School Closings Town Hall 12-13-12 Final

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Engaging the Community in a

Discussion Around School

Utilization and Closings

Thursday, December 12, 2012

Lawndale Alliance Progressive Action Coalition for Education (PACE) Operation 24

Westside Ministers Coalition Chicago Teachers Union Chicago Westside Branch NAACPBlocks Together Leaders Network Westside Health Authority


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AGENDA

Opening Remarks

Opening Prayer

Scripture

Framing the Issues

CTU Presentation

Blocks Together Utilization Survey

Panel Discussion

Next Steps

Closing Remarks




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Presentation prepared by

Valerie F. Leonard

Co-Founder, Lawndale Alliance

773-521-3137

[email protected]

Dwayne Truss, Founder

Progressive Action Coalition for Education

773-879-5216

[email protected]

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT


mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]


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ISSUES

Chicago Public Schools is facing an unprecedentedutilization crisis that could have been avoided Poor educational facilities planning

Lack of a long range master education facilities plan

Proliferation of charter schools in neighborhoods with

declining populations Inconsistencies in space utilization calculations and their

application

Inaccurate calculation of demographic data

School development, closings and other actions driven bycorporate and political agenda, rather than beinggrounded in evidence-based strategies




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SCHOOL CLOSURES 1997-2012

Red dots indicate CPS schoolsclosed or turned around in

the last 15 years. There are

plans to close over 100 more

neighborhood schools andopen at least 60 more

charters over the next few

years.



Source: Chicago Teachers Union


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COST TO MAINTAIN/UPGRADE

WEST SIDE SCHOOLS



Total Maintenance/Upgrade Cost 844,900,000

Total Maintenance/Upgrade Cost Per School 9,940,000

CitywideTotal Maintenance Cost 7,217,800,000

Total Maintenance/Upgrade Cost Per School 10,614,411

CPS Operating Budget 5,232,221,731

CPS Operating Budget Per School 7,694,443

CPS 5-Year Capital Budget 813,600,000CPS 5-Year Capital Budget Per School 1,196,470


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COST TO MAINTAIN/UPGRADE

WEST SIDE SCHOOLS



CPS School Utilization data suggest an

average Total Maintenance/Upgrade Cost

per School at $9.94 million per school.

However, the 5-Year Capital Budget calls for

an average investment of $1.196 million perschool over 5 years


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GATES DISTRICT CHARTER COMPACT Since 2002, CPS has received approximately

$28 million from the Bill & Melinda GatesFoundation to spur innovative approachesto education reform.

December, 2011, CPS signed a compactagreement with the Gates Foundation,pledging greater cooperation and

collaboration between the city's charter andtraditional neighborhood schools.

The agreement allows Chicago to compete fora piece of a $40 million grant from the GatesFoundation, aimed at building betweencharters and neighborhood schools and allowfor the sharing of ideas.

(Chicago Tribune, December 7, 2011)




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KEY TERMS OF GATES COMPACT

Gates Foundation typically requires schooldistricts to close bottom 25% of schools Prioritize turning over public school buildings to

charters Fund charters at the same level as other schools in the

district

In return, districts compete for up to $7 million inoperating and professional development funds

and up to $20 million in construction funds todevelop new charter schools




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STATUS:

GATES DISTRICT CHARTER COMPACT

In December 2012,CPS and Gates Foundation

mutually agreed that CPS would not receive

$4.5 million grant award for the current

funding round due to leadership changes at

CPS.

CPS is eligible to compete for up to $20 millionin capital funds for spring, 2013




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WEST SIDE UTILIZATION

About 40% of Chicagos public schools are consideredto be utilized efficiently.

Only 20 of 85, or 24% of Schools in Austin, WestGarfield/Humboldt and North Lawndale are consideredto be utilized efficiently by CPS standards.

In communities like North Lawndale and WestGarfield/Humboldt, the proliferation of charterschools, combined with declining population has led to

significant under-utilization of traditionalneighborhood schools




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EFFICIENCY AT A GLANCE

Community Number of

Schools

Number of

Schools

Rated

Efficient

% of

Schools

Rated

Efficient

Number of

Charter/Contr

act Schools

Rated Efficient

% of Schools

Rated

Efficient

That Are

Charters

City ofChicago

680 275 40% 76 28%

Austin 25 7 28% 2 29%

Garfield/ West

Humboldt

Park

36 6 17% 4 67%

North

Lawndale

24 7 29% 6 86%




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RECOMMENDATIONS

State law requires hospitals to demonstrate market needand financial feasibility before any hospital may be built.

