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  1. Overview of Facilities and Existing Structures
  2. Summary of Structural Needs
  3. Building Maintenance Plans
  4. Overview of Existing Technological Frameworks
  5. Summary of Technology Needs
  6. Student Population Data Disaggregation
  7. Staffing Analysis
  8. Room Utilization
  9. Security Measures
  10. Borough Development Planning
  11. Conclusion

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Goals

Sections

Plan Overview

Contributors

Garwood Public School District

Long Range Facilities Plan�2024-2029

  • Christopher Kinney, Superintendent
  • Bernadette Pinto, Business Administrator
  • Mary Emmons, Principal
  • Oscar Lucero, Maintenance Supervisor
  • Jonnathan Zhindon, Technology Coordinator
  • Albert DelConte, Facilities Chair
  • April Farrell, Board of Education President
  • Luke Miller, Garland Associates
  • District Advisory Committee
  • Board of Education Members
  • Jennifer Blumenstock, Mayor
  • Bill Nierstedt, Borough Planning Board

The Long Range Facilities Plan intends to provide an overall picture of both the educational and structural capacities, limitations and remediations over the next five years. This plan is also intended to be fluid in nature as the needs from year to year may be impacted by unknown occurrences.

  • Identify needs to building systems and components, fields/play areas, sidewalks and parking lots
  • Prioritize plans to meet identified needs
  • Provide information that will assist the District in updating the District five year Long Range Facilities Plan
  • Provide for a comprehensive, strategic plan to provide for the future educational needs

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Section 1: Overview of Facilities & Existing Structures

Garwood Public School District

Long Range Facilities Plan�2024-2029

Lincoln School

Built: 1913/2004

Square Footage: 67,799

Number of Classrooms: 28

Number of Office Spaces: 24

Bathrooms: 17

Heating System/Age: 20 years Old

Air Conditioning: 20 Years Old

Structure Material: Brick Masonry and Steel Structured

Roof: Age/Material: Firestone Roofing System

Other Structures on Property: Utilities/Maintenance Shed

Washington School

Built: 1922

Square Footage: 11,000 SF

Number of Classrooms: 4

Number of Office Spaces: 2

Bathrooms: 7

Heating System/Age: 12 Years Old

Air Conditioning: 12 Years Old

Structure Material: Two -story Brick

Masonry Structured, 11,000 SF

Roof: Age/Material: 20 Years Old Tamko Roofing Products

Other Structures on Property: Maintenance Shed, 2 Playgrounds

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Section 2: Summary of Structural Needs

Garwood Public School District

Long Range Facilities Plan�2024-2029

Lincoln School

Building Structure: Water Proofing

Roof: Repair as Needed

Heating: Boilers, Fan Blower Motors, stepper motor assembly

Air Conditioning: Air Handler Motors, Electric Actuator Valves,

HVAC Controls: BAS Front End Upgrade.

Washington School

Building Structure: Water Proofing, Classroom Flooring VCT Tile.

Roof: Repair as Needed

Heating: Split Unit Motors

Air Conditioning: Split Unit Heating and Cooling Rooftop Units.

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Section 2: Summary of Structural Needs

Garwood Public School District

Long Range Facilities Plan�2024-2029

Lincoln School

Photos of Structural Needs

Washington School

Photos of Structural Needs

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Section 3: Building Maintenance Plans

Garwood Public School District

Long Range Facilities Plan�2024-2029

Lincoln School

  • Boilers: Perform one operating inspection per year Listed in the “Equipment Schedule”
  • Air Conditioning: Preventive Routing Inspection and preventive maintenance on the Equipment Schedule.
  • Pest Management : Conducted According to an Approved IMP Checklist
  • Metasys System: ATC annual, scheduled on -site inspections point and Control Programs/Loops in the System to prevent operational Problems and Detect non functioning equipment.
  • Fire Alarm: Annual Fire Alarm Test and Inspection.
  • Elevators: Maintain Contract annually Inspection and Service.
  • AHERA: Six Month Inspection K-12 Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act.

Washington School

  • Heating and Cooling: Preventive Routine Inspection and Preventive Maintenance on the HVAC equipment.
  • Fire Alarm: Annual Fire Alarm Test and Inspection.
  • Pest Management: Conducted According to an Approved IMP Checklist.

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Section 4: Overview of Existing Technological Frameworks

Garwood Public School District

Long Range Facilities Plan�2024-2029

Lincoln School

Servers: 2x HPE Servers and 3 VM Ware.

Bandwidth: 1GB

Hot Spots: 10 Verizon Hotspots

Laptops/Age:Lenovo Thinkbook 2023

Chromebooks/Age:Acer C732-2018 Dell 3100-2022 HP-11MKG9-2021 AcerC 582-2022

Other Technology: Barracuda firewall & Content filtering

Cameras: Avigilon

Internet Company: Verizon

Phone Company: Verizon

Washington School (Anticipated)

Servers: 2x HPE Servers 1 VM Ware

Bandwidth: 1GB

Hot Spots: N/A

Laptops/Age: Lenovo ThinkBooks

Other Technology: Meraki Firewall & Content Filtering

Cameras: Avigilon

Internet Company: Verizon

Phone Company: Verizon

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Section 5: Summary of Technology Needs

Garwood Public School District

Long Range Facilities Plan�2024-2029

Lincoln School

2024-2025

Replace Switches for the middle school side

Replace EOL Chromebooks- 100% FUNDED THROUGH ECF

Replace EOL poster machine

2025-2026

Replace Switches for elementary side

Replace EOL Barracuda Content Filter

Begin replacing Access Points- 5 out of 23

2026-2027

Replace Access points - 5 out of 17

2027-2028

Replace Access points- 5 out of 12

Replace EOL (2030) chromebooks- 50 out of 200

2028-2029

Replace final Access points- 7 out of 7

Replace Barracuda Firewall

Replace EOL Servers

Replace chromebooks- 50 out of 150

Washington School (Anticipated)

See previous slide for new technology

After 5 years, there will need to be a reevaluation and replacement

of some components- i.e. servers, switches, access points

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Section 6: Student Population Data Disaggregation

Garwood Public School District

Long Range Facilities Plan�2024-2029

Lincoln School (as of 10/15 of each year)

Grade 19-20 20-21 21-22 22-23 23-24 5/7/24

PK 11 6 9 7 8 23

KG 33 43 37 32 30 32

1 40 33 43 36 33 33

2 35 38 35 46 41 41

3 44 35 35 34 48 50

4 30 47 37 36 37 37

5 45 31 44 37 37 39

6 47 44 31 45 40 39

7 35 47 43 33 43 43

8 44 34 44 44 33 34

Total 364 358 358 350 350 371

*Average of ‘19 through ‘24

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Section 6: Student Population Data Disaggregation

Garwood Public School District

Long Range Facilities Plan�2024-2029

Lincoln School - Projected

24-25 25-26 26-27 27-28 28-29

Additional Students -7 0 15 0 0

Total 343 342 351 351 351

* Population increase will take place during 26-27 school year when Paperboard construction come on-line in full rental.

Washington School (Projected) - Preschool

24-25 25-26 26-27 27-28 28-29

RED 14 15 15 15 15

BLUE 14 15 15 15 15

GREEN 14 15 15 15 15

BLUE - - 15 15 15

PSD 6 8 8 8 8

Total 48 53 68 68 68

  • Preschool Universe as defined by the NJDOE for Garwood is 73.
  • Must be at 90% of Preschool Universe by 27-28 School Year.

