Develop a plan for facilities that supports 21st Century Learning

A community Strategic Planning Committee formed in April 2009 to set the district’s goals for the next five years. This committee again identified buildings as a priority in Goal #4.

The Board of Education approved a Master Facilities Planning effort in January 2010 to re-examine the issue, with the goal of creating a wider community engagement plan to involve more stakeholders in the decision-making process and to develop a plan that the community can embrace.

The effort will be guided by a Core Planning Committee made up of 20 to 30 volunteers who represent all district stakeholders and facilitated by educational planning consultant, Amy Yurko, president of Chicago-based BrainSpaces, a nationally recognized firm that provides school planning services to districts across the country.

• To link educational goals and designs of school facilities
• To be flexible to adjust to evolving school and community needs
• To represent a collaborative effort with the groups involved in planning and designing, building, managing and using the facilities
• To create a legacy of quality schools for current and future generations of Bensenville Students.

• Feb. 11, 2010 -- Tioga School
  
  • AGENDA
    • 1. Introductions & Welcome
    • 2. Current state of facilities
    • 3. Phasing and funding
    • 4. What to expect during this process
    • 5. Best practices in school design
    • 6. Your thoughts, hopes & worries
    • 7. Student ideas
    • 8. Discussion
  • Summary of Forum
• March 11, 2010  -- Chippewa School 6:30 to 8 p.m. Child care provided/translation provided
  • AGENDA
    • State of existing facilities and impact on student learning
    • Finances: Funding opportunities and timelines
    • A look at options to go forward
    • Participants’ fears/hopes of process
    • Participants’ fears/hopes of new schools for Bensenville.
    Summary of Forum 2
• April 15, 2010 -- Mohawk School 6:30 to 8 p.m.
  
  • AGENDA
    
    • Welcome – Madelyn Devers, Mohawk School Principal
    • Introductions – Madelyn Devers
    • Spotlight Needs of School – Teachers
    • Discussion Group Process
      
      • There will be one question: With the realities of the status of the Mohawk School building, what are your hopes and dreams for the future school for your children?
      • 10 minutes to discuss questions and record on display paper.
      • 5 minutes report back to whole group
    
    
    • Audience Questions
    • Adjourn
    Summary of Forum 3
• May 13, 2010 -- Johnson School, 6:30 to 8 p.m.
• August-November forums TBD

Winter 2010
Kick-off community engagement
Core Planning Committee forms
Spring 2010
Facilities Master Planning
Summer 2010
Planning/Design of Phase 2
Fall 2010
Phase 3, refinement of scope/costs
Winter/Spring 2011
funding parameters, communications

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