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Welcome:

AASA’s Script

• Thanks for joining this conversation on curriculum funding with bonds• The School Solutions Center was created in 2009 to help school districts

cut costs, created efficiencies, and help improve student performanceBest Business Practices series

School Solutions Center –

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Sonnie LeeSchool Solutions Center Coordinator

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Meeting Today’s Curriculum Challenges thru Capital Projects

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Cynthia Bianco

SuperintendentNiagara Falls City

Public Schools

Mark Laurrie

Deputy Superintendent

Niagara Falls City Public Schools

Lynne Tompkins

Educational Administrator

Niagara Falls CityPublic Schools

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New Academic Standards

School Infrastructure

School Budgets

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IT Project

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BackgroundDistrict size: 7,227 students

Location: 630 66th StreetNiagara Falls, New York

Demographics:Population – Median income – % of voting residents w/no childrenLargest employers

% of students on free breakfast/lunch

49,722 residents$28,00072% Niagara Falls City Public Schools & Niagara Falls Memorial Hospital100%

Number of Schools 11

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Capital Improvement Increased Security Increase Student Achievement ADA Compliant Energy Efficiencies

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“…physical activity can have an impact on cognitive skills…attitudes…academic

behavior…enhanced concentration and attention as well as improved classroom

behavior.”

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NO Increase in local taxes NO teacher or student

displaced*

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Todd Smith

Pitsco EducationNational Sales

Manager

Matt Frankenberry

Pitsco EducationDirector of Education

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No justtTechnology

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Learning Environments

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STEM solutions for elementary, middle, and high school

Implementation Example

•Only failing high school in Greenville, SC

•83% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch

•School’s Algebra I end-of-course pass rate in 2008 was 58%

Algebra Academy atCarolina High School & Academy

Solution Partners

Mark Emerson

Chevron Education

National Sales Manager

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Working for Schools

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CES/Pitsco Success Story

Nuview Union School District

PROGRAM SCOPE

622 KW of solar at four locations Wireless programmable thermostats Rooftop replacement Interior and exterior lighting upgrades New refrigerator and freezing units Envision™ Education Program with Pitsco STEM Lab

Living learning labs for 7th and 8th gradersEnergy behavior programProfessional development teacher workshops

FINANCE

$6.9MM paid-through savings and incentives over 20 years

PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS

$5.2MM net savings over 30 years $565,000 from utility incentives $50,000 operational and maintenance

savings every year Equivalent of removing 215 cars from the

roads

Partnering for Progress

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Select School Districts Projected Lifetime Savings

East Side UHSD $43,000,000

Huntington Beach City SD $15,000,000

Jurupa USD $34,000,000

Los Angeles USD $14,000,000

Milpitas USD $12,000,000

Morgan Hill USD $8,000,000

Orange USD $16,000,000

Oak Grove USD $13,000,000

San Dieguito USD $10,000,000

San Jose USD (Phase II) $25,000,000

San Lorenzo USD $4,500,000

Santa Ana USD $12,000,000

South San Francisco USD $20,000,000

Temple City USD $11,800,000

Clean reliable sustainable energy efficient economic solutionsfor our K-12 partners

Your most critical goals:

•Modernize facilities•Improve learning environments•Generate savings•Funnel savings back into the classroom•Bridge innovation•Fund hands-on STEM curriculum•Raise student achievement

Hindsight/ Q&A

1. Would you recommend this solution to other school districts?

2. What would you do differently?3. How would you advise others from improving on the

process?4. How did you decide how to use the funds?5. What was the most positive experience of the entire

process?6. What was the most negative experience of the entire

process?  7. How did your school district prep for bringing STEM into

your district?

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• http://www.internationalschoolsfirstaid.com/Site/Design/Application/Sections/primary/home/images/hands_up_kids.png (kids)• http://www.appletreeinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/Feature-New-Look2.jpg (boys with book)• http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/mainframe/tipstechniques/applicationdevelopment/project_pitfalls/ (IBM)

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