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Board gets first look at DLR facilities priorities; community engagement and phasing to be scheduled in January
Summary
DLR’s facilities work identified priorities — CTE/flexible learning, entry improvements and fine-arts/athletic spaces — and the board agreed DLR will return with phasing and cost options so the community can review them at a late‑January engagement meeting.
The board reviewed initial findings from DLR’s facilities master‑plan work. Dr. Lewis summarized the colored‑dot prioritizations gathered from focus groups and parent/teacher conferences and said the top priorities included expanded CTE and flexible learning spaces, improved main‑entry design and investments in fine‑arts and athletic spaces. She described differences between what families and staff prioritized — for example, parents raised parking and access concerns that did not appear as prominently among staff reviewers.
Next steps: DLR will prepare scenarios showing a full-project cost and several phased options with estimated costs so the district can present those choices to the community. Dr. Lewis told the board she expects DLR to provide phasing and price options so the board can host a community engagement meeting in late January; the exact date will be finalized once DLR confirms a timeline.
Why it matters: The DLR work frames long‑range facility decisions that could require community conversation about cost and phasing. Board members stressed the importance of clear optics to the public and discussed using NASB facilitation or inviting DLR and NASB to co‑facilitate engagement to avoid providing premature impressions about what will be built.
Other facility notes: The board asked staff to gather itemized historical bills (for example, recurring gym‑resurfacing and inspection costs) and to include clear cost breakdowns in the next package so the public can weigh options during engagement meetings.
