Chippewa Valley Schools hires Fielding International to lead facilities master planning

Chippewa Valley Schools Board of Education members heard a district facilities master-planning presentation and were told outside consultant Fielding International will begin discovery work March 3 and present initial findings April 7.

The presentation, delivered by Mr. Roberts, a district administrator leading the planning effort, outlined a phased process: collection and review of existing data, a March–April discovery phase by Fielding, visioning and focus groups in the summer and fall, and development of a 5–10 year master plan for board approval next fall. "Fielding will be here March 3," Roberts said, "Between March 3 and April 7 . . . they will be working to collect gather data about our district, and they call it discovery documents."

Why it matters: the district has uneven enrollment across its schools — several North End elementary buildings are under capacity while some…