- Sarasota County Schools
- Overview
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Welcome to the Planning Department
Our office strives to ensure that the school district's facilities provide superior working and learning environments for staff and students. Our primary goals include:
- Determining the program and ultimate capacities of all schools
- Updating the Facility Lists and Educational Specifications at all levels
- Keeping abreast of all residential development and housing trends
- Collaborating with all local governments on siting of future schools and ensuring adequate infrastructure for new and existing schools
- Projecting classroom needs for the next 5-, 10-, and 20-year periods
- Completing all necessary reports for the Florida DOE
What We Do
Capital Planning
- Develop and distribute Capital Improvement Plan [CIP]
- Develop a yearly cycle for CIP completion
- Facilitate/assist studies of priority facility situations
- Facilitate Facility Strategy Team
- Facilitate Small Projects team
- Help complete the DOE Five-Year Work Plan
- Track all changes to school site plans
- Participate in all redistricting & choice-seat determinations
- Participate in district and school projection determinations
- Develop Class Size Reduction Impacts
- Develop a capacity policy for Board
School Concurrency
- Update Concurrency Service Areas
- Facilitate adoption of revised Interlocal Agreement [ILA] and Comp Plan Amendments by county and municipalities
- Manage the ILA Oversight Committee
- Develop and implement a school concurrency management system
Revenue Enhancements
- Manage the impact fee study
- Facilitate impact fee update through the School Board and County Commission
- Work with all local governments on infrastructure impacts of new/expanded schools
Optimal School Design
- Develop and adopt Educational Specifications
Impact of Residential Development
- Track all applications and approved residential developments
- Respond to all Comp Plan Amendments, Rezone Petitions, and Site Plan reviews
- Represent district on all Local Planning Agencies