IT’S TIME TO LAUNCH
$9,500 Annual Fee
Meet Your Group Lead
National Experience and Expertise
Helped deliver 25+ new facilities and supported hundreds schools across nines states and District of Columbia with a wide range of facilities issues
Organizational Fit
Worked for a major charter school management company and consulted with small independent boards bringing a strong range of approach.
Multiple Fields of Training
Masters of Architecture
Graduate Certificate in Real Estate Development
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
On the Cutting Edge with Continued Education
MIT SA&P Commercial Real Estate Analysis and Investment Coursework
Connected to Powerful Networks
Associate at the National Charter Schools Institute and President of the Construction Owners Association of America Michigan Chapter
Experience Your Team Needs
Group members will be guided and advised through the complex process of locating, planning, designing, building, and launching their new school facility. Put experience on your side with insight from one of the nations most specialized professionals who has been a part of more than 25 new school launches in several states.
When You Need It
The facility is one of the most challenging pieces to planning a new school launch. Our expertise saves time and money by helping you avoid pitfalls and navigate obstacles helping you stay on track for your goals. Accessible and affordable expertise throughout your project has never been closer.
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Facilities Expertise Delivered
Unless you are affiliated with a large management company or signed up with an expensive turn-key facility development company, schools have not had many options to get charter schools specific facilities expertise on their team.
We give your team a comprehensive boost of experience working with a Masters of Architecture, BS in civil engineering, and a Graduate Certificate in real estate development with nearly a decade of extensive charter school experience from major management companies down to the small independent schools.
What kinds of schools have we worked with?
A full spectrum; from public to private and large management company with 50,000 SF prototypes to custom small projects, new construction ground up to former school renovation, facility conversions including big box and strip mall retail. All of which working with a variety of academic models, financial structures, and stakeholder interests. We are expert at joining and fitting into project teams of all kinds.
Positioning You to be a Facilities Expert
Monthly Group Meeting
Join a group of peers tackling similar challenges while learning best practices from an expert who keeps you on track with strategically planned monthly sessions that follow the traditional project cycle and factor in todays climate to put your school on pace for making lasting positive change.
Monthly One-on-One
Each school us unique, so we carve out a monthly one-on-one session to dive into details and provide guidance and insight into your specific scenario.
Included Services
Group members receive included impact services that set the stage for facility planning.
High-Level Conceptual Programming and data diagnostic
Up to Five (5) Stage One High Level Site/Building Evaluations Conducted Remotely
Physical Plant Description for Charter Contract
Up to 6 Hours of On-Demand Advisory Calls
Member Rate on Additional Services
We will be teaching you how to take the many steps needed to get through a facility launch, but we know that sometimes other work gets in the way or you need a bit of help executing. With the ground work laid through participating in this process, we can take on small pieces at a member rate.
Stage One High Level Site/Building Evaluations
Stage Two Next Level Site/Building Evaluations
Facility Condition Review
Space Use and Enrollment Optimization
Multi-Year Space Planning
New Construction / Renovation Planning
Lease Evaluations
Design, Engineering, Construction Owners Representation and Project Management
Fees vary, request pricing for your scenario.
Stand Out From the Crowd
Authorizers want to see you demonstrate good governance; the ability to define need and strategically partner with expertise to resolve that need. The facility is the schools single-largest asset and one of the most complicated and very influential parts of the launch process. Demonstrate that you know how to build a team around you to create conditions for success toward achieving your mission for kids.
REACH YOUR FACILITY FUTURE
We are excited you are here. Start the registration process and being making lasting positive change in your facility.
If I join now, won’t I be out of sync with the group who have been a part of this longer? What if I am looking out at a 2022 opening?
No matter the time of year or where in the project cycle you are, join anytime. We will get started with a one-on-one kickoff session to catch up on details and work to get things caught up to where they should be. We will place you in a group for a Fall 2021 or Fall 2022 cohort putting you into timeline proximity with your peers.
