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Committee Chair:

Dr. James Manley, Superintendent

Although a facilities committee is not required as part of the formal strategic planning process, district administration believed it was important to establish a committee due to the impact growth has had on district facilities. Overall, district enrollment has more than doubled since 1990 with growth averaging 5.6 percent per year. Another thousand students are expected to enter the district before the end of the decade with total enrollment expecting to reach 5,230 in 2010.

The district has approved construction for an upper elementary school, which will open for the 2008-2009 school year.

At the high school, the current capacity is 1,350. In 2010, the district forecasts 1,659 students will be enrolled at the high school.

The committee recommends:

  • Convening a task force as early as the start of the 2006-2007 academic year to explore expansion at the high school
  • Monitoring the pace of current and projected enrollments with respect to its capital budgeting plans
  • Forecasting when new facilities and facility upgrades will be needed
  • Monitoring student participation in programs to help forecast new needs that might create increased demand for facilities (Possibly, begin land banking to accommodate future growth.)
  • Monitoring how future school design will be affected by e-learning

The committee believes that establishing and maintaining safe and secure campuses should be the most important overriding goal regarding facilities and recommends the district's safety committee create a continuity plan to ensure precautionary measures and safety plans are in place throughout district facilities.

 

Artist rendering of the New Upper Elementary School