Board of Education: Long-Term Secondary Space for Learning Solution Criteria Board of Education Work Session – August 20, 2015

Program for 21st Century Learning Aligns with the school district’s strategic vision for 21st Century learning – HSD 2025.

o High performance – space supports rigorous academics and provides technology-enhanced classrooms and laboratories. Space fosters development of 21st Century skills and learning including, collaboration, creativity, work skills, personalization, and innovation.

o Adaptable – space is designed in a way that can be repurposed for new uses depending on curricular and instructional needs with dual use for community needs, where possible. Learning spaces today may be different in 5-10 years from now. Facility design needs to support changing learning environments in the future.

o Collaborative – spaces support teacher to teacher, teacher to student and student to student collaboration, communication and connection. Learning centers with small group work areas.

o Flexible – spaces provide for large group, small group, and individual work. Furniture can be moved or adjusted depending on user needs. Technology design needs to support differing groups of users and sizes of groups.

o Project-based learning – space provides students areas to research, design, construct, store, and collaborate on projects, meet with community businesses/mentors, and present/display work.

o Special needs environments – some special education learning spaces are designed for multi-use and support the development of independent living skills and employability skills. Other special education spaces are integrated within the regular education spaces throughout the school.

Fosters the school district’s direction of increasing expectations for student learning and performance results and supports quality learning experiences for each student to be successful.

Provides a grade configuration that supports academic and co-curricular program.

Supports High School Learning for the Future, which includes freshman, STEM+ and HealthCare academies.

o Workplace-like environment – students have meeting areas and larger seminar meeting areas to support different forms of academic programming and delivery.

Supports the Middle School house concept.

Provides technology and technology access that can adapt to future industry advancements.

Enrollment Addresses space requirements for grades 6-12 for the next 10 years with consideration given to future

expandability.

Plan for 450 classroom capacity with 500 core space capacity at the high school level and 400 classroom capacity with 450 core space capacity at 8th grade and below.

Maintain class size guidelines for grades 6-12 of 22-27 students per regular education classroom were applicable.

Facility and Financial Modern academic, co-curricular and extra-curricular facilities – primary classrooms and supporting

academic spaces will support a modern learning environment. Additionally, co-curricular and extra-curricular facilities (i.e., auditorium, athletic fields, outdoor classrooms) will support opportunities for students’ social, emotional, physical and leadership growth.

Provides safe and secure learning environments. Facilities will be designed to include measures to support the safety and security of students, staff, and visitors.

Retains adequate parking, play areas and green space for the size of facility on the site.

Enhances school facilities as school community centers that support partnerships with civic organizations, post-secondary schools, and governmental entities.

o Community access – space will be designed with accessibility in mind for community use in addition to regular curricular programming, i.e. gym, performance/demonstration spaces, cafeteria, auditorium. Some classroom/large group spaces will have the ability to be secured during non-school hours (public zones easily separated or secured from primary classroom spaces).

Natural light will be maximized to support the learning environment, enhance the climate of the school, and reduce energy usage and operational costs.

Propose additions or new construction that current school sites can support.

Retain the structural integrity and usability of current buildings if additions are made to classroom and core areas (cafeterias, gymnasiums, media centers).

Provides appropriate and or responsible use of current facilities.

Invests financial resources in order to balance the learning needs of current and future students and costs.

Supports environmental sustainability, with expansion over time, to new and existing facilities.

Facility design goal will support environmental sustainability and reduce long-term operational costs.