Facilities Planning
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What We Offer
Facilities Planning
Our experts in planning, design, financing, and construction can help you explore your school’s facilities project, whether it’s a renovation or new construction. The CSU can help you build the budget, establish expectations, and create an action plan to acquire or expand a school’s facilities. Whether you’re doing long-range planning for a facility years in the future or are about to embark on a new project starting soon, our experts can review your plans and make sure you’re headed in the right direction.
The nonprofit organization that operates the CSU, Building Hope, has been helping charter schools all over the U.S. to finance, build and operate their facilities since 2003. Our team’s knowledge is deep and diverse — and is available to schools through the CSU.
Extensive knowledge
“The Charter Support Unit and Building Hope have extensive knowledge when it comes to facilities and facility financing in Texas, which is one of the most challenging aspects to getting a new school off the ground.”
– Ryan York, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, The Gathering Place (San Antonio, TX)
Facilities Planning
Trainings, Webinars, Sample Documents, Resources, and more…
- Maintenance Request Form
March 9, 2021
This sample form can be used for staff members to request maintenance assistance and to help the maintenance staff keep track of the requests being received.
Read more - Building Rental Agreement
March 9, 2021
If you are able to sub-lease your building, we recommend having policies established regarding the process and requirements for outside organizations who wish to rent out your building’s space. If you are leasing your property, be careful to review you …
Read more - Building Key Signout Form
March 9, 2021
This is a sample form that a school can use for staff members to acknowledge the sign out of building keys, and to warn staff about the consequences of losing keys to the building.
Read more - Fire Drill Log Form
March 9, 2021
While there is no formal requirement that schools have a specific documentation form to document their fire drills, fire drills are required to be held monthly, and we encourage schools to develop a system for monitoring and documenting these drills. T …
Read more - Detailed Sample Safety Plan
March 9, 2021
This sample safety plan provides guidance and a sample for developing a comprehensive safety plan. School’s should not just adopt this document!, it is important this only be used as a guide for developing a custom plan specific to your facility, staff …
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