BE IN THE KNOW… NOW

Mt Pleasant School

Purpose...● The inform our community about the bigger picture…

the challenges and the opportunity to move forward

● To share the current development around the hall & pool

● Start the process of engaging our community to establish a shared vision for Mt Pleasant School

● Seek support from our community to access the ‘body’ of expertise that exists within our community

● Stay positive to achieve the best outcome

Background

• The Greater Christchurch Education Renewal Programme (GCERP) was established following the February 2011 earthquakes to respond to major building and land damage and demographic change.

• An infrastructure work programme is underway to deliver repairs, remodels, rebuilds and new schools across greater Christchurch.

• The programme provides a unique opportunity to not only restore but renew the education system. It will deliver improved facilities that reshape education delivery, improve learning outcomes and raise student achievement.

Timeframe...

New Site Development

Notified of new section purchase

Master PlanningRepair & Development

February EarthquakeEmergency repairs only

Negotiation for land purchase (all surrounding sections were proposed to MoE)

MoE Learning Clusters Introduced

Bays Cluster (5 schools)

June EarthquakeEmergency repairs

2010 20192011

Hall & house are demolished

Pool repaired?

2012 2013 2014 2015 2017 20182016

Maintain buildingsSmall ProjectsPreparation for MP - community consultation

Their priorities...Priority 1Mergers, closures and dependencies – schools where deadlines have been announced (new schools, closures or mergers). This includes schools that are key dependencies to other schools with committed dates.Priority 2Roll growth and capacity - schools where works are required because the existing network does not have capacity to accommodate projected roll levels. Projects should be completed as soon as possible.Priority 3Student achievement - schools where there is key opportunity to undertake property works aimed at improving student achievement. Promoting the needs of priority learners, inclusion, greater community cohesion and innovation are key factors.

Priority 4Effectiveness in delivery - improves the quality of the built environment and deliver programme efficiencies.Ministry representatives are planning to visit all learning community clusters and key stakeholders from the wider community over the next two to three months to discuss and provide more information about the property programme and how it will be delivered. To date approximately $60m has been spent carrying out repairs to the majority of schools in greater Christchurch as well as 21 swimming pool repairs. The programme has also established more than 120 temporary classrooms at 12 schools and commissioned and received more than 2,000 engineering building reports.

The property programme...Which schools are in the property programme and when willwork be completed?

By 2017, $500 million will have been invested in the schools programme.Work on all schools in the programme will be completed by 2022.

The table left, identifies the 115 schools involved in the property programme.

After 2017 we will undertake a review of the programme to bring forward thework scheduled in the latter years.

Roll based projections...

March 2010 Roll Classroom (No.) current

(July 2012)

March 2012

Roll

Estimated classrooms required at

March 2012

Heathcote Valley 263 12 241 10

Mt Pleasant 325 14 321 13

Redcliffs 372 14 243 10

Sumner 418 21 393 16

Cluster 1,378 61 1,198 49

Master Planning

Master PlanningDelivering the capital programmeWhen a school enters the capital programme, one of the first activities will be to develop a master plan. This process involves a series of workshops with the school, facilitated by Ministry appointed consultants. This issue focuses on providing information about the master planning phase to coincide with a number of schools which are beginning or about to begin their master planning journey.

What is a master plan?The master plan is a comprehensive long term plan intended to establish and guide the future development of the school site. It is a blueprint that reflects a clear vision for the future direction of teaching and learning at the school and is supported by policies, guidelines and priorities.

The master plan will identify priorities for action (based on the educational vision), set out suggested relationships between public and private spaces, determine the activities and uses which will take place in school areas and identifies movement patterns around the school. Master planning can help redefine a familiar place, opening up its potential and offering new insights into the place it could be. The master plan can help bring out the best in an area in terms of its landscape, topography and ecology. An example of a master plan is shown below

Master PlanningWhy do schools need a master plan?To ensure a coordinated approach to property development and maintenance, each school will develop an overarching site plan that will be delivered over the long term.

The school will develop their 10 year property plan (10YPP) from the master plan. We expect that a significant part of the master plan will be implemented under the Christchurch Schools Rebuild (CSR) Programme, however, there are likely to be elements of the plan that will be implemented over a longer period.

The master plan will include an implementation strategy and a staged approach for site development. This is shown in diagram 1 below.Under the CSR programme the Ministry’s priorities are to:

● upgrade in and outdoor teaching spaces and spaces that support teaching and learning (e.g. student social spaces and teacher resource spaces)

● to ensure all leaky building issues are resolved, earthquake strengthening iscarried out where required, earthquakedamage is repaired

● to meet core MLE standards

Learning Community Cluster Plan (cluster

vision)

Property Plan

Education Renewal

Cross check – ensure property plans are driven by visions

Individual school vision (base on existing School

Charters)

LCC Plan and school vision drives the Property Plan

Implementation

Developing the property planThis document ties

together cluster education and property

strategies

Developing the property plan

• An architect will be appointed to work with each school.

