GBAPS

Considerations for Jefferson

• Provides Head Start a westside center that would serve only 3 & 4 year olds
• Consolidates Head Start programs currently located at Howe Resource Center, Southwest High School and Keller Elementary
• Head Start grant would pay for all operational and staff costs of the school freeing up financial resources ($350,000-$400,000) for other student needs across the District
• Downtown location, centrally located, better access for parents
• Enough room to include community space/parent center
• Co-location of services provides greater collaboration for staff and better access for community partners and other resources to students
• Enough room to include Early Childhood services
• Shorter bus ride times for students
• No renovation needed for 3 & 4 year old students to be in first floor classrooms
• Requires boundary changes and movement of Jefferson students to Fort Howard.
  
  

Considerations for Keller

• Some Head Start students already located there
• Minor savings in shared building operational costs (custodial services, utilities) with Head Start
• Located on the border of Green Bay and Howard Suamico – location not conducive to parent engagement
• Longer bus ride time for students
• Too far to include the Howe Head Start location - missed opportunity to combine all 3 Head Start programs and have greater collaboration for staff and better access for community partners and other resources to students
• No room for a community/parent space
• Eliminates the opportunity for the potential to repurpose Keller for NEW Innovation and possibly JDAL which is currently located in rented space at a cost of $334,000/yr. Rental agreement ends June 2021.
• Keller would need to be remodeled – currently Head Start students located on 2nd floor, would need to be moved to 1st floor. Art room would need to be relocated to 2nd floor. Head Start kitchen would need to be relocated to 1st floor. Renovating Keller for Head Start would require substantially more construction, thereby greater cost,  than what would be required to renovate Jefferson for Head Start. Any costs over the amount of the grant would need to be covered by the School District.
• Keller has enough property to expand/missed opportunity to use the school for a purpose that may have a need to expand in the future
• Unclear at this time how to address newly renovated office at Keller to include an office for Head Start
• Solution does little to address under capacity (open seats) on the west side
• Missed opportunity to free up financial resources ($350,000-$400,000) for other student needs across the District. 
• Missed opportunity to provide increased access to student services for Jefferson and Fort Howard students