Minneapolis On The MOve -- Exciting Conversations for the Future

Board of Education Presentation Tuesday September 24, 2013

 

Community Input Meetings planned

 

Talking Points: Five-year enrollment plan

• Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) recommends a five-year enrollment plan to address increasing and changing enrollment across the city through academic transformation and facility planning. The plan is driven by proposed academic programs that will serve MPS’ growing and changing student population.
• The recommendations reposition MPS to offer exciting and innovative academic programs in every area of the city that meet the needs of our diverse learners. The plan was developed with students and families in mind, providing programs that our current and future students will need.
• Increasing enrollment continues to be a positive opportunity for MPS. Increased market share, retention of students and census data indicate a need to address the varying enrollment changes across the city. This provides MPS with the opportunity to plan for academic programs that will accelerate student learning. We conduct enrollment planning on an ongoing basis in order to best meet student needs.
• MPS will share the recommendations with the community this fall. We will continue to work hard to minimize disruption and ensure student transitions are successful and seamless.

Talking Points: Recommended changes

• In Zone 1, the recommendations focus on expansion of school choice through academic and Shift strategies, while anchoring schools within the community.

Year	Academic Program	Location	Capital Investment	Rationale
2013-15	Early education centers	Sheridan, North, Davis Center	Building renovations	Increase high-quality, affordable early childhood education programs in Zone 1. Support pre-kindergarten through fifth-grade programs in Zone 1 in order to serve students early in their educational careers.
2014-15	Create attendance area 1G: Spanish dual immersion Pre-K-5 and community school	Sheridan (arts program relocation to Cityview)		Provide families another community school option while simultaneously expanding Spanish dual immersion access in the zone. Current Sheridan arts program will move intact to the Cityview building so Zone 1 families choosing arts will still have access.
2014-15	STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics) Pre-K-5	Cityview		Provide a high-quality science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics program for families; provide students in each zone access to schools focused in the sciences (Zone 1 – new STEAM at Cityview; Zone 2 – Dowling Urban Environmental; Zone 3 – new STEAM at Wilder). MPS is seeing enrollment demand in the neighborhood around Cityview.
2014-15	Pierre Bottineau relocate and co-locate with STEAM Pre-K-5	Cityview		Hmong International Academy and Pierre Bottineau, two growing programs, currently share the Jordan Park building. Moving Pierre Bottineau to the Cityview building offers both programs space for continued growth.
2014-15	Mastery relocate and co-locate with MCP	Lincoln		Continue partnership. Co-locating Mastery and Minneapolis College Preparatory will provide more high-quality seats for students in north Minneapolis.
2015-16	New middle school at Franklin	Franklin (Lucy Laney grade configuration change to Pre-K-5)	Building renovations	Reopen Franklin to create a neighborhood pathway to North High School. Lucy Laney (reconfigured to Pre-K-5) and Bethune (Pre-K-5) will pathway to the new middle school at Franklin (6-8), which will pathway to North, furthering MPS’ commitment to rooting community schools within the north Minneapolis community.
2015-16	STEAM pathway continuity for Cityview	Olson		Cityview students will pathway to Olson.
2015-16	Program enhancements: career academies and alignment with KBEM	North		Create a multimedia arts and communications magnet that will draw attendance from the neighborhood and citywide. Program will train students for future communications and multimedia careers through hands-on and experiential learning. This recommendation continues the commitment to create multiple small academic programs at North. Future engagement is necessary to move this plan forward.
2017-18	New Institute for Student Achievement (ISA)	North		Operate a second ISA program within North. The new program theme will be based on community input.

 

In Zone 2, the recommendations focus on aligning academic programs with the physical buildings through building enhancements, program relation and pathway extensions.

 

Year	Academic Program	Location	Capital Investment	Rationale
2014-15	Early childhood expansion	Hiawatha		High demand for early childhood program. Benefit for MPS to provide programs for students who will enter the school district.
2015-16	Early childhood expansion	Wilder		High demand for early childhood program. Benefit for MPS to provide programs for students who will enter the school district.
2015-16	Construction to support academic program	Seward	Building addition	Recommend adding nine classrooms.
2016-17	Optional middle school shared space/programs	Howe/Sanford		Accommodate possible need for middle school seats in Zone 2. Additional Sanford middle school classrooms could operate within space available at Howe.
2016-17	Community school or school of choice; grade configuration to be determined based on need	Cooper	Building addition and renovations	Provide opportunity to open a community school or school of choice in an area of the city where growth is anticipated due to new housing units being built on the light rail.

 

• In Zone 3, the recommendations focus on creating additional capacity through high-quality school choice options, expansion of facilities and/or program re-location.

