SCHOOL CLOSURE ANALYSIS PROCEDURE

SCHOOL CLOSURE ANALYSIS PROCEDURE

ap7110BAdopted April 8, 2014

7110B - SCHOOL CLOSURE ANALYSIS PROCEDURE

SCOPE

This procedure outlines the process for analyzing a school to be considered for closure.

DEFINITIONS

  1. Capacity
     
    1. Design Capacity:The maximum number of students designed to be housed at the school based on the satisfactory factored permanent capacity, scheduled on a traditional calendar, contained in the FISH database at the time of the Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) survey in October of the current school year.
    2. Total Capacity: The maximum number of students designed to be housed at the school based on the satisfactory factored permanent and relocatable capacity, scheduled on a traditional calendar, contained in the FISH database at the time of the Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) survey in October of the current school year.
  2. Capacity Utilization: A school’s capacity utilization is determined by dividing the number of projected students by the school’s total capacity.
  3. Criteria and Guidelines for School Closure Analysis: Criteria and guidelines used to analyze schools that may be considered for closure.
  4. Florida Inventory School Houses (FISH) Capacity: The database used by the Department of Education for all spaces in Florida public educational facilities. FISH capacity is the number of students that a school is designed to house, scheduled on a traditional calendar, based on the number of existing satisfactory student stations multiplied by a utilization factor. The FISH includes both permanent student stations and relocatable student stations.
  5. Out-of-Area Student: A student that does not attend the school that serves the area in which s/he resides. See Policy 7120 for restrictions and exceptions.
  6. Student Enrollment: The number of students enrolled at the school during the Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) survey in October of the current school year, which is used as the "official" student membership for the School District for that school year.
  7. Student Enrollment Projections: The number of students projected to be enrolled at the school for the following five (5) school years, published by Financial Services each November.

RESPONSIBILITY

Facilities Services’ Director of Planning & Project Management.

APPROVAL AUTHORITY

Assistant Superintendent of Facilities Services; Superintendent.

PROCEDURE

  1. General: Facilities Services Planning is the lead department in providing data for school closure analysis. A selection team, composed of area superintendents, Financial Services, Transportation Services, Curriculum & Instruction and Human Resources, evaluates the data and makes recommendations regarding school closure analysis.
  2. Schedule: Unless otherwise requested by the Board, the process begins in August and concludes with a recommendation to the Board, typically in September. This process is followed by AP 7110A - School Closure Procedure, which begins with this recommendation and concludes with a public hearing in January of the following year.
  3. Preliminary Recommendations: Preliminary school closure analysis recommendations are developed by the selection team based on Form 7110B F1 - Criteria and Guidelines for School Closure Analysis. Proposals for attendance boundary changes made necessary by a school closure are developed for each analysis in accordance with AP 7110 - School Attendance Boundary Change Procedure.
  4. Senior Staff Review: The preliminary school closure analysis recommendations are sent to the Superintendent and his/her senior staff for review and comment, then modified as necessary by Facilities Services Planning to incorporate any comments.
  5. Staff Recommendations: School closure analysis recommendations are submitted to the Board by the Superintendent.

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