Facility Standards & Estimated Life Cycle

INTERIOR

1. ADA

• Adequate playground access
• Rubber or other cushioning as appropriate
• Automatic door opening into Health Office (middle schools)

2. Fire Security/Intercom

• Non-proprietary systems
• Need to consider specifications and advances in technology when replacing equipment

3. Bathroom Partitions

• Metal - Sand/Paint
• Plastic – Heavy, more kick-resistant
• Standard: Solid color reinforced composite

4. Carpet

• Standard: Shaw carpet tiles
• Rubber-backed, commercial-grade, tight weave; ease of install, ease of repair, less waste during install.

5. Counter Tops

• Current: Formica
• Consider: solid Laminate – longer wearing
• Standard: Solid laminate

6. Doors/Locksets

• Current: Pin/Tumbler  - Lost Keys (security concerns and cost factor)
• Consider Card access to certain exterior doors to reduce the number of master keys.
• Tied to the alarm system
• Need to do a cost-benefit analysis for a card access system – lost keys, security measures, etc.
• Interior: Double-sided lockset
• A teacher can lockdown from inside the room
• Standard: Interior double-sided locksets. All schools completed: DO remains to be completed.

7. Bleachers (Middle Schools)

• All sites have motorized bleachers, upgraded to matching drive assemblies
• Standard: Manual pull-out system

8. Gym Floors (Middle Schools)

• Middle School – 6 wood
• Standard: Wood

9. Light Fixtures

• The transition from T-12 to electronic T8 Ballasts
• Skylights
• Need to isolate skylight switches to control inadvertent activation
• Need to fix switches before fixing motors
• Standard: For renovations, install the most efficient, fully-tested system available. Currently T-8, but check industry options

10. Painting

• Interior: Strive for common color schemes
• Standard: To help with an inventory of unused paint, avoid having too many schemes for exterior (e.g. 5 different blue schemes) and several different off-white interior schemes.

11. Portable Replacement

• Current funding insufficient to keep portables adequately maintained.
• Need to consider future square footage needs versus available capacities in permanent buildings

12. Wall Coverings and Tack Boards

• Vinyl coverings are difficult to repair and very costly
• The combination of textured walls and bordered tack boards preferred for maintenance and cost factors
• Standard: When faced with a major renovation, use textured wallboard and tack boards instead of vinyl wallpaper. In the meantime, repair vinyl, if possible

EXTERIOR

1. A/C Mechanical Room

• The enclosed yard is preferred versus an open space for protection against elements
• Schools use water-cooled systems
• Replacement units – efficient with current technology
• Web-based elsewhere
• Evaluate new web-based EMS land consider as standard for other sites

2. Masonry

• Colored block versus gray cinderblock
• Standard: Stain or paint gray cinderblock

3. Parking Lot

• Important to keep 5-year re-sealing schedule
• Consider benefits of rubberized versus standard asphalt

4. Play Surface

• Standard: Acrylic anti-slip surface

5. Roof

• Most buildings currently have 3-layer top sheet systems
• Standard: For permanent building, use cold applied, built-up roof system consisting of at least four plies. Consider using a # 5 decorative granite topping or white paint to deflect heat. Study cost-benefit to including roof maintenance into roofing project – capital funding of instead of M&O funding

6. Fence

• Chain link versus wrought iron
• Safety issues – determine what additional fencing is required to fully envelop campuses
• Standard: Continue to use wrought iron in front of schools, near entrances, but use chain link on sides and back sections and on-field sides or bike racks.

7. Wax Head Valves

• Prefer electronic valves

8. Landscape

• Desert versus grass
• Concern regarding long-term maintenance costs, as watering near wrought iron fencing, accelerates rust.
• Need to determine if there are grassy areas where desert landscaping would be a better option