Six Year Facilities Master Plan Fiscal Years 2018-2023
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Six Year Facilities Master Plan Fiscal Years 2018-2023 Published December 2, 2016 SIX YEAR FACILITIES MASTER PLAN FISCAL YEARS 2018 - 2023 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 1 II. BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................ 1 III. SIX YEAR ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS ........................................................................ 3 IV. CAPACITY AND UTILIZATION ANALYSIS ...................................................................... 10 V. ATTENDANCE ZONE ANALYSIS ................................................................................... 12 VI. STRATEGIES TO OPTIMIZE FACILITIES’ SUPPORT OF PROGRAM OF STUDIES ............... 13 VII. DEFERRED MAINTENANCE NEEDS .............................................................................. 14 VIII. AMENDMENTS TO CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ........ 15 IX. RECOMMENDED NEW PROJECTS FOR FY23 ................................................................ 17 X. FY18 BUDGET ESTIMATES FOR SCHEDULED PROJECTS ................................................ 17 XI. SUMMARY ................................................................................................................ 17 TABLES Table 1 – Year-to-Date Certificates of Occupancy ....................................................................... 6 Table 2 – Enrollment Projections................................................................................................. 7 Table 3 – Average Number of Students Per Class ..................................................................... 10 Table 4 – School Program Capacities ......................................................................................... 10 Table 5 – Facilities Master Plan ................................................................................................. 18 TABLE OF EXHIBITS Exhibit 1 – Important Agreements between York County School Board and York County Board of Supervisors Affecting the Physical Plant ................................................................. 25 Exhibit 2 – York County Planning Division Summary of Residential Data Affecting School Enrollment ............................................................................................................................. 26 Exhibit 3 – Active Residential Developments in School Attendance Zones .......................... 32 Exhibit 4 – Planned Residential Developments by Attendance Zone ................................... 33 Exhibit 5 - School Building Assessment Reports .................................................................... 34 ATTACHMENT A School Attendance Zone Maps .................................................................................................. 59 Map 1 - Bethel Manor Elementary School ................................................................................. 1 Map 2 - Coventry Elementary School ........................................................................................ 2 Map 3 - Dare Elementary School .............................................................................................. 3 Map 4 - Grafton Bethel Elementary School .............................................................................. 4 Map 5 - Magruder Elementary School ....................................................................................... 5 Map 6 - Mount Vernon Elementary School ............................................................................... 6 Map 7 - Seaford Elementary School .......................................................................................... 7 Map 8 - Tabb Elementary School ............................................................................................... 8 Map 9 - Waller Mill Elementary School ..................................................................................... 9 Map 10 - Yorktown Elementary School .................................................................................... 10 Map 11 - Bruton High & Queens Lake Middle School .............................................................. 11 Map 12 - Grafton High & Middle School .................................................................................. 12 Map 13 - Tabb High & Middle School ....................................................................................... 13 Map 14 - York High & Middle School ....................................................................................... 14 ii I. INTRODUCTION The Six Year Facilities Master Plan (FMP) addresses the requirements of the York County School Division (YCSD) for new or expanded facilities and major maintenance of existing facilities. Such needs are driven by student population, changes in academic programs and the age of existing facilities. The focus of each edition of the FMP is the list of recommended capital construction projects and capital maintenance projects to be included in the next year’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP). Recommendations for new classroom facilities are derived from an analysis of both demographic projections, prepared by York County staff, and current attendance zone boundary lines for specific schools. Recommendations for capital maintenance projects are based on relevant machinery and system histories and observed conditions of each school’s building and campus. II. BACKGROUND Starting with Fiscal Year 2008, the FMP implemented a recommendation by MGT of America in their Efficiency Review of YCSD conducted in late 2005. As a result, the FMP compiles all data and analysis and related information on CIP recommendations into one document. Important agreements between the York County School Board and the York County Board of Supervisors also shape the FMP. These agreements are summarized in Exhibit 1. The pace of residential development in York County drives planning for additional classroom capacity. Most additional capacity for the past two decades has been attained by additions to existing schools. Coventry Elementary School (CES) was the last new property added to the elementary school inventory, opening in 1989. Magruder Elementary School was rebuilt using the CES design and opened in 1990. Grafton Middle School and Grafton High School were the last secondary schools built, opening in September 1996. The School Board owns property at Kiln Creek which is currently being leased to the Board of Supervisors for use as a park and athletic fields. This property will accommodate a two story middle school, should such a need materialize. With the completion of construction of additional classrooms at existing schools, as scheduled in the FY17 edition of the CIP, nearly all current school sites will be developed to the maximum extent practical. The sites will not easily accommodate any further expansion of the school buildings. The highest potential for future residential development lies west of Lightfoot Road. Residential development will gain momentum subsequent to a proposal to extend public utilities to that section of York County. In such a case, the School Board should work with the Board of Supervisors to ensure that developers seeking rezoning of land 1 for residential development proffer appropriate resources for use by the School Board for building schools needed for the expanding enrollment. The current YCSD physical plant cannot support extensive residential development west of Lightfoot Road. The Schools section of the Community Facilities Chapter of the York County Comprehensive Plan provides a formal statement of long range enrollment trends through 2035. “Fill in” residential development east of Lightfoot Road poses increased capacity demands on the existing schools located in the western section of York County: Bruton High School (BHS), Queens Lake Middle School (QLMS), Magruder Elementary School (MES), and Waller Mill Elementary School (WMES). This demand will be met with a combination of permanent new classrooms, revised attendance zone boundary lines, and temporary facilities as needed. The attendance zones for BHS, QLMS and MES were modified in FY09 to provide short-term relief from increased enrollment demands. Planned residential development activity remains the most intense in the attendance zones for Grafton Bethel Elementary School (GBES), MES, Yorktown Elementary School (YES) and WMES. The addition of classrooms at YES in FY09 provided some mid-term relief to capacity demands on this school and on MES. Should residential development in the YES and MES attendance zones unfold as the developers hope, a new elementary school will be needed because of increased enrollment. The location of a new elementary should be determined through an examination of suitable sites. It is important to note that School Board property next to the Yorktown Middle School campus is insufficient in size for an elementary school. The request to change an age restriction designation of a development (The Reserve) in the WMES attendance zone to multi-family and the application to amend the York County Zoning Map by reclassifying 113 acres of land (The Marquis South Pod Property) and the approval of the Whittaker’s Mill development in the MES attendance zone will impact enrollment in these schools. Also, the construction of a multi-use development (Commonwealth Green) and the Townhomes at Martin Farms in the GBES attendance zone increases the possibility