CSKE WHOLE-PICTURE TOWN DECISION GUIDE v0.3.8
FORWARD-DECISION STORY NOTE
August 14, 2026

PURPOSE

This release makes building utilization, capital, and Wilbraham Middle School the central forward-financial story in START-HERE.html and RESIDENT-GUIDE.html. It also strengthens the focused Middle School and BUC decision view. The reporting compares evidence coverage and decision readiness; it does not recommend an outcome.

CONNECTED STORY

- District enrollment: 2,890 in 2021-22, 2,836 in 2025-26, and 2,830 projected for 2026-27.
- Wilbraham Middle School: 613 students on October 1, 2024 and 614 projected for AY2025-26. Rated capacity, functional program capacity, room/schedule utilization, and grade-level forecast remain not loaded.
- The District disclosure identifies Wilbraham elementary and middle-school facilities as Town-owned and leased to the District. It reports that capital outlay for leased elementary and middle schools is assessed only to the host town.
- Four BUC scenario families expand to six working variants: one current-arrangement baseline and five possible changes.
- Every nonbaseline variant leaves Wrestling, Pickleball, and other Memorial recreation functions unresolved.
- Both Option 1 variants carry four unresolved potentially blocking requirements: Senior Center access before Town Hall disposition; LRS pond/wetland due diligence; LRS Article 97 determination; and LRS deed/title clearance.
- The two developer-leaseback records retain lease escalation, residual ownership value, property control, and, where applicable, bundled-transaction risks. Their economic terms remain unspecified.
- All six populated scenario values are 30-year comparison horizons. No sale proceeds, renovation cost, lease/program revenue, tax revenue, housing units, delay/carrying cost, or legal/environmental clearance cost is populated.

NUMERIC CONTROLS

- Four BUC assets: $1,558,190 source-reported 2021 deferred maintenance.
- Memorial School: $1,298,066, or 83.3% of that four-asset deferred total.
- Separate original ten-year inflated BUC projection: $453,115. It is not added to deferred maintenance.
- Partial FY2027 explicit allocations: $768,400 across three BUC assets. This is not complete ownership, lifecycle, or scenario cost.
- Senior Center permanent financing example: $6,680,000 principal + $2,327,964 contractual interest = $9,007,964 scheduled debt service. Temporary BAN interest, issuance, operations, maintenance, staffing, and renewal/lifecycle costs remain outside that total.

BOUNDARIES

The reporting cannot yet verify a Middle School over-capacity percentage or locate crowding by grade, program, room, or schedule. It cannot financially rank the BUC variants, calculate complete keep/sell/renovate/leaseback economics, or recommend an outcome. A zero count of recorded risks or blockers is not proof of no risk.