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Welcome:
• Thanks forSolutions
joining this conversation onCenter
curriculum funding–
with bonds
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• The School Solutions Center was created in 2009 to help school districts
cut costs, created efficiencies, and help improve student performance
Best Business
Practices
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HOST
Sonnie Lee
School Solutions Center Coordinator
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TOPIC
Meeting Today’s
Curriculum Challenges
thru Capital Projects
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PRESENTERS
Cynthia Bianco
Mark Laurrie
Lynne Tompkins
Superintendent
Niagara Falls City
Public Schools
Deputy
Superintendent
Niagara Falls City
Public Schools
Educational
Administrator
Niagara Falls City
Public Schools
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PUBLIC EDUCATION
Today
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New
Academic
Standards
School
Infrastructure
School
Budgets
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NIAGARA FALLS CITY
OW
IT Project
MORR
INVEN
TING TO
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October 21st, 2013
Background
District size:
7,227 students
Location:
630 66th Street
Niagara Falls, New York
Demographics:
Population –
Median income –
% of voting residents w/no children
Largest employers
49,722 residents
$28,000
72%
Niagara Falls City Public Schools &
Niagara Falls Memorial Hospital
% of students on free breakfast/lunch 100%
Number of Schools
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RESULTS
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Capital Improvement
Increased Security
Increase Student Achievement
ADA Compliant
Energy Efficiencies
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CDC
“…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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MORE RESULTS
 NO Increase in local taxes
 NO teacher or student displaced*
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STEM SOLUTION PARTNERS
Todd Smith
Matt Frankenberry
Pitsco Education
National Sales
Manager
Pitsco Education
Director of
Education
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No just
Technolog
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Learning
Environments
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STEM solutions for elementary,
middle, and high school
Algebra Academy at
Carolina High School & Academy
Implementation
Example
• Only failing high school in
Greenville, SC
• 83% of students qualify
for free/reduced lunch
• School’s Algebra I end-ofcourse pass rate in 2008
was 58%
Solution Partners
Mark Emerson
Chevron
Education
National Sales
Manager
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Working for Schools
CES/Pitsco Success Story
Nuview Union School District
PROGRAM SCOPE
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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 graders
Energy behavior program
Professional 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
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Partnering for Progress
Clean reliable sustainable
for our K-12 partners
energy efficient
Select School Districts
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
economic solutions
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
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Hindsight/ Q&A
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Would you recommend this solution to other school districts?
What would you do differently?
How would you advise others from improving on the process?
How did you decide how to use the funds?
What was the most positive experience of the entire process?
What was the most negative experience of the entire process?
How did your school district prep for bringing STEM into your
district?
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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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