D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 10, r. 10-A1203
For many years, DCPS maintained its buildings through an annual repair and replacement program. This approach only addressed short-term needs. Buildings became inefficient and obsolete due to the lack of a more comprehensive approach to modernization. 1203.1
Beginning in the late 1990s, DCPS initiated the practice of comprehensive facility master planning. In 2000, it adopted a Facilities Master Plan (FMP) that established 15-year goals and long-range planning policies for modernizing District schools. The FMP was updated in 2001, 2002, and 2003 and 2006. The new FMP supports the 2006 Master Education Plan (which addresses broader operational issues) through related recommendations addressing the use of space and facilities. The District's Comprehensive Plan seeks to capture the guiding policies provided by the FMP to ensure consistency with the District Government's own land use policies and public facility plans. 1203.2
The National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities reports that students attending school in new, modern facilities have been found to score five to seventeen points higher on standardized tests than students in older, substandard buildings. Recent DCPS experience at campuses such as Miner and McKinley mirrors this national experience and has shown that high-quality school facilities also strongly influence public perception, and increase the attractiveness of the modernized schools to parents and students. Modernized schools also can attract families to surrounding neighborhoods and increase private property values. 1203.3
Between 1998 and 2006, significant progress toward the modernization of the building stock was made. Five elementary schools (Oyster, Barnard, Miner, Key, and Randle Highlands) were fully modernized. McKinley Technology High School is in its second year of operation, and Kelly Miller is now operating as a state-of-the-art middle school on the site of a formerly closed facility. The combined Bell and Lincoln Schools in Columbia Heights, and Thomson Elementary School in Shaw will soon join the inventory of modernized facilities.".
Policy EDU-1.1.1: Updated Facilities
Provide updated and modern school facilities throughout the District based on the DCPS Facilities Master Plan. 1203.5
Strongly support efforts to prepare long-range master facility plans so that the school modernization program is based on comprehensive system-wide assessments of facility condition, enrollment trends, long-term needs, and the District's land use plans.".
Policy EDU-1.1.3: Administrative and Maintenance Facilities
Ensure that educational facility planning accommodates the administrative, maintenance, and transportation needs of DCPS. 1203.7
Policy EDU-1.1.4: Public-Private-Partnerships
Consider public-private partnerships and proffers to improve schools as residential development is approved. Strongly discourage the practice of giving up actively used school recreational areas and/or open spaces to accommodate private development in exchange for school reconstruction. 1203.8
Action EDU-1.1.A: DCPS' Facility Master Plan Process
Actively participate in the DCPS Facilities Master Plan Update process to ensure that facility plans are coordinated with the District's neighborhood conservation and community revitalization plans. 1203.9
Action EDU-1.1.B: Developer Proffers and Partnerships for School Improvements
Establish mechanisms for developer proffers and public-private partnerships to meet school facility needs through the development process. 1203.10
The provisions of Title 10, Part A of the DCMR accessible through this web interface are codification of the District Elements of the Comprehensive Plan for the National Capital. As such, they do not represent the organic provisions adopted by the Council of the District of Columbia. The official version of the District Elements only appears as a hard copy volume of Title 10, Part A published pursuant to section 9 a of the District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Act of 1994, effective April 10, 1984 (D.C. Law 5-76; D.C. Official Code § 1 -301.66)) . In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions accessible through this site and the provisions contained in the published version of Title 10, Part A, the provisions contained in the published version govern. A copy of the published District Elements is available www.planning.dc.gov.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 10, r. 10-A1203