Policy: 6920P
Section: 6000 - Management Support

Title: Construction Design

Status: Active

Adopted: January 13, 2025

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Procedure - Construction Design

Educational Specifications
Educational specifications are written after consultation with appropriate staff, consultants and community members. The content of a set of educational specifications may include all or part of the following items:

A. A statement of the educational philosophy as it pertains to the specific construction project;
B. Community and School Characteristics:

1. The plan of organization and expected enrollments of the school:

a.    Grade levels; and
b.    Maximum expected enrollments with trends and projections, if necessary.

     2. The construction plan for the facility whether it is to be a new facility, an addition, or a phased program leading to a complete facility;

     3. Special services to be provided:

a. Guidance programs;
b. Social work programs;
c. Provisions for exceptional children; and
d. Other services;

     4. The special provisions needed for community use:

a. Cooperative park/school arrangement;
b. Parent-teacher associations;
c. Community athletic programs; and
d. Other provisions;
 

     5. The extent that adults will use this facility;
     6. The extent to which students will be transported and the facilities that must be included to handle this service adequately;
     7. The cafeteria services to be provided and the maximum number of individuals likely to be served;
     8. The policy regarding multiple use of spaces; and
     9. Other pertinent data relating to the project;

C. Site Characteristics - site considerations necessary for this project, including:

1. Site size and location defined; and
2. Recommended building orientation; service drives; parking requirements for staff, students, and public; sidewalk and other approaches; outside lighting;

D. Requirements of the Physical Plant:

1. Instructional functions and spaces required. A statement of instructional purposes is to precede the description of each area:

a. Number of spaces required by function; and

b. The relationships of these spaces;

     2. The non-instructional spaces required. Each space is to be described by function and spaces requirements;
     3. Relationships of spaces required:

a.    Inter-relationship between instructional areas;
b.    Relationship between instructional and non-instructional spaces; and
c.     Relationship of spaces to site;
 

4. Environmental factors should be described in terms of educational relationships or concerns; and

E.    Additional information or comments as necessary to further interpret and clarify the educational program.
 

Adopted: 01.13.2025

Last Revised: