1 Presented at Symposium: Infrastructure and Growth: Are We Keeping Pace? March 7, 2015

MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Rockville, Maryland Facility Planning Timeframes Decades Future school sites, collocation options Six-year Capital programming for facilities One-year Subdivision Staging Policy: School Test 2

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MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Rockville, Maryland Facility Planning Timeframes: Decades MCPS collaborates with county planners, the Planning Board, and elected officials during the development of master plans and sector plans. Two primary purposes for this collaboration: Ensuring that projected school utilization levels are known. Designating future school sites in plans. 4

MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Rockville, Maryland Facility Planning Timeframes: Decades Sites and Schools Today most schools are located on sites dedicated in master plans. There are 14 future school sites owned by the BOE and another 11 set aside in adopted master plans. 5

MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Rockville, Maryland Facility Planning Timeframes: Decades Sites and Schools Sites in “green fields” suburban master plans used to be the norm. (Clarksburg Master Plan) Now plans focus on high density development near transit. (Bethesda, Shady Grove, White Flint) Obtaining adequately sized school sites is a challenge in sector plans. 6

MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Rockville, Maryland Facility Planning Timeframes: Decades Closed Schools Since 1989, 15 closed schools have been reopened. There are now 14 closed schools in BOE ownership and another 30 in county ownership. Most closed schools are leased and can be reclaimed for school use. The BOE is holding on to all sites and closed schools for possible future use. 7

MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Rockville, Maryland Facility Planning Timeframes: Decades Examples The following schools will open in the next 6 years: Clarksburg/ Damascus MS – August 2016 (site dedicated via Clarksburg Master Plan) B-CC Middle School #2 – August 2017 (former site of Kensington Jr. HS, transferred from M-NCPPC) Richard Montgomery ES #5 – August 2017 (former Hungerford Park ES, transferred from county) Northwest ES #8 – August 2017 (site purchased from private land owner) 8

MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Rockville, Maryland Facility Planning Timeframes: Decades Collocation of Schools 46 elementary schools, 12 middle schools, and 7 high schools are collocated with parks. MCPS, M-NCPPC and county agencies are now studying long-range collocation options for compatible public facilities. 9

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MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Rockville, Maryland Facility Planning Timeframes: Six Years Enrollment Forecasting and CIP Planning Forecasts are prepared, by year, for six years. A tenth and fifteenth year also are projected. The six year forecast is aligned with the county CIP period. The six-year forecast determines where additional capacity needs to be programmed, through: classroom additions new schools expansion of schools when they are revitalized. 11

MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Rockville, Maryland Facility Planning Timeframes: Six Years Enrollment Forecasting and CIP Planning Enrollment forecasts are based on: county births migration aging of the student population approved new residential development MCPS works with planning staff and developers to factor in building schedules for new development. 12

MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Rockville, Maryland Facility Planning Timeframes: Six Years Enrollment Forecasting and CIP Planning Large master plans and sector plans can take 20 to 30 years to build-out. Capital programming focuses on what is expected to be built and occupied in the six-year period. Master planning for additions at schools enables more capacity to be added when warranted. The inventory of future school sites and closed schools enables MCPS to address long-range growth. 13

MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Rockville, Maryland Facility Planning Timeframes: Six Years Enrollment Forecasting and CIP Planning The Clarksburg Master Plan provides an example of how long it may take for a master plan to build-out. The plan was adopted in 1994, but housing construction will continue for many more years before build-out. A 20+ year built-out is expected in large sector plans, such as Shady Grove and White Flint. 14

MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Rockville, Maryland Facility Planning Timeframes: Six Years Enrollment Forecasting: Housing Impact Turnover of homes, and changing demographics of neighborhoods, account for the majority of enrollment increases in the county. In 2014, there were 10,976 existing homes sold and 3,839 new homes started construction. In 2014, 60% of new home starts were multi-family units that generate fewer students than single family units. 15

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MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Rockville, Maryland Facility Planning Timeframes: One Year Subdivision Staging Policy (SSP): School Test The goal of the policy is to coordinate development approvals with provision of adequate public facilities, including schools and roads. The policy is adopted by the County Council every four years and administered by the Planning Board. The policy includes the methodology for assessing school utilization levels and the authority for the Planning Board to condition or limit preliminary plan approvals. 17

MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Rockville, Maryland Facility Planning Timeframes: One Year Subdivision Staging Policy (SSP): School Test MCPS works closely with Planning Board staff to prepare the annual school test. The FY 2015 school test shows: 16 of the 25 MCPS clusters exceed 105% utilization. A “school facility payment” is required in these clusters. No cluster exceeds the 120% utilization for moratorium. 18

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MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Rockville, Maryland Summary The main constraint to keeping up with enrollment growth is insufficient revenue to address the magnitude of need. Adding capacity, while critical, competes with the need to revitalize aging schools and adequately fund systemic maintenance projects (e.g., HVAC, indoor air quality, roof replacements, etc.) 20