 

Year	Academic Program	Location	Capital Investment	Rationale
2014-15	All-day kindergarten	Barton, Burroughs, Kenny, Hale, Lake Harriet		Expand all-day kindergarten to Zone 3 to ensure families in all attendance zones have access to all-day kindergarten.
2014-15	Collaborative academic model	Ramsey/Washburn		Provide Ramsey students access to accelerated learning at Washburn. Provide additional capacity for Washburn to use space at Ramsey
2015-16	Expand early childhood classrooms	Wilder	Building renovations	High demand for early childhood program. Benefit for MPS to provide programs for students who will enter the school district.
2015-16	Pre-K-5 STEAM school	Wilder	Building renovations	Provide a high-quality science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics program for families; provide students in each zone access to schools focused in the sciences (Zone 1 – new STEAM at Cityview; Zone 2 – Dowling Urban Environmental; Zone 3 – new STEAM at Wilder).
2016-17	No program change	Southwest	Building addition	Recommend adding 16 new classrooms, renovating five classrooms and adding a new kitchen, lunchroom and entrance.

 

• In addition to the zone-specific recommendations, citywide recommendations will provide students district-wide with new or enhanced program models and additional choices.

 

Year	Academic Program	Location	Capital Investment	Rationale
2013-14	Add New-to-Country Accelerated Bilingual Academic Development (NABAD) Center to current programs at Sullivan; NABAD supports Somali students	Sullivan		Newcomer center pilot program in response to English Learner Commission recommendations and MPS stakeholder requests. NABAD provides intensive English language development and cultural support to Somali students grades 3-8 in their first year in MPS schools, allowing students to then make a smooth transition to their community school or school of choice.
2014-15	Spanish dual immersion pathway expansion to Roosevelt	Roosevelt		Continue Spanish dual immersion pathway from Pre-K through grade 12. Emerson, Sheridan and Windom (Pre-K-5) pathway to Anwatin (6-8), which will pathway to Roosevelt (9-12).
2015-16	Audition-based high school performing arts program	Wilder	Building renovations	Offer enhanced programming for students and increase market share. Align with strong performing arts community in Minneapolis.
2015-16	Citywide elementary and/or middle school of choice	Webster		Add high-quality academic programming for students. Program will include two kindergarten sections. Grade configuration (K-5, K-8, etc.) and theme are to be determined.
2015-16	Broadway @ Longfellow and related Teenage Pregnant and Parenting Program (TAPPP) relocate to North	North	Building renovations	Incorporate career academy model into Broadway academic model. Enhance academic component of TAPPP to provide early childhood certificate program. North has room to accommodate students from Broadway.
2015-16	Transition Plus relocate to Longfellow and co-locate with South Campus Adult Education; enhance academic program	2225 East Lake St./community partner locations and Longfellow (Transition Plus only)	Building renovations	Transition Plus relocation to Longfellow and co-location at Lake Street. Provide an enhanced learning environment for Transition Plus students to experience community and job-related opportunities. Depending on space demands, South Campus Adult Education may add community partner locations to existing Lake Street location.
2016-17	College preparatory 9-16 model	Tuttle	Building renovations	Develop program for high school and first-generation college students. Provide additional academic support for students during four years of college (grades 13-16).

 

• Highlights of the plan include the following:

• All-day kindergarten in each zone
• Early childhood expansion
• STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) program options in each zone
• Services for English Learner students follow students to any school attended
• New-to-Country Accelerated Bilingual Academic Development (NABAD) Center
• Dual immersion pathway expansion
• College preparatory program for first-generation college students
• Career academies
• Audition-based performing arts high school

 

• Special education pathways have been considered throughout the enrollment planning process. Final special education pathway decisions are pending based on the approval of plan recommendations.

 

• Projected number of students to be impacted by five-year plan:
• Total: 8,595
• Zone 1: 4,080 (47%)       
• Zone 2: 1,874 (22%)
• Zone 3: 2,647 (31%)
• Of the total, 6,097 (71%) qualify for free or reduced-price meals
• Of the total, 1,725 (20%) receive English Learner services
• Of the total, 845 receive special education services
• Demographic breakdown:
• Native American: 360 (4%)
• African-American: 4,090 (48%)
• Asian-American: 434 (5%)
• Hispanic: 1,260 (15%)
• White: 2,454 (29%)

 

• Projected financial impact:
• F14: $1,145,160 for academic programs; $12,600 for facilities
• FY15: $5,271,194 for academic programs; $2,359,500 for facilities
• FY16: $15,158,635 for academic programs; $96,670,952 for facilities
• FY17: $16,008,826 for academic programs; $1,205,327 for facilities
• FY18: $17,466,226 for academic programs; $0 for facilities