Schedule
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The
WCPSS Long-Range School Plan is Designed in Three
Phases: |
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| Phase I | November 2004 – August 2005 | Construction of Planning Region Database and Residential Land Use Profiles | ||
| Phase II | September 2005 – April 2006 | Creation of Student Population Distribution Model | ||
| Phase III | May 2006 – June 2006 | Location of Optimal Target Areas for New School Sites | ||
| Update |
December 2006 - January 2007 |
Priority of Target Areas with scheduled openings |
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Phase I – Construction of Planning Region Database and Residential Land Use Profiles.
• Wake County was divided into nearly 6,000 Planning
Regions (ppt
1,4 MB), constructed by aggregating land parcels having a homogeneous
student generation potential. The Planning Regions also preserve existing
WCPSS node boundaries as much as possible.
• The Lab created residential Profiles based on existing residential
densities. These Profiles would allow planners to classify current and projected
development and allow the OR/Ed. Lab to classify student generation potential.
• Each of the 13 planning agencies within Wake County was interviewed
during the spring and summer of 2005 to provide feedback on the residential
Profiles as well as provide residential plans land use data useful in the
formation of Planning Regions.
• At the request of planners, the OR /Ed. Lab combined their efforts
with the on-going CAMPO's socio-economic data collection process. The resulting
collaboration would allow CAMPO, WCPSS, and the Wake County planning community
to benefit from a common database of valuable planning information.
Phase II – Comprehensive Land Use Study and Creation of Student Population Distribution Model
• Each of the 13 planning departments in Wake County
completed an exhaustive parcel-level future Land Use classification and
a Planning Region resolution forecast of future residential development.
Municipal planning departments were assigned areas defined by their long-range
Urban Service Areas, with the non-urban areas assigned to Wake County Planning
(Map).
• From their experience assisting school districts throughout North
Carolina, the OR/Ed. Lab adapted successful forecasting and allocation methodologies
to accommodate the scope and complexities of the WCPSS Long-Range School
Plan. The result is the Student Population Distribution Model, (Report
59KB), and Student Population Projections by Municipal Sub-Regions,
(Table13KB)
which distributes the approved Wake County Planning Student Projection forecasts
to municipality-level (and even node-level) resolution.
Phase III – Location of Optimal Target Areas for New School Sites
• Using the distributed student population projections,
the OR/Ed. Lab used Operations Research techniques to determine optimal
target areas for future school sites. The results were completed in summer
2006 and target circle maps were generated to determine new school locations.|Maps
| Report Phase III|Table|
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