1. Capital Improvements Nov. 8th Bond Referendum
October 20, 2016
Celebrating 50 Years of Tradition & Success!
September 6, 2011

2. AGENDA What we learned since March 8th
Existing Stadium Complex Conditions & Current State
Other Conference Comparison
District Solutions – Proposed Capital Improvements
Stadium Complex Improvement Site Plan
New Transportation Garage Bays – Renovation of Existing Storage Building
New Pole Barn for storage
Cost Analysis
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3. COMMUNITY SURVEY SAYS…
“Do not bundle so much… get a sense from the community as where they feel the money is best used & rank them.”
“You should have gone for what was really needed (i.e. the Track). I would have voted for essential items!”
“Times are tough… I would be in favor of supporting the track.”
April 2016
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4. COMMUNITY SURVEY SAYS…
440 survey participants said I’m inclined to support the referendum if it includes the following:
Synthetic Football Field (34%)
New Ticket Booths (45%)
Synthetic field hockey/lacrosse/soccer (48%)
Expansion of Field House (51%)
New Track & Field House (53%)
New Bus Garage, replacing field (54%)
Support the referendum if modified (61%)
New 8-Lane Track (80%)
Pleased with communication efforts (83%)
April 2016
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5. What’s Out? And state mandates….
Everything in the March 8th referendum is OUT, with the exception of the 8-Lane 400m Rubber Track; renovations to field events.
The Bus Garage is a modified plan when compared to the March 8th Referendum.
The reality is that the criticism has been harsh at times. Honestly, disrespectful and has sent a loud message that says our critics do not value us. We are all accumstomed to criticism; we are in the public eye. But the criticism has been difficult and ongoing and a difficult pill to swallow.
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6. EXISTING SITE PLAN
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7. CURRENT STATE
6-Lane with failing rubber surface track used for Physical Education classes and interscholastic athletics.
Inadequate track and field facilities including long jump, pole vault, javelin, discus and shot put.
Natural grass field for physical education and football
Inadequate storage for buildings & grounds department
Inadequate garage space for bus fleet
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8. CURRENT STATE OF THE TRACK
Track was built in 1992 and is a latex surface. Despite a number of repairs the track has delaminated beyond repair
Track has become a tripping hazard and is proven to be unsafe for competition
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9. CURRENT STATE OF THE TRACK
In an October to Kingsway's Athletic Director the Rules Interpreter wrote, “the track, pole vault runway, and long jump runway Kingsway, have delaminated to the point of being unsafe for competition… conditions were deteriorating and that something needed to be done before the facility was deemed unsafe for competition.”
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10. CURRENT STATE OF THE TRACK
Fall 2014 – Track was deemed unsafe for competition by the Rules Interpreter from the NJTFOA (NJ Track & Field Officials Association.)
We reached out to NJSIAA’s (New Jersey State Inter- scholastic Athletic Association) State Rules Interpreter in October 2014 for clarification and were informed that the Southern Chapter had authority to prevent home competition.
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11. CURRENT STATE OF THE TRACK
How are the NJ Track & Field Officials Association (NJTFOA) and NJ State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) related?
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12. DISTRICT SOLUTIONS
Convert 6-lane rubber surface running track to 8- lane 400m rubberized surface running track.
Renovate long jump, pole vaul, discus, javelin and shot put areas.
Replace natural grass field
Convert existing storage barn into transportation garage.
Add new storage building next to existing pole barn near Field K.
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13. IMPROVEMENT PLAN
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14. IMPROVEMENT PLAN
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15. NEW STORAGE BARN
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16. NEW STORAGE BARN
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17. TRANSPORTATION GARAGE
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18. TRANSPORTATION GARAGE
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19. COST SUMMARY
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20. Why is the “fair funding” argument unrelated to our need to improve our facilities?
Bond Referendum November 8, 2016

21. State Aid Summary
School Year
Local Tax Levy %
Change
Total State Aid
% of Aid Received
SEGA
$13.2 m -
$7.6 m
$14.2 m
7.1%
$8.0 m
5 %
$15.5 m
9.5%
$6.6 m
(17.8%)
$16.3 m
5.1%
$7.2 m
8.7%
REF
September $32.2 million referendum was approved by voters to expand Kingsway
$17.1 m
4.7%
$8.6 m
19.8%
57.7%
$921,670
$17.4 m
2.0%
$8.7 m
1.6%
48.9%
$18.4 m
5.6%
0.5%
47.4%
19.6 m
6.5%
0.0%
47.2%
$8.9 m
1.4%
43.3%
$6.4 m
48%
$1.3 m
16.3%
(14.4%)

22. While Student Enrollment grew by 38% in 8 years.
“the School District’s position is not only misguided, but likely damaging to our joint efforts to obtain our fair share of State school funding.” – Mayor Dale Archer, East Greenwich
The State continues to shift the burden to fund our schools onto taxpayers
While Student Enrollment grew by 38% in 8 years.

23. The State continues to shift the burden to fund our schools onto taxpayers

24. Do we ignore our infrastructure needs?
If not now, when?
Kingsway’s fair share of funding continues to be reduced (57.7 to 43.3%).
Do we ignore our infrastructure needs?
Do we ignore what our students need?
Do we sit back and wait for the State to fund us fairly?
The Fair Funding argument doesn’t change the fact that we have a track we can’t compete on, a transportation facility inadequate for our size, and not enough field space for our students.

25. The Fair Funding argument doesn’t change the fact that we have a track we can’t compete on, a transportation facility inadequate for our size, and not enough field space for our students.

26. The operating budget pays teacher salaries.
If we resurfaced the track, a short-term solution, this would be funded out of our operating budget.
The operating budget pays teacher salaries.
At an estimated cost to repair at $600,000, this would be equivalent to 12 teacher salaries.
Should we reduce our operating budget to make this repair?

27. This would be equivalent to 12 teacher salaries.
If we purchased the East Greenwich public works garage, we would again do so from the operating budget.
This is estimated to cost $2 million, financed through our operating budget over 10 years at an annual payment of approx. $200,000.
This would be equivalent to 12 teacher salaries.

28. By going to referendum, we spare the additional burden on our operating budget. A budget that demonstrates Kingsway as the lowest spending regional 7-12 District in the state of New Jersey.
Truth is…
Now is the time to prioritize these facility needs so that we can continue to prioritize our educational programs.

29. The Fight of Fair Funding is a decade old, and resulted in an increase to our operating budget by $921,670 in 2012, just after Kingsway voters approved a $32.2 million referendum to expand classrooms to accommodate our enrollment growth.
The irony is that the only time we received additional aid came on the heals of a referendum almost three times larger that today’s proposal. A referendum that largely ignored athletic, track, and transportation needs.