A facilities master plan is a document describing a strategy to address the need for facility improvements and for capital investments to support current and future educational programs. The LPSS’s educational plan drives the development of the facilities master plan and the community is involved every step of the way. 

 

The facilities master plan assesses the need for repairs, modernization, upgrades, or new construction and identifies options and solutions to address the needs.  It also assesses the availability of federal, state, and local funding and other sources to finance improvements and capital investments and provides an overview of the scope of projects that LPSS may reasonably accomplish with available funds. 

 

The facilities master plan provides LPSS Board with a plan for addressing the educational needs of the students and community. It also provides the community with objective information about the school’s educational program and the facilities required to support the program. This information is shared with the community through a series of community presentations and dialog, allowing the Board to continually inform the community of the reasons for its decisions. 

 

Facilities master planning is a process aimed at encouraging school planning professionals to undertake a careful and detailed examination of all the factors involved in planning, building, and managing a school. Facility master plans are not static. They require regular updating in response to changing educational requirements and the need for repairs and preventative maintenance for the school facilities.