Master Plan Influences
Master Plan Influences help inform the community and future teams of the overall design intent of facility improvements to support and enhance student learning.
Understanding Proposed Projects
Each site in this master plan has proposed projects. Use this guide understand what each project category may include.
This facilities master plan is intended to guide the long-term capital improvement projects throughout the District. The concepts developed for each campus are the result of careful analysis of the GOALS, FACTS and NEEDS of each school and attempts to provide a solution that is directly responsive to those factors.
Are these final designs?
Detailed design of each project will occur at a future date upon establishment of project funding sources and will be addressed by the District, site staff and design team selected for each site.
Common Campus Master Plan Solutions
Campuses often face similar challenges and therefore may have common master plan solutions. Since each site is unique, even common solutions will have their unique expression on each site.
Two key themes occur on nearly every elementary school site across the district. These themes are aging facilities and site access. In some instances the district has begin taking corrective action with modernization and site access improvements. A significant portion of the district’s elementary schools were designed and constructed in the 1960’s. At this time, schools functioned as “neighborhood schools” with large portions of the student population walking to school from local residences. Special services for schools have grown over time as well, with the addition of numerous instructors, counselors, psychologists, nurses, and other service professionals.
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Newport-Mesa Unified School District Facilities Master Plan
