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BOARD OF TRUSTEES’ FACILITIES CONTRACTING COMMITTEE

MATERIALS 12:30 -2:00 May 15, 2019

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AGENDA FACILITIES CONTRACTING COMMITTEE

May 15, 2019 (12:30-2:00)

For Executive Session Items see separate CONFIDENTIAL Agenda and Materials 1. Executive Session: Litigation & potential litigation. Status update on matters & issues.2. Executive Session: Real property issues, contracts, easements, leases.3. Executive Session: Confidential information.

4. Capital Construction Update ……………………………………………………………3

5. Hansen Arena Level I and approval to move forward with Level II and Level III ……...5

6. School of Business Student Success Center Level I and approval to move forward withLevel II and Level III …………………………………………………………………….9

7. Consideration and Action: Wyoming State Vet Lab Change Orders …………………...15

8. Consideration and Action: Construction delivery method for Corbett Pool Locker RoomRenovation ………………………………………………………………………………16

9. Capital Construction Request …………………………………………………………...17

10. King Air Research Aircraft

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FACILITIES CONTRACTING COMMITTEE

COMMITTEE MEETING MATERIALS

AGENDA ITEM TITLE: Capital Construction Update, Kibbon

☒ PUBLIC SESSION☐ EXECUTIVE SESSION

PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED BY COMMITTEE: ☒ Yes☐ No

FOR FULL BOARD CONSIDERATION: ☒ Yes

[Note: If yes, materials will also be included in the full UW Board of Trustee report.]☐ No

☐ Attachments/materials are provided in advance of the meeting.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: BSL – 3 Update

• Final commissioning and construction activities are complete.

Engineering Update • Landscaping will take place late spring/early summer.

Arena Auditorium Phase II • Final documentation for substantial completion is underway

Science Initiative • Anticipate 95% construction (bid) documents in May.• Efforts to align budget are ongoing.

Law School Addition • Initial programming is underway.• Exterior design advisory committee invitations have been sent.

Campus Master Plan • Efforts are ongoing.• Full board to receive an update at the May meeting.

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AMK Ranch • Design of the septic and well systems is underway.• Anticipate bidding the project in June.• Anticipate construction starting late July or August.

West Campus Satellite Energy Plant • Anticipate bidding the foundations, direct buried distribution piping, site utilities, and

chilled water storage tank in May.

Student Housing • Request for qualifications design firms is currently being publically advertised.

WHY THIS ITEM IS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE: This information is presented for the general information of the Trustees.

ACTION REQUIRED AT THIS BOARD MEETING: N/A

PROPOSED MOTION: N/A

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FACILITIES CONTRACTING COMMITTEE

COMMITTEE MEETING MATERIALS

AGENDA ITEM TITLE: Rodeo Level II and III, Theobald/ Beau Clark/Kibbon

☒ PUBLIC SESSION☐ EXECUTIVE SESSION

PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED BY COMMITTEE: ☐ Yes☒ No

FOR FULL BOARD CONSIDERATION: ☒ Yes

[Note: If yes, materials will also be included in the full UW Board of Trustee report.]☐ No

☒ Attachments/materials are provided in advance of the meeting.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The College of Agriculture has prepared a Level I document for the committee (attached). The Level I serves as the statement of need for the Hansen Arena, specifically Rodeo.

With the committee’s approval, the College of Agriculture will move forward with Level II and III. Levels II and III will require administration to hire design consultants

WHY THIS ITEM IS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE: Pursuant to UW Reg. 6-9 all projects require Board approval.

ACTION REQUIRED AT THIS COMMITTEE MEETING: Board to authorize the Administration to proceed with project planning for Rodeo needs.

PROPOSED MOTION: “I move to authorize Administration, pursuant to UW Reg. 6-9, to proceed with the project planning for Rodeo needs.”

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University of Wyoming

Addition to Hansen Arena Facilities

This document provides an overview of University of Wyoming rodeo program horse boarding facilities, livestock housing facilities and indoor arena at the University of Wyoming Farm/Hansen Teaching Arena.

The University of