VISION 2020Davenport Community School District

A visionary plan to restructure our facilities and finances

to preserve our traditional values and strengths.

VISION 2020

Purpose: To present to the board and community a

responsible and proactive plan which recognizes the

past, current and future realities of enrollment, state

legislative decisions, changing demographics and

facility requirements.

VISION 2020

Actions Required Tonight:

Ponder

Question

Discuss

Provide Reactions

This is not a decision-making meeting.

Budget decisions are fluid, year by year.

VISION 2020

Vision 2020 will:

Celebrate and retain our areas of strength.

Support District of Distinction initiatives.

Honor our past.

VISION 2020

District of Distinction

• Accelerated Associates Degree Program

• Creative Arts Academy of the Quad Cities

• STEAM program at Buffalo

• INSPIRE Academy

• Award-winning fine arts programs

• Breadth of advanced placement courses

• What is to come? We want to be able to respond to new opportunities.

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Enrollment Trends

14000

14500

15000

15500

16000

16500

17000

17500

18000

18500

History of enrollment since 1991-92

Total loss of 2,298 students

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Revenues vs Expenditures

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50,000,000

100,000,000

150,000,000

200,000,000

250,000,000

2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002

State Funding vs. Expenditures

State Funding Expenditures

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Allowable Growth

0.00%

1.00%

2.00%

3.00%

4.00%

5.00%

6.00%

Annual Allowable Growth

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Inequality in Per Pupil Funding

• Loss of revenue due to formula reform: $136,274,250

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Excess Capacity

Current Enrollment

• Elementary 6,767 students

• Capacity 7,859 seats available + 1,092

• Middle schools 3,311 students

• Capacity 3,853 seats available + 542

• High schools 4,527 students

• Capacity 4,921 seats available + 394

Total open seats +2,028

• The district maintains a Long Range Facilities Plan (LRFP).

• Includes educational specifications for the facilities requirements.

• It will take more than 10 years to meet these specs district wide.

• Revenue of about $190 million over 10 years. The cost to meet standards is $400 million.

• LRFP includes relocation of current Operations Center, Warehouse and Transportation Center to former Iowa National Guard properties adjacent to Brady Stadium.

• The district will continue to buy, sell and lease properties.

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Long Range Facilities Plan

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Assumptions & Principles

• State Supplemental Aid (SSA): 1%

• Enrollment: Down 600 students by 2023

• Staff costs: 2% increase

• No surprises, no pink slips, open communication

• Protect the classroom as much as practical

VISION 2020

School Year 2018-19

• Class size increases

• Reduction of administration and leadership positions

• Bell time adjustments

• Energy efficiencies/solar

• Reduction of support staff

• Health insurance holidays

• Investigate privatization of services

• Approval to reduce an attendance center for 2019-20

• Reductions to site budgets

• Early retirement

• Continue to evaluate preschool needs

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School Year 2019-20

• Reduction of administration and leadership positions

• Change to K-6 model

• Minor boundary adjustments

• Energy efficiencies/solar

• Health insurance holidays

• Reduce an attendance center

• Possible privatization of services

• Early retirement

VISION 2020

Pure Feeder Schools

• Elementary schools remain in current neighborhoods serving students PreK-6 or K-6.

• Development of academic/athletic and shared services for accelerated students, athletic competiveness and overall staffing efficiencies.

• Athletic coaches are able to develop highly competitive high school teams. True feeder systems.

• Elementary and middle school buildings will not be split between two high schools or middle schools. Students will feed into the same building.

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Reduce an Attendance Center, 2019-20

• Smart 7th and 8th graders could attend Williams, Sudlow or Walcott

• Monroe K-6th grade will move to Smart

• One or more preschool classes will be added at Smart

• Smart will become a PreK-6th building

• Possible options for the Monroe building to address community needs:

• District training location

• District administrative offices

• Opportunity center

• Neighborhood center

• Food pantry

• Non-profit activities

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Why Smart

• Transportation efficiencies

• Campus footprints

• Elementary school safety

• Building/facility upgrade

• The projected renovation and addition to Monroe is estimated at $7.3 million, most of which

could be redirected to other needs if Monroe were repurposed.

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School Year 2020-21

• Reduction of administration and leadership positions

• Energy efficiencies/solar

• Health insurance holidays

• Early retirement

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Questions