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Space for Community Education, £CFE, ECSE and Community Recreation Jan. 1999 1. Status quo: (critical space problems for these programs) a. CE Center code problems & expense. Abandon CE Center. b. History of on-going relocation of ECSE programs in K-12 spaces (6 moves in 9 yrs.) c. Erosion of ECFE spaces at Handke--competition with K-12 space. d. Continuation of joint powers agreement w/Community Recreation-district providing space. e. Continued partnership with Reach-Up-Head Start. 2. Demographics: a. Population growth at 3-5%/year--early childhood numbers will swell (current birth to five population of 3230 will be 4546 in 7 yrs with 5% growth--a 40% increase). b. ECFE now serves about 50% of all families with early childhood children-growth in participation will mean more space to meet needs. c. ECSE population has increased 29% in the past 8 years. d. CE and Community Recreation serve the entire 37,000 district population, not just a portion. Many participants have no children in public schools-a chance to benefit from tax supported schools. 3. Grants and partnership possibilities provide better value. a. Dept. of CFL co-location grant of up to $500,000 for new construction or for renovation--provided district has matching $. (assumes co-location of Head Start, ECFE, ECSE, Community Education child care, Community Recreation) b. Bigger, better facility without 100% district funding. Municipal partnerships are more possible with CE and Comm. Rec. connections--taxpayers win, district wins, municipality wins. c. Several partnership/co-location facility examples available: Chanhassen, Red Wing, New Brighton, St. Cloud. 4. Space solution: a. Significant space in central part of district. 30,000-40,000 s.f. "Family Service Center" -relieves elementary space crunch, maximizes early childhood spaces and budgets, and eliminates duplication of clerical/administrative functions. · majority of ECFE, ECSE staff housed here; central reception function for early childhood screening, Community Education, Community Recreation, ECFE and ECSE · multiple rooms designed for early childhood programs (ECFE,ECSE, Head Start) · adult rooms/meeting spaces for parent discussion, adult enrichment, ABE, computer lab · spaces for school age child care including school day care for kindergarten · large motor (gym) area for pre-school to adult programming efforts · indoor play area, outdoor play area · daytime meeting spaces for curriculum, staff development, speakers, events, etc. · large meeting space for daytime/evening school board-type meetings b. Service Centers in north and south · · 6 rooms in conjunction with school construction/renovation or municipal construction project(s) · Note: if space is in a school, it is imperative to have a firm commitment of long-term space, or planning efforts will be in vain. What would work-one or more of the following: 1. New construction--stand alone facility. 2. Included as part of other municipal partner construction-swimming center, Minnesota Sports Federation facility, community center, City Hall, etc. 3. Renovation/addition at a current school (provided spaces are designed for our use, and protected long- term). 4. New construction-as part of a new elementary or secondary school (dedicated long-term space). 5. Included as part of fine arts center construction. Authors: I'his plan was developed by Mary Linz & Tami Hampton, ECSE; Kathy Simonson, ECFE; Jeff Asfahl, Community Recreation, Carole McNaughton-Commers & Charlie Blesener, Community Education.