2006-07 Annual Report to the Polk County Oversight Committee

Each year the district files a summary of local option sales tax revenue and expenditures with the Polk County Sales Tax Oversight Committee. This report includes the following major projects as outlined in the district’s 10-Year Facility Improvement Plan.

Summary of Projects through 2006-07

• Temporary air conditioning at Fairmeadows, Clegg Park, Western Hills and Stilwell (completed)
• Stilwell Junior High School - Phase I (completed, screeening in progress)
• Valley Stadium (completed, screening in progress)
• Hillside Elementary School (completed, punchlist in progress)
• Communications infrastructure (completed)
• Valley High School (Final phase to be completed November 2007)
• Structured cabling (Westridge, Jordan Creek, Phenix,
  Valley Southwoods) (completed)
• Clive Elementary School (completed)
• Fairmeadows Elementary School (completed)

Remaining Projects (current schedule)

• Valley HS Phase 3C (December 2006 – November 2007)
• Western Hills Elementary (construction – June 2008 - August 2009)
• Crestview Elementary (construction – June 2009 - August 2010)
• Indian Hills Junior High (construction – June 2009 -  August 2010)

Projects Moved Outside the Current 10-Year Facility Plan

• Crossroads Elementary
• Stilwell Junior High Phase 2
• Walnut Creek Campus

Revenue/Expenditure Reports (PDF files)

• District Summary
• Report by Schools
• Prior Revenue & Expenditures
  
  

In the district’s approved 10-Year Facility Improvement Plan dated August 30, 1999, the following procedure was identified for voters prior to the November 23, 1999, election on the local option sales and services tax for school infrastructure.

Changes for 2005-06
Additional one-year delay in the project schedules at Western Hills and Crestview Elementary schools. The revised schedules are listed on the previous page. 

The remaining projects at Crossroads Park Elementary, Stilwell Junior High Phase 2 and Walnut Creek Alternative High School were moved outside the current Ten-Year Facility Plan and sales tax funding.  This decision was based on a lack of growth in the projected sales tax revenue.

Changes for 2006-07
On September 24, 2007 our Board reviewed and discussed project plans for the Western Hills, Crestview and Indian Hills renovations.  The Board supported an increase of approximately $1 million in the Western Hills Elementary project, which will begin in June 2008.  Sales tax revenues will fund twenty-five percent of the increase; PPEL will fund the other seventy-five percent.

Alterations to the Plan
Desirable changes to the 10-year facility plan will be made when a compelling rationale or set of unique and unforeseen circumstances supports making the change(s). The leadership team for West Des Moines Community Schools will prepare and present the change proposal to the Facility and Finance Committee for WDMCSD. This committee will review the rationale, financial implications and the impact upon proposed projects within the plan. Administrators and parent leaders from schools that will be immediately affected by the change(s) will be notified and given the opportunity to provide feedback to the proposals. If the Facilities and Finance Committee supports the proposed changes, it will present them for approval during a regular meeting of the Board of Education. Members of the Advisory Infrastructure Committee will be notified of the proposed changes. Advisory Committee members and any other member of the public will be given the opportunity to review the proposed change(s) and comment upon the change(s) to the plan prior to the Board conducting a vote on the proposal. The Advisory Infrastructure Committee will be notified of the Board’s final decision.