Enrollment and Capacity Management Advisory Committee

The Enrollment and Capacity Management Advisory Committee is a critical element of the planning and communication framework created by the Enrollment and Capacity Management Task Force in February 2016. 

The purpose of the Enrollment and Capacity Management Advisory Committee is to analyze information affecting enrollment, capacity, and building use, and to generate observations and recommendations to be communicated to district administration. Read the 2018-2019 Summary of Progress report.

Observations and recommendations will:

• Be concise and informed by data
• Align with district racial equity work
• Be sustainable
• Identify and examine the implications for all students
• Identify potential costs and consider funding strategies
• Be made with as much advance notice as possible when change is recommended

Attendance at meetings is by member appointment only

Attendance at ECMAC meetings (including all sub-committee meetings) is by member appointment only. 

There are other ways community members can be informed about the group’s work and provide feedback on eventual recommendations:

• All meeting materials are posted below.
• All school board work sessions that have ECMAC items on the agenda are video recorded and can be found below.
• Updates on the group’s work are regularly included in the district’s parent e-newsletter, 279Connect, and the districtwide postcard mailing (Oct, Feb, May).
• Multiple avenues for feedback will be offered when ECMAC is ready to propose potential solutions to over-capacity conditions.

Meeting dates, locations and materials  

Note: For security reasons, images of school floorplans are removed from documents prior to being posted below.

Monday, September 16, 2019 (orientation)
  Agenda
  Charge statement
  IAP2 Spectrum of Public Participation
  Integrated Facilities Planning Process
  2018-2019 Summary of Progress

September 23, 2019
  Agenda
  Facilitator Presentation
  Potential number of students affected by potential relocation of STEM program
  Magnet Schools of America feasibility study
  Capacity Calculation:  FY18-FY19 comparisons   Average class sizes vs target class sizes

October 7, 2019
  Agenda
  Facilitator Presentation
  Elementary Capacity Assumptions
  Secondary Capacity Assumptions
  Building Capacity Totals
  2019-2020 Enrollment as of Oct 1, 2019
  2019-2020 Grade and Site Actual Enrollment Variance from Projections

October 21, 2019
  Agenda
  Facilitator Presentation
  Enrollment/Capacity Data Set Observations from Oct 7 meeting
  Option Timeline: Building additions with boundary changes
  Option Timeline: Building additions with no boundary changes
  Option Timeline: New elementary school with boundary changes
  Elementary Options Analysis

November 11, 2019
  Agenda
  Facilitator Presentation
  Option Timeline: Building additions with boundary changes
  Option Timeline: Building additions with no boundary changes
  Option Timeline: New elementary school with boundary changes
  Elementary Options Analysis (updated)

November 18, 2019
  Agenda
  Facilitator Presentation
  Actual Enrollment Nov 1, 2019
  Enrollment Projections by Grade
  Enrollment Projections Bar Graphs
  Five-Year Projections 2021-2025
  Enrollment Variance by Grade
  Enrollment Variance by School
  Enrollment vs Capacity 2020-2025 using Nov 1, 2019 data
  Enrollment Capacity Options Feedback
  Secondary Options Timeline

December 9, 2019
  Agenda
  Elementary Options Q&A (questions posed by ECMAC members following Nov 18 mtg)
  Secondary Capacity Option feedback (provided at Nov 18 mtg)
  Secondary Option Q&A (questions posed by ECMAC members following Nov 18 mtg)
  Elementary Option: Oak View addition, boundary changes
  Elementary Option: Rice Lake addition, no boundary changes
  Elementary Option: Weaver Lake addition, boundary changes
  Elementary Option: Build new school, boundary changes
  Secondary Option: Building addition, create new space, no boundary changes

January 27, 2020
  Agenda
  Facilitator presentation
  Community Education presentation
  Early Childhood Special Education presentation
  Enrollment projections vs actual as of November 1

March 23, 2020 (CANCELED)
April 13, 2020 (CANCELED)

ECMAC-related reports at school board meetings

May 14, 2019 work session (previous year wrap-up)

2019-2020 ECMAC Members

Enrollment and Capacity Management Advisory Committee members include community members, school board, and staff. The selection process attempts to develop a group that reflects the communities and racial diversity of families served in Osseo Area Schools.