Lake Washington School District, 2013
The purpose of educational specifications is to provide guidelines for planning educational facilities. It is a document that provides guidelines for the design of a school building, connecting a school district’s educational philosophy with the built environment (site and building).
The Lake Washington School District educational specifications are divided into separate components: a vision description and a performance-based specification. Both components are applicable to any major school construction project - whether the project is a modernization, a replacement or a new school.
The vision description and performance-based specification are the baseline for the design of the new and the replacement projects included the 2014 bond. The previous educational specifications, completed in 1998 and updated in 2005, were used for all Phase One and Phase Two major construction projects. The document has been revised in 2013 to reflect knowledge gained from Phase One and Two work, and updates of the District’s vision and goals. The education specification is intended to be an eight-year document, and will be updated again in 2020-2021.
