Districtwide Facilities Master Plan

Jeffco Public Schools is initiating a Districtwide Facilities Master Plan (DWFMP) in order to support the Jeffco Strategic Plan and prepare for the next Capital Improvement Plan. Once the DWFMP is completed and approved by the Board of Education, a Capital Improvement Plan, to be put before the voters, will be prepared.

The purpose of the DWFMP is to provide the basis by which Jeffco will:

• Ensure facilities meet the needs of students & staff.
• Ensure safe learning and working environments.
• Ensure facilities are maintained.

The program was comprised of Three Major Components, which will utilized the information collected in each element, so that the district could prepare a District Wide Facilities Master Plan in March of 2010.

The DWFMP will provide recommendations for new school construction, school by school renovation budgets, alternative delivery strategies and/or campus consolidations.

The three inter-related components include the following:

Capital Asset Planning (CAP)

Capital Assess Planning (CAP) was an effort performed by a group of outside consultants, Jacobs, in conjunction with the Jeffco’s Facilities Planning & Design and Construction Management departments.  As part of CAP, and educational adequacy and facility condition assessment of every building in the district was conducted from June-Sept. 2009.  In addition, there was school and community outreach to inform and solicit input into the DWFMP process. Summary:

• Micro Level Assessment
• Educational Adequacy
• School & Community Outreach
• Implementation, Bond Planning, Long Term Capital Allocation
• Consolidation of Multiple Planning/Maintenance Tools

Facilities Usage Committee  

During 2009-10, a Facilities Usage Committee was facilitated by an outside consultant, APA, and was made up of parents, community members, and district staff.  The Committee was tasked with studying the current facilities with regard to capacity, enrollment, and programs.  They conducting two community forums and developed recommended options presented to the BOE. The group:

• Studied current fFacilities (capacity, enrollment, programs)
• Held community forums
• Recommended options to the BOE

State-Wide Financial Assistance Priority Assessment

As part of legislative action funded by the State budget, an educational suitability assessment and a life cycle assessment of major system components was assessed from May-Oct. 2009. 

• Macro Level Assessment of all K-12 Educational Facilities in the State
• Legislative action funded by the State Budget

Each school was visited by 4 teams as follows: