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Engaging the Community in a
Discussion Around School
Utilization and Closings
Thursday, December 12, 2012
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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
consulting@valeriefleonard.com
Dwayne Truss, Founder
Progressive Action Coalition for Education
773-879-5216
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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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.
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COST TO MAINTAIN/UPGRADE
WEST SIDE SCHOOLS
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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
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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
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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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