FILE:  FA

FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT GOALS
The Board shall provide the best facilities possible within financial resources available to meet the educational needs of the students in the district. Such efforts shall not only encompass new construction and expansion when deemed necessary, but also renovation and remodeling of existing facilities to serve specific educational needs of specific groups of students. It is also necessary, in declining enrollment periods, to determine how facilities may be used and/or the interim use of facilities not needed at a given time.

Decisions pertaining to the planning, construction, renovation and elimination of educational facilities shall be made after sufficient attempts have been made considering the viewpoints and needs of students, teachers, parents, taxpayers and appropriate members of the administrative staff.

In determining facility needs and/or elimination of facilities, priority shall be given to plans which benefit the largest number of students in the district but consider important matters such as safety, equal opportunity for students enrolled and the economics implications to the district.

NOTE: Refer to Board policy DO (School Properties Disposal Procedure).
LEGAL REFERENCE: MSA 15.41262
ADOPTED: 4-20-99
 

The Benton Harbor Area Schools, Berrien County, Michigan