project: ANDERSON SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUR
date: 2004
location: PENDELTON, SC
client: ANDERSON SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUR
Urban Collage, Inc. developed a 10-Year Facilities Master Plan through an interactive process, including seven public meetings, with Anderson 4 administrators, Board of Education members, faculty, staff, students, and the general public. Basing the facilities program on the instruction needs of the system, the planning process began with a series of goal-setting exercises and the development of planning assumptions to guide development of the Master Facilities Plan. To accommodate the targeted enrollment of 3,200 to 3,400 students in seven to ten years, three facility alternatives were developed and presented. The three alternatives outlined potential strategies for providing needed facilities based upon the instructional guidelines and the facilities challenges that were created at the beginning of the process. In addition, the alternatives were based upon three key elements: maintaining and planning for smaller class sizes; providing equity across the district; and being efficient with capitol expenditures and taxpayer dollars.
The preferred alternative selected by the District and the public called for construction of a new elementary facility for 450 students; construction of a classroom addition at the high school; and construction of a classroom addition at one of the existing elementary schools.
Implementation Highlights:
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The plan’s recommendations were approved by the Board of Trustees at their June 17, 2004 meeting.
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As a key recommendation of the Master Plan, Mt. Lebanon Elementary School was constructed (see photo in upper right above) and opened to K-6th grade students in August 2007.
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The District instituted its first ever Elementary School attendance areas as a result of a follow up community input effort facilitated by Urban Collage, Inc.
