Planning Advisory Committee Charge

Plano ISD has aging facilities and has faced a budget deficit for the past seven years. Understanding that efficiency of operations results in increased equity of programming and resources for all students, and with students at the heart of every decision, the Board of Trustees charged the Long Range Facility Planning Advisory Committee to:

Develop a comprehensive 10-year plan that includes the actions and desired outcomes for students, staff, programs, resources and properties using the Guiding Principles and Efficiency Framework Criteria no later than May 21, 2024.  

Guiding Principles

The Board of Trustees established the following guiding principles for the committee to use as they worked. The long range plan should:

• Expand opportunities for student learning through economies of scale and expand choice offerings through streamlined locations
• Align resources to students' needs and geographies
• Maintain equity of resource deployment across all campuses
• Maintain integrity of feeder patterns, if possible
• Balance enrollment demographically as much as possible
• Consider transportation times (length of time the student is on a bus)
• Consider impact on staff including a hold harmless for compensation and retention to ensure job security for current employees 
• Consider solutions to mitigate any disproportionate impact on economically disadvantaged students
• Phase changes over time to allow for relocation of staff
• Ensure comparable and equitable facilities across the district

Efficiency Framework 

The following data is part of the Efficiency Framework Criteria and was reviewed with the committee for consideration:

1. Enrollment
2. Building Capacity & Efficiency
3. Facility Assessment Score
   1. Age/Useful Life
   2. Repair & Maintenance
   3. Physical Inspection
4. Cost
   1. Operating
   2. Capital
   3. Per Pupil