EVANS REPLACEMENT PD

Case: RZ-07-07-051

February 19, 2008

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DECISION TO MOVE EVANS

Desegregation Obligations.History of Evans.Factors Considered in Decision to Move Evans High School.Commitment to Work with the Community and the County on Future of Current Evans Site.

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HISTORY OF EVANS HIGH SCHOOL

Approaching 50 years.

Recurring “F” School.

Students Transferring to Other Schools.

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FISCAL AND TIME IMPACT TO REBUILD EVANS HIGH SCHOOL

ON EXISING SITE

Plan to Rebuild on Existing Site.

– 12 Months to Design.– 42 Months for Construction.– 4.5 Year Total Project.– $85 - $95 Million in Construction Alone.

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NEW EVANS HIGH SCHOOLFISCAL AND TIME IMPACT OF

NEW SCHOOL

Plan to Build on New Site.

– 0 Months to Design.– 24 Months for Construction.– $64.5 Million in Construction Costs.– Additional Land Cost of $5 Million.– Total Costs for Construction and Land –

$69.5 Million.

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FISCAL AND TIME IMPACTSREBUILD VS. NEW SCHOOL

New School Saves 2.5 Years in Total Project Time.

New School Saves $15 - $25 Million Dollars in Construction Costs.

Design Work is Already Completed for New School.

No Phasing Disruption to Students to Build New School.

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RECOMMENDATION TO MOVE EVANS HIGH SCHOOL

Construction Oversight and Value Committee (COVE ) Review.– Based on above information recommended building

the prototype high school on the existing 9th Grade Center to save costs.

Desegregation Counsel to the School Board Recommends to Move Evans.

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ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLSDESEGREGATION OBLIGATIONS

The Orange County Public Schools did an assessment to determine its progress in achieving its goal of becoming unitary so that it can request the court to release it from its jurisdiction.

This assessment included examining the factors the court must consider when making a decision regarding unitary status. The factors are known as the Green factors.

The Green factors are: student assignment; facilities; faculty; transportation; and extracurricular activities.

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ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLSDESEGREGATION OBLIGATIONS

The District must show that it has satisfied its obligations under all the Green factors and other requirements of its court orders in order to be declared unitary and released from the court’s jurisdiction.

For Facilities, the District’s Court Orders Require OCPS to:– Provide Equitable Facilities;– Distribute Overcrowding Evenly;– Choose Sites and Build Schools “to Prevent the

Recurrence” of a Segregated School System; and – Provide the Best Possible Educational Opportunities

for all Students Regardless of Race.

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ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLSDESEGREGATION OBLIGATIONS

Rebuilding Evans at the Existing High School Site Will Impede the School District’s Efforts to Achieve Unitary Status. For Example:– An equitable facility cannot be built at the old location because

the site is not comparable to other high school sites.– Construction will take at least two and a half additional years,

during which Evans students will continue to endure inequitable conditions.

– The new location will provide for better educational opportunities and will attract a diverse enrollment that the existing site cannot attract.

– To become unitary, there must be a demonstration to the court that there will not be a return to the discrimination that was evident prior to the District coming under court order. A decision in response to public comments that suggest racial animus could jeopardize such a showing.

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ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLSDESEGREGATION OBLIGATIONS

Comments made in “Sentinel School Zone” discussion forums on the relocation of Evans High School, available at http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com:

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ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLSDESEGREGATION OBLIGATIONS

Other comments include these, made in “Sentinel School Zone” discussion forums on the relocation of Evans High School, available at http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com:

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ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLSDESEGREGATION OBLIGATIONS

Examples of comments made in a “Topix” discussion forum dedicated to the Evans High School relocation, available at http://www.topix.com/forum/county/orange-fl:

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SAFETY CONCERNS

School Board is able to secure the School Site.Statistics from Orange County Sheriff. – 547 Crimes in 6 month period within ½ mile of campus.– 53 were violent crimes ranging from assault, robbery, battery to

homicide.– 3 homicides within 1 mile radius of current school.– All lockdowns of school were a result of criminal activity

neighboring the school.– 5 code red lockdowns 2006/2007 and 3 this fall, one for a

shooting right off campus.– 3 Students have been struck by traffic in the last 2 years.– Constant break-ins on campus.

– LESS THAN 10 OF THE 547 CRIMES WERE COMMITTED BY STUDENTS.

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SAFETY CONCERNS (CONT.)

One of the main reasons cited by parents for transferring their kids from Evans is safety.

