Capital Improvement Plan, 2006-2012
I. Introduction and Overview of CIP Document
The Anchorage School Board is responsible for providing an adequate
educational environment for the students of Anchorage. To fulfill this obligation,
the School Board regularly engages in comprehensive long-range planning of
school facility construction, renovation, and maintenance. On an annual basis,
the School Board adopts a Six-Year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) that
addresses the anticipated levels of student enrollment and shifts in enrollment,
along with school facility condition and functionality from an educational
perspective. This plan delineates the construction priorities for the District over
the succeeding six-year period.
The steps in preparing the Six -Year CIP are listed below:
- Survey all Anchorage area private schools for membership data.
- Collect birth data from the State of Alaska Bureau of Vital
Statistics.
- Determine total military membership residing on and off military
installations from the Anchorage School District's Information
Technology Department.
- Survey all District principals to determine school space utilization.
- Input six-year membership forecasts into computer spreadsheets,
which generate student projection tables.
- Receive administrative recommendations for alleviating negative
conditions projected in facility usage based on the six-year
forecast.
- Obtain approved recommendations from the District’s Capital
Request Advisory Committee.
- Present draft CIP to the Municipal Planning and Zoning
Commission for recommendation to the School Board.
- School Board review and approval of the CIP.
- Transmittal of CIP to Municipal Assembly and to the State
Department of Education and Early Development (EED).
This document is divided into 4 major sections:
- School Facilities and Educational Structure
- Capital Improvement Recommendations for 2006-07 to 2011-12
- Historical Population Growth Factors and Membership Projections for
2006-07 to 2011-12
- Appendices providing detailed membership projections; graphs of
demographic facts related to the student population; standard space
specifications; the process used for selecting new school sites; and the
current status of District facilities as it relates to original construction and
any additions in gross square footage.
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