State of School Facilities Report As Presented on February 26,2021 FULTON COUNTY SCHOOLS | 2020 STATE OF FACILITIES REPORT FEBRUARY 26, 2021 TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Purpose of the Facility Condition Assessment ...................................................................................................................... 3 Assessment Objectives ...................................................................................................................................................... 3 Assessment Benefits ......................................................................................................................................................... 4 Purpose of the Educational Suitability Assessment ............................................................................................................. 5 DEFINITIONS, ASSUMPTIONS AND BUDGET MODELS .................................................................................................................. 6 Assessment Level ................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Database Facility Cost Variables ........................................................................................................................................... 6 Facility Condition Index (FCI) ............................................................................................................................................. 6 Facility Condition Assessment (FCA) Score....................................................................................................................... 6 Cost Models ........................................................................................................................................................................ 7 Current Replacement Value (CRV) .................................................................................................................................... 7 Rough Order of Magnitude Repair Budgets ...................................................................................................................... 7 Additional Costs – Soft Costs ............................................................................................................................................ 8 Life Cycles ........................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Renewal Factors ................................................................................................................................................................. 8 System Generated Deficiencies ........................................................................................................................................ 8 Building Systems ................................................................................................................................................................ 8 Critical Building Systems ................................................................................................................................................... 8 Reference Organizations ................................................................................................................................................... 9 Assessment Interpretation ..................................................................................................................................................... 9 FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT APPROACH ........................................................................................................................ 11 FCS Database Development and Analysis ......................................................................................................................... 11 FINDINGS SUMMARY–CONDITION ASSESSMENT ...................................................................................................................... 13 Current and Forecast Needs ............................................................................................................................................... 13 Facility Age ........................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Facility Condition ................................................................................................................................................................. 16 Prioritization of Needs ......................................................................................................................................................... 20 Categorization of Needs ...................................................................................................................................................... 21 Distress of Needs ................................................................................................................................................................ 23 WHY DO WE NEED TO INVEST? ..................................................................................................................................................... 24 FULTON COUNTY SCHOOLS | 2020 STATE OF FACILITIES REPORT FEBRUARY 26, 2021 EDUCATIONAL SUITABILITY ASSESSMENT .................................................................................................................................. 26 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................................... 26 Educational Suitability Guide .............................................................................................................................................. 26 Selection of Assessed Facilities .......................................................................................................................................... 27 Suitability Scoring ................................................................................................................................................................ 29 Educational Suitability Conclusion ..................................................................................................................................... 29 EDUCATIONAL SUITABILITY ASSESSMENTS FINDINGS ............................................................................................................. 30 Suitability Finding #1: Educational Suitability Assessment: Score Range and Average Score by Facility Type ............. 30 Suitability Finding #2: Educational Suitability Assessment: Overall Suitability Score by Facility Level .......................... 31 Suitability Finding #3: Educational Suitability Assessment: Overall Educational Suitability Ratings by Space Type .... 32 FACILITIES CONDITION AND EDUCATIONAL SUITABILITY FINDINGS ....................................................................................... 36 APPENDIX A: SCHOOLS RECEIVING DESKTOP ASSESSMENTS ................................................................................................ 40 APPENDIX B: CAMPUS CONDITION SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................... 41 APPENDIX C: BUILDING CONDITION SUMMARY ......................................................................................................................... 43 FULTON COUNTY SCHOOLS | 2020 STATE OF FACILITIES REPORT FEBRUARY 26, 2021 FOREWORD This State of Facilities Report was prepared by MGT Consulting Group, LLC (MGT), along with Parsons Environment & Infrastructure Group Inc. (Parsons), for Fulton County Schools (FCS or District) as part of the Facility Condition Assessment and Master Planning Services Project. The purpose of this report is to provide FCS with a summary of the results and findings of the Facility Condition Analysis, including the current and future capital renewal needs and the educational adequacy (also known as suitability) of the facilities in the District’s portfolio. This report is intended to serve as a planning tool to assist the FCS Board of Education in making decisions needed to achieve their short- and long-term facility goals. It contains data and exhibits meant to objectively describe the findings and summarize the results of this analysis, using assessment best practices and FCS educational standards. The results and findings are strictly a measure of the data and information obtained during the course of the field work and the application of that information into a standard format used to present the results. The data contained within this report are estimates as of August 2020. Since the overall conditions of the District’s facilities are ever-changing due to many factors, including newly occurring deficiencies, new building construction, repairs, renovations and construction market conditions in general, the software used to develop