TONAWANDA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

TONAWANDA, NEW YORK 14150

716-694-7784-Phone               716-695-8738- Facsimile

LONG RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE FORUM

Form two (2) Task Forces:

A.     Task Force(s) will be limited to specific topic(s): 

·         Financial

·         School Facilities

B.     Timeframe for Task Force work will be limited with specific end dates

            i.e. the Task Force(s) will not be standing committees

C.    Representatives on the Task Force(s) were selected from:

• Representatives of the Board of Education
• Representatives of Administration
• Representatives of District Associations
• Representatives from the Community

D.    Reporting Process:

·        Task Force(s) will be chaired by representatives from the groups indicated above

·        Written Reports will be prepared and presented to the Board of Education

E.     Specific Topic for Task Force(s):

1.      Financial:

·        Review current status of District Facilities

i.e. Central, Clint Small Stadium and City Library and vacant land

·        Review procedures for sale of properties

·        Determine potential sale of properties as well as utilization of properties

·        Develop timeframe for Community input and Board of Education action (including a vote to accept selling price)

·        Review current legal status of property of existing Clint Small site and City

Library.

·        Work with Tonawanda City to determine Long Range Plan for this property

                        ·         Develop timeframe for community input and Board of Education action

2.      School Facilities:

·        Review Reconfiguration of Elementary Schools

·        Review Student enrollment trends for District

·        Review possible plans for future Elementary Building Configuration

i.                    Construct/renovate single site as Elementary Center similar to existing Middle/High School site

ii.                   Develop two (2) elementary school sites designated as Primary (Grades Pre K – 2) and Intermediate (Grades 3-5)

iii.                Maintain three (3) elementary facilities as per current configuration (potential redistricting to balance student population)

iv.                Move 5th grade to the middle/high school and create two pre-k - 4 buildings or one pre-k - 1 building and one grades 2 - 4 building

v.                  Maintain three (3) elementary facilities with a configuration of one pre-K -1 and two grades 2 – 5 buildings

F.     Start Date for Task Force

1.     Task Force will reconvene on May 28, 2013.  The meeting will begin at 5:30 in the MS LMC.

            2.     Task Force report(s) due to Board of Education

·        Financial:  Final report due to Board of Education by November 2013

·        School Facilities:  Final report due to Board of Education by November 2013

·        Ongoing reporting timeframe intervals (monthly) to be determined by Board of Education

·        Final Goal will be to have completed task force (1) and (2)  by November 2013 in anticipation of community/voter authorization to proceed on a May 2014 Proposition that will provide the following:

i.                    Finalize sale or use of Central School  and vacant parcels as well as review city and school property lines at Clint Small Stadium and the City library

ii.                   Finalize plans for Elementary School Site(s)

The School District and City of Tonawanda have established a joint implementation task force to sustain progress on collaborative options resulting from the Shared Municipal Services Incentive (SMSI) grant report.  The task force is comprised of representatives from both the District and City, and relies upon the SMSI report as a foundation for identifying additional collaborative/shared service options.  Insofar as the SMSI report’s options overlap with the District’s long-range goals (especially those relating to the sale of school properties, the Clint Small Stadium transition and long-range campus planning), the task force serves as a natural complement and analytical resource for the District’s other task force efforts.