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NEW CAPACITY STRATEGIES
In addition to strategies to accommodate the needs
of small school campuses, there is an urgent need
to create additional capacity in the form of new buildings
to accommodate demographic growth, particularly acute
on the high school level. Population growth contributes
to continuing seat need, particularly acute at the
high school level and for certain demographics throughout
the City.
In collaboration with the Department of Education
and the School Construction Authority, New Visions
is developing a Not-for-Profit Leasing Program that
allows non-profit organizations focused on housing,
community development, or economic development, to
build or rehabilitate existing properties for the
purpose of developing new schools as part of mixed-use
development. These organizations, as part of their
core mission, are interested in developing small schools
themselves or in collaboration with other community
organizations. This process allows for a deepening
of the partner-school relationship, strengthening
of linkages to the surrounding community, and introduction
of innovative design.
Four tenets of this NFP Leasing Program include:
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Participatory
design processes with community and educators
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Creating the school
building as a community asset |
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Re-imagining linkages
between themed schools and partners in the building
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An opportunity to
explore the possibility for time and cost efficiencies
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This presentation
provides a brief overview of the model and pipeline
of projects.
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