Work Smart with the SCA McGraw-Hill Supplement - 17

A SPECIAL ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT TO NEW YORK CONSTRUCTION THE NEW FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL PLAN At $13.1 billion, the 2005–2009 Capital Plan was the largest in the SCA’s history, funding construction of 86 new facilities, transforming 25 large high schools into smaller schools and funding approximately 5,700 improvement projects in more than 1,180 buildings. Working together with design and engineering professionals, contractors, developers and other partners, the SCA will add approximately 55,000 new classroom seats under this Plan once all work has been completed. BUILDING ON SUCCESS This signi" cant investment has helped support continued academic progress. The graduation rate in the City’s public schools has increased by 11% since 2002. The percentage of students meeting or exceeding state standards is up by over 20 points in both 4th and 8th grade math, and the percentage of students meeting or exceeding English Language Arts (ELA) standards is up more than ten points in both the 4th and 8th grades. How will the new 2010-2014 Capital Plan help build on this success? The SCA recently received approval to begin work on an $11.3 billion Capital Plan for 2010-2014. Although somewhat smaller than the prior Plan as a result of current economic conditions, the new Plan represents continued major funding to address the always-critical area of educational need. Divided into two main categories—capacity and capital investment—the new plan is expected to invest more than $5 billion in capacity enhancing projects and fund over $6 billion dollars for capital investments in existing facilities. INCREASING CAPACITY This category encompasses projects that signi" cantly augment or maintain the capacity of the City’s educational system, including the creation of 25,000 new classroom seats, expansion of the charter/partnership program and 16 W hat a way to celebrate a 20th anniversary! provision of replacement seats for those no longer available. The seats created under this program will provide the infrastructure necessary for the DOE to further its goals under the Children First Initiative, meet emerging capacity demands throughout the City, reduce class size and decrease reliance on temporary facilities. The Capacity category is subdivided into three main programs: New Capacity, the Charter Partnership Program and the Facility Replacement Program. New Capacity. “It is extremely important for us to expand our system, to further reduce overcrowding, and to provide more diverse educational opportunities for our school children,” says Elizabeth Bergin, Senior Director of Capital Planning. The current Plan invests $3.8 billion in new capacity, which will add more than 25,000 new seats through an estimated 44 facilities. Charter Partnership Program. $210 million in funding is allocated for charter and partnership schools, which will help the DOE meet the demand for new school facility development and broaden the range of high-quality educational options. Funding under this category supports targeted capital investments in areas of speci" c educational need, all of which are executed in partnership with outside organizations who share the DOE’s goals for improvement and empowerment. According to Lorraine Grillo, Executive Director & Chief of Staff, the 2010-2014 Charter Partnership Program will build on achievements of the previous plan, using both partner and charter options to create new and exciting choices for New York City students. Facility Replacement. $1.2 billion in funding is provided under the current Plan to provide for the development of new sites for schools that must vacate their current spaces over the next " ve years. It is anticipated that approximately 9,000 replacement seats will be built upon completion of the Plan.

Work Smart with the SCA McGraw-Hill Supplement

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Work Smart with the SCA McGraw-Hill Supplement