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SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 RESPONSE TO RFQ

The Attucks School CITY OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI

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ATTUCKS SCHOOL SITE TOUR 2 | The Attucks School City of Kansas City, Missouri

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Crossroads and Attucks: Continuing the Legacy

Crossroads High School aims to be the national standard-bearer for exceptional secondary education. The Attucks School building is the ideal location to advance this mission. Opened in 1893, the Attucks School was a pillar in the 18th and Vine community for a century. The current building, which dates to 1905, is the oldest remaining school in Kansas City that served African-American students. Its founding principal, J.D. Bowser, was a poet, newspaper publisher, civil rights leader and Kansas City’s first AfricanAmerican teacher. Crossroads High School is inspired by Mr. Bowser’s commitment to educational excellence and equity, and our desire to position our students to both benefit from and contribute to the rich and ever-unfolding history of the Attucks building and the 18th and Vine community.

Crossroads Charter Schools was founded in 2012 with the goal of reducing the gap between the number of “high-quality” school seats in Kansas City, and the number of children seeking those seats. Crossroads has grown from serving 190 students in 2012 to serving 687 in 2017. Our students have made strong academic gains, and our teachers are known as talented, dedicated and innovative educators. In 2015, Crossroads was the highest rated charter school in Missouri, earning a 98.6% on the state’s Annual Performance Report (APR). Crossroads earned 98.6% again on the APR in 2016. But Crossroads is always striving to improve, as guided by our Strategic Plan (Appendix A).

Crossroads is racially, ethnically and socio-economically diverse. All of us learn from people who are different from ourselves and our best learning environments reflect the world around us. Children who grow up thriving in diversity will be our leaders who solve the most pressing problems of the 21st Century. In the 2016-17 school year, 38% of Crossroads students were African-American, 35% Caucasian, 18% Hispanic, 6% Multiracial, 2% Asian and 1% American Indian. 60% of our students were eligible for Free and Reduced Lunch and 9% were English Language Learners.

Diversity for its own sake is not the goal. Crossroads is committed to educational quality and equity. Our Equity Statement (Appendix B) reads in part: “We believe that the work of inclusion is a responsibility held by all and done for all, person to person…. As an organization, we continue to devote significant resources of time and energy in order to develop our equity lens to better identify, discuss and address equity issues impacting our students and our schools.”

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Our American pursuit of a more perfect union must travel down the road of racial justice and improved relations among all people. The 18th and Vine community - from Mr. Bowser, to Buck O’Neil, the Urban Neighborhood Initiative, and countless others - embodies that ongoing journey. As Kansas City’s most important historic neighborhood, and a community resurging with energy in the 21st Century, 18th and Vine is a rich environment for student learning. Crossroads is a school which exists beyond the walls of its building. Through project-based learning and community partnerships, Crossroads students form symbiotic relationships through which they advance their own learning, while making substantive contributions to the world around them. This confluence of gifted teachers, engaged students, a diverse learning environment, and a neighborhood which strongly articulates the American experience, is the best possible setting for authentic and equitable learning.

A strong network of community partners is critical to Crossroads’ instructional model, and 18th and Vine has exceptional opportunities for collaboration. The American Jazz Museum, Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Black Archives of Mid-America, Urban Youth Baseball Academy, Gregg/Klice Community Center and Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey are among the organizations with whom we are eager to partner. Our vision of partnership is a robust ecosystem that transcends traditional field trips. We want Crossroads students to study with master musicians and dancers, to research American history through the letters and journals of our Kansas City forebears, and to develop sportsmanship and athleticism in world class facilities. Moreover, Crossroads aspires to reanimate the Attucks building not simply as a high school of 500 students, but also as a hub of community activity. We envision a vibrant center for creative arts, and cultural and civic activities, achieved through a strategy of shared uses and collaboration.

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Team

Crossroads has completed a significant level of due diligence on the Attucks building in coordination with our development partner, KCSDP, and the rest of our team which is comprised of BNIM Architects, Turner Construction and MC Realty. Together, in addition to our thorough analysis of the existing real estate, we have completed a total project cost estimate for the historic renovation (Appendix C). IFF, which has been a lender to Crossroads in the past and is assisting us now with a facility feasibility analysis, completed its own study and cost estimate for the building (Appendix D). Both of these studies were subsequent to and informed by stakeholder surveys and a facility needs assessment completed by BNIM Architects, along with preliminary program and site design (Appendix E). Crossroads has reached out to many stakeholders in the community and received letter of support for this project (Appendix F).

CITY OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI

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Crossroads

Crossroads Charter Schools is a network of three schools that offer a dynamic K-12 education in the heart of downtown Kansas City.

