The DC BOE has announced a Public Meeting for the purpose of their up-coming consideration of the Comprehensive Educational Facility Plan (CEFP) for the Doddridge County Schools.
When asked to explain what CEFP is about, Jeff Harvey, DC Director Student Support Services responded, “ School facilities are an integral and expensive component of West Virginia’s educational system. As educational programs evolve to respond to students’ needs and communities’ expectations, and as current facilities age and become obsolete, existing facilities must be maintained and monitored.
At the same time, county school officials must envision and plan for future needs. The result of such a system of continuous assessment and forecasting will ensure that facilities are funded and in place necessary to accommodate a thorough and efficient system of education.
Policy 6200 and the Handbook on Planning School Facilities are designed to assist local county school systems with developing facilities to address current facility needs and new innovative schools for both small and large county school systems.
However, the Handbook is not intended to be so prescriptive that it pre-empts the judgement of curriculum and design professionals. Decisions regarding curriculum implementation, spatial arrangement, classroom design, building design, building products, materials or required building systems will remain the responsibility of the design and education professionals.
Each county shall develop a ten-year Comprehensive Educational Facilities Plan (CEFP) that addresses the requirements for new construction and major renovations where applicable as described in the following sections. The CEFP not only encompasses new construction and renovations but also is used in school closures, consolidation, and reconfigurations as well as in developing levees and bond calls.
The public comment period is designed to allow for the community to ask questions and provide input into the plan that encompasses the planning and directions of Doddridge County School Facilites for the next 10 years.”
This meeting is to be held on December 21, at 11:00AM at the DCBOE Offices.
Interested parties can review the proposed Facility Plan online at: www.dcschools.us or paper copy can be obtained from their office at 268 Bulldog Drive.
Written comments can be submitted by mailing your comments to: Jeff Harvey, 269 Bulldog Drive, West Union WV 26456.