Update on Portable Classroom Use at LAUSD

Budget, Facilities, and Audit CommitteeApril 9, 2015

What Exactly is a Portable Classroom?

Primarily Designed for Temporary Uses

Ability to be Relocated When Needed = Flexible Capacity

Typically Supported by a Wood Base and Raised From the Ground with Ramps

Functional, but not Necessarily Aesthetically Pleasing

Pre-Designed, Pre-Engineered Structures with Standard Sizes, Constructed Off-Site in Manufacturing Plants

Enables Flexible Installation Schedules

Costs are Significantly Lower than Permanent Structures

Strategic Portable Classroom Use

Classroom Capacity of Any Kind is an Important Commodity

Existing Portable Classroom Capacity Can Serve Multiple Functions, Provide Quick Solutions and Achieve GoalsChanges in EnrollmentCreation or Expansion of New Programs and Schools Meet Proposition 39 Obligations Community/Joint Use/Parent Centers/Health Clinics Enrichment Activities Unexpected Out-of-Service Buildings

However a Quick Solution Must be Well Thought Out and Consider Playground Space Parking Availability Supervision Challenges Age and Condition of a Portable Classroom Building Safety

More than 70% of the District’s Classrooms are in Permanent Buildings

More than 80% of the District’s Enrollment is in Permanent Classroom Buildings

Classroom Inventory and Enrollment Overview

Total Inventory of Classrooms

Enrollment by Classrooms

LAUSD’s Use of Portable Classrooms for Instructional Purposes In 2003: Approximately 10,000 Portable Classrooms In 2015: Approximately 8,300 Portable Classrooms

Changes in Utilization of Portable Classroom Buildings

Since 2003, Approximately 1,600 Portable Classrooms Have Been Removed From School Sites

Classroom Utilization by School Type

Classroom Utilization by Board District

Classroom Utilization by Educational Service Center

State Funding Programs and Removal MandatesStatus The Escutia and Overcrowding Relief Grant (ORG) Programs Provide Matching

Funds to Remove Portables when Replacing Capacity with Permanent Classrooms The Department of Housing Program (DOH) is a State Mandated Removal that Does

Not Come with a Funding Source

Will be removed by Sept. 2015

88%

Our Focus: DOH PortablesOverview of Education Code Section 17292

Enacted in 2006

Authorized the Continued Use of Certain Relocatable Buildings Bearing a Commercial Coach Insignia of Approval from the Department of Housing and Community Development (DOH) for School Purposes Until September 30, 2015

Requires that the Governing Board of a School District Adopt a Resolution by October 30, 2015, Certifying that as of September 30, 2015, each Relocatable Building of this Type is no Longer Being Used as a School Building

Focus on Portables: Removal of DOH Portables Opportunity to Further Reduce Reliance on Portable Classrooms

In 2003, the District Had 515 DOH Portable Classrooms 350 Have Been Removed 107 More Will be Removed Prior to September 2015 Based on Enrollment Demands, the Remaining 58 DOH Classrooms are

Anticipated to Require Replacement of Capacity Site Analysis/Due Diligence Activities Currently Underway .

Replacement of Buildings Triggers Code Compliance Upgrades and Infrastructure Upgrade Considerations Staff will Present Proposed Project Definitions Prior to September 30

To Properly Site the New Classrooms, Correct Site Inefficiencies, or Achieve Economies of Scale, Staff May Also Propose Additional Replacements in Conjunction with the DOH Replacements Removal/Replacement Will Occur Over the Next Several Years

88% of DOH Portable Classrooms Will Be Removed By September 30, 2015 By September 30, 2015, the District will be in Compliance with Education Code

Section 17292 for 457 DOH Portable Classrooms and Will Have a Board-Approved Plan to Remove the Remaining Inventory of DOH Portable Classrooms

Removal/Replacement of DOH Classrooms Opportunity to Further Reduce Reliance on Portable Classrooms

58 DOH Classrooms Anticipated to Require Replacement at 19 Different School Sites

1. 1st StreetES2. 156th StreetES3. AmestoyES4. CalabashES5. CanyonES6. CastleHeightsES7. ColfaxES8. DaliaHeightsES9. DelevanDriveES10. DixieCanyonES11. EshelmanES12. FosahyLC13. FranklinES14. IvanhoeES15. NuevaVistaES16. SouthShoresPerformingArtsMagnet17. TopangaES18. ValerioES19. WonderlandES

BurroughsMiddleSchool‐‐ 26%ClevelandHighSchool‐‐ 36%GrantHighSchool‐‐ 32%HuntingtonParkHighSchool‐‐ 29%JeffersonHighSchool‐‐ 30%NorthHollywoodHighSchool– 32%PolytechnicHighSchool‐‐ 13%RooseveltHighSchool‐‐21%SanPedroHighSchool‐‐ 13%SOCES‐‐ 18%VeniceHighSchool‐‐ 18%

Other Potential Portable Removal/Replacement Opportunities 11 School Sites Identified for Comprehensive Modernization Projects

AcreageUtilizedbyPortableClassrooms

ComprehensiveModernizationProjectsWillAddresstheMostCriticalPhysicalConditionsataSchoolSitethatPoseaHealthandSafetyConcern

ProjectsMayIncludeConstructingNewBuildings,ReconfiguringExistingFacilities,UpgradingExistingSpaces,and/orRemoving/ReplacingPortableClassroom

PercentofClassroomsinPortables

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