Crossroads Charter Schools offer a unique model that emphasizes community engagement and 21st-century learning. We bring our students outside into the downtown community whenever possible to experience learning in the real world. As active community members our students go to daily recess at Barney Allis Plaza and visit the Central Library every week. We hold student performances at downtown theaters, and we frequent downtown galleries, parks, and businesses. Project-based learning units bring students into real-world experiences to solve real problems. Whenever possible, we welcome professionals of our downtown community into our school as guest speakers or volunteers to share their expertise with students.

Together, Crossroads Charter Schools, BNIM, and MC Realty have developed a longstanding partnership that has contributed to Crossroads Charter Schools’ tremendous growth.

The network began in 2012 with just one school, Crossroads Academy, which offered a unique learning model utilizing downtown Kansas City as an extended campus for learning.

In its five years of serving children, the school has grown academically and nearly tripled in size. In 2016 a second school was added. Crossroads Academy – Quality Hill opened to 186 kindergarten through third graders and will eventually grow to 422 students.

Crossroads High School will begin in the fall of 2017. Classes will be held at the Park University Downtown Campus temporarily while the permanent campus is under construction. This stateof-the-art facility is located within Commerce Tower at 911 Main St., Kansas City, Missouri. A permanent campus location has not yet been announced but is anticipated to open in 2019.

Crossroads High School will grow to enroll 500 students at capacity. In the year 2025, all schools will be at capacity and collectively serve 1,344 students in grades K-12.

CROSSROADS ACADEMY

The fruitful relationship between the three firms continues to reshape Kansas City’s urban core. Their most recent collaboration is the award-winning 10th and Wyandotte parking structure, which also brought in the unique perspective of a local ceramics artist. MC Realty developed the garage, with BNIM as the design architect. Because of the garage’s adjacency to Crossroads Academy, BNIM engaged Crossroads students to design the green space, which will be utilized as both a playground for the school and a public amenity.

In addition to Turner Construction’s proven track record on positive utilization of MBE/WBE firms, Crossroads Charter Schools has incorporated a goal to achieve, at minimum, 15% MBE (Minority Business Enterprise) and 7% WBE (Women Business Enterprise) participation on construction projects.

Crossroads is also committed to paying prevailing wage rates per the current Missouri Department of Labor wage order.

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CROSSROADS ACADEMY – QUALITY HILL

CROSSROADS ACADEMY – QUALITY HILL

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BNIM

BNIM is an innovative leader in designing high performance environments. BNIM’s instrumental development of the USGBC, LEED, and the Living Building concept, combined with projects, methods, and research, shaped the direction of the sustainable movement.

Through this involvement, the firm has redefined design excellence to elevate human experience together with aesthetics and building performance. In practice, this multifaceted approach to design excellence has yielded national acclaim, including the AIA National Architecture Firm Award, and consistent design recognition nationally and internationally. BNIM is Building Positive, a notion that describes how our practice leverages its collective capacity for design thinking to solve issues at every scale in a way that is focused on building the positive attributes of community and the built environment. Through an integrated process of collaborative discovery, BNIM creates transformative, living designs that lead to vital and healthy organizations and communities.

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Founded the AIA Committee on the Environment

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We deliver beautiful, integrated, living environments that inspire change and enhance the human condition.

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Turner Construction

Founded in 1902, Turner Construction is recognized as one of the leading builders in the United States, providing a complete range of construction and program management services. With 44 offices across the United States, our national office network is available to provide resources as needed, while your project will be handled by local staff who are deeply invested in the KC area.

Our first project in Kansas City dates back to 1944 with the construction of the Pratt & Whitney Plant, now known as the Bannister Federal Complex. After completing several projects for the Kauffman family, Turner opened an office here in 1988 to continue serving clients throughout Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska. Since then, Turner has grown to be one of the area’s largest and most successful construction companies.

We rank among the top builders in many market segments including:

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COMPANY STRUCTURE Corporate Headquarters 375 Hudson Street New York, NY 10014 Kansas City Business Unit 1220 Washington, Suite 100 Kansas City, MO 64105 Kansas City Officers Mark Iammarino, VP/General Manager Jeff Werthmann, VP/Operations Manager Number of Full-time Employees in the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan Area: 157 employees

44 OFFICES ACROSS THE NATION

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MC Realty Group

MC Realty Group, LLC was formed in 1989 by the combination of two leading Kansas City companies. The company is owned by DST Realty, Inc. (subsidiary of DST) and a unit of Financial Holding Corporation. Their strong financial backing and real estate portfolio allow us to maintain a staff of highly skilled and extensively experienced real estate professionals.

MC Realty Group, LLC is a full-service corporate and investment commercial real estate service company. Our team of development and management professionals is committed to providing innovative services and solutions to meet your most demanding commercial real estate requirements. We’ve performed construction management services for the design and construction of over 30 major buildings and 15 parking garage in the area. We’ve managed the development of over 28,000,000 square feet of offices and industrial facilities for a variety of clients – clients as diverse as corporate real estate users, pension fund advisors, not-for-profits, investment groups and government organizations.

