Given increasing costs, decreasing funding, and rapidly evolving educational technology and pedagogy, should public school districts question the traditional model of complete campuses of durable, 50-year buildings? How can charter/for-profit and private business strategies - like limited physical facilities, building for shorter lifespans and frequent changes, occupying vacant commercial space, and creating distributed campuses - be adapted to meet public school needs, budgets, and procedures? This presentation explores the pros and cons of multiple innovative strategies. Presented at LearningSCAPES 2017 by Julie Walleisa, AIA, LEED AP, ALEP - a Principal / Architect at Dekker/Perich/Sabatini specializing in PK-12 education design - and Scott Sowinski, AIA, LEED AP, WELL AP, ALEP - an Associate / Architect at Dekker/Perich/Sabatini who specialized in both PK-12 education and commercial design.

1. What Can Public School Districts Learn About Facilities From For-Profit
Providers?

2. Julie Walleisa and Scott Sowinski
– Specializes in both PK-12 education and
commercial design and is actively involved in
professional organizations for both
– Cross pollinates ideas and strategies from public
and private sectors to enhance learning and
working environments
– Master of Architecture Degree from Montana State
University
– Specializes in PK-12 education design
– Translating educational needs and goals into
learning environments
– Master of Architecture Degree from Harvard
University
– Principal at Dekker/Perich/Sabatini

4. Source: http://www.21csf.org/csf-home/DocUploads/DataShop/DS_452.pdf

5. Source: School Planning & Management, Annual School Construction Report 2015

6. Source: State of Our Schools: America’s K-12 Facilities, 2016

7. Why High Costs?
• Last for 50+ years
• Renovate every 20-25 years
• Mostly public procurement

8. Source: School Planning & Management, Annual School Construction Report 2015

9. School Planning & Management, Annual School Construction Report 2015

11. Source: State of Our Schools: America’s K-12 Facilities, 2016

12. • 5 states pay for nearly all
their districts’ capital costs
• In 33 states levels of state
support vary greatly.
• 12 states provide no direct
support to districts for
capital construction
• The federal government
contributes almost nothing
to capital construction to
help alleviate disparities.
Source: State of Our Schools: America’s K-12 Facilities, 2016

13. “The levels of capital financing and annual
operating funding from local revenues are
unstable and inadequate in all but the wealthiest
school districts.”
Source: Adequate & Equitable U.S. PK–12 Infrastructure: Priority Actions for Systemic Reform

16. Operating cost can be 2x new construction
May not be eligible for state funds
Health concerns
Safety concerns

17. Not very portable/Expensive to place
Doesn’t solve overcrowding of core spaces
May make site crowding worse

18. Initial cost 1/3 to ½ cost of new construction
Can be shop built in 7 days
Allow incremental growth

19. SEED CollaborativeSage Classroom
– Greener / Healthier
– Higher Initial Cost
– Some Ship Flat
– Some have steel floor and piers
– Still many of the same issues Project Frog

20. Open enrollment creates competition
Open-enrollment policies allow
a student to transfer to the
public school of his or her
choice.
47 states have some form of
open enrollment
Vouchers give parents a portion
of the public funding set aside for
their children’s education to
choose private schools.
There are 26 operating voucher
programs in 15 states and
Washington, D.C.
Education savings accounts
allow parents to withdraw their
children from public district or
charter schools and receive a
deposit of public funds into
government-authorized savings
accounts.
There are five ESA programs
in five states.
Source: “Fast Facts on School Choice,” EdChoice, last modified July 7, 2017, http://www.edchoice.org/our-resources/fast-facts.http://ecs.force.com/mbdata/mbquestRT?rep=OE1601

21. Source: The Washington Post, The United States’ growing teaching shortage: How it looks state by state, October 2018

22. Source: State of Our Schools: America’s K-12 Facilities, 2016

23. Source: http://21csf.org/csf-home/DocUploads/DataShop/DS_452.pdf

24. Source: State of Our Schools: America’s K-12 Facilities, 2016

25. strategies

26. Source: http://www.nishkian.com/reinventing-a-community-landmark-gladstone-center-for-children-families/

28. Source: Scottsdale Unified School District

29. Find picture of “work room with copiers, etc.”

31. Source: http://www.scanomat.com/easyblog/entry/5-ways-to-attract-and-retain-the-best-talent-through-your-office-environment
https://medium.com/@educasic/the-power-of-teacher-collaboration-13ce79750042 / The Power of Teacher Collaboration – Educasic – Medium.pdf

32. Data Source: http://www.scanomat.com/easyblog/entry/5-ways-to-attract-and-retain-the-best-talent-through-your-office-environment

34. Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelarthur/2017/08/24/nordstrom-tech-customer-experience-convenience

35. Tuition-Free Online Public Schools
Tuition-free online public schools, powered by K12 and
available in more than 33 states, offer students a high-quality
education. Students receive:
•Award-winning online curriculum and hands-on materials
•Instruction from state-certified teachers
•Access to robust course offerings that include core
subjects in multiple levels, world languages, and a wide
range of electives
•An individualized learning plan tailored to each student's
strengths and needs
•Access to an online community and a variety of support—
all designed to help students feel connected and engaged
Data Source: http://www.k12.com/virtual-school-offerings.html

36. Source: http://www.k12.com/virtual-school-offerings.html

37. Source: http://www.k12.com/virtual-school-offerings.htmlData Source: http://www.k12.com/virtual-school-offerings.html

38. Source: http://www.k12.com/virtual-school-offerings.html

39. • flexibility (expandable/
contractable) - designing in the
allowance for simple
modifications over the longevity
of the project to accommodate
the widest range of allowable
uses

42. Source: Digital Intelligence Today, The 10 Business Models of Digital Disruption (and how to respond to them), 2015

46. http://www.goddardschoolfranchise.com/submit-real-estate-site.html

47. National commercial real estate forum
WHO?
• Commercial Brokers
• Acquisitions
• Investments
• Commercial Leasing
• Finance and Capital Management
• Investment Analysts
• Attorneys
• Construction/Valuation Finance Manager
• Accounting
• Facilities Maintenance
• Real Estate Investors
• Real Estate Developers
• Business Owners
• General consensus
• Rent… don’t own.
• Create flexibility to react to change

48. Disruptive innovation is a term in the field of business administration which refers to an innovation that
creates a new market and value network and eventually disrupts an existing market and value network,
displacing established market leading firms, products, and alliances. The term was defined and first
analyzed by the American scholar Clayton M. Christensen and his collaborators beginning in 1995, and has
been called the most influential business idea of the early 21st century.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disruptive_innovation

49. Can the K12 industry actually disrupt itself? It has often been said that
businesses must disrupt themselves (before someone else does) to survive.
Here are three basic questions to ask:
1. How could my district’s underlying assets be used differently, ideally
to solve problems that a) impact all students/faculty and b) you are
passionate about?
2. Who in your supply chain is doing an awful job, and could you do a
better job by developing that service/deliverable?
3. What else does your students/faculty need, where are they
underserved, and how could you solve their problems?
Data Source: Singularity Hub, 12 Industries Disrupted by Tech Companies Expanding Into New Markets, 2015

50. www.dpsdesign.org/blog