Good Evening!
Community Information Meeting #1
North Lyon County Unified School District #251
Monday – December 01, 2014
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Tonight’s Agenda
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Introduce the Hollis + Miller
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Building Ownership + Trust
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Building Your Game Plan
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Clarifications + Questions
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Ground Work + Next Steps
Describe our role with North Lyon County
North Lyon County Community Engagement
Step by Step Process for North Lyon County
Address your issues and follow up
Prepare for Planning with an Open Mind
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Vision + Partnership
to Elevate Learning in North Lyon
County USD #251
Question: What is Vision + Partnership?
Answer:
A shared, executable picture
of a preferred future
Education by Design
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Hollis + Miller Architects
-Founded in Kansas City in 1950
-Offices:
-Lee’s Summit, Missouri
-Overland Park, Kansas
-Over 1,400 School Projects
-Educational Planning Specialist (Not General Practitioners)
-2012 over 85% of our work was in Public K12
-85% of revenue comes from repeat clients
-Regional Practice/Nationally Reputation
-Joplin, Ozark, Herington, Bolivar, Louisburg, Warrensburg,
-Emporia, North Kansas City, Garnett, Blue Springs, Mound City
-Liberty, Humboldt, Park Hill, Holton, Raymore Peculiar, Olathe,
-Lee’s Summit, Manhattan, Raytown, Lansing, Grain Valley
-Fort Scott, Harrisonville, Iola, Grain Valley, Leavenworth, Odessa,
-Moberly, North Jackson, Weston, Desoto, Lafayette County,
-Platte County, Knob Noster many more….
-National and International Awards given
Liggett Trail Early Childhood
Blue Springs School District
by educators!
Part One:
Your Team - Education by Design
Kirk Horner
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Hollis + Miller Architects
Role in USD 251:
Partner In Charge
Experience:
30 years school planning
Projects Include:
Garnett, Herington, Emporia,
Mound City, Louisburg,
Lansing, Humboldt,
Leavenworth, DeSoto
Hometown:
Shawnee, Kansas
Bell Prairie Elementary School
Part One:
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Kevin Nelson
Your Team - Education by Design
Hollis + Miller Architects
Role in USD 251:
Project Architect
Experience:
10 years school planning
Projects Include:
Herington, Emporia,
Park Hill, Liberty, Olathe
Hometown:
Hays, Kansas
Herington K-12 Campus
Part One:
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Kent McCosh
Your Team - Education by Design
Smith + Boucher Engineering
Role in USD 251:
Lead MEP Engineer
Experience:
30 years school engineering
Projects Include:
Garnett, Herington, Emporia,
Mound City, Louisburg, Lansing,
Humboldt, Leavenworth, DeSoto
Hometown:
Manhattan, Kansas
Part One:
Your Team - Education by Design
John Funk
Pegge Breneman
Tayler Delzell
Structural / FEMA
Furniture + Equipment
Building Graphics
Valuable
Resources
Additional expertise + experience
Unified School District 251
Kevin Patterson
Jenny Schmidt
Angela Sheehy
QC / Specifications
Interior Designer
Bond Support
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Education by Design
Hollis + Miller Architects
Sample of “Recent” Elementary Experience
New Joplin Elementary
Joplin Public Schools
-Joplin Elementary School
Joplin Hill School District
-Liggett Trail Early Childhood
Blue Springs School District
-Tiffany Ridge Elementary
Park Hill School District
-Maple Grove Elementary
Warrensburg School District
-Little Blue Elementary
Raytown School District
-Garnett elementary
Garnett School District
-Odessa Elementary
Odessa School District
-Rockville Elementary School
Louisburg School District
-Herrington Elementary
Herington School District
Over 16 new area Elementary Schools
-North Lyon County will benefit from this wonderful experience.
-Lets Tour! …. What lessons can be learned?
Provide a “Custom NLC Design”
-No two districts are alike…why should their facilities be?
-Enjoyable and engaging processes + people.
-Will result in a very unique and special design for North Lyon County
New Longview Elementary
Lee’s Summit Public Schools
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Education by Design
Hollis + Miller Architects
Sample of “Recent” High School Experience
New Staley High School
North Kansas City Schools
-New Staley High School
North Kansas City School District
-Grain Valley High School
Grain Valley School District
-Blue Springs High School
Blue Springs School District
-Park Hill High School
Park Hill School District
-Liberty North High School
Liberty School District
-New Lansing High School
Lansing Unified School District
-Park Hill South High School
Park Hill School District
-Blue Springs South High School
Blue Springs School District
-Moberly High School
Moberly School District
Over 22 area High School Project
-North Lyon County will benefit from this wonderful experience.
-Lets Tour! …. What lessons can be learned?
We understand “STEM” High Schools
-High Schools today have new + elevated expectations
-Our collaborative process will ensure learning + curriculum drives this design
-Will result in a very unique and special design for North Lyon County
University Academy
UMKC Charter School
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Part Two:
Building Ownership
and Trust
Community engagement for North Lyon’s success
Benefits to
Planning:
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Demonstrates and establishes credibility
and financial responsibility with the
school district community.