Some previous projects in the Kansas City area that MC Realty Project Management is proud to have been a part of the following projects: • Crossroads Charter School Projects o Central Street Campus—multiple projects o Quality Hill Academy Historic Renovation • DeLaSalle Charter High School Renovation at 37th & Troost Avenue • Operation Breakthrough Expansion—the upcoming renovation of the old Jones Store Building at 31st and Troost Avenue • Brookside Charter School Renovation at 52nd & Troost Avenue (Brookside has subsequently relocated from this facility) • The IRS Service Center and Main Post Office Historic Renovation • Todd Bolender Center for Dance and Creativity Historic Renovation • DST Output Printing Facility and Railroad Round House Historic Renovation • Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

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Crossroads is a Catalyst

Crossroads High School will grow to serve 500 students, employ 50 full-time staff, and generate approximately $6,000,000 of direct, annual economic activity on a property left abandoned nearly 20 years ago by the relocation of Attucks School. By itself, this economic impact and daily infusion of creative, youthful energy will be transformative for 18th and Vine. Further, we believe that Crossroads, working collaboratively with community partners, and informed by the 18th and Vine District development plan, will catalyze a new era of urban vitality at 18th and Vine. In addition to functioning as a high school, we believe the property could accommodate art and youth development organizations, STEAM programming, makerspaces, and other functions that would both harness and augment the existing energy of Crossroads High School, while simultaneously attracting and providing resources for other community members. Local organizations looking to relocate or expand in the 18th and Vine neighborhood, as well as regional and national organizations, could be attractive partners.

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A shared use strategy would work best with organizations whose primary space needs are evenings, weekends and summers.

But the building is sufficiently large that with a right-fit organization co-locating full-time may also be feasible. Furthermore, the land that accompanies Attucks might accommodate new construction - fronting 18th Street - as a complement to the historic restoration of the existing building.

Equally exciting is the vision for an 18th and Vine Learning Innovation District that could be co-created by the several schools already in the area. By sharing our best resources and practices, and building greater physical and programmatic connectivity with arts, culture and youth development organizations, we can leverage our collective gravity to attract college satellite campuses, innovation centers, public transportation improvements, professional development opportunities, and other education partners. Working together, schools can generate our own high tide to lift all boats.

BRIDGE DISTRICT STUDY - EAST CROSSROADS TO 18TH AND VINE / BNIM

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Seeing the Future

This is an exciting time for Crossroads Charter Schools, and for Kansas City. In addition to our 687 enrolled students (a 360% increase in 5 years), there are currently 330 students on the Crossroads waitlist. Increasingly, parents are seeking out an education with our core values of high expectations, authentic learning, creative culture and educational equity. This surging demand for Crossroads Charter Schools is also indicative of Kansas City’s overall renaissance. More and more, families are returning to the city - and staying in the city - because of the quality of life afforded by dense, walkable and public transit oriented communities, enhanced by a concentration of arts, culture and entertainment opportunities, a sense of history and place, and authentic community. To sustain this resurgence in urban life, schools must do their part as well. Parents demand high-quality schools for their children, and no amount of other urban amenities will keep families in the heart of Kansas City unless we collectively work to expand our best schools, and improve our other schools.

To expand a high-quality school, while simultaneously catalyzing the next phase of revitalization in the Historic 18th and Vine District is a win-win situation for Kansas City. We envision a future in which Crossroads High School students are learning each day within a neighborhood flourishing with residents, businesses, high-quality and interconnected schools, world class arts and culture, and youth sports and development. We envision students learning from and contributing to a community grounded and ever-mindful of its own rich history, while creative and purposeful about its future. We envision a school which picks up the Attucks legacy - after a 20 year pause - and runs with it for the next century, empowering our students with an exceptional education, an authentic awareness of the world around them, and the ability to solve problems and advance the American dream in the 21st Century.

The Attucks School building is a key asset to the historic fabric of 18th and Vine. Two decades of vacancy have taken their toll, and the building is in dire need of restoration lest it be lost. Although there are several adaptive reuse possibilities for the structure itself, the only way to restore Attucks to its true character, and highest and best use, is to renew its life as a school. We believe, and have tried to articulate through this narrative, that Crossroads High School is a most worthy heir to the Attucks School legacy and that our students and staff would build social equity in volumes unachievable through any other repurposing. We hope for this opportunity to prove ourselves.

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A History of Transformative Projects

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Todd Bolender Center for Dance & Creativity

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Bancroft School Redevelopment

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Westport Middle School

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Crossroads Academy - Quality Hill

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