Oakland Unified School District System Evaluation and Master Plan LOCATION
Oakland,
CA
DATES
|
2008
Case Study
–
2015
SIZE
|
5,900,000
SF
171 106
145 161
120
201 127
150
115
214
157
305
143
135 146 170 303 223
211 313 142
213
129
111
130 147
109
204
108
119
304
182
151 133
310
206
210 102 121
116
212
168 131
137 101
124
118
306
148
117
156
906
205 186
236
132
185
139
128
153 105
104
302
136 203 163
141
138
144
216 166
207
165
301
162
134
122
159
126 202
174
110
Classroom utilization of the district’s 108 schools
155
103
154 215
A master plan backed by a $475 million bond and 84% voter approval TYPE K-12 Education SERVICES Master Planning Facilities Assessment Physical Asset Management Program Development Feeder Pattern Study Live-Go Analysis Scenario Modeling
CHALLENGE | Develop drastic, cost-cutting strategies to manage a struggling school district’s 5,900,000-SF asset portfolio spanning 78 square miles. CONTEXT | In 2008, Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) was $89 million in debt and faced a $18-million structural deficit for the 2010-2011 school year. The district’s student enrollment capacity of 55,000 had dropped below 40,000 in 2008. Enrollment is what determines facility budgets even though scale, age, and physical conditions drive actual costs. High operating costs combined with declining enrollments was impoverishing the quality of education in the district. Solving this budgetary misalignment was imperative to OUSD’s financial sustainability and the educational equity of the district.
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