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Facilities Planning Task Force (2012)

Purpose/Goal:

Last updated March 29, 2013

Our Facilities Planning Task Force began our work with consultants’ evaluation of the condition of the district’s buildings, and we toured the facilities. We focused on the facilities that have not been newly built or renovated in recent years. While some of our facilities are in great shape, many need critical attention. We shared ideas with the community on Nov. 30, 2012, and hosted public meetings. We also collected and carefully considered community input received through online and telephone surveys. As a result of this additional input, we made some modifications to the original ideas we shared on Nov. 30, which are now part of our recommendation to the superintendent.

Please click here to read a brochure that summarizes our recommendation and next steps.

For the full recommendation, please click here.

We are excited by the many possibilities in this recommendation for improved learning environments for our students, staff and community for future generations!

Facilities Planning Task Force Outcomes/Goals:

  • Learn about schools and facilities related to current and future educational program needs; the physical condition of existing schools/facilities; how facilities are funded; and the process associated with voter-approved bond ballot measures.
  • Recommend a long-range Facilities Master Plan to the superintendent that may include: Possible renovation of existing schools/facilities; building new schools/facilities; repurposing existing schools/facilities; and/or purchasing property.
  • Recommend to the superintendent specific project for a bond issue to put before voters as early as spring 2013.

Community members Jim and Linden Darling are co-chairs of this Task Force, which includes broad membership of students, parents, staff and community members throughout the city. The Task Force has been meeting since late September and plans to make a recommendation to the superintendent.

To foster transparency and open communication, the Task Force’s meeting minutes, as well as presentations and data that they have reviewed, are posted [on this webpage]. Please contact Communications and Community Relations at 676-6520 with any questions.

Meeting Information

Members