[Massplanners] School-Aged Children Generation Rates for New Housing Units

Jonathan Berk jonathan at remainplaces.com
Thu Aug 22 10:56:28 EDT 2024


I've been working with a new group of local housing advocates in Marblehead
that did some fairly extensive research
<https://www.marbleheadhousingcoalition.com/post/3a-zoning-and-our-schools>
on their own school system and the impacts of new housing production on
school systems on the North Shore.

On Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 10:01 AM Tim Czerwienski via MassPlanners <
massplanners at masscptc.org> wrote:

> Milton commissioned a fiscal impact analysis of our MBTA Communities
> zoning article last year. Our consultant, RKG Associates, developed
> school-aged children ratios for various unit types. Their figures and
> methodology are on page 12 here:
> https://www.townofmilton.org/DocumentCenter/View/6220/2023-12-06_Impact-Report_Milton-MBTA-Districts
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> Depending on your needs, I’ve found it helpful to count the number of
> public school students in existing multifamily in town. Milton has
> few-enough multifamily buildings that it isn’t a heavy lift for the
> superintendent’s office to run a search for each multifamily address and
> generate a number of students who live in those buildings. (Spoiler alert:
> not many!)
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> Tim Czerwienski, AICP
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> Director of Planning & Community Development
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> Town of Milton *|* 525 Canton Avenue | Milton, Mass. 02186 *|*
> 617-898-4847
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> *From:* MassPlanners <massplanners-bounces at masscptc.org> *On Behalf Of *Eric
> Smith via MassPlanners
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 22, 2024 9:33 AM
> *To:* John Charbonneau via MassPlanners <massplanners at masscptc.org>
> *Subject:* [Massplanners] School-Aged Children Generation Rates for New
> Housing Units
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> [External Email- Use Caution]
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> HI Mass Planners,
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> I've had some resources in the past on this topic, but not finding
> anything in my files at the moment...
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> Would any of you have any documents or websites that help provide
> generation rates for school aged children for new housing units, based on
> housing unit types/size?
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> If so, I welcome having you send them my way.
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> Thanks!
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> Eric
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> Eric R. Smith, AICP
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> Director of Planning and Development
>
> Town of Athol
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> 584 Main Street,
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> Athol, MA 01331
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> (978) 721-8500 ext. 517
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> esmith at townofathol.org
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