Provides opportunity for the school district
to navigate towards its own unique
educational vision by steering not just
reacting.
Creates a clear road map for development
of current + future facilities based on vision
and need.
Elements of
LRP Planning:
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Planning for the Future
Significant Financial Implications
Building Evaluations
Demographics (growing or shrinking)
Educational Vision
Making Tough Long-Term Decisions
Staff Focus + Commitment
Reflection of Your Community
Ownership + trust thru
Collaboration
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-Community Forums
-District Coffee’s
-District Vision 20/20 Stakeholders
-District Staff Input Meetings
-Board Work Sessions
-Site Visits to other Districts
-Patron + Staff Surveys
“A community will support what
it values and believes in”
Dr. Bill Cook - The Cambridge Institute
FVG
Facilities Vision Group
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Who:
1. Board of Education
2. Superintendent
3. Curriculum Director
4. Facilities Director
5. Demographics/Planning
6. Architect
Role:
1. Eye on the “big picture”
2. Integrate educational vision
with world class facilities
3. Assures integration of
curriculum in facility planning
CLG
Community Leadership Group
Who:
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Community Meetings
Senior Citizens
Farming + Ranching Interest
County Government
Media Sources
EDC - Economic Development
Role:
1. Acknowledgment of the “Community
of Learners”
2. Additional planning input and
perspective
3. Awareness and communications
beyond school district
FFG
Facilities Focus Group
Who:
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Existing Citizen Committee
Booster club
Parent / teacher organizations
Site council representatives
Perennial volunteers
Role:
1. Direct link to the most supportive
patrons of the district.
2. Two-way conduit for planning
information and facilities.
3. Sounding board for ideas and
concerns regarding education.
4. Forms the nucleus of the bond issue
promotion committee.
BSG
Building Specialist Group
Who:
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Curriculum
Technology
Special Education
Food Service
Selected Administrators
All District Staff
Role:
1. Critical and specific input on
specialized areas of learning.
2. Coordination of all aspects of
learning and facilities.
3. Coordination of futuristic
educational trends and their
facility needs and implications.
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Part Three:
Process to Build
Your “Game Plan”
Step by Step Exploration Process
Process...Process
STEP 5: Adopt Best Plan
(April – May)
-CLG (Community Information Meeting #5)
-BSG (Teachers)
-FFG (Citizen Committee)
-FVG (Board of Education)
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STEP 4: Explore Option
(March)
-CLG (Community Information Meeting #4)
-BSG (Teachers)
-FFG (Citizen Committee)
-FVG (Board of Education)
STEP 3: Planning Criteria
(February)
-CLG (Community Information Meeting #3)
-BSG (Teachers)
-FFG (Citizen Committee)
-FVG (Board of Education)
STEP 2: Collect Data/Information
(December-January)
-CLG (Community Information Meeting #2)
-BSG (Teachers)
-FFG (Citizen Committee)
-FVG (Board of Education)
STEP 1: Project Initiation
(December)
-Community Information Meeting #1
-Establish the game plan
-Who? When? Where?
Step One:
Game Plan / Time Line
STEP 5:
(2-3 months)
STEP 4: (1-2 months)
STEP 3: (1 month)
STEP 2: (2 months)
STEP 1: (1 month)
Move too Fast:
-Lose ownership
-Make decision w/o time to
consider input + impact.
-Not allow public time to engage.
Move too Slow:
-Process dies a slow death
-Planning tends to loose focus
-Fails to build broad support
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Step One:
Game Plan / Time Line
2014
2016
2015
Q4
Q2
Q1
Q3
Q4
Q2
Q1
Q3
BOE Adopts Ballot Language
Aug 03
Board of Education Selects Architect
Oct 22
BOE Adopts Ballot Language
Jun 17
Step Five:
Potential Election Date
Nov 2015
Bond Campaign
Adopt the Best Plan
Community Meeting #5
May 14
Step Four:
Community Meeting #4
March 26
Explore Options
Step Three:
Step One:
Community Meeting #1
December 01
Game Plan
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Summer
Break
Community Meeting #2
January 26
Collect Data
Holiday
Break
Step Two:
Summer
Break
Community Meeting #3
February 23
Planning Criteria
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Step One:
Game Plan / Time Line
FVG - Facility Vision Group
-Northern Heights HS
December 17th
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06:00pm
CLG - Community Leadership Group
-Community Meeting #1
-Northern Heights HS
December 01st
07:00pm
FFT - Facilities Focus Group
-Citizens Committee
STEP 1: (December)
December 09th 06:00pm
BSG - Building Specialist Group
-Americus / NLC
-Reading
-Northern Heights
December 10th
December 10th
December 17th
07:30am
03:30pm
07:15am
Strategies for
Collecting Input
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CLG – Community Leadership Group
Meeting #1
Meeting #2
Meeting #3
Meeting #4
Meeting #5
Dec 01
Jan 26
Feb 23
Mar 26
May 14
Northern Heights
Admire
Reading (CONFLICT!!!)
