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P7162 Planning Building Capacities

  • 7100 Building Program
P7162 Planning Building Capacities

When planning either a new building or a major addition to an existing attendance center, the Board and the administration will consider these guidelines for student capacities: 

High Schools: 900 to 1800 students 

Middle Schools: 450 to 850 students 

Elementary Schools: 400 to 800 students 

Administrative Implemental Procedures:  

  1. The following factors will be considered when new buildings or major additions are being planned: 

    1. Need for sufficient number of regular classrooms to meet Kansas State Department of Education accreditation requirements 

    2. Need for a sufficient number and types of special classrooms and related facilities to meet regulations imposed by the Kansas State Board of Education through the State Plan for Special Education 

    3. Status of proposed or current residential development in the area of the school or site 

    4. Present or projected density of population in the school area  

    5. Size and configuration of school site  

    6. Possibility of expansion of existing school site  

    7. Existence of hazards and barriers in the general attendance area 

    8. Location, condition, capacity, and enrollments of other public school buildings in the area 

    9. Board of Education policies concerning transportation of students 

    10. Long range planning of Metropolitan Area Planning Commission  

    11. Location of nonpublic schools 

 

Administrative Responsibility: Facilities Division 

Latest Review Date: June 2017  

Previous Revision Date: August 1996 P7162 

Updated administratively for alignment purposes: April 2021 

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