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Meeting
Feb 14, 2017 - Regular Board Meeting - AMENDED
Category
5. Action / Discussion / Information Items
Subject
B. Approval to Add a Second Child Care Modular Building to the Escondido Campus and to Accept a Donation from Stanford University to Fully Fund This Building: Staff will make a presentation for the Board to authorize: 1. Design and construction for a modular child care classroom at Escondido, and 2. Accept a donation from Stanford University for this project. - DISCUSSION
Type
Discussion
Goals
D. Budget & Infrastructure
To: Dr. Glenn "Max" McGee, Superintendent
From: Dr. Robert Golton, Bond Program Manager
Recommendation
Pending the results of discussion at this meeting, it will be recommended at the next regular Board of Education meeting that the Board authorize:
Stanford University Staff has provided the following background and proposal statements.
Stanford Background Statement:
Stanford has operated a very small 20 child K-2 program, Pepper Tree After School Program, since 1990 on their campus, across the street from Escondido Elementary School.
In recent years, several options for expanding childcare facilities on campus have been analyzed. Through this process Stanford determined the land on Escondido Road, where Pepper Tree School and Rainbow School are located, would be more effectively utilized with a larger facility that consolidates the childcare programs.
In October 2016, Stanford Trustees approved the construction of a new childcare facility that will relocate and expand the existing Children’s Center of the Stanford Community (CCSC) located on Pampas Lane. The new site of this expanded childcare facility will be the current site of the two small buildings that house the Rainbow School and Pepper Tree After School Program on Escondido Road, across the street from PAUSD’s Escondido Elementary School.
Construction of the new CCSC childcare facility at Escondido Road will result in the closure of the Pepper Tree After School Program and Rainbow School at the end of the 2016-17 school year. Under the plan, two new permanent buildings will provide care for up to 225 children (infants, toddlers, and preschool-aged), representing an increase in CCSC’s capacity. Current plans anticipate the new buildings will be constructed and operational in fall 2018.
With the impending closure of the Pepper Tree program, many Pepper Tree families with children enrolled in Escondido Elementary School have identified the opportunity to enroll their children in the existing PACCC program at Escondido Elementary as their first choice as they look towards the 2017-18 school year.
Stanford Proposal Statement
Access to quality before- and after-school care is critical for working parents with elementary school-aged children. Stanford recognizes this need and has actively sought solutions to expand its childcare partnership programs and offerings as part of a long-range plan to address childcare demand for children of all ages.
As part of this effort, Stanford seeks to actively partner with Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) and Palo Alto Community Child Care (PACCC) for a win-win-win solution that allows for an increase in the capacity at PACCC’s existing before- and after-school program at Escondido Elementary School.
Stanford has agreed to provide funding to PAUSD for the purchase, installation, and set-up of a second modular classroom at Escondido Elementary School to house this expanded PACCC program. The shared goal of this offer is to place current Pepper Tree School families in the Escondido Elementary School PACCC program when Pepper Tree closes at the end of the 2016-17 school year. No ongoing operational funding support will be provided to PAUSD or PACCC by Stanford within this offer.
PACCC is currently located in a single modular building at Escondido Elementary School. Ongoing discussions with PAUSD and PACCC have made it clear that the waiting list and potential demand is far greater than the size of their existing operation. In addition, the on-site administrator for Escondido Elementary School recognizes the value of increasing the size of the before- and after-school program at the school to better meet ongoing demand. This agreement provides PACCC with the opportunity to draw down their large waiting list at Escondido Elementary School and run a more operationally efficient program. As a result, this partnership will benefit PAUSD, PACCC, Stanford, and the broader community.
PAUSD Proposal
A meeting of the Stanford-PAUSD Liaison Committee was held on December 12, 2016. At that meeting, there was a discussion of the Pepper Tree closure and the potential for offsetting the loss of available childcare with the addition of a second childcare building on the Escondido campus, with the program operated by Palo Alto Community Child Care (PACCC), the current childcare provider at Escondido.
Since that time, representatives of Stanford, PACCC, and PAUSD have had a number of meetings in order to collaborate to put a program in place as close to the start of school as possible.
As of this writing, PAUSD attorneys have created a first draft of an agreement providing for the Stanford donation. This donation will fully pay for the cost of this additional modular building. The current estimate of cost, including change order allowance, is $412,500. It is anticipated that an agreement will be available by the Board meeting of February 28, 2017.
Other agreements involving Stanford and PACCC are also being developed.
Time is of the essence with this project, and all parties have given this first priority.
Fiscal Impact
No material impact.