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.

Subcommittee Member Attendance

Generalized Discussion of Meeting.  The subcommittee remains focus to:

1. Assess the 20,000 growth planning factor (outside the fence) provided by Tony Lamorena and the overall impact on the education systems.  See enclosure two for details.   
2. 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.  Still waiting for specific feedback.
3. Identify opportunities for island-wide educational partnerships, cooperative planning and management strategies, and teacher supply and demand issues.
4. 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:

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

     a.  The assessment on the number of new schools below is a broad and macro view and does not take into account information identified at enclosure two (“Pending Information for More Detailed Assessment” section).  Once we obtain this information, we will be able to provide a more detailed assessment of these numbers.  For planning purposes, we believe this assessment will provide insight to other subcommittees on potential/additional needs/requirements.

     b.  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 164-256 additional teachers.  Estimated administrators, staff, and other support personnel are pending. 

• Attending the Department of Interior’s (DOI) 4th Conference on Business Opportunities in the Islands on October 8-9, 2007, at the Hyatt Regency Resort.   
• 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.   
• Received the initial consolidated draft Point Papers from KPMG through Elaine Dell’Isola on September 14, 2007.  Our sub-committee review team responded with comments on September 19, 2007.  A copy was provided to Elaine Dell’Isola, Guam’s Lieutenant Governor’s Office, and Nick Ruane, KPMG Education and HHS Point Paper Coordinator.  Updates were made to the Education Point Paper;  Significant changes and comments were made in the Labor Point Paper as there were several statements in this paper that were either not true or not complete which in turn caused “inappropriate” recommendations.
• Participated in the KPMG Labor Point Paper phone conference on September 25, 2007, 12:00pm.  Discussed the corrections concerning the education portions that were incorrect within the Labor Point Paper and followed up with the written comments after the phone conference.   
• Participated in the DOI Interagency Group of Insular Areas (IGIA) HHS and Education Working Group on September 27, 2007.  Received point of contact e-mail for Admiral Kerry Nesseler to follow-up on possible Nurse workforce hiring opportunities. 

New Issues or Concerns. 

• With the new information of potentially needing 6-9 additional new schools, there are concerns for the timelines, funding, and personnel procurement to complete these new facilities with appropriate resources to open these schools for business.  The second order of effect is where funding may be obtained to sustain their operation. 
• There is concern of the insufficient funding for FY08/09 to develop the capacity within the higher education systems to meet the demands to produce sufficient faculty/teachers, administrators, staff personnel, and workforce development. 

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