Project Overview
Executive Summary
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FACILITIES MASTER PLAN
Executive Summary
PROJECT OVERVIEW
Lisle Community Unit School District 202 has undertaken a comprehensive facilities master planning
process to ensure that its facilities continue to support current and changing academic and co-cur-
ricular needs, and reflect community priorities while maintaining the district’s educational vision and
mission statements.
Facilities Community Engagement Charge:
The Board of Education authorized the Community Engagement Facilitating Team of Lisle CUSD 202
community and staff members to gather input from the Lisle CUSD 202 school community at large
and advise the Board in the formulation of a Facilities Master Plan.
As a guideline for completing this charge, the Board suggested that the Facilitating Team consider, but
not restrict itself to involving the Lisle 202 school community in the following:
Consider the findings of Vision 202 Report to the Community from 2015, specifically addressing the
various aspects of the facilities that Vision 202 participants felt needed to be addressed, in order to
effectively provide current and projected instructional programs and services, critical to promoting
excellence in the Lisle CUSD 202 schools.
Continue to gather current, accurate and consistent information that reflects a broad base of Lisle
CUSD 202 stakeholders’ perceptions and priorities, relating to an in-depth understanding of District
202 facilities.
Ascertain goals and priorities for all Lisle CUSD 202 facilities.
Determine and prioritize the resources and operations needed to achieve identified goals and priorities
for Lisle CUSD 202 facilities that are consistent with policies and practices to ensure the long-term
fiscal responsibility and long-term stability of the District.
What is a Master Plan?
A Facilities Master Plan (FMP) takes a broad look at facilities within a District, assessing those
facilities both from a physical and educational delivery viewpoint. The ultimate Master Plan recom-
mends areas for improvement to each facility that provides a long-term view of the facility. While
improvements may or may not ultimately take the same form as recommended in the Master Plan, the
guidelines established are used to determine how improvements should be made. This safeguards the
District from making decisions that will be undone or impede on other, future decisions.
The Master Plan Report is a living document, intended to be revisited, reviewed and revised every 5-10
years as educational delivery and student population needs evolve within the District.
The Process
One of the key recommendations born out of the Vision 202: Chapter One process in 2015 was to
develop a facilities master plan to address the current and projected physical and educational needs
of the District’s physical assets and educational programs. As the District’s long standing partner,
Perkins+Will, was charged, along with the Facilitating Team, to lead a participatory facilities master
planning process that would yield viable facility alternatives for consideration and selection, ultimately
leading to this report with recommendations to be considered by the Board of Education. The master
planning process began with a detailed physical and educational assessment of the current facilities.
Many hours were spent touring the facilities, as well as, multiple presentations and meetings con-
ducted with Lisle CUSD 202 faculty and administration, to gain insight about the spirit and culture
of the schools, and to provide an opportunity for the faculty and staff to share their unique ideas and
expertise.