Likewise the State should create Illinois EducationalFacilities Planning Board to regulate school development,expansions and major capital construction

School districts must demonstrate Evidence of need based on demographic information,

the number and types of schools in a community

Financial feasibility of the project

How facility or project fits within the context of thedistricts overall strategic education goals andobjectives




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RECOMMENDATIONS

Create elected school board in Chicago Support HB5727, a bill to create the Chicago

Educational Governance Task Force to study the

optimal governance structure and process for CPS Strengthen Local School Councils

Create West Side Education Advisory Council

Provide advocacy and input into education policyto strengthen West Side Schools




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WBEZ Public Radio Truth Squad:

Enrollment down in CPS, but not by muchSchool officials talk about 145,000 fewer

kids in the city; actual enrollment decline

in CPS since 2000 is 28,289.December 10, 2012

By Linda Lutton and Becky Vevea v




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Overall enrollment in Chicago Public Schools has declined 6 percent in the last 14 years, a loss

of 28,289 students. In that time, CPS has opened more than 120 new schools, many of them

charters, shifting enrollment patterns. The percentage of students attending traditional

schools has dropped 17 percent, while the percentage in charter schools (most housed in non-

CPS buildings) has increased. School officials say they have not analyzed whether opening newschools has exacerbated the number of empty desks in Chicago. The district has said it wants

to open at least 17 more new schools this fall. Year Traditional CPS school enrollment

CPS charter/contract enrollment Total CPS enrollment

2000 426,215 5,535 431,750

2001 428,737 6,733 435,470

2002 431,534 6,084 437,6182003 429,745 8,844 438,589

2004 423,926 10,493 434,419

2005 414,538 12,274 426,812

2006 405,509 15,416 420,925

2007 394,651 19,043 413,694

2008 384,868 23,733 408,6012009 376,028 32,016 408,044

2010 372,580 36,699 409,279

2011 359,880 42,801 402,681

2012 355,762 48,389 404,151

2013 350,535 52,926 403,461Lawndale Alliance Progressive Action Coalition for Education (PACE) Operation 24



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Choice VS Option




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SCHOOL POLICIES AND

EFFECTIVE SEGREGATION

White Students make up 8% of population, make up40% of seats at magnet and selective enrollmentschools. K-12

CPS spends 134k-254 per year to support magnetand selective enrollment programs than they do ontraditional neighborhood schools

Charter schools are often offered in African American

communities as alternatives to magnet and selectiveenrollment schools but do not typically offer thesame quality.




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LOCAL ATTENDANCE AREAS VS

CITY-WIDE RECRUITMENT

Charter schools do not have attendance boundaries and may draw students

citywide. Even so, most children that attend are from the local neighborhood and

nearby communities.

Catalyst is a

Level 3

performingschool

Ellington is a

Level 1

performingschool


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LOCAL ATTENDANCE AREAS

VS CITY-WIDE RECRUITMENT

Charter schools potentially draw from the local attendance boundaries of

neighborhood schools, as well as from surrounding neighborhoods.


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What options are available for my child?

The Chicago Public Schools offers a wide variety of academic options for elementary school students.

The specific types of schools and programs are as follows:

Magnet schools

Magnet cluster schools(neighborhood)

Regional Gifted Centers

Regional Gifted Centers for English

Language Learners

Classical Schools

Academic Centers

International Gifted Programs

Open Enrollment Schools

(neighborhood)

What school can my child attend?

Every street address in the city of Chicago is assigned one attendance area (or neighborhood) elementary

school and one neighborhood high school. In most cases, your child can attend your designated neighborhood

school without having to submit an application. (For information on enrolling your child in your neighborhood

school, contact the school directly.) To find your neighborhood school, visit the CPS School Locator at www.cps.edu

(click Find a School).For any other school in the Chicago Public Schools system, you will have to submit an application if you want

your child to be considered for enrollment. Applications are submitted the year before your child will enroll for

example, if your child will start kindergarten in fall 2013, you will submit your application in fall 2012, between

October 8th and December 14th.




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Venture capitalist Bruce Rauner floats plan to raise cash for public schools while supportingcharters

By: Greg Hinz July 26, 2010

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Some great ideas are born in times of economic malaise. There's something about

rough times that makes folks think outside their normal parameters and come up with

new thoughts.

Chicago private-equity maven Bruce Rauner has come up with a beaut. He's begun to

quietly but widely float a plan that could deliver hundreds of millions of dollars to needy

Chicago public schools while giving a big assist to the emerging charter schools that

much of the business community loves.

But the road to success could be rocky even rockier than those that big-time

reforms usually face. If Mr. Rauner proceeds, his partner in such a venture, MayorRichard M. Daley, may be accused of a new form of privatization by those already

leery of some of the mayor's financial schemes.

Still, the idea of trading in unused and underused Chicago Public Schools buildings

for cash and then leasing those buildings to charter operators is absolutely

fascinating.

Here's what's going on.


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CPS Cost Saving?


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CPS Cost Saving?

Principal $154,000

AP $100,000

Clerk $ 50,000

Engineer $100,000

$404,000

@100 Schools

$40,400,000 Versus Projected $1 Billion Dollar Deficit

(4% of the projected deficit)

There is close to $1 billion dollar Tax Increment Financing surplus to tap into.

Where is CPS going to find the additional saving and expand to 60 charter

schools over the next five years?

Currently CPS schools are at 81% overall utilization. Commercial Chicagodowntown office space utilization was at 85% during the 2nd quarter of 2012.

Should CB Ellis and others close office building to right size commercial

properties?




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COMMUNITY BASED STRATEGIES

Panel discussion to identify community-drivenstrategies to address the utilization crisis.


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School Closings Town Hall 12-13-12 Final