Why, Process, Assessments
Agenda
Master Planning Process, Physical Building Assessments, Enrollment Trends
Data, Principal Testimonials, Student and Teacher Panel
Goals
Support for Our Schools
*From the Fallon Research & Communications, Inc. opinion poll conducted in May 2018
Why Now?
How we got here
Educational, Facility Needs
Space needed for existing programs
Educational, Facility Needs
Every school has a need for updated safety and security.
Educational, Facility Needs
Spaces for additional programming do not currently exist.
Facilities Process
There are no preconceived notions for what to do about the district’s facility needs. It is up to the community to be involved in identifying the needs and evaluating the options.
Facilities Process
There is no zero-cost option. Even if we do nothing, our students’ educational needs will continue to be compromised by the ineffectiveness of our school buildings.
MASTER PLANNING 101
What is a Facilities Master Plan?
Educational Facility Evaluation
Prioritize
Physical Assessment
Master Plan
9/6/18
11/28/18
What is a Facilities Master Plan?
How can we improve our physical environment and…
advance our mission of student learning & growth
…while remaining fiscally responsible?
Master Plan
Master Planning Process
Physical Building Assessment
Educational
Facility
Evaluation
Enrollment
Visioning
Options Development
Options Refinement
Review Financials
Prioritize Projects
CM1
CM2
CM3
CM4
Focus Group Sessions with emersion DESIGN
Translation Phase
AssessmentPhase
MP Delivery Phase
PHYSICAL BUILDING ASSESSMENT REVIEW
Facility Age ~ Original Buildings
LECC ‘63
LPS ‘57
LES ‘41
LIS ‘00
LMS ‘62
LHS ‘92
1992
President George H. W. Bush
LOVELAND HIGH SCHOOL
Replacement Cost = $49.9 M
1962
President John F. Kennedy
LOVELAND MIDDLE SCHOOL
Replacement Cost = $25.5 M
2000
President Bill Clinton
LOVELAND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
Replacement Cost = $29.9 M
1941
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
LOVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Replacement Cost = $18.3 M
1957
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
LOVELAND PRIMARY SCHOOL
Replacement Cost = $13.1 M
1963
President John F. Kennedy
LOVELAND EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
Replacement Cost = $12.4 M
ENROLLMENT
PROJECTIONS
REVIEW
LOVELAND CITY SCHOOLS
Enrollment Projection
Moderate enrollment growth projections
Conservative enrollment growth projections
Looking forward to 2028...
Looking forward to 2028...
EDUCATIONAL
FACILITY
EVALUATIONS
LOVELAND SCHOOLS
Educational Facility Evaluations
6 categories evaluated & 106 attributes scored
The School Site - Size, Location, Traffic Flow Logistics, Playgrounds
Structural and Mechanical - Current state of our Building Systems
Plant Maintainability - Is our Building easy to maintain?
School Building Safety & Security - Vehicle & Pedestrian traffic, Logical to navigate,
Entry Sequence
Educational Adequacy – Do our spaces Educate, Engage, & Empowering?
Classroom Size, Adaptability, Varied, Staff Support Spaces
Environment for Education – Relevant & Inspiring Interiors, Daylighting, Thermal
Comfort, Acoustics, Outdoor Learning, Furniture
LOVELAND SCHOOLS
EFE Overall = Borderline
6 categories evaluated & 106 attributes scored
LOVELAND SCHOOLS
EFE = Borderline
Poor (1).....Unsatisfactory (2).....Borderline (3).....Satisfactory (4).....Excellent (5)
6 categories evaluated & 106 attributes scored
Identified Needs Common to All Buildings
Inspirational & Relevant
Health &
Wellness
Potential for
Expansion
Adequate
Academic
Square Footage
Building & Site Navigation
Adequate academic square footage: What does it mean?
Academic Square Footage is defined as the actual Teaching Spaces.
It does not include Administrative, Physical Education, and Building Service spaces.
Adequate academic square footage: What does it answer?
Are our learning spaces large enough? anticipated class sizes, learning modalities, future enrollment projections
Do we have enough spaces to accommodate our desired program offerings?
Do we have varied spaces?
small group, large group, & individual needs
Adequate academic square footage: What does the research say?
