CODE: 7100
SECTION: CONSTRUCTION, REMODELING AND RENOVATION
PLANNING
A School District Facilities Master Plan will be developed and approved every five years. This plan will be reviewed and revised as necessary, annually. The Plan will reflect the needs of current instructional procedures and projected educational programming. The master plan will incorporate population projections, enrollment projections, site acquisition needs, future school sites, and determination of financial needs for providing the necessary school facilities within the scope of the Township Master Plan.
Educational programs are neither unchanging nor simple to incorporate into a facility plan. Anticipation of program change makes flexible buildings necessary so that the period of relevance is extended. At the same time, it is necessary to accommodate the existing program. The natural interest of parents, professional interest of educators, public relations interest of the Board, neighborhood development interest of local residents, and the varied interests of many others are sufficient to both complicate the program and challenge the abilities of all concerned with school planning.
The school construction program must represent the cooperative endeavors of many people. Its success is a measure of the ability of many functionaries to cooperate. No single person or group isolating itself from the overall educational process can satisfactorily design a school building that is intended to enhance the instructional program of others. Organization and communication in planning school facilities are tantamount to success.
To insure that the school construction program proceeds as smoothly and rapidly as possible, the following step-by-step process for planning and building shall be utilized. Generally speaking, a school construction program involves five broad phases:
1. Determine the needs of the educational plan.
2. Development of an educational plan.
3. Design building to reflect the educational plan.
4. Construction of the facility.
5. Acceptance of the facility.
First Reading: December 12, 2000
Adopted: December 19, 2000