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Board approves $19,500 enrollment and capacity study from RSP to inform potential bond and development questions
Summary
The board agreed to hire RSP and Associates to produce enrollment projections and a capacity study for $19,500; administrators said the study will support facility planning, boundary options and any future bond planning and can be completed in roughly 30–60 days.
Marty, a district administrator, recommended the board approve a professional services agreement with RSP and Associates for a combined enrollment projection and capacity study at a cost of $19,500.
Marty told the board that RSP’s analysis would include five-year enrollment projections, on-the-ground building capacities, boundary options and modeling of how proposed nearby development could affect student counts. “If we are looking at a bond issue, dollars 30 or 40,000,000 down the road, having the very accurate information and projections that’s done with their methodology would be extremely important to be able to communicate to the public,” Marty said.
Marty said the firm would analyze out-of-district enrollments and surrounding-area development and that, if approved, he expected the study to be ready by Aug. 1 (a 30–60 day timeline was discussed). He told the board the work would be funded from the facilities budget/capital outlay.
Board members asked whether local volunteers or community expertise could substitute for a paid study; Marty and other board members who had used RSP said the firm provides specialized modeling, demographic and birth-rate analysis and boundary-visualization tools that most volunteer efforts could not match.
After discussion, the board moved and recorded a vote on the agreement. The board then proceeded to the next agenda item, indicating the item concluded with board approval and that RSP would begin work pending contract execution. The district noted it would provide RSP’s product examples and prior work to any board members who requested them.
Marty described the study’s deliverables as a five-year projection, capacity analysis, student-yield estimates by housing type and recommendations for facility priorities based on modeled growth scenarios. The study will also include analysis of surrounding jurisdictions and likely out-of-district application rates so the district can better plan for potential development and RHID (Redevelopment Housing Improvement District) proposals nearby.
Administrators said the information would be used to refine any future bond decisions and to inform public communications about capacity needs; funding for the contract will come from the facilities budget.