LES ~
average classroom size = 770 sf
LECC ~
72% of the classrooms average less than 800 sf
*Source: State Standard refers to the OFCC (Ohio Facilities Construction Commission) guidelines for all school projects that they co-fund.
The state standard classroom size for 25 students is 900 sf as a stand- alone general classroom.
The state standard classroom size for a Kindergarten classroom is 1200 sf.
Adequate academic square footage: What does the research say?
LHS (currently 1500 students) ~
Current building =
64 sf / student
State suggested enrollment based on existing sf = 1200
Projected enrollment = 1800+ (within 10-years)
The state required minimum square feet per student for academic square footage is 82 sf / student for a 1500 student HS.
*Source: State Standard refers to the OFCC (Ohio Facilities Construction Commission) guidelines for all school projects that they co-fund.
What do our Tigers say?
We collected and documented all our conversations through use of a Mentimeter.
Through October, Loveland administration held Portrait of a Tiger discussions with:
Adequate academic square footage: What do our Tigers say?
“If I could design my own school, I would make it bigger. I would make it so that we could have more lighting instead of just plain lighting. I would also like more windows as well. I think we should have bigger hallways so people could have more room.”
– LMS student
Loveland students indicated that they would change the size of their school and classroom to make it bigger or more open.
Adequate academic square footage: What does/doesn’t it look like?
LPS
Adequate academic square footage: What does/doesn’t it look like?
LES
Adequate academic square footage: What does/doesn’t it look like?
LHS
Adequate academic square footage: Panel questions
Question 1 (Students): What are some examples of classroom or school spaces that you wish were bigger? How does this impact your learning?
Question 2 (Teachers): Could you speak to your experience with a limited learning square footage and how this impacts your students?
Building & site navigation: What does it mean?
Building navigation refers to the actual circulation spaces within a school providing a means of getting from one learning space to another.
Site navigation addresses the traffic circulation around the site for student, parent, staff, and community access.
Building & site navigation: What does it answer?
Does our site accommodate our needs?
safe parent drop-off, adequate student parking, logical traffic flow
Are the hallways easy to navigate & efficient? Welcoming vs. Intimidating
Are adjacencies of learning space types appropriate per their given use?
(ex. music, art, PE, Learning Commons, admin,
loud vs. quiet, centralized, secure)
Building & site navigation: What does the research say?
LES/LPS ~
Corridor SF is 25%
(450’ long single 8’ wide corridor)
The state standard square footage dedicated to circulation is 20%.
**Even with excess corridor square footage, the easiest way for kids to get to LES cafeteria is to go outside and then back in again.
Building & site navigation: What does the research say?
*Source: edtopia.org/article/anatomy-school-bullying-stephen-merrill
Over 50% of school bullying happens in the hallways. We look for ways to minimize corridors and add transparency combined with layered security.
LHS ~
Corridor width with lockers on both sides = 8’ to 8’6” compared to state standard of 12’
“I would make the size of the school bigger because the hallways and most classes are full and filled with people. I would like hallways with enough room for the students to not get backed up due to congestion of people.” – LHS student
“I would like to change our parking situation. It needs to be bigger and have more spaces and better lighting. It’s dangerous when you try to park and get into the building.”
– LHS student
Building & site navigation: What do our Tigers say?
Students noted issues with parking or traffic flow in their buildings and indicated concern for the safety of students entering the buildings during peak drop off/pick up times.
Building & site navigation: What does/doesn’t it look like?
LPS
Building & site navigation: What does/doesn’t it look like?
LES
Building & site navigation: What does/doesn’t it look like?
LIS/LMS
Building & site navigation: What does/doesn’t it look like?
LHS
Building and site navigation: Panel questions
Question 3 (Students): What difficulties in the hallways have you personally experienced going from class to class?
Question 4 (Teachers): What are some ways that you have personally experienced or witnessed someone have difficulty getting in or out of your building during peak times?
Potential for expansion: What does it mean?
Potential Expansion evaluates the site’s capability to add on to the existing building and support spaces.
Potential for expansion: What does it answer?
Is our site large enough to accommodate our future?
Increasing enrollment
Additional courses
Full-day Kindergarten
Expanded athletic complex
Fine Arts Center
Potential for expansion: What does the research say?
State suggested site size to accommodate a 500 student elementary school (LECC) is 15 acres.
State suggested site size to accommodate a 1200 student elementary school (LPS/LES) is 22 acres.
