Policy (PEP) to vote on it.

We communicate additional information to families in affected schools and solicit

public comment throughout the proposal process.

Divisions across the NYCDOE support compliance with A-190.

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Elementary School Choice

Currently, there are 19 zoned elementary in D6, with 3 sharedzones.

D6 has 5 district-wide choice schools. One new choice school

will open this fall.

Potential for centralized application process, with various

possible priority structures.

Single, unified application for all district schools

Informational tools

Equal access to and awareness of choice schools One offer per child

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Retain priority based on current zones.

Pros:

Families who wish to attend their zoned school would retain priority

Families whose zoned school cannot accommodate all zoned students who

wish to attend would be able to choose their alternate site through

application process (unlike current waitlist process)

Most schools would have fewer zoned students who wish to attend thanseats, and therefore there would be seats available for those without priority

to gain admission

Cons:

Families would have priority to only one school

Schools that currently fill with zoned students would likely continue to do so

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residents.

Pros:

Students would have priority to multiple schools close to home

Lines could be drawn such that every student has priority to a

comparable number of schools, and such that there are sufficientseats in each sub-district for all students who reside there

Cons:

Priority to varying types of schools in different geographies

Larger number of students with priority to individual schools than

available seats would mean that even students with priority may not

get a seat at their desired schools

Families would no longer have priority to their zoned school

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Pure choice, with no priority based on proximity.

Pros:

All students would have the same chances of gaining

admissions to all schools, regardless of proximity

Cons:

Families would not have priority to current zoned school or to

any other nearby schools, and some students would get

placed at schools far from home

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The DOE aims to:

Engage a broad range of community partners early and oftenbefore,

during, and after proposals are made

Use public feedback to inform proposals and gain a deeper

understanding of the schools and communities these changes affect

Keep the public informed with more and improved communications,

including websites dedicated to each proposal

Share documents that are informative and parent-friendly

Be responsive to individual questions and concerns



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Questions/Comments


Documents

DOE Presentation to CEC6 June 2012