Policy 7110 - Planning – Facilities Master Plan

Planning - Facilities Master Plan

The Assistant Superintendent, Facilities and Planning shall develop and maintain a master plan for district facilities. This plan shall describe the district’s anticipated facilities needs and priorities. It shall also identify funding sources and timelines for building. The plan shall be adopted by the Board of Education, and shall be reviewed at regular intervals. Revisions to the plan shall be developed and adopted whenever there are changes in conditions which may invalidate elements of the plan.

The plan may be structured to meet other statutory facility planning requirements; however, it’s primary function shall be an assessment of the district’s short-term and long-term facility needs, giving consideration to:

1. The district’s educational goals
2. Current and projected educational and support program requirements
3. Current and projected school enrollments for each grade level, by identified geographic areas of the district, based on enrollment history and actual and planned residential housing growth patterns
4. Existing and projected use of facilities, including classroom counts and loading based on district standards
5. The safety and welfare of students and employees
6. An evaluation of existing facilities and needs for modernization and renovation to meet existing and future educational and operational program requirements
7. State and local planning standards and land use requirements
8. The community’s social, economic, political and other characteristics
9. Estimated costs associated with meeting the district’s facility needs
10. Sources of financing to meet the district’s facility needs. The district shall ensure that staff, parents/guardians, students, and business and community representatives are kept informed of the need for facilities construction or modernization/renovation.

The district shall ensure that staff, parents/guardians, students, and business and community representatives are kept informed of the need for facilities construction or modernization/renovation.

The President of the Board of Education shall appoint three members of the Board to serve on the Board’s School Facilities Subcommittee. This standing subcommittee shall meet with staff as-necessary to review the district’s facility issues and to make recommendations to the Board of Education on the development, revision and implementation of the facilities master plan, and related matters.

In order to develop and ensure a broad level of community participation in the school facility planning process, and to help ensure that the community’s school facility needs are appropriately met, the Board of Education, directly or through the School Facilities Subcommittee, shall convene one or more school facility task forces. The charge of each task force shall be defined by the Board at the time of formation. Task force membership shall reflect the varying interests of students, staff, parents, business, and the community.