The Facilities Master Plan establishes the framework that provides a comprehensive overview of the School District and resources, integrating people, facilities, process, and technology. This framework includes analyzing the enrollment projections and FTEs, facility utilization, and current needs, inspecting the facilities and existing drawings, facility conditions assessment, deferred maintenance, and sustainable initiatives.

Documents including site features/limitations, maintenance issues, functionality, and utility systems assess the exterior envelope of facilities, interior construction, fixtures and finishes, exterior sites like parking and fields, building systems, building functionality, and the future readiness of the facilities. At the beginning of April, 2024 we engaged Woolpert Consultants to conduct a thorough facility condition assessment and life cycle analysis to evaluate the condition and needs of our school district's facilities. Woolpert's assessment experts inspected all facilities, documenting existing conditions and inventorying all equipment to determine its status and life cycle for our capital planning projections.

The plan provides a road map for renovations, replacements, additions, modifications that will allow City Schools of Decatur to meet the goals in the strategic plan, improve all buildings to operate efficiently, effectively, healthy, safe, and sustainable.CSD identified four key strategic accelerators that leverage our strengths to improve our areas of growth we operate with a specific emphasis on organizational effectiveness and excellence. CSD is considering the construction of a new early learning center facility at 346 West Trinity Place. This building would be net-zero, carbon-neutral, well-ventilated, and highly energy-efficient, ensuring it does not contribute to carbon emissions or other greenhouse gases. It would be all-electric, with no onsite fuel combustion, and would offset all its electricity usage with 100% renewable energy sources.