Re-organization Option 3 – Consolidation to 5 Schools
Sustainability Scale
Option 3: Shift from 4 to 3 elementary buildings and shift from 6 to 5 schools by closing down 1 school.
Features
Benefits
Drawbacks
Cost Implications
• Consolidates 4 physical buildings down into 3 , closing the Conant Building.
• Fewer schools allow for more efficiency as administrative,
• Closing only one school disrupts a single community rather than having the full ABRSD experience change; • Developing consensus around how to make a decision to close a school would be challenging and can be controversial. • Closing schools may erode trust and risk a perceived loss of individual school identity. . • Schools may need modifications or repurposed spaces to accommodate increased enrollment , unless class size targets are increased. • While classroom roles are largely maintained, changes in support staffing or class sizes could affect staff workload and morale.
• Short-term: Lower capital costs than renovation; possible expenses for expansions to space or transitions. • Long-term: $400K – 500K savings in operational costs and reduced administrative overhead from closing a building and a school. • $700K -$800K in potential savings could create financial capacity for reallocation to specialists or district-wide initiatives. • Capacity investments may be required, but overall option is more efficient than maintaining existing structures.
custodial, and operational costs are lowered compared to maintaining six schools.
• Reduces the number of schools from 6 to 5, maintained as K – 6.
• Ability to staff schools with limited resources aligned to district priorities.
• Two Possible Approaches:
V1: Close Conant and distribute students into remaining schools, given that the Conant building would be shuttered. V2: Close the school with the fewest primary choices (Merriam) and distribute that school’s students across other schools and move the Conant school community into the open space.
• Closing a smaller or under-enrolled school can help maximize space utilization and equalize class sizes. • Students have a better experience as they are moved into higher-quality facilities.
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