SCHOOL CONCURRENCY TRACKING June 2008 Annual Summit

ONCE UPON A TIME- There were families

And they wanted their children to get an education

And a school was built

REWIND TO JUST A FEW YEARS AGO It was decided that schools should be built at the same time housing was being built

Just like the roads to get to the homes

Just like the lines to bring drinking water

Just like the power to light the lamps

And school concurrency was born

We started with a simple table to show what school a new development would be assigned to. ZONED SCHOOLCURRENT ENROLLMENT CURRENT DOE CAPACITY X Elementary Y Middle Z Senior

However, Concurrency required looking at more than just current data so the table was expanded. ZONED SCHOOL CURRENT ENROLLMENT CURRENT DOE CAPACITY PROJECTED FUTURE ENROLLMENT PLANNED FACILITY ENHANCE- MENTS PROJECTED DOE CAPACITY X Elementary Y Middle Z Senior

School Concurrency also allows for reserving student stations based on upcoming housing developments A simple excel file was created to track the many items involved in a review of a proposed housing development, including the data from the previous table Type of housing Number of students generated Number of seats calculated to be available Adjacent school zones

Other forms and processes are still in the development stage, including transitioning away from the excel file to a more accessible database.

Ben

POLK COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD WEBSITE WITH PRESENT CONCURRENCY INFORMATION

CONCLUSION- CHANGE WILL OCCUR Certain tables in the system will be updated periodically Enrollment file -twice per year 1) 60 th day for current enrollment, 2) April for next year s projections Reserved seats removed- once per year New schools and enhancements – once per year in October as the 5 year plan is updated and adopted Our web site and the interaction with the web site will also be changing as our technology moves forward

AND WE ALL LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER THE END