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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />To: Honorable Mayor Adams and City Council <br /> <br />From: Julie Feier, City Manager <br /> <br />Date: June 22, 2007 <br /> <br />Subject: Weekly Update <br /> <br /> <br />University City School Board <br />Last Thursday, the met for a workshop to continue its <br />long range planning for the coming years. The Board made it clear that the <br />presentations were part of an overall information gathering exercise and were not nearly <br />ready for action. Joshua Vautrain of Inteloquent provided a report concerning the past <br />demographics <br />and future of the school district (versus the school age population of U- <br />City). By school year 2011-12, it is expected that the total elementary enrollment will <br />decrease by 7% or 138 students; the middle school enrollment (Brittany Woods) will <br />decrease by 27% and the high school enrollment will decrease by 27%. These <br />projections are based on historical data. Vautrain opined that the “exodus” of resident <br />enrollment was due primarily to the housing stock in University City as compared to the <br />“cheaper, bigger and better quality housing” of St. Charles County, not as a result of the <br />quality of education provided by the school district. He did not offer any background or <br />survey data to support his opinion. He also made no comment about the large <br />percentage of school age children living in University City, which choose to attend <br />private schools or pay tuition at adjacent public schools such as Clayton. Nor did he <br />have any figures of the students deemed to be committing educational larceny. As you <br />review Inteloquent’s attached report, the only non-resident students referenced in the <br />report are the children of teachers that attend U-City schools. <br /> <br />The School Board also heard a presentation from consultant, Charles Brown of <br />Facility Assessment Summary <br />Christner, Inc. who performed a and Analysis along <br />with William Tao & Associates Inc. and ABNA Engineering. The Assessment gave a <br />facility analysis to bring the current facilities up to par today deeming it “maintenance”. <br />To address current deficiencies in all the school buildings for site (storm sewer, <br />parking), structural (foundations), building enclosures (windows, tuckpointing), interior <br />construction (all interior finishes), vertical circulation (elevators, stairwells), equipment, <br />MEP, Fire protection and ADA, would cost the district $46.5 million excluding , <br />demolition, site development, FF&E (furniture, fixtures and equipment), asbestos <br /> <br />