Patrick Henry School and Recreation Center Advisory Group Meeting - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Patrick Henry School and Recreation Center Advisory Group Meeting Wednesday, January 13, 2016 6:00 PM www.acps.k12.va.us

Agenda Introductions • RECAP: Community Engagement Process / Schedule • Project Update • Architect Selection • Board and Council Adopted Actions • Recreation Center Survey Results • Initial Design Considerations • Next Steps / Questions & Answers • Tour Facility • www.acps.k12.va.us 2

Community Engagement Process www.acps.k12.va.us 3

Community Engagement Process www.acps.k12.va.us 4

Patrick Henry School and Recreation Center Project Update June 11, 2015 –School Board Approves Construction of the New Building • June 23, 2015 – City Council Approves Neighborhood Recreation Center • Approach September 2015 – Award Project Management (PM) Contract • January 2016 – Anticipated Architect/Engineering (AE) Award • February 2016 – Design team begins to develop schematic designs • March 2016 – Development Special Use Permit (DSUP) process begins • June 2016 – School Board to approve schematic design • Fall 2016 – Public Hearing for DSUP • June 2017 – Construction phase begins • Fall 2018 –School and Recreation Center open/ Ribbon Cutting • www.acps.k12.va.us 5

Project Design Schedule Overview – 2016 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Schematic Design Design Dvlpmnt Const Docs Schematic Design Addresses overarching project goals and requirements • Requires a finalized program of spaces • Respond to community concerns from feasibility study • Architect develops minimum of (3) site plans, floor plans, and initial • elevations Architect performs other initial studies (environmental, geotechnical, • topographic and utility surveys, archaeological, etc) Consider sequencing of construction around operating facilities • Provide narratives of design for building systems (mechanical, plumbing, • electrical, etc) and site stormwater management www.acps.k12.va.us 6

Project Design Schedule Overview – 2016 Cmty Cmty Cmty Cmty Cmty Cmty Cmty Cmty Mtg Mtg Mtg Mtg Mtg Mtg Mtg Mtg * * Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Schematic Design Design Dvlpmnt Const Docs Community Engagement *Late Jan - School Board approves contract for architect Early Feb – Introduction of architect, review of schedule and process, review of feedback from feasibility study which will inform early design Early Mar – Present initial (3) site plan options with pros/cons for feedback Early Apr – Summarize feedback from (3) initial options, present selected option and criteria process for selection, solicit feedback Early May and Early June – Updates on design, solicit feedback *Late Jun – School Board approved schematic design Bi-monthly community meetings during Design Development www.acps.k12.va.us 7

Proposed Advisory Group and Community Meeting Schedule JAN 27, 6pm Advisory Group Introduce AE firm, comments on program document FEB 3, TBD Community Introduce AE firm, initial design considerations FEB 24, 6pm Advisory Group Review initial site plan options and comment MAR 2, TBD Community Review initial site plan options and comment MAR 16, Advisory Group Announce selected site plan option 5:30pm + Community APR 6, 6pm Advisory Group Update on design APR 20, Advisory Group Update on design 5:30pm + Community All dates are subject to potential change pending input from architect www.acps.k12.va.us 8

Project Update – Architect Firm Proposals collected end of November • School and Recreation Center Experience • Experience with Alexandria Special Use Permitting Process (DSUP) • Project Approach • Sustainability • Interviews conducted in December • Discussions on scope and fee with highest ranked firm in • January Architect contract going to School Board for approval Thursday, • Jan 14. www.acps.k12.va.us 9

Project Update – Board and Council Adopted Actions PK8 Neighborhood Educational Recreation Program Center Site-Specific Program Document www.acps.k12.va.us 10

Pre-K – 8 School Research-Based Model Conclusions • Aims to raise student achievement • A study of New York schools showed that students in a Pre-K-8 school had higher • Avoids the transition between academic achievement in reading, writing, elementary and middle school and mathematics assessments. • Provides a continuity of instruction • A Harvard study reported that in virtually all and focus from elementary to middle subjects the scores on standardized test • Provides a comprehensive and showed great academic gains . integrated approach to learning • The personalized Pre-K-8 environment • Promotes deep knowledge of student eases the developmental challenges of strengths and areas for improvement students as they age, including enhanced • Produces sustained peer and staff outlook , self-esteem , and critical relationships reasoning . • Fosters a personalized learning • Discipline problems are eased as a result of environment that places students at the personalized learning environment. the center of the learning process www.acps.k12.va.us 11

Pre-K-8 Schools Offer… • Ideal setting for acceleration • A school climate that fosters and meeting the specific long-term relationships and needs of students a sense of continuity and community • Opportunities for mentoring , student leadership , and • More personalized community engagement experiences for students • Minimal transitions for • Stability for students at their students and families most critical points in social development • Opportunity for deep academic gains through • Enhanced academic progress teacher knowledge of student through a focus upon the strengths and areas for whole child improvement www.acps.k12.va.us 12

Project Update – Recreation Center Survey Results Program/Space Rank Score Indoor Walking/ Running Lanes 1 210 Flex Court 2 230 Multi-Purpose Room 3 234 Crafts Room 4 244 Weight/Fitness Room 5 252 Soft Play Room 6 258 Sixty-eight responses received. Spaces got a 1 for each respondent who said it was their 1 st preference, a 2 for each who said it was their 2 nd preference, and so on. Therefore a LOWER numerical score indicates a HIGHER level of preference. www.acps.k12.va.us 13

Project Update – Initial Design Considerations Fulfill Site Specific Program Document • Includes Shared-Usage Adjacencies • Includes outdoor space requirements • Site Traffic Flows and Parking (Buses, Cars, Bikes, Pedestrians) • Utilizing traffic study results anticipated by end of January • Consideration of Neighborhood Context • LEED and Sustainability • Stormwater Management Requirements • Safe Construction Around Operating School and Recreation • Center Be Constructible Within Capital Project Budget • www.acps.k12.va.us 14

Next Steps • Tour facility tonight – see next slide for outdoor space • Share Site Specific Program Document • Advisory Group meeting on JAN 27 • Hire architect • Community meeting on FEB 3 • Begin Construction Manager procurement www.acps.k12.va.us 15

Facility Tour www.acps.k12.va.us 16

Facility Tour www.acps.k12.va.us 17

Additional information about the project can be found online at: http://www.acps.k12.va.us/facilities/ph/ www.acps.k12.va.us 18

Question and Answers www.acps.k12.va.us 19