Park Rapids Area Schools

Board Update 8-3-20

 Agenda
1. Process Recap
2. Review Plan Concepts
3. Discuss Financials and Tax Impacts
4. Next Steps for November Referendum
 The Process – How did we get here?
1. District Strategic Planning Process
2. 19 Community Listening Sessions
3. 10 Listening Session Results Meetings
4. Detailed Enrollment Projections
5. Educational Adequacy Assessment
6. Building Utilization Assessments
7. In-Depth Facility Assessments
8. Staff Leadership Meetings
9. Scientific Phone Survey
10. Online Survey
Park Rapids Area Schools

PLAN CONCEPTS &

FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
 QUESTION #1
• Educational
Improvements

• Updating Spaces

• Grade Reconfiguration

• Safety and Security

• HVAC Improvements

• Misc. Deferred
Maintenance (Roofs,
Parking Lots, Etc.)

PROJECT 309 • PREPARING FOR OUR FUTURE

 QUESTION #1
• Grade Reconfiguration

• Classroom Space

• Itinerant Office Space

• Safety and Security

• Pick-up/Drop-off
corrections

• Misc. Deferred
Maintenance
(Boiler/Chiller,
Playgrounds, Parking
Lots, Etc.)

PROJECT 309 • PREPARING FOR OUR FUTURE

Educational Adequacy CATEGORY
HS HS ELEM. ELEM. MID

AFTER
CURRENT AFTER CURRENT AFTER CUR
1 Classroom Size and Suitability R G G G

2 Cafeteria/Kitchen/Serving Y G G G

3 Security and Supervision R G R G

4 Main Office/Nurse/Support Services Y G G G

5 Science Classrooms/Labs R G
NA NA
6 Art Classrooms/Labs Y G

7 Music Classrooms/Practice Areas/Etc. R G G G

Staff Work/Collaborative Planning
8 R G Y G
Areas
9 Student Commons/Break-Out Areas Y G R G
Phy Ed./Athletics/Gym/Locker
10 R G G G
Rooms/Pool Etc.
Site Suitability: Fields/Green Space/
11 G G Y G
Storage Etc.
Parking/Bus Drop-Off:
12 G G R G
Staff/Students/Parents
13 Technology Y G Y G
Library/Media Center:
14 G G G G
Location/Size/Layout
15 Special Education/Support Services Y G G G

16 Auditoriums/Performing Arts Spaces Y G NA NA N

17 Career and Technical Education Y G NA NA

Hallways/Lockers/Washrooms/Maint.
18 R G G G
space
ADDITIONAL SPACE TO ACCOMMODATE
R G R G
EXPECTED GROWTH
 Listening Session Results
COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS

HS/FW Updates Update HS/FW (Bathrooms, Locker

Rooms, HVAC, Roofs, Finishes)

Century Drop-Off/Pick-up/Parking Century Drop-Off/Pick-Up/Traffic Flow

Community Use/Center (Gym, Community Use Space (Multi-Use)

Track, Field House, Gymnastics,
Multi-Use)
Improved Security District Wide Safety and Security – District Wide

Classroom Space Classroom/Specialty Space

Technical Education Improvements Bus Garage

(Ag, Vocational, FACS, Foods,
Business)
Tennis Court Improvements ALC Space

Auditorium Updates Early Childhood to Century

 WHY Grade Reconfiguration?
• Address current challenges: lack of space at Frank White and Century, and
lack of hands-on career courses for grades 7/8

• Maximize current spaces: moving grades 7/8 to the high school opens up
space at Century for early childhood and elementary students

• Create more practical age transitions: PreK to kindergarten and grades 7/8
into high school

