Ordinance 3010-07 - Laserfiche WebLink

Under the GMA, public entities are required to inventory capital facilities used to serve existing development. The purpose of the facilities inventory is to establish a baseline for determining what facilities will be required to accommodate future demand (student enrollment) at acceptable levels of service. This section provides an inventory of capital facilities owned and operated by the District including schools, relocatable classrooms (portables), undeveloped land and support facilities. School facility capacity was inventoried based on the space required to accommodate the District's adopted educational program standards. See Section 2. A map showing locations of District facilities is provided as Figure 1. Schools The District maintains eleven elementary schools, four middle schools, two comprehensive high schools, an alternative high school, and the Sno-Isle Skills Center.' Elementary schools accommodate grades K-5, middle schools serve grades 6-8, high schools provide for grades 9-12, and the Sno-Isle Skills Center serves grades 10-12. School capacity was determined based on the number of classrooms within each building and the space requirements of the District's currently adopted educational program.2 It is this capacity calculation that is used to establish the District's baseline capacity, and to determine future capacity needs based on projected student enrollment. The school capacity inventory is summarized in Tables 1, 2 and 3. The Sno-Isle Skills Center is not considered for the purposes of measuring capacity or projecting enrollment for the purposes of capital facilities planning within the District. Relocatable classrooms (portables), with the exception of ACES Alternative School, are not viewed by the District as a solution for housing students on a permanent basis. Therefore, these facilities were not included in the school capacity calculations provided in Tables 1, 2 and 3. Relocatable Classrooms (Portables) Relocatable classrooms (portables) are used as interim classroom space to house students until funding can be secured to construct permanent classrooms. The District currently uses 68 relocatable classrooms at various school sites throughout the District to provide additional interim capacity. A typical relocatable classroom can provide capacity for a full-size class of students at the elementary level and are calculated at 85% occupancy at the middle and high schools. Current use of relocatable classrooms throughout the District is summarized in Table 4. ' The District is the host school district for the Sno-Isle Skills Center that is a vocational skills center that enrolls students from fourteen school districts in Snohomish and Island Counties. 2 Undersized classrooms and classrooms used for support activities (i.e. music, computer, learning support, physical therapy, etc.) and do not add to capacity. Special Education classrooms are included at 12 for elementary schools and 16 for middle and high schools. 8