Americus
Northern Heights
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Step Two:
Collect + Share Data
FVG - Facility Vision Group
-Northern Heights HS
CONFLICT!!!
January 14th
07:30pm
CLG - Community Leadership Group
-Community Meeting #2
-Admire location
STEP 2: (January)
STEP 1: (December)
January 26th
07:00pm
FFT - Facilities Focus Group
-Citizens Committee
CONFLICT!!!
January 14th
05:30pm
BSG - Building Specialist Group
-Americus / NLC
-Reading
-Building Tours #1 (TBD)
January 14th
January 14th
January 19th
07:30am
03:30pm
08:00am
January 21st
07:15am
District In-Service Day
-Northern Heights
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Get off to a great start!
Take time to tour
First
In Words
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-Builds team + learning opportunities.
-Great investment of time
-Creates a common point of reference.
-Opens eyes to other ideas and options.
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Herington USD
Hollis + Miller Architects
Herington K-12 Campus
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Garnett USD
Hollis + Miller Architects
Strategies for
Collecting Input
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Strategies for
Collecting Input
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Staff interviews and surveys
Step Three:
Planning Criteria
FVG - Facility Vision Group
-Northern Heights HS
CONFLICT!!!
February 11th
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07:30PM
CLG - Community Leadership Group
-Community Meeting #3
February 23rd
-Reading ES location –CONFLICT!
STEP 3: (February)
STEP 2: (January)
07:00pm
FFT - Facilities Focus Group
-Citizens Committee
-CONFLICT!!!
February 11th
05:30pm
BSG - Building Specialist Group
STEP 1: (December)
-Americus / NLC
-Reading
-Building Tours #2 (TBD)
District In-Service Day
-Northern Heights
February 11th
February 11th
February 16th
07:30am
03:30pm
08:00am
February 18th
07:15am
“Plan To Do Right!”
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Planning needs to clearly demonstrate the advantages of a K-12 Campus.
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In black + white terms share the “true cost of renovating” the Districts facilities.
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Provide appropriate learning spaces for today’s learners and staff needs
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Addressing student + staff safety as a high priority.
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Educate our community on the positive features of a “phased” Long Range Master Plan
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Educational technology will be integrated into any new or remodeled facility.
Concept
Concept
Concept
Concept
Concept
Concept
“Planning Criteria
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Example:
Safe and secure schools
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Appropriate environments for learning
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Master plan for success
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Consider the total cost of renovation
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Community use and collaboration
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Grade level configuration
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Modular classrooms are not a solution
“Planning Criteria
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Plan for maximum site utilization
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Properly address special education
10 Spaces for educational collaboration
11 District benefits of a PK-12 Campus
12 Integration of educational technology
Example:
13 Plan for all student learning needs
Step Four:
Develop Options
FVG - Facility Vision Group
-Northern Heights HS
STEP 4: (March)
March 11th
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06:00pm
CLG - Community Leadership Group
-Community Meeting #4
-Americus ES location
March 26th
07:00pm
STEP 3: (February)
FFT - Facilities Focus Group
STEP 2: (January)
-Citizens Committee
March 11th
05:30pm
BSG - Building Specialist Group
STEP 1: (December)
-Americus / NLC
-Reading
-Northern Heights
March 11th
March 11th
March 26th
07:30am
03:30pm
07:15am
Step Five:
Adopt Best Option
STEP 5: (Apr-Jun)
STEP 4: (March)
FVG - Facility Vision Group
-Board of Education
-Board of Education
-Board of Education
April 15th
May 20th
June 17th
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06:00pm
06:00pm
07:00pm
(Board Adopts Ballot Language)
CLG - Community Leadership Group
STEP 3: (February)
-Community Meeting #5
-Northern Heights HS location
May 14th
STEP 2: (January)
FFT - Facilities Focus Group
STEP 1: (December)
BSG - Building Specialist Group
-Citizens Committee
-Americus / NLC
-Reading
-Northern Heights
April 15th
May 20th
April 15th
April 15th
April 22nd
07:00pm
05:30pm
05:30pm
07:30am
03:30pm
07:15am
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Part Four:
Conclusion
Questions
Discussion . . .
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Part Five:
Next Steps . . . .
Prepare for Planning with an Open Mind
Part Five:
Next Steps . . . .
What:
Location:
Date:
Time:
Community Meeting #2
Admire Community Building
January 26, 2014
07:00pm
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Question One:
What are your ideas on how to ensure the
students and staff at North Lyon County
can successfully prepare it’s students in todays
economy?
Question Two:
What happens if the North Lyon County USD
251 community and the Board of Education
decide do nothing?
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Thank You!
Community Information Meeting #1
North Lyon County Unified School District #251
Monday – December 01, 2014