2020 Facilities Master Plan

The San Mateo–Foster City School District is updating its 2020 Facilities Master Plan through multi-stakeholder engagement and community participation. Please visit A Clear Plan for Our Schools: Facilities Master Plan Draft Shared page for the most recent update

On July 30, 2020, the SMFCSD Board of Trustees adopted the 2020 Facilities Master Plan, concluding more than a year of work identifying and analyzing facility needs across all schools and key District sites such as the Central Kitchen and District Office. Developed with input from staff, site leaders, and community stakeholders, the 2020 Facilities Master Plan serves as a roadmap for the next decade, guiding modernization, safety improvements, and infrastructure upgrades. Its purpose is to ensure that all students and staff have safe, healthy, and well-equipped facilities that fully support teaching and learning.

School Community Input

Input was sought from school communities in meetings held in January and February 2020 and through a Facilities Needs Survey that was made available to all staff, parents and students. After all facilities needs were identified, School Teams comprised of parents and staff made recommendations for their respective school sites about their immediate facility needs.

Immediate Facility Needs

District staff and Aedis Architects developed the new 2020 Facilities Master Plan, consolidating Districtwide and site-specific needs and creating cost estimates for each project. The 2020 FMP identified over $850 million in facility needs over the next decade, with $450 million in Immediate Needs prioritized for funding when secured. The Board of Trustees adopted the “Master Plan for the New Decade,” emphasized its importance, and thanked participants, noting it may be the first facilities master plan created through both in-person and virtual meetings. Please review this Summary of Immediate Priorities.

Funding the Facilities Master Plan

The SMFCSD's Board of Trustees placed a bond measure for $409 million on the November 2020 ballot to provide the major funding for the Immediate Priorities in the 2020 Facilities Master Plan. The bond measure, Measure T, passed with a 64% yes vote, substantially more than the minimum 55% yes vote needed. In March 2021, the first of several bond sales was held to fund the projects that are in the implementation or planning phases now. Please see the Measure T Status of Implementation Highlights, February 4, 2021.

The Details

We invite you to review these documents to learn more:

Executive Summary of the FMP - Master Plan for the New Decade, including school by school summaries
Summary of Immediate Priorities funded by Measure T

Frequently Asked Questions

Does the 2020 FMP include needs related to ensuring healthy schools for when we return to school?

What does the 2020 FMP include?

There are district-wide projects, such as:

Providing infrastructure upgrades and improvements to aging plumbing, and sewer systems; additional electrical panels for schools that need them;
Renovated/modernized student and adult restrooms;
Middle school science classrooms and labs for 21st-century science learning;
The installation of solar systems to move the District toward a goal of net-zero energy usage; and
Improvements to play areas, both grass and black tops as well as landscaping and irrigation.

There are also special facilities projects planned for each school including new multipurpose rooms at Highlands, Meadow Heights, Parkside Montessori and LEAD Elementary schools, a modernization/partial rebuild of Bowditch Middle School and the addition of classrooms on several school sites for specialized programs such as Makers' Labs for projects, Art and Music.

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