Raising the Bar for DCPS School Facilities

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Raising the Bar for DCPS School Facilities

• Best Practice in PK-12 Educational Facility and
  Capital Planning

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A Facility Master and Capital Plan

• What can the Council do to ensure that OPEFM
  rapidly brings DCPS school facilities to 21st
  century building, educational and community
  standards within the DC budget constraints?

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OPEFM Facility Master Plan

• First draft
• Elements to include in second draft
• plan specifics
• quality control
• community input

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Plan Specifics

• What are existing conditions?
• What are projected enrollments and desired
  conditions?
• How will the District reach its desired outcomes?

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Existing conditions

• Age and condition of buildings and major systems
  and components
• History of capital expenditures by school
• Facility condition index by school
• Educational adequacy and efficiency of school
  design and utilization
• Energy efficiency of school envelope and systems

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Demographic Projections

• How will DC population continue to increase?
• Will DCPS reduce its drop out rate?
• Will DCPS retain and attract new 0-5 year olds?
• Will public charter enrollment continue to expand
  its share of public school students?
• Will affordable housing for families grow or
  decline?

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Desired conditions

• 21st Century Building Standards
• 21st Century Educational Standards
• 21st Century Community Standards

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21st Century Building Standards

• New code requirements
• Life safety
• Americans Disability Act (ADA)
• Fresh air standards (ASHRAE)
• Compliant with AHERA and LBP standards
• Sustainable design
• Energy efficient building systems and design
• Green schoolyards that contribute to the health
  of the environment

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21st Century Educational Standards

• Specialized classrooms, support spaces and
  amenities for
• Early childhood
• Children with special learning and physical
  health needs
• Thematic programs and academies, including Career
  and Technical Education (CTE)
• Curriculum contentmusic, art, physical
  education, and science
• Integrated technology
• Healthy, safe, educationally enriching outdoor
  play, learning and athletic areas
• Administrative facilities
• Adequate administrative space and amenities for
  efficient and effective local school
  administration
• Adequate administrative and logistic space and
  amenities for efficient and effective
  District-wide administrationfor DCPS and for
  OPEFM

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21st Century Community Standards

• Public school facilities as community assets
• Providing space for school based social service
  providers
• Sharing school building and grounds with
  residents for recreation, meetings, and the arts
• Dedicating underutilized space within DCPS
  schools for other public purposes, particularly
  public charter schools
• Co-locating DCPS school with other community
  agencies
• Equity in the allocation of facility improvements
• Those in the greatest need will be first and
  secure the greatest investment
• All students will attend DCPS schools that meet a
  basic minimum standard for health, safety and
  good repair

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OPEFM Draft Plan
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A Plan to Implement

• The planned enrollments and square footages to be
  improved by school
• History of capital expenditures by school
• Cash flow by year, indicating planned schedule
  and escalated cost estimates
• Basic, but not generic description of the actual
  work to be done, not just the type

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Project Specifics

• Peer review the plan by architects, estimators,
  project managers and contractorsis it realistic,
  is it adequate?
• DCPS and the public need to assess whether this
  plan adequately supports the guiding principles

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Quality Control

• Data and information on which decisions were made
  need to be correct and complete
• Assumptions used to formulate project scopes need
  to be explicit
• Project scopes need to be specific
• Project specific estimates need to be clear
• Schedule proposed needs to be realistic

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Community Input

• Local knowledge and experience with public
  schools as students, parents, teachers,
  administrators and neighbors will improve the
  plan and help DC avoid costly planning and design
  mistakes.
• Public participation brings support for the
  funding which needs to be sustained over many
  years.
• Transparency and community input ensures
  accountability for quality, schedule and budget