Re-organization Option 6 – Consolidation to 3, K – 6 Schools
Sustainability Scale
Option 6: Shift from 4 to 3 elementary buildings, shift from 6 schools to 3 K – 6 schools.
Features
Benefits
Drawbacks
Cost Implications
• Consolidates 4 physical buildings down into 3.
• Lowers operational costs and administrative overhead through shared resources. • Fewer schools streamline communication, operations, and may strengthen school identities. • Preserves K-6 model, maintaining continuity of learning and relationships. • Accommodates enrollment fluctuations and optimizes use of space and staffing. • Supports more diverse programming, extracurriculars, or specialist staff.
• Families tied to their unique school identities may strongly resist consolidation. • Reassigning students and staff creates significant short-term upheaval. • Some families may feel larger K-6 schools are less personal or nurturing. • Shifts to staffing, assignments, and workloads, may affect staff experience.
• Short-term: Avoids high-cost renovations even with possible facility adjustments to accommodate larger single-school populations. • Transition costs for merging schools as well as reconfiguration of spaces and materials. • Long-term: Reducing from 6 to 3 schools provides significant operational and administrative savings ($700K - $800K). • Stronger long-term savings and efficiencies create financial capacity for reallocation to specialists or district-wide priorities.
• Reduces from 6 schools to 3 K–6 schools:
➢ Blanchard remains K – 6. ➢ McCarthy-Towne/Merriam becomes the Parker Damon school. ➢ Douglas/Gates becomes the Boardwalk school.
• Students reassigned to the 3 larger K – 6 schools.
• Option to run each large
elementary as a lower school and upper school (as specified in Option 5, version 2), but with greater flexibility as one unified building.
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