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Draft facility study urges additions, flags elementary priorities and proposes Old Farm Road site
Summary
Consultants presenting a draft facility study to the board regraded MGT demographic projections against current operational enrollment, identified several elementary schools (Hendricks, Sharon, Boiling Springs) as near-term priorities, and proposed the Old Farm Road property as a possible site for one or two new campuses. The study is a draft and staff will circulate electronic and hard copies for review.
Consultants Lori Long and Joel Carter presented a draft facility study to the board (date not specified) that re-evaluates Spartanburg 02’s school capacity using current operational enrollment rather than only building code capacity.
The study, which draws on a 35-page MGT forecast and an internal district facilities assessment, argues that several elementary campuses will reach practical need sooner than the MGT charts suggest. Long said the team “re-graded [the MGT] chart and we recoded it for the intensity based on the current enrollment, which we feel is your operational capacity.” The presentation listed first-tier elementary priorities as Hendricks, Sharon and Boiling Springs, with Sugar Ridge and Parham as second-tier and Mayo and Cooley Springs third-tier.
Why it matters: the team told the board that enrollment projections…
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