1. Raising the Bar for DCPS School Facilities
Best Practice in PK-12 Educational Facility and Capital Planning

2. 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?

3. OPEFM Facility Master Plan
First draft
Elements to include in second draft
plan specifics
quality control
community input

4. Plan Specifics What are existing conditions?
What are projected enrollments and desired conditions?
How will the District reach its desired outcomes?

5. 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

6. 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?

7. Desired conditions 21st Century Building Standards
21st Century Educational Standards
21st Century Community Standards

8. 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

9. 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 content—music, 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 administration—for DCPS and for OPEFM

10. 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

11. OPEFM Draft Plan

12. 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

13. Project Specifics
Peer review the plan by architects, estimators, project managers and contractors—is it realistic, is it adequate?
DCPS and the public need to assess whether this plan adequately supports the guiding principles

14. 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

15. 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