Fremont Public Schools
Facilities/Learning Environment
November 20, 2007
Purpose: To review facility needs and develop a learning environment master plan by no later than April 2008
Facilitator – Scott Sherman
Co-Chairs – To be determined
Recorder – Cathy Obits
Attendees were asked to bring a friend to the next meeting to expand the number of members.
Brainstorming:
If we were to spring forward five years, what would we expect to see?
Technology
- Wireless facilities, current technology tools (infrastructure & equipment)
- Virtual facility
Facilities
- Upgrade versus new high school
- Improved traffic flow around schools
- Updated Pine and Daisy Brook buildings (wiring, landscaping)
- New Community Education/Quest building
- Integrate administration building
- Universal preschool facility
- Improved security
Athletic facilities
- Athletic facilities available to public
- New pool and support facilities
- More facilities at schools (fields too far away from high school to use during the day)
Other
- Go green (create environmentally friendly facilities)
- Integrate internal and external (community) needs
- Include/consider collaborations with other districts
- Determine fate of 44th street property
What resources/information do we need for the next meeting?
- Facilities inventory
- Current capacity/usage
- Projected capacity needs
- Age of facilities
- Energy usage/utilities
- Code issues
- Curb appeal (quantitative and qualitative)
- Input from
- Teachers
- Parent groups
- School improvement groups
- Townships
- City
- Experts
- Dr. Ivens (technology)
- FBI agent (security issues)
- History over the last few years
- Results from architectural firm review
- Changes/upgrades completed or in process
Next steps
- Complete assessment by January
- Tour of facilities/walk throughs in February
- City talk on Smart Growth – March?
- Develop plan – April
Next meeting – January 29 @ 6:30 pm at the Administration Building
Facility tours – February 18, 19 @ 9 am