
Planning
Welcome to the Planning Department
Our office strives to ensure that the school district's facilities provide superior working and learning environments for staff and students. Our primary goals include:
Determining the program and ultimate capacities of all schools
Updating the Facility Lists and Educational Specifications at all levels
Keeping abreast of all residential development and housing trends
Collaborating with all local governments on siting of future schools and ensuring adequate infrastructure for new and existing schools
Projecting classroom needs for the next 5-, 10-, and 20-year periods
Completing all necessary reports for the Florida DOE
What We Do
Capital Planning
Develop and distribute Capital Improvement Plan [CIP]
Develop a yearly cycle for CIP completion
Facilitate/assist studies of priority facility situations
Facilitate Facility Strategy Team
Facilitate Small Projects team
Help complete the DOE Five-Year Work Plan
Track all changes to school site plans
Participate in all redistricting & choice-seat determinations
Participate in district and school projection determinations
Develop Class Size Reduction Impacts
Develop a capacity policy for Board
School Concurrency
Update Concurrency Service Areas
Facilitate adoption of revised Interlocal Agreement [ILA] and Comp Plan Amendments by county and municipalities
Manage the ILA Oversight Committee
Develop and implement a school concurrency management system
Revenue Enhancements
Manage the impact fee study
Facilitate impact fee update through the School Board and County Commission
Work with all local governments on infrastructure impacts of new/expanded schools
Optimal School Design
Develop and adopt Educational Specifications
Impact of Residential Development
Track all applications and approved residential developments
Respond to all Comp Plan Amendments, Rezone Petitions, and Site Plan reviews
Represent district on all Local Planning Agencies