• Increase opportunities for students: more room at Century for project-based

learning and small group work, and more access to vocational training for
grades 7/8 at the high school
 Question #1 Details
Question #1
Century School
Deferred Maintenance $ 1,497,500
Renovations $ 2,635,000
Additions $ 987,000
Site Improvements $ 975,000
School District Question 1 Contingency/Inflation $ 487,560
Approval of School District Bond Issue Fees/Permits/Services $ 1,475,478
CENTURY TOTAL $ 8,057,538
Shall the school board of Independent School District No. 309 (Park Rapids
Frank White Education Center
Area Schools) be authorized to issue its general obligation school building
Demolition $ 179,000
Yes bonds in an amount not to exceed $54,500,000 to provide funds for the
Contingency/Inflation $ 14,320
acquisition and betterment of school sites and facilities, including the
Fees/Permits/Services $ 43,336
No renovation of existing High School spaces to modernize existing
FWEC TOTAL $ 236,656
classrooms; the construction and equipping of additions to the High School
to accommodate grades 7 to 9 and to provide space for career and technical Park Rapids Area High School
education, art programs and the Alternative Learning Center; the Deferred Maintenance $ 2,244,050
construction and equipping of additions and renovations to the Century Renovations $ 11,544,850
Elementary School to provide space for Early Childhood programs; the Additions $ 17,669,500
construction, reconstruction and improvement of parking lots at the High Site Improvements $ 660,000
School and Century Elementary School to support the reassignment of FF&E/Technology $ 1,650,000
grades between the buildings; and the demolition of the Frank White Contingency/Inflation $ 2,701,472
Education Center? Fees/Permits/Services $ 8,175,934
PRAHS TOTAL $ 44,645,806
CONSTRUCTION TOTAL $ 52,940,000
BY VOTING "YES" ON THIS BALLOT QUESTION, YOU OTHER COSTS
ARE VOTING FOR A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE. Bond Issuance $ 516,625
Investment Earnings $ (197,788)
Capitalized Interest $ 1,240,000
Rounding Factor $ 1,163
BOND AMOUNT $ 54,500,000
 Question #2
Current Bus Garage: Tennis Courts:
• Districts pays $18k annually and is responsible • Existing courts have deteriorated
for maintenance beyond repair and are a safety risk.
• Approximately 14,000 square feet • Through the listening session process,
– 10 Buses currently sit outside because of lack of
tennis courts were a priority by the
space community.
• Space does not meet the current needs of the • Replacement of the 8 courts is needed.
transportation department
• The longer buses do not fit well in the space
• Buses have an issue crossing HWY 34
Proposed Bus Garage:
• 22,400 square feet of space budgeted
• Will provide the adequate square footage for
parking and maintenance
• Inclusion of wash bay to aid in rust prevention
• Facility to be located on district property
adjacent to schools
 Question #2 Details

School District Question 2 Question #2

Approval of School District Bond Issue; Bus Garage
Bus Garage/Tennis Courts
Bus Garage Construction $ 2,688,000
If School District Question 1 is approved, shall the school board of Tennis Court Replacement $ 500,000
Yes Independent School District No. 309 (Park Rapids Area Schools) also be Contingency/Inflation $ 159,400
authorized to issue its general obligation school building bonds in an Fees/Permits/Services $ 652,600
No amount not to exceed $3,715,000 to provide funds for the acquisition and CONSTRUCTION TOTAL $ 4,000,000
betterment of school sites and facilities, including the construction and
equipping of a new bus garage and the reconstruction and equipping of OTHER COSTS
Tennis Courts at the Century Elementary School site? Bond Issuance $ 54,051
Investment Earnings $ (14,947)
Capitalized Interest $ (325,000)
BY VOTING "YES" ON THIS BALLOT QUESTION, YOU
Rounding Factor $ 897
ARE VOTING FOR A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE.
BOND AMOUNT $ 3,715,000
Scientific Phone Survey
Funding – Sources and Uses
Funding – Estimated Tax Rate for Existing and Proposed
Funding – Tax Impact: Residential

Question #1: $6.00 per month

Question #2: $1.00 per month
Total: $7.00 per month

Question #1: $8.00 per month

Question #2: $2.00 per month
Total: $10.00 per month
Funding – Tax Impact: Commercial/Ag Homestead
Funding – Tax Impact: Ag Non-Homestead/Seasonal Rec

Note: Resorts fall into a

unique category. It is
recommended that these
folks reach out to Ehlers to
determine how this will
affect their business.
Scientific Phone Survey
 Next Steps:
August 6th (noon): Approve the submission of R&C
August 17th (or sooner):
- Adopt formal Resolution Calling the Election
- Furnish ballot to each County Auditor
- Furnish ballot to Commissioner of Education

EARLY VOTING
BEGINS
FRIDAY,
SEPTEMBER 18th