Community-Oriented School Facilities for Vibrant Communities: Development Partnerships, Green Design, and Joint Use

Center for Cities & Schools, UC-Berkeley

PLUS Leadership Initiative Fall 2008 Institute

Community-Oriented School Facilities for Vibrant Communities:

Development Partnerships, Green Design, and Joint Use

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Preservation Park, Nile Hall, Oakland, CA

The PLUS (Planning and Learning United for Systems-Change) Leadership Initiative is designed to prepare civic and educational leaders in the Bay Area to develop collaborative, mutually beneficial policies and practices that are child- and family-centered. Our fall institute focuses on strategies to create innovative community-oriented school facilities.

Attendance is now free, but space is limited!

Register TODAY at: http://www.rsvpbook.com/event.php?423739

For more information on PLUS visit: http://citiesandschools.berkeley.edu/PLUS.html

Special thanks to the Walter and Elise Haas Fund, the Stuart Foundation, and BEST Collaborative

Agenda

8:30 PLUS Partners Breakfast – Team and Fellows’ Meet-and-Greet (invitation only)

9:30 Welcome and PLUS Leadership Initiative Findings

Deborah McKoy, Executive Director, Center for Cities & Schools

Morning Panel

Lessons from the Field: Promising Models of Development and Joint Use Partnerships

Jeff Vincent, Deputy Director, Center for Cities & Schools, Chair

¨ Teaming Up for Shared Recreation Facilities in Merced – Ken C. Testa, Chief Facilities Officer, Merced City School District

¨ Civic Vitality through Joint Use in Santa Monica – Julie Rusk, Human Services Manager and Karen Ginsberg, Assistant Director Community and Cultural Services, City of Santa Monica

¨ Unlock the Gates: Opening School Playgrounds in San Francisco – Chris Armentrout, Director, Development and Local Government Relations, San Francisco Unified School District and Dennis Kern, Director of Operations, San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department

Respondent: Robert Ogilvie, Program Director, Planning for Healthy Places, Public Health Law and Policy

12:00 Luncheon Keynote

Planning Sustainable Schools for Children and Communities

Steve Castellanos, Managing Director, NTD Architecture and Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) Board of Directors

1:15 Afternoon Workshop

Brokering the Deal: Nuts & Bolts of Developing Community-Oriented School Facilities

Mary Filardo, Executive Director, 21^st Century School Fund, Washington, DC

Including Bay Area PLUS Team Updates: Looking forward – Looking back

4:30 Closing Remarks

Kathleen Moore, Director, School Facilities Planning Division, California Department of Education