Educational Planning & Design
Design
Planning
GIS Analysis
Educational planners first and foremost, our team has over 15 years
experience in working with school districts to provide an extensive
variety of educational planning services. Each day over 22,000 young
people attend a school designed or renovated by the professionals
on our team.
McKissick Associates specializes in facilitating community-based
feasibility studies, working in committee settings and providing
related public relations support. Our professionals are unrivaled
experts at K-12 master plans. Since 1988, Vern McKissick has successfully
led over 40 District Feasibility Planning Efforts in Pennsylvania,
New York, Virginia and North Carolina.
Lessons of the Past
In working with school districts through the years, we've gained an
understanding of the individual needs of small communities and a variety
of circumstances. We've summarized here, several common guidelines for
good process and subsequently, a good architectural solution:
- Know Our Stuff & "Shoot from the Hip"
A great many qualified professionals may "know their stuff", but often
do not communicate the information of their specialty as it relates
to the client with all of the consequences. Honest, straightforward
and clearly presented information in early discussions with the school
board will help to determine, for both designer and client, the end objectives.
- Community Consensus
Nothing happens in a vacuum. School board members, teachers and
administrators are all members of the same community of taxpayers that
are ultimately responsible for the final solution. Community support
can help a project to not only better meet school and community needs,
but can also help the project progress as smoothly as possible. The
community members are a resource, not an obstacle.
- Follow-Through
Once a decision is reached, the project needs constant attention. Even
when the design phase is complete, only constant nurturing and vigilance
will ensure the project lives up to the architect's and client's vision.
Just like any relationship, you get out as much as you put in. So, we
invest in our clients and our projects.
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