In this Proposed Amendment, the key changes include the identification of 10 new capacity projects creating 5,454 seats and 52 Pre-Kindergarten sites which would create more than 6,800 seats; display of additional TCU removal projects completed and identified; increase of funding for Student Bathroom Upgrades; and inclusion of selected cafeteria upgrades as well as identification of one additional year of Capital Investment projects. Moreover, the amendment also reflects an increase of Wrap Up insurance cost in FY 2015 and FY 2016 and a slight increase in Prior Plan Completion costs.
The Enrollment, Capacity, and Utilization Report is published annually by the Department of Education. This report identifies the capacity numbers for all Department of Education buildings based on a set of assumptions uniformly applied, compared to actual enrollments, which together allow for a standard framework with which to assess the utilization of our buildings. The information provided in this report allows us to understand the conditions under which multiple schools share a single building; assists in making informed decisions about enrollment growth or placement of new schools or programs in under-utilized buildings; and plan for major capital projects (including new school buildings, school annexes and additions, and other upgrades that expand a building's capacity.
The Enrollment, Capacity, and Utilization Report is published annually by the Department of Education. This report identifies the capacity numbers for all Department of Education buildings based on a set of assumptions uniformly applied, compared to actual enrollments, which together allow for a standard framework with which to assess the utilization of our buildings. The information provided in this report allows us to understand the conditions under which multiple schools share a single building; assists in making informed decisions about enrollment growth or placement of new schools or programs in under-utilized buildings; and plan for major capital projects (including new school buildings, school annexes and additions, and other upgrades that expand a building's capacity.
Statistical Forecasting LLC was retained by the New York City School Construction Authority to perform enrollment projections for the New York City Public Schools for the tenyear
period beginning in 2012-13 and ending in 2021-22.
Prepared for The New York City School Construction Authority
By Eunice and George Grier
Enrollments in the New York City Public Schools:
Recent Trends and Factors Influencing the Future
This letter serves as a follow-up to the October 17, 2012 technical meeting between The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the New York City School Construction Authority regarding the August 21st, 2012 Final Remedial Investigation (RI) Report.
The New York City School Construction Authority (SCA) proposes the site selection, acquisition, acceptance of construction funding, and construction of a new Primary School (P.S.) facility with the capacity of approximately 472 seats in the Ridgewood section of Queens. The proposed school would serve Community School District (CSD) 24 and would accommodate children in pre-kindergarten through fifth grades. The project site, an approximately 29,000-square-foot (sf) lot located at located on the southwest side of Seneca Avenue between DeKalb Avenue and Stockholm Street (Block 3425, Lot 7), currently contains a two-story former parochial school that is now occasionally used for parish activities.
This is the final Environmental Impact Statement
1. 2012 new housing starts is used to develop the capacity recommenation for the Proposed November 2010 Amendment.
2. Information on new housing starts is provided by Department of City Planning, Department of Buildings and Department of House Preservation and Development. New housing units include all projects that are either in process or scheduled to be constructed over the next five or ten years.
Pupil contribution is estimated using the updated Projected Public School Ratio. The updated Projected Public School Ratio is developed utlizing the 2000 Census Data - Public Use Microdata Sample (5%). Ratios are calculated based on information for housing units built from 1990 to March
2000. Projected Public School Ratio will be incorporated in the City Enviornmental Quality Review manual.