9th Grade Center.1,156 kids zoned for 9th Grade Center.

808 Attend 9th Grade Center – or approximately 70%.

10th – 12th Evans Main Campus.2,246 kids zoned for main campus.

1,214 attend main campus – or approximately 50%.

Parents feel that the 9th Grade Center is a safe location and the numbers support that conclusion.

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IMPACT ON ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

Current Facilities are Not Sufficient for Many Programs Such as IB, Global Technologies, and Advanced Placement.

– Collaboration is difficult with 9th Grade separated from main campus.

– New campus provides buildings for co-curricular programs like ROTC, Band, Music, Culinary Arts and Cosmetology.

– School within a school concept is not possible at current location.

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IMPACT ON ACADEMIC PROGRAMS (CONT.)

New School to be Built with a Capacity of 2776 Using Prototype at 9th Grade Center Site.

New School to be Completed by August of 2010.

Magnet Programs.– Implement International Baccalaureate beginning with

2007-08 school year – 125 per grade.

– Implement math/science magnet program beginning with 2008-09 – 125 per grade.

– Electronics magnet program has been phased out.

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SCHOOL BOARD ACTION

The School Board Received Recommendations from the Superintendent, COVE and the School Board Staff and Deliberated on the Decision to Move Evans Throughout Various Work Sessions in 2005 and 2006.

Three Work Sessions Included Presentations on Desegregation Where the Recommendation to the School Board was to Move Evans High School.

The Board Voted Unanimously on June 27, 2006 at a Public Meeting to Move Evans to a New Site.

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PLANNED DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

Currently Part of the Evans Campus - 9th Grade Center.

Future Land Use is Institutional and Rural Settlement 1/1.

OCPS Followed the County PD Process.

Location is consistent with the School Siting Ordinance and Comprehensive Plan.

Both Development Review Committee and P& Z Have Recommended Approval.

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COMPATIBILITY WITH NEIGHBORHOOD

On the Edge of Rural Settlement.

Located on an Island Surrounded by Collector and Arterial Roadways.

Bounded on West by Suburban Type Residential Development.

Bounded to the East and South by Commercial and Institutional.

Bounded on the North by Open Space and Permanent Conservation Areas Created by the PD.

Currently is a School Site and within the Evans Attendance Zone.

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COMPATIBILITY WITH NEIGHBORHOOD

Buildings Placed in Center of Campus.

Only Stadium and Parking Lots Lighted.

Black Sky Lighting of Latest Technology.

Stadium Placed in SW Corner to Minimize impacts on neighborhoods.

Band Practice Field in SE Away From Homes to Minimize Disturbance.

Conservation area

COMMERCIAL

FIRE

HOUSE

FUTURE

PARK

RURAL SETTLEMENT LINE

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COMPREHENSIVE PLAN POLICIES

– Objective 2.2 : Enhance Community/Neighborhood design. through effective school facility design and siting standards. (See Policy 2.2.4).

– Goal 3: Provide safe and secure schools in healthy, well designed neighborhoods.

– Objective 3.1: Ensure security and safety for children. (See Policies 3.1.1 and 3.1.8).

– Goal 4: Support School Board efforts to ensure that adequate capital facilities and technology resources are available to support the educational missions of public schools. (See Objective 4.1 and Policy 4.1.1).

– See Also Future Land Use Element Policy 3.2.21.1.

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COMPREHENSIVE PLAN POLICIES (Cont.)

– Goal 5: Promote and optimize intergovernmental cooperation for effective operation of the public school system in a multi Judicial environment.

– Objective 5.2: Clearly identify in the Future Land Use Element and in the Land Development Code the land use categories in which schools shall be an allowable use. (See Policies 5.2.2 -5.2.5)

– Policy 5.2.2: Public high schools and 9th grade centers developed in conjunction with high schools shall be allowed as a special exception in the following land use categories located in the Rural Settlement Areas: 1/1, ½, 1/5, Low Density Residential, Low-Medium Density Residential, Office, Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional. In addition to the locations identified above, public high schools and ninth-grand centers developed in conjunction with high schools shall be allowed as a permitted use in all future land use categories if identified in a Planned Development Land Use Plan approved by the Board of County Commissioners.

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ALTERNATE SITES

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CONCLUSION

Desegration Order.

Fiscal and Time Impact.

Safety Concerns.

Impacts on Academic Programs.

Neighborhood Compatibility.

Compatibility with Comprehensive Plan and School Siting Ordinance.