LECC ~
size size = 12 acres
LPS/LES ~
(16 total usable acres)
School = 12.6 acres
Bus Facility = 3.5 acres
*Source: State Standard refers to the OFCC (Ohio Facilities Construction Commission) guidelines for all school projects that they co-fund.
Potential for expansion: What does the research say?
State Suggested site size to accommodate a 1500 student 5th-8th school (LIS/LMS) is 35 acres
LIS/LMS ~
size size = 24 acres
*Source: State Standard refers to the OFCC (Ohio Facilities Construction Commission) guidelines for all school projects that they co-fund.
Potential for expansion: What do our Tigers say?
Students stated they would like additional options for course electives that are more aligned to their interests and potential careers.
“My school would have lots of academic programs to help students with high school and college. It would have more classes that match different career interests.”
– LHS student
Potential for expansion: What does/doesn’t it look like?
LECC
Potential for expansion: What does/doesn’t it look like?
LMS
Potential for Expansion: Panel questions
Question 5 (Students): What additional courses or elective offerings would you like to have at school?
Question 6 (Teachers): What limitations do we face in regards to expansion of our offerings and programs at various grade levels?
Health and wellness: What does it mean?
Health and wellness refers to the fact that learning can be enhanced by certain environmental conditions and hampered by others.
Health and wellness: What does it answer?
Does our facility support health and wellness?
Proper acoustics
Adequate daylighting
Consistent temperature and air quality
Ergonomically designed furniture
Health and wellness: What does the research say?
Daylight:
~ 20-26%: faster processing information
~ 25% Improvement in test scores
Windows:
~ 15-23%: Faster rate of improvement
Acoustics:
~ 25-30%: how much the average student is unable to understand
LMS ~
63% of teaching spaces do not have exterior windows
i. Source: “Heschong Mahone Group. Daylighting in schools. Fair Oaks CA: Pacific Gas and Electric Company; 1999
ii. School Planning and Management, April 2005; "Acoustical Design Basis of a Sound Education."
Health and wellness: What does/doesn’t it look like?
There is evidence that modest changes in room temperature affect student's abilities to perform tasks requiring mental concentration.
Children in classrooms with high outdoor air ventilation rates tend to achieve higher scores on standardized tests.
LES/LPS ~
90% of teachers felt the ventilation and temperature control was below average or poor.
*Source: Clements-Croome DJ, Awbi HB, Bako’-Biro’ ZS, Kochhar N, Williams M.
Ventilation rates in schools. Build Environ 2008
Health and wellness: What do our Tigers say?
Students indicated that they are negatively impacted by building temperatures, bad lighting, uncomfortable seating and plain paint color on the walls of their schools.
“I would change the comfort in the the classrooms. I think having different lighting would be helpful because bad lighting really affects how we feel.”
-LHS Student
Health and wellness: What does/doesn’t it look like?
LPS
Health and wellness: What does/doesn’t it look like?
LMS
Health and Wellness: Panel questions
Question 7 (Students): What environmental factors inside your school keep you from performing your best?
Question 8 (Teachers): What environmental factors do you see as limiting within your school?
Inspirational and Relevant: What does it mean?
Inspirational and relevant evaluates our schools’ abilities to provide our students with the learning environments necessary for them to acquire the knowledge and skill set needed to be successful in the next phase of their life.
Inspirational and Relevant: What does it answer?
Are the interior of our buildings relevant to the students they serve?
inspire, comfort, empower, encourage creativity
Are current classroom layouts more fluid & open enabling new ways to structure learning?
Does our building support the 20+ learning modalities?
(ex. independent study, team collaboration, lecture, team teaching, project-based, peer tutoring….)
Inspirational and Relevant: What does the research say?
Inspirational and Relevant: What does the research say?
Creativity & Innovation
Leadership
Adaptability
Emotional Intelligence
Risk Management
20th CEO Survey
The hardest skills to find are those that can’t be performed by machines
Skills Shortage:
94%
91%
82%
81%
75%
Inspirational and Relevant: What does the research say?
Procter and Gamble: Purpose, Values & Principles
Inspirational and Relevant: What does the research say?
65%
Kids entering school today will be doing jobs that currently don’t exist
*US Dept. of Labor
Inspirational and Relevant: What do our Tigers say?
