- .....The
process began in 2003 when a School Board directive was issued
to develop a long range facilities plan through build out with
the involvement of the community. The plan was to meet expected
enrollment growth, be cost effective, support exemplary educational
standards and address needs of existing facilities.
.....A
Citizens Facility Advisory Committee was formed in the falloff
2003 and met monthly for 13 months. The group toured the FISD
facilities. The group was divided into three sub-committees:
alignment/zoning/instruction; current facilities/maintenance;
and future facilities/land acquisition. In September 2004, the
Facility Advisory Committee presented a long range strategic
plan for a school bond.
.....Although
growth in student population was evident in the district, it
had not been enough to be able to staff a new campus so new facilities
were postponed at that time. A bond was passed in 2005 for $5.5
million in existing facilities renovating and replacing HVAC,
roofs, drainage and cafeteria equipment.
.....In
the spring of 2007, a new Facility Advisory Committee was formed
to review work of the 2003-04 committee to determine if the Facilities
Long Range Stategic Plan recommended to the Board was still relevant.
.....The
new committee endorsed the long range plan previously recommended
with a slight change. Instead of adding on to Windsong and Bales
Intermediate campuses, the committee wanted to construct a sixth
grade "wing" or campus at the new junior high. They
wanted the Board to consider adding a natatorium and unanimously
recommended the Board move forward to implement.
.....In
the diagrams to the left, campus enrollment and capacity levels
are shown for current facilities as well as for build-out in
2020.
.....A
demographic study was conduced by PASA of College Staton and
it was reported that approximately 9,000 students would possibly
be attending FISD at build-out. Current enrollment is 5850. Average
growth for the past five years is slightly over two percent per
year. Student enrollment has grown 10 percent over the past five
years from 5,242 to 5, 850.
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