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APS Right Sizing Committee

Recommendations

Presented to APS Board of Education Capital Outlay Committee 9/11/17

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Presentation Agenda

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  1. Introduction:
    1. Evaluation Matrix to be used as a primary tool to evaluate, prioritize and select schools for repurposing
    2. Federally mandated “Every Student Succeeds Act” (ESSA), school intervention mandates
  2. Analysis:
    • APS School Facility Repurposing Matrix
    • Quantitative Tier Analysis Methodology
    • Quantitative Tier Analysis Results
  3. Results:
    • Right Sizing Analysis + ESSA
    • Decision Tree
  4. Implementation Process

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INTRODUCTION: Matrix: A Data-Driven Decision Making Tool

The “Matrix” is a quantitative data-driven, neutral tool that will help in the decision-making when selecting school sites to consolidate and/or repurpose. This is being done in order to

    • Maintain quality of instruction and educational services District-wide.
    • Address both School and District-wide budget issues due to reduced state allocations and declining enrollments.
    • Maintain and enhance the District’s Portfolio of High Quality Choice and Innovation of educational services.

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This tool will continuously collect and analyze Data that will then be weighed appropriately in order to help in decision-making that will achieve the above.

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The Right Sizing Task Force has discussed and debated the selection of data variables that are directly related to the objective of optimizing existing resources while enhancing the quality of educational service delivery to families and the community.

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INTRODUCTION: PED Every School Succeeds Act (ESSA) Options

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Under the Federally mandated “Every Student Succeeds Act” (ESSA), New Mexico public schools are mandated by the PED to identify schools based on a criteria that need to meet certain academic goals. Failure to meet those goals would then result in compulsory state mandated interventions up to and including closure of the school.

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After three years of not meeting one of the exit opportunities, LEAs would be required to identify one of the following more rigorous interventions:

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  1. Closure: Close the school and enroll the students who attended that school in other schools in the surrounding area that are higher performing.

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  • Restart: Close the school and reopen it under a charter school operator that has been selected through a rigorous state or local authorizer review process.

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  • Champion Choice: Champion Choice is a range of choices in an open system that focuses on new approaches to learning; one that keeps the individual student(s) at the center of accessing options that best support their learning path. There must be clear evidence that choice has been championed for impacted schools. Choices may include:
      • Public Charter Schools
      • Magnet Schools
      • Private Schools
      • Online learning
      • Homeschooling
      • Creation and expansion of local school voucher programs

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4. Significantly Restructure and Redesign: The vision and systems at a school including extending instructional time, significantly changing staffing to include only educators earning highly effective ratings and above, state-selected curriculum approaches, and/or personalized learning models for all students. This option may also include a hybrid approach of the three options outlined above.

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Source: NM State Template for the Consolidated State Plan Under the Every Student Succeeds Act, page 83

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Analysis: APS School Facility Repurposing Matrix

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Below is a snapshot Right Sizing Task Force Matrix tool/spreadsheet that had ALL APS MS & ES run through

46 variables that include the following categories:

    • Student Demographic Patterns (enrollment, poverty, ethnicity)
    • Facility Data (capacity, geographic location)
    • Financial Considerations
    • Instructional Outcomes
    • Curriculum & Program (master schedule)

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Analysis: Quantitative Tier Analysis Methodology

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A comprehensive list of 43 variables are used to derive the Tier 1 through Tier 3 summary matrix variables.

Tiers:

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Tier 1 🡪 1. Financial

2. Capacity/enrollment

3. Capacity/attendance zone

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Tier 2 🡪 1. Capital investment

2. Area housing starts potential

3. Zoning area trends

4. Attendance

5. Instructional outcomes/proficiency

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Tier 3 🡪 1. Capacity of schools in proximity

2. Potential repurpose fix

3. Financial cost- benefit-analysis of various repurpose options

4. Potential benefit to APS Choice Portfolio

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Analysis: Quantitative Tier Analysis Results

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Tier 1

Tier 2

Tier 3

26 ES

10 MS

( 11) ES

(6) MS

(tbd) ES (tbd) MS

Assumptions

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  • The actual schools selected for repurposing are to be selected in accordance with the Tier 1 evaluation variables.
  • High schools are not considered.
  • Final schools selected may include elementary schools and/or middle schools or a combination thereof.

Start 88 ES

Start 28 MS

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Results: Right Sizing Analysis + ESSA

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Results from Tier Quantitative analysis process are then passed through a qualitative analysis

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  • List major qualitative categories
    • Long-term vision of Choice Pathways by Academic Zones
      • Determination of suitable pathway based on academic zone
      • Comparative advantage by zone
      • Zones need to have access to unique universal programs
    • Comprehensive School Improvement (CSI) Designated for rigorous interventions
    • Neighborhood/regional access to an educational facility
    • Good potential to plug into an existing/new instructional magnet pathway

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ESSA NMPED Requirements: Fourteen (14) schools have been designated by NMPED (ESSA) as candidates for rigorous intervention. Some type of school restructuring/reform has to be carried out for these.

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APS Right-sizing: matrix has identified17 schools quantitatively derived by the right-sizing matrix, 4 of these are also included on the ESSA list.

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A total of 27 schools have been identified so far.

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The specific type of intervention/decision will be determined by a logical strategic decision tree process that would consider one or a combination of the following:

  • Magnetize
  • Champion Choice Option School
  • Restructure
  • Charter Option
  • Closure

The decision will be recommended to the Superintendent who will make final recommendations to the Board of Education for implementing. Refer to implementation process.

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Process: APS School Facility Repurposing Proposed Process

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Once school(s) are selected, it will take approximately 18 months to implement change.