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Facilities Planning Advisory Council (FPAC)

Latest News (May 17, 2012)

The Fairfax County School Board is accepting applications for two vacancies on the Facilities Planning Advisory Council (FPAC)—an at-large position and a representative for the Springfield district.

• To be eligible for the at-large position, you must be a resident of Fairfax County.
• To be eligible for the Springfield position, you must be a resident of the Springfield Magisterial District

The School Board established FPAC in 2010 to advise the Board and staff in developing comprehensive, long-term plans for Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) facility needs. Applications will be accepted through Friday June 8, 2012.

Among the issues council members will be considering are school program capacity, transportation and operating efficiencies, financing and construction strategies, school renovations and closures, and planning for new buildings and boundaries.

View the FPAC Application Form (How to save and send electronically) and Charter.

Continuing Interest

Feedback Sought On FCPS Facilities

Parents are invited to provide input for a long-term strategic plan that will help Fairfax County Public Schools prepare for critical facilities issues facing the school system in the next decade, including increasing enrollment, the availability of space to meet needs, and adequate funding to meet maintenance, renovation, and construction needs. The School-Board appointed Facilities Planning Advisory Council (FPAC) is developing the new strategic plan and encourages parents and all residents to participate in community meetings on:

Tuesday, April 24, 7-9 p.m. - Meeting Presentation
Carson Middle School cafeteria, Herndon
Glasgow Middle School cafeteria, Alexandria

Tuesday, May 22, 7-9 p.m. - Meeting Presentation
Whitman Middle School cafeteria, Alexandria
Robinson Secondary School blue cafeteria, Fairfax

Which meeting do you plan to attend? Click Here to Sign Up for one of the meeting dates above.

The facilities strategic plan is driven by issues identified in FPAC's careful evaluation of the current conditions and input from residents at a series of listening tours FPAC held in spring and fall 2011: space utilization (enrollment, capacity, and programs), operations and maintenance, capital improvement, community use, and communications.

View the draft FCPS Strategic Facilities Plan here.
Provide comments on the Goals here.

Meeting Schedule

The following is the upcoming FPAC meeting schedule. Unless otherwise noted, all FPAC meetings will be held at the Gatehouse Administration Center, Room 5050, 8115 Gatehouse Road, Falls Church, VA 22042 from 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. The meeting agenda will be posted prior to the meeting.

FPAC Meeting Schedule
Meeting Date	Location and Time	Agenda	Approved Minutes
July 19, 2011	Gatehouse 7-9 p.m.	Meeting Agenda Proposed Study Areas	Minutes
August 16, 2011	Gatehouse 7-9 p.m.	Meeting Agenda	Minutes
September 20, 2011	Gatehouse 7-9 p.m.	Meeting Agenda	Minutes
October 4, 2011	Frost Middle School, cafeteria, 7-9 p.m. (Cluster III) Hughes Middle School, cafeteria, 7-9 p.m. (Cluster VIII)	Presentation
October 18, 2011	Gatehouse 7-9 p.m.	Meeting Agenda Draft Report	Minutes
November 1, 2011	Jackson Middle School, cafeteria, 7-9 p.m. (Cluster II) Liberty Middle School, cafeteria, 7-9 p.m. (Cluster VII)	Presentation
November 15, 2011	Gatehouse 7-9 p.m.	Meeting Agenda Background Information-Route 1 Quarterly Report FPAC response to Draft FCPS Ad Hoc Community Planning Process	Minutes
December 6, 2011	Herndon Elementary School, cafeteria, 7-9 p.m. (Cluster I) Lake Braddock Secondary School, cafeteria, 7-9 p.m. (Cluster VI)
December 20, 2011	Gatehouse 7-9 p.m.	Meeting Agenda	Minutes
January 7, 2012	Fairfax High School, Library	Meeting Agenda Retreat Discussions Retreat Presentations	Minutes
January 24, 2012	Gatehouse 7-9 p.m.	Meeting Agenda	Minutes
February 7, 2012	Gatehouse 7-9 p.m.	Meeting Agenda Facilities Management Presentation	Minutes
February 21, 2012	Gatehouse 7-9 p.m.	Meeting Agenda	Minutes
March 6, 2012	Gatehouse 7-9 p.m.	Meeting Agenda	Minutes
March 20, 2012	Gatehouse 7-9 p.m.	Meeting Agenda	Minutes
April 10, 2012	Gatehouse 7-9 p.m.	Meeting Agenda	Minutes
April 24, 2012	Carson Middle School cafeteria, Herndon Glasgow Middle School cafeteria, Alexandria 7-9 p.m.
May 8, 2012	Gatehouse 7-9 p.m.	Meeting Agenda
May 22, 2012	Whitman Middle School cafeteria, Alexandria Robinson Secondary School blue cafeteria, Fairfax 7-9 p.m.
June 5, 2012	Gatehouse 7-9 p.m.
June 19, 2012	Gatehouse 7-9 p.m.
July 10, 2012	Gatehouse 7-9 p.m.
July 24, 2012	Gatehouse 7-9 p.m.
September 11, 2012	Gatehouse 7-9 p.m.
September 18, 2012	Gatehouse 7-9 p.m.
October 2, 2012	Gatehouse 7-9 p.m.
October 16, 2012	Gatehouse 7-9 p.m.
November 13, 2012	Gatehouse 7-9 p.m.
December 4, 2012	Gatehouse 7-9 p.m.
January 8, 2013	Gatehouse 7-9 p.m.
February 5, 2013	Gatehouse 7-9 p.m.
March 5, 2013	Gatehouse 7-9 p.m.
April 2, 2013	Gatehouse 7-9 p.m.
May 7, 2013	Gatehouse 7-9 p.m.
June 4, 2013	Gatehouse 7-9 p.m.
July 2, 2013	Gatehouse 7-9 p.m.

2010 - 2011 Meeting Agenda and Minutes Archives

Topics Under FPAC Consideration

School Board Charge – For the 2011-12 school year, the School Board has charged the FPAC to:  “Develop and update annually a long-term strategic plan for FCPS facility needs for presentation to and approval by the School Board.  The strategic plan should reflect input from all interested stakeholders and constituencies.”

Long-Term Strategic Facilities Plan - The objective of the long-term plan is better and earlier information provided to the entire community about upcoming facilities changes and the drivers and considerations behind them.  The Strategic Facilities Plan will be developed in stages as an incremental and evolutionary process.  The first stage is to develop a strategic framework that can be used to guide decision-making for capital improvements, boundary studies, and program assignment changes. Four community meetings are being held in spring 2012 on the draft plan.  The SFP will be written at the strategic level and should have a useful life of many years.  The initial SFP will be submitted to the School Board in Fall 2012.