Facility Condition Assessment: October 2017
Capital Planning: February 2018
UPDATES:
December 18, 2017 - The district's long range planning committee held its seventh meeting Thursday, Dec 14. The committee toured New Caney High School before working to develop consensus regarding immediate and longer term facility initiatives for the committee's Board report in January. The committee's final meeting is scheduled for Jan. 11, 2018.
December 1, 2017 - The district's long range planning committee held its sixth meeting Thursday, Nov. 30. The committee toured Woodridge Forest Middle School before examining demographics data and considering priorities around the district's current and project student enrollment growth. Issues discussed included school capacities, type of planning for growth, zoning, realignment, school location concepts, and land procurement. The committee's next meeting is scheduled for Dec. 14.
November 17, 2017 - The district's long range planning committee held its fifth meeting Thursday, Nov. 16. The committee toured Keefer Crossing Middle School before beginning discussions and identifying priorities regarding educational spaces, technology, and safety/security. Topics regarding educational spaces included instructional spaces, assembly spaces, and lighting. Technology topics included audio/visual systems, interactive technology, technology infrastructure, and Internet service. Safety and security issues included building access controls, monitoring systems, fire systems, burglar systems, and personnel communication systems.
November 7, 2017 - The district's long range planning committee held its third meeting Thursday, Nov. 2. Representatives from LAN presented a district parity study to the committee in which the district's facilities were evaluated relative to design standards developed this summer. The parity study examines campus enrollments and square footage per student, the building condition as determined by the facilities assessment, site accommodations like parking, entryways, and playgrounds, safety and security issues, and building composition. The committee also toured Oakley Elementary School and Porter Elementary School.
November 1, 2017 - The district's long range planning committee held its second meeting Thursday, Oct. 27. The committee heard presentations from school district personnel regarding various programs, including career and technical education, digital learning, fine arts, special education, technology, child nutrition, safety and security, transportation, and athletics. Upcoming meetings will include a tour of campus facilities, review of the district's design standards and parity study, construction updates, and a demographics report.
October 17, 2017 - Lockwood, Andrews, and Newman, Inc. (LAN) presented a summary of their work to the Board of Trustees at its regular monthly meeting, Oct. 16. LAN has completed its facilities assessment, covering more than 2.1 million square feet and 44 of the district's current facilities. LAN also summarized the completion of a set of design standards, developed to account for student capacity, safety and security, technology, enrollment growth, and academic programs. With the completion of the design standards and facilities assessment, the district will begin a long range planning process focusing on the condition of current facilities, academic programs, and student enrollment growth.September 8, 2017 - District design standards to guide future construction and renovation projects are complete pending district review. Lockwood, Andrews & Newman, Inc. (LAN) began working on the design standards in May. LAN is also nearing completion of the facility condition assessment, part two of the three-step capital planning process underway.
District Design Standards
The district design standards will be the guideline for designing future educational facilities in the district at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. The standards will include space requirements, capacity models, lunch period preferences, target student building utilization rates, adjacency diagrams, room descriptions, and room data sheets.
Facility Condition Assessment
The Facility Condition Assessment (FCA) includes physical assessment of the majority of the District’s facility portfolio, amounting to over 2.2 million square feet.
This FCA is intended to provide an overall understanding of the current conditions of New Caney ISD facilities as well as function as a planning tool; providing insight into anticipated needs for any future implementation of lesser to greater initiatives and goals. The FCA will compile the District’s facility information into a software database for record and planning purposes.
Capital Planning
The Capital Planning scope of work includes consultation on facilities with the District and its Board, Administration, Staff and Committees and assistance in the development of recommendations for facility improvements.
In consultation with the District, this work will result in the development of ranking strategies, project scenarios, and a listing and ranking of current and future facility needs. The capital planning effort will also include a parity study and development of a timeline for facility expansion and replacement.
Currently, the design standards are nearing completion and have included input from the district's various departments. Also, facility condition assessment site visits will be complete in mid August. Accessibility assessment, a component of the condition assessment, is underway and will progress through the remainder of the month.
In consultation with the District, this work will result in the development of ranking strategies, project scenarios, and a listing and ranking of current and future facility needs. The capital planning effort will also include a parity study and development of a timeline for facility expansion and replacement.
Currently, the design standards are nearing completion and have included input from the district's various departments. Also, facility condition assessment site visits will be complete in mid August. Accessibility assessment, a component of the condition assessment, is underway and will progress through the remainder of the month.