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Investing in the �District of Columbia’s �Public School Facilities

From Decades of Neglect to

Stewardship for our Future

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Analyzed by 21st Century School Fund

April 19, 2016

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What we hope you do with this information:�

  • Take pride in our city’s civic investment!
  • Engage in a well-informed city-wide discussion to:
    • Shape the FY2017-2022 capital budget and FY2017 facilities operating budget
    • Ensure DC finishes modernizing DCPS facilities so there is equity for students and communities
    • Explore ways to get better value from project expenditures
    • Create plans and systems to ensure DC does not neglect its public school facilities again
    • Examine adequacy, condition and equity among charter facilities
    • Explore planning and appropriations efficiencies so we can afford to sustain DCPS and charter facilities alike

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About the data

  • All student and building data is from SY 2014-2015
  • Expenditure and budget authority data provided by DC CFO
  • School and building descriptors from DCPS and public charter school board
  • Enrollments and student descriptors from OSSE
  • Project information from DGS and OCFO

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D.C. Public School Facilities in 1995

August 14, 1995 - DCPS Superintendent’s Task Force on Education Infrastructure for the 21st Century:

“DCPS has not built a new school since 1980 and has not undertaken a full school modernization since 1985.

In fact, there are no model facilities in the District that fully support and enhance education, and to which other schools can aspire.”

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  • Average age of DCPS Schools - 69.5 Years
  • DCPS had millions of GSF in excess space
  • DCPS schools were unhealthy and unsafe facilities with $1.2 billion (2015$) in deferred maintenance

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Digging Out

$1 billion in DCPS Multi-School Stabilization Projects FY1998-2015

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�Decades of disinvestment in DCPS facilities helped drive families to charter schools�

The 2016 annual per-student Facilities Allowance is $3,124 for regular students and $8,395 for residential school students.

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DC’s annual charter school per-student Facilities Allowance add-ons aimed to ensure charter school students could be in adequate facilities

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Using 21st century facilities standards for health, sustainability, education and community use, DCPS embarks upon an unprecedented modernization program.

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  • 55 DCPS fully modernized or new facilities (by 2016)
    • 6,609,837 GSF, 58%
  • 32 DCPS partly modernized facilities
    • 2,543,688 GSF; 22%
  • 21 DCPS facilities not modernized
    • 2,208,692 GSF; 20%

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Progress: $2.27 billion for DCPS Modernizations 2000-2015

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Accelerating Choice: �The Charter Facilities Allowance Add-on

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    • From 1998 to 2015, charter operators received $963,000,000 from the city in individual school facilities allowance add-ons.
    • Funding for facilities cleaning, utilities, maintenance and minor repairs are included in the annual per student funding formula.
    • The Facilities Allowance add-on was advanced so charters could pay for leasing buildings and capital construction, however, charter operators may use it for any purpose.
    • Charter operators can also borrow to fund their facilities improvements.
      • From 1998 to April 2015, $500 million in DC revenue bonds have been borrowed for school construction by 26 different charter operators.

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Planning the future: Equity and Efficiencies 2016-2021

    • Insist on efficiencies in District capital and operating spending on facilities

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    • 2016-21 CIP, last year’s 6-year Capital Improvement Budget:
      • 1 DCPS school planned for replacement: Orr
      • 16 DCPS schools planned for full modernizations
      • 16 DCPS schools planned for partial modernization
      • At current charter enrollment and Facilities Allowance add-on of $3,124 per student and $3,395 for residential students, charter Facility Allowance Add-Ons from 2016-21 will total $716,000,000 at minimum, (assuming charter enrollment at 2014-15 levels with no increase).

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Equity Issues by Feeder Pattern �Past & Planned 2000-2021

Row Labels

# schools in feeder

DCPS Capacity

Gross Square Footage

% at Risk

Lifetime Budget

LTB by student

LTB by GSF

Anacostia HS

12

6012

1,243,408

78%

$345,410,191

$57,453

$278

Ballou HS

11

6456

1,333,677

81%

$303,357,254

$46,988

$227

Cardozo HS (9-12)

12

6407

1,492,322

46%

$447,060,588

$69,777

$300

City-Wide

11

4962

1,271,472

24%

$533,715,756

$107,561

$420

Coolidge HS

5

3059

602,384

56%

$191,268,955

$62,527

$318

Dunbar HS

10

5531

1,005,344

63%

$342,171,954

$61,864

$340

Eastern HS

18

8870

1,745,287

43%

$420,799,937

$47,441

$241

Roosevelt HS

5

2951

617,178

56%

$228,041,653

$77,276

$369

Wilson HS

16

9025

1,556,666

15%

$729,474,794

$80,828

$469

Woodson HS

10

4858

923,686

76%

$202,366,602

$41,656

$219

Grand Total

110

58,131

11,791,424

 

$3,743,667,684

$64,401

$317

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DCPS Capital Expenditures FY1998-2015 by Ward

Ward

# of School Facilities

Capacity for Students

% At Risk Students

Total Sq. Ft.

Capital Expenditures

FY 1998-2015 Expenditures Per Student

Exp. Per Sq.

1

13

6,666

43%

1,734,874

$293,811,240

$44,076

$169

2

10

3,849

33%

865,256

$184,898,708

$48,038

$214

3

10

6,407

14%

1,079,474

$348,368,506

$54,373

$323

4

18

7,470

49%

1,810,406

$269,503,503

$36,078

$149

5

15

7,657

50%

1,788,040

$453,631,525

$59,244

$254

6

20

8,496

42%

1,986,103

$250,008,269

$29,426

$126

7

17

7,900

74%

1,596,141

$263,567,634

$33,362

$165

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24

10,106

78%

3,048,537

$450,138,816

$44,541

$148

School Total

127

58,551

 

13,908,831

$2,513,928,201

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Multi-school

 

 

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12,000,000

$1,236,424,292

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$103

DCPS Total

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$3,750,352,493

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Equity Issues by Ward not Addressed in Plans

Ward

# of School Facilities

Capacity for students by Ward

# At Risk Students by Ward

Totals Planned and Allotted FY2016-2021

By school capacity

Per GSF

1

13

6,666

43%

$213,656,000

$32,052

$123

2

10

3,849

33%

$124,151,754

$32,256

$143

3

10

6,407

14%

$78,569,277

$12,263

$73

4

18

7,470

49%

$295,736,332

$39,590

$163

5

15

7,657

50%

$19,183,826

$2,505

$11

6

20

8,496

42%

$154,464,364

$18,181

$78

7

17

7,900

74%

$113,188,003

$14,328

$71

8

24

10,106

78%

$57,115,160

$5,652

$19

School Total

127

58,551

 

$1,056,064,716

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Multi-school

 

 

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$242,169,537

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DCPS Total

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$1,298,234,253

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