Subcommittee's Mission Statement.  The subcommittee on Education, a component advisory team of the Civilian Military Task Force (CMTF), will document and benchmark, review, assess, and develop recommendations that are supportive of the goal of maintaining quality, accessible education island-wide (public, private, and DoDEA) at all levels (K-18) as planned military growth and island-wide population growth occur.

Generalized Discussion of Meeting.  The subcommittee remains focus to:

• Further assessing the 20,000 growth planning factor (outside the fence) provided by Tony Lamorena and the overall impact on the education systems.  Details were included in the needs assessment report for November 2007.   
• Identify vocational and technical training needs.  A spreadsheet has been staffed with DOL and HSS sub-committees.  This list is intended to record specific occupational skills so that the education subcommittee can assess how those training needs can best be met.  General areas of focus are Construction, Allied Health, Technology, and Education.  However, other professions will be assessed.  Still waiting for specific feedback.
• Identify opportunities for island-wide educational partnerships, cooperative planning and management strategies, and teacher supply and demand issues.
• Promote the development of a Guam Center for Education Excellence that would support island-wide teaching excellence initiatives, leadership development, cooperative long-term planning, improved student outcomes analysis, accountability and leveraged Federal grant acquisition.

Progress through the Month.  The subcommittee accomplished or is in progress of accomplishing the following:

     1.  Estimated the overall impact of the 20,000 population growth factor. 

• The assessment on the number of new schools below is a broad and macro view.  For planning purposes, we believe this assessment will provide insight to other subcommittees on potential/additional needs/requirements.  The results of the initial analysis shows a need for roughly 6-9 additional new public schools (4-5 Elementary, 1-2 Middle, 1-2 High).  Given estimated cost factors, we project the following costs for construction and land for each school:  Elementary = $9.14 - $10.14 million;  Middle  = $19.84 – $20.84 million;  High = $33.25 - $34.25 million.  Estimates for new school construction and land costs mentioned above do not account for possible costs saving if clustered models are used (i.e. land space, gyms, cafeterias, etc).  Given the projected number of 6-9 new schools, there will be a need for at least 164-256 additional teachers.  This does not include special needs teachers for SPED, ESL, and Chamorro.  Estimated administrators, staff, and other support personnel are pending.  More details are in the needs assessment report.
• Of the 20,000, we anticipate about 484 desiring courses at GCC and 745 desiring courses at UOG.  This is based on a ratio of current adult population on Guam to the enrollment within GCC and UOG.  We also anticipate that the majority of them will be employed to some degree while attending courses.  These projected numbers place further strain on the capacity of GCC and UOG in terms of sufficient personnel and facilities.  More details are in the needs assessment report.

    2.  Attended the Department of Interior’s (DOI) 4th Conference on Business Opportunities in the Islands on October 8-9, 2007, at the Hyatt Regency Resort.  This conference was somewhat successful for GCC and UOG as some contacts were made with other organizations to discuss potential partnerships.  

    3.  Coordinating an occupation list spreadsheet to get a better understanding of what the specific demands are from the DOL and HSS sub-committees so that we can assess where the pressure points are for training/education requirements.  DOL and HSS are working the list and should provide an initial report soon.  The same request will expand to the other subcommittee chairs.  

    4.  Participated in the KPMG Strategic Workshop on October 10, 2007 and made final recommended changes to the point papers.  Also participated in separate meetings with KPMG and HSS, Labor, and Education subcommittees as well as made recommended changes to the Guam’s Challenges summary document.

    5.  Observed the TOPOFF 4 exercise to obtain information on Guam’s capability to respond to a major disaster.  Comments were provided to improve how the education system can respond to the island’s need.   

    6.  Conducted an Education subcommittee meeting focusing discussions on the needs assessment report, providing KPMG point paper feedback, assessing the 20,000 outside the fence population increase, and informing the group on the radio and village visits being organized through Tony Lamorena.  L. Kasperbauer offered to arrange a tour of the new GPSS schools for the members who were highly interested in attending.  M. Diekmann invited members to the DoDEA Educator’s Day forum on October 26, 2007.  While several GovGuam education and union representatives were invited, not many personnel outside of the DoDEA faculty attended this enlightening academic information sharing/train the trainer event.

    7.  Met with the faculty for the pre-engineering program in UOG to discuss options of engineering degrees.  Also met with GPSS on the impacts of the potential K-12 student population increase.  Details are in the needs assessment report.

New Issues or Concerns. 

1.  With the development of a timeline, it is clear that the education system outside the fence must adjust and prepare for the military expansion about two years (FY 2010) earlier than DoDEA (FY 2012).  Issues are immediate funding requirements to expand or build new facilities and hire additional personnel to meet core capacity by FY 2010.  This impacts all levels, K-12 and higher education categories.  The needs assessment report provides more details. 

2.  The second order of effect is where funding may be obtained to sustain operations once they are in place. 

If there are any questions, please feel free to call David Okada, co-chair, Sub-committee on Education, at 671-735-2902/2990.



















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1.  List of Committee Members

Cc:    Tony Lamorena, Acting Director, BOPS
     Elaine Dell’Isola, Staff Assistant, Office of the Lieutenant Governor

Organizational Members:

University of Guam (UOG)
     Dr. Harold Allen, Sub-committee Chair and President, University of Guam
     LTC (Ret) David S. Okada, Co-Chair and Acting Director, Institutional
         Effectiveness, Planning, and Research
Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA)
    Mr. Mike Diekmann, Superintendent
Andersen Air Force Base Education Office
     Mr. Paul Boyd, Director
Guam Community College (GCC)
     Mrs. Mary A.Y. Okada, President
Guam Public School System (GPSS)
     Mr. Luis Reyes, Superintendent
    Mr. William Castro, Chief Planner
Saint John’s School
     TBD
Guam Ministerial Association
     Reverend Neil Culbertson, President
Harvest Christian Academy
     Dr. Tim Watson, Minister of Education
Catholic Schools
     Ms. Cynthia Agbulos, Superintendent
Navy College Director
     Yolanda Cabigao, Director
Guam Legislature
    Honorable Judith Won Pat, Senator, Guam Legislature and Vice-Chair for
         Committee on Education
Office of the Governor
     Lawrence Kasperbauer, Appointee, Former Senator and Former Chair for
         Committee on Education
Participant
     Ms. Anna Sloan, Vice-President, Library Association





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