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6 <br /> School Optimization Plan <br /> The completed Plan will provide guidance for potential CHCCS and OCS factors influencing efficient capacity <br /> utilization of facilities.When synthesizing utilization optimization with facility condition assessments, many factors <br /> will be considered to develop a comprehensive plan: <br /> The Team will collect background information about the County.The data may include such things as: <br /> • 10-year enrollment projections <br /> • Demographic profiles <br /> • Geographic Information Systems data <br /> • Capacity analysis of facilities,from CS Team <br /> • Facility educational adequacy evaluations,from CS Team <br /> • School District program information <br /> • Financial and budgetary information <br /> Data Collection <br /> The Team will collect and review various maps, schedules, and information pertaining to the school sites. We will <br /> collect information such as: <br /> • State standards and formulas for school capacity calculations <br /> • Teachers'association contracts on maximum class size <br /> • Floor plans <br /> • Master schedules <br /> Adequacy assessors will tour all educational facilities identified in Attachment A to document and verify room use <br /> and size of all instructional and core spaces. <br /> Capacity Calculations and Analysis <br /> The Team will use the facilities inventory along with the County's policies/practices to calculate capacities for each <br /> school within the County. Final calculations will include: <br /> • An overview of the methodology used in capacity calculations <br /> • Total capacity for each building <br /> • A summary table with room counts by space type and resulting capacity <br /> • Enrollment versus capacity comparison <br /> The Team will prepare draft and final versions of the analysis and provide the final report to the County in PDF <br /> format with supporting documentation in csv/Excel spreadsheets. <br /> Options Work Session <br /> The team will facilitate an in-person work session with the County's steering committee(County,OCSD,and CHPSD) <br /> to develop options from the data collected and input gathered.The options will identify strategic opportunities that <br /> may consider program offerings, attendance boundary changes and school closures/consolidations to maximize <br /> educational benefits and operational effeciencies to the County. <br /> Based on the input from the County's steering committee and the County Board's engagement,the Team will <br /> refine and the options for community consideration. <br /> Community Survey <br /> The Team will provide the finalized options for review by the County's steering committee and provide a draft survey <br /> for consideration to the County's steering committee. Through a virtual meeting, the Team will engage with the <br />