.....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. |
