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<br />2015-2016 Facility Needs Survey
<br />Lee County Schools - Executive Summary
<br />November 24, 2015
<br />Every five years the State of North Carolina requires school districts to estimate the dollars needed for
<br />new construction, additions or renovations to existing facilities.
<br />North Carolina G.S. 115C -521(a) "Local boards of education shall submit their long-range plans for
<br />meeting school facility needs to the State Board of Education by January 1, 1988, and every five years
<br />thereafter."
<br />Lee County Schools contracted BAISCA LLC to assist with the organization of existing data and
<br />completion of survey forms issued by the DPI School Planning Section. The attached reports are the
<br />results of the study. Data has been provided to LCS in two formats. A binder titled "State Forms"
<br />includes all printable forms and reports from the survey database, which is written in Microsoft Access.
<br />This is the information that will be submitted to the state. This binder, which is titled "BAISCA
<br />Workbook" includes spreadsheets developed and used by BAISCA to compile facilities information
<br />requested by DPI School Planning. This information is presented in a series of spreadsheets written in
<br />Microsoft Excel. Ultimately, these reports can be more useful for LCS staff as they will provide
<br />additional detail, particularly regarding renovation data. BAISCA was not contracted to conduct field
<br />assessments or provide cost estimates. All information used to complete the 2015-2016 Facility Needs
<br />Survey is based upon documents provided to BAISCA by Support Services and interviews held with
<br />maintenance and other appropriate staff.
<br />The chart below indicates the results of previous Facility Needs Surveys submitted by LCS to the state
<br />including the 5 -year results of the BAISCA study.
<br />2000-01 Survey 2005-06 Survey 2010-11 Survey 2015-16 Survey
<br />New Facilities $ 43,499,142 $ 18,377,493 $ - $ 41,684,176
<br />Additions $ 1,232,806 $ 9,127,776 $ - $ 5,994,212
<br />Renovations $ 3,987,079 $ 10,335,150 $ 13,230,832 $ 20,482,209
<br />Furniture/Equipment $ 4,045,368 $ 2,323,031 $ - $ 5,393,486
<br />Land $ 1,400,000 $ - $ - $ 1,950,000
<br />Total $ 54,164,395 $ 40,163,450 $ 13,230,832 $ 750504,083
<br />The state surrey includes facility data for the five-year period beginning in the 2015-2016 school year
<br />(years 0-5) totaling $75,504,083. The state also requested facility needs data for an additional five-year
<br />period beginning in 2020-2021 (years 06-10). The attached reports for years 06-10 indicate an
<br />additional $5,614,408 in renovations costs bringing the overall cost projections for the 10 -year period to
<br />$81,018,491.
<br />The survey includes information for instructional space only. The BAISCA study included facility needs
<br />for non -instructional facility such as administrative offices, maintenance, transportation, and warehouse
<br />facilities. Although this information was not included in the state report, information received indicates
<br />an additional $887,205 in projected costs for these buildings over the next 10 years bringing the overall
<br />total to $81,905,696.
<br />1 BAISCA
<br />Building Asset Inventory
<br />Single Component Assessment
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