Students said that they would design a building with open, common spaces to allow for flexibility and collaboration when working with peers on projects.
“I would like to change the size and space around the school. A lot of classes are becoming crowded and teachers can’t put as much effort into working with us individually. There is no room.”
-LHS Student
Inspirational and Relevant: What does/doesn’t it look like?
LECC
Inspirational and Relevant: What does/doesn’t it look like?
LES
Inspirational and Relevant: What does/doesn’t it look like?
LIS
Inspirational and Relevant: What does/doesn’t it look like?
LHS
Inspirational and Relevant: Panel questions
Question 9 (Students): What spaces most inspire your learning and creativity? Why?
Question 10 (Teachers): Describe an environment that inspires learning and creativity in you and your students.
LOVELAND HIGH SCHOOL
EFE Overall = Borderline
“Everyone and everything is competing for the same space.”
~LHS Teacher
LOVELAND HIGH SCHOOL
EFE Overall = Borderline
“Our building needs some TLC.”
~LHS Teacher
“We have NO area for our kids to enjoy.” ~LHS Teacher
LOVELAND HIGH SCHOOL
EFE Overall = Borderline
“The adaptations made for special needs students are great for what they are: BUT we need spaces specifically designed for them, not just adapted.”
~LHS Teacher
LOVELAND MIDDLE SCHOOL
EFE Overall = Satisfactory
“No windows in the 7th grade is a problem!” ~LMS Teacher
“My classroom is very traditional with standard desks. While they are fine, they do NOT fit my students’ needs.”
~LMS Teacher
LOVELAND MIDDLE SCHOOL
EFE Overall = Satisfactory
“We have some small group space, but our students are becoming more independent learners and need space to be able to learn together and collaborate together.” ~LMS Teacher
LOVELAND MIDDLE SCHOOL
EFE Overall = Satisfactory
“Afternoon dismissal is a terrible mess!” ~LMS Teacher
LOVELAND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
EFE Overall = Satisfactory
“The movable walls are a huge problem with noises from the adjacent classrooms.” ~LIS Teacher
LOVELAND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
EFE Overall = Satisfactory
Lack of outdoor learning environments, engaging and accessible outdoor play is an issue.
LOVELAND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
EFE Overall = Satisfactory
Staff support spaces and administration spaces are lacking.
LOVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EFE Overall = Borderline
“There is a huge disconnect due to layout.” ~LES Staff
“People must get ‘creative’ or park across the street at the plaza.”
~LES Staff
LOVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EFE Overall = Borderline
“Rooms are extremely inefficient and really affects the way kids learn. Too many kids in a very small room.” ~LES Staff
LOVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EFE Overall = Borderline
“Our poor building is horribly outdated and can’t accommodate current needs.”
~LES Staff
LOVELAND PRIMARY SCHOOL
EFE Overall = Borderline
“Bathrooms are the areas that seem most outdated, dingy, etc.”
~LPS Staff
LOVELAND PRIMARY SCHOOL
EFE Overall = Borderline
“Staff has to search out small group/intervention spaces. Reading teachers are sharing small spaces which is not conducive to teaching/learning effectively” ~LPS Staff
LOVELAND PRIMARY SCHOOL
EFE Overall = Borderline
“The design of our building does not facilitate team building, planning and communication.”
~LPS Staff
LOVELAND EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
EFE Overall = Borderline
“We are ready to grow our programs but need room to pursue that!”
~LECC Staff
LOVELAND EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
EFE Overall = Borderline
“We need clean, organized, designated areas for different learning, visually appealing spaces….”
~LECC Staff
LOVELAND EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
EFE Overall = Borderline
“It would be nice to have rooms that are unique to their subject area. Currently we don’t even have enough room for art and music to have their own rooms.”
~LECC Staff
What is a Facilities Master Plan?
How can we improve our physical environment and…
advance our mission of student learning & growth
…while remaining fiscally responsible?
Master Plan
Master Planning Process
Physical Building Assessment
Educational
Facility
Evaluation
Enrollment
Visioning
Options Development
Options Refinement
Review Financials
Prioritize Projects
CM1
CM2
CM3
CM4
Focus Group Sessions with emersion DESIGN
Translation Phase
AssessmentPhase
MP Delivery Phase
Next Steps
Gallery Walk