Long-Range Planning Committee Update

District Recommendations❖ Administration asks the Board to determine the location for the recommended third elementary school by the end of March 2021.. ❖ To place the new elementary sch

Long-Range Planning Committee

Findings for East and Ralph Moody

Board of Education February 25, 2021

District Recommendations

❖ Administration asks the Board to determine the location for

the recommended third elementary school by the end of

March 2021

❖ To place the new elementary school for the combined

East/Ralph Moody community on the Ralph Moody campus

The new school would open in the fall of 2023

➢ Ralph Moody students would relocate to Twain

Elementary School for the 2022–2023 school year during

demolition and construction

❖ To consolidate the Twain school community with an existing

elementary school and repurpose Twain in the 2022–2023

school year to serve Ralph Moody students After that year,

repurpose according to district needs

District Recommendations (continued)

The focus of the February 2 virtual town hall was the consolidation

of the East and Ralph Moody communities

❖ Presenters for the town hall:

➢ Kelly Card - Principal, East Elementary

➢ Linda Jones - Principal, Ralph Moody

➢ Kathleen Ambron - Director of Elementary Education

➢ Terry Davis - Chief Operations Officer

➢ Betty Timmer - Community Member, Long-Range Planning Committee (LRPC)

➢ Lucie Stanish - Community Member, Long-Range Planning Committee (LRPC)

➢ Bob Colwell - Chairman, Long-Range Planning Committee (LRPC)

Town Hall Meeting

Staff and Community Feedback

February 2 virtual town hall: more than 100 live viewers; more than 100 questions submitted

❖ Question themes

➢ Location and design of building

➢ Location of students during construction

➢ New school community formation

➢ Impact to the East community and culture

➢ Addressing equity

➢ Programming impacts at new school

➢ Enrollment and budget

➢ Impact to teachers and school staff

➢ Impact to preschool and school age child care

The committee agrees with administration’s

recommendation to place the new school on

the Ralph Moody site.

Vet and Validate

School Boundaries

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❖ Purpose of 2018 Bond: replace aging facilities and provide

improved instruction for students

❖ Looked at all data from LRPC meetings from the last 2 years

❖ Looked at the 5–10 year plan

❖ Location of new boundaries; honors the north/south arterial

corridor boundaries

❖ Reviewed all questions/concerns from the town hall meeting and individual communications

❖ New elementary in this corridor within City of Littleton

❖ Combining two adjacent communities; not separating

Why LRPC Agrees with Administration

Recommendations

❖ Transportation and geographic location logistics; site is central

to catchments

❖ Benefits to student safety

❖ Benefits to traffic

❖ Ideally, Ralph Moody students will be relocated during the

2022–2023 school year during demolition and construction

➢ No students on campus during construction

➢ Allows architect to pick the best location for the building

➢ Gives architect free creative design for the site

➢ 75 years with new building and placement

❖ Repurpose East to serve the community and/or for district use 9

Why LRPC Agrees with Administration

Recommendations (continued)

❖ District create a committee of parent, school, community, and

district leaders to work with each school community individually

and collectively

➢ Support and guide throughout

the transition process in order to

successfully blend the

two communities

LRPC Recommendation

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