• This is a collaborative process providing schools with an opportunity to think strategically, aligning educational vision with the need for built facilities.

• The process matches school aspirations, available resources and site constraints in a proposal for long term future development that is consistent with the LCC vision.

• High level concept drawings, explanatory diagrams and supporting documentation will be developed to describe the future direction of the schools.

What happens to my school between now and the time it is due for remediation?

• In the immediate response to the earthquakes, the Ministry has completed

repair works or provided temporary accommodation to ensure that all schools remain operational and provide a safe and secure environment for students.

• The Ministry will continue to support schools in maintaining their facilities until the proposed programme of works is complete. Schools should contact the Ministry if there are any capital maintenance or health and safety concerns at their school.

Key questions

• Why can’t the Ministry complete the works quicker? The total rebuild across greater Christchurch is currently forecast at $40 billion dollars. There are a finite number of suppliers available to provide this level of investment. This imposes limits on how quickly the Ministry can proceed and the maximum amount of work that can be undertaken at any one time while maintaining appropriate value for money, quality and health and safety standards.

• When will my school be included in the programme of works? An indicative high level programme of works will be released to all schools identifying when work is scheduled to begin and likely end dates for each School.

• What happens to property that is owned, wholly or partly by School boards? Will this also be included in the renewal programme? Property wholly owned by School boards is the responsibility of those Boards. The Ministry is willing to engage with Boards to include those buildings in the work programme if the School has the funding to cover the required work. Where a building is partially owned, the Ministry will asses the work programme on a case by case basis and work with the respective school boards to arrange appropriate remediation.

• What will Modern Learning Environment plans mean in the case of schools that will only require refurbishment (as opposed to schools that will be rebuilt)? The Ministry is currently assessing every teaching space in greater Christchurch for compliance with modern learning environment standards. The Ministry is aiming to have a at least 85% of all teaching spaces at or above the Designing Quality Learning Spaces standard in greater Christchurch, regardless of the level of repairs required at each school.

Having our cake and eating it too...

MT PLEASANT

The state of the nation..!● We have great relationships with our community, MoE and the wider

community● We have no funding available to us (?)● No hall or community space - assemblies are outside and sporadic● Pool not fixed● Challenges with traffic● What we have going for us is our amazing site ● We are seen as community focused… and as we develop more resources

the school will continue to grow as the ‘hub’ of the community● We have many & varied strengths across the community● We have some areas where hall and house were… soon!● We have great parents who are interested and willing to contribute● +++

http://shapingeducation.govt.nz/guiding-the-process-of-renewal/find-my-school/port-hills-learning-community-cluster

Time to consider, short and long...Short-term● we are making the most of outdoor

spaces to meet as a community● no money released from MoE (recent

changes have meant money is available for schools to maintain themselves while awaiting redevelopment)

● relationships with MoE positive - purchased land etc

● site that is open to developments● we already have some amazing

learning spaces - we can implement strategies to enhance these (old hall space + house site

● potential roll growth● pool repair

Long-term● New hall facility● Improved parking & drop off zones● Remediation of buildings● potential roll growth due to changes

in cluster schools (Redcliffs) and housing repair & replacement

● Rooms 1-3 & 8-9

What can we do now...

Project ManagementProject conduit for the committees (potential to co-opt on the BoT for specific projects)

Management of FacilitiesSite review for any short to medium term projectsSmall Projects● Turf Area including site

where hall was (painting and moving containers + music container)

● House site and development ● School beautification

Traffic Safety PlanThere are links with the traffic safety plan across most of the projects (Mel)

Capital Projects (BoT & MoE funded)● Pool● Hall

OUR AIM...We want to get some progress and move ahead… potentially ahead of Master Planning (or to move our MP timeframe).

This is not just about a school resource… it is a community resource.

The hall...● The BoT spent 2013 engaging with the

MoE for the purchase of land around the school

● They chose to purchase 62 Major Hornbrook (the old church Manse)

● All possible land purchases were provided

● At the beginning of the year the MoE signalled the house and hall would be demolished

● The house is currently being demolished with the hall to be completed by the end of next week

● Tentative agreement for the hall is based on 230m2 with $550,000 cost (based on MoE figures)

● Discussion around the timeframe is dependant on the Master Planning Process (with some room for negotiation?)

The pool...● In 2012 the MoE commissioned a review

of all Canterbury School pools.● Priority pools were repaired in the first

round (easy fixes)● Mt Pleasant was identified as needing

$120,000+ ● In 2013, we were placed on ‘Round 2’ of

repairs. The MoE is currently going through the tender process for planning

● Once costing is complete, the MoE & BoT must discuss where the costs for the additional repairs comes from

● Pool and plant being covered out of separate fund

● Ancillary buildings + heating from school funds (allocated for 2019 development)

How can you help...There is expertise & knowledge that exists in our community that we want to utilise to ensure we develop our site for our community now and into the future...

Site Master Planning Hall Master Planning

Specific ProjectsPool

Old Hall Site

Traffic Safety

Project Management