About Valley-Edinburg Schools' Work with ICS
During the spring of 2023, the Valley-Edinburg School Board approved the hiring of ICS to lead us through a long-range facility planning process. As a district, it is important that we have ongoing conversations around our Mission that we believe that ensuring tomorrow’s success starts with nurturing resilient, forward-thinking, capable minds today. The job of ICS is to help us determine, with your input, how we achieve our Vision to be the present and future of excellent rural education.
VE's Timeline of Work With ICS
Spring 2023 - Approval of Contract to Begin Services with ICS
Summer 2023 - ICS Completes Spaces Needs Analysis (Educational Adequacy Study)
Summer 2023 - ICS Completes Rough Draft of Demographic Analysis (Future Enrollment Study)
Summer 2023 - ICS Completes Facilities, Operation, and Architectural Assessment (Facilities Study)
Fall 2023 - ICS Holds Community & Stakeholder Input Meetings with Students, Staff, and Community Members
Winter 2023 - ICS Shares Community & Stakeholder Feedback and Educational Adequacy Findings (see video below for 1-17-24 presentation)
Winter 2023 - ICS Shares Future Enrollment Study Findings and Facility Analysis Findings (see presentation below)
What's Next?
We are very grateful to have undergone this process with ICS, and we believe we have gained a vast amount of invaluable information from the work they have completed for us. Our next step is to begin the "solutioning" phase, which will lead to a variety of decisions to be made. Valley-Edinburg Schools is excited to continue working with its communities on deciding what is best for our students, families, and communities.