GOAL 3: FACILITIES ENHANCEMENT
FACILITIES ASSESSMENT AND ENHANCEMENT: Thoughtfully plan and invest in a beautiful campus and physical plant footprint to ensure the school’s academic excellence and student experience.
Objectives:
Objectives:
- Upgrade the Campus Master Plan to align with the re-envisioned pedagogical model and to incorporate indoor and outdoor environments for students and the campus community.
- Prioritize investments for facilities determined essential to successfully implement MUS’s goals for academic excellence ( fine arts, sciences), athletics, student life, and community engagement.
- Invest resources for a richer Lower School experience.
- Develop a contemporary library and technology hub that facilitates students’ ability to gain knowledge and information through digital and print resources.
- Ensure that classroom design supports blended, collaborative, and team teaching and learning.
- Upgrade core training and wellness facilities serving all students (athletes and non-athletes).
Performance Goal Statement: Elevate the MUS campus facilities to a level commensurate with the excellence in teaching and the academic rigor of the school.
YEAR ONE PROGRESS:
- New comprehensive Campus Master Plan that incorporates results of the Strategic Plan completed by The Crump Firm. The plan envisions a new “East Campus” complex comprising a fine arts center/auditorium and arts classrooms, a science building, a library and technology center, and a Lower School building, in addition to an indoor field house and fitness center adjoining the Sue Hyde Sports and Physical Education Center.
- Campus “Front Door” in Master Plan relocated to Park Avenue on the northeast side of campus; Admissions office relocated to east side of new arts building (facing Webb and Rogers fields) with an appealing, welcoming entryway; maintenance building relocated to the southeast area of campus in plan.
- Research into the addition of a sixth grade ongoing; in the meantime, the new Lower School student-support structure facilitates addressing specific student needs, and enhancements to curriculum and programming improve the Lower School experience (see Goal I).
- Updated technology infrastructure for entire campus.
- Capital Campaign process underway.
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