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Section 7: Staffing Analysis

Garwood Public School District

Long Range Facilities Plan�2024-2029

2024-2025

Lincoln School

Administrative Staff: 1 Principal

Support Staff: 1.5 Administrative Assistants

Health Services: 1 Registered School Nurse

General Education Teachers: 22.5

Special Education Teachers: 7.5

Paraprofessionals:

Custodial Staff: 1 Maintenance Supervisor, 1 Day Custodian, 2 Night

Other: LCSW, Psychologists, Speech Therapist, BCBA,

Contracted OT/PT

Washington School

Administrative Staff: 1 Superintendent/Director of Special Services

1 Business Administrator

Support Staff: 2 Administrative Assistants

Health Services: 1 Licensed Nurse

General Education Teachers: 3

Special Education Teachers: 1

Paraprofessionals: 6

Custodial Staff: 1 Day Custodian/ 1 Night Custodian

Other: LSW, BCBA, Contracted OT/PT/ Speech

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Section 8: Room Utilization

Garwood Public School District

Long Range Facilities Plan�2024-2029

Lincoln School

General Education Classrooms: 19

Special Education Classrooms:6

Offices: 7

Multi-Purpose Rooms: 2 (Gym and Cafeteria)

Maintenance Rooms: Boiler Room, Elevator Room,

Washington School

General Education Classrooms: 3

Special Education Classrooms: 1

Offices: 5

Multi-Purpose Rooms: 1

Maintenance Rooms: 2

  • No additional space for Lincoln School classrooms is anticipated within the scope of this plan.

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Section 9: Security Measures

Garwood Public School District

Long Range Facilities Plan�2024-2029

Lincoln School

Current:

Security Vestibule

13 IP Cameras

Door Engagement Locking System

Security Window Film

Future:

Additional 5 IP Cameras

Visitor Management System

Washington School

Current:

Security Vestibule

Future:

Door Engagement Locking System

5 IP Cameras

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Section 10: Borough Development Planning

Garwood Public School District

Long Range Facilities Plan�2024-2029

Vermella 1 # of Units:

Studio: 1

1 BD: 164

2 BD: 125

3 BD: 6

Capacity Rented as of 3/1/2024: Vermella 1 is fully occupied, but percentage wise will continually hover around 97%, 98% because of move-in/move-outs. For all intents and purposes, it is full.

Number of current students: 8

Vermella 2 # of Units:

Studio: 1

Studio: 4

1BD: 28

2 BD: 30

2 BD w/den: 3

3 BD: 8

Capacity Rented as of 3/1/2024: Vermella 2 is fully occupied, but percentage wise will continually hover around 97%, 98% because of move-in/move-outs. For all intents and purposes, it is full.

Number of current students: 7

Paperboard (as of current site plan from 2022) # of Units:

1 BD: 28

2 BD: 92

3BD: 4

Rental Start Date: (Approx.) : Fall 2025

The plan is currently being re-examined. The number of apartments in this building is unlikely to change by a significant amount. It is impossible to give even an approx. date of completion. Timeline to start construction- Still to be determined.

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Section 11: Conclusion

Garwood Public School District

Long Range Facilities Plan�2024-2029

During the span of this LRFP, the potential costs for these upgrades and infrastructure remediations/maintenance included below total:

$2,335,290

Buildings and Structure

  • Heating: $30,000
  • Air Conditioning: $30,000
  • Replacement - Front End Matasy System

(Main Brain heating and cooling system): $35,000

  • Boiler Maintenance: $32,000
  • Replacement (3) Boilers: $475,000

Lincoln Roofing

  • Section Restorations - Varies
  • Full Replacement - $1,200,000
  • Maintenance Plans:
    • HVAC : ($16,000 Annually) -$80,000
    • Elevator: ($5,600 Annually)- $28,000

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Section 11: Conclusion

Garwood Public School District

Long Range Facilities Plan�2024-2029

Technology:

Servers - Lincoln: $16,000 / Washington: $12,000

  • Meraki Ethernet Switches

Lincoln: $94,000 / Washington: $47,000

  • Cabling - Lincoln: $6,700
  • Firewall - Lincoln: $12,500 / Washington: $4,500
  • Upgrade PC’s - Lincoln: $36,000 / Washington: $10,000
  • Chromebook Upgrades - Lincoln: $150,000
  • Upgrade Document Cameras:

Lincoln: $4,800 / Washington: $1,600

  • Access Points - Lincoln: $ 20,500 / Washington: $10,000

Security:

  • IP Cameras: $15,000
  • ID Scanners (2): $800
  • Badge Printers (2): $1,000
  • Computer Stations (2): $1,600
  • Visitor Management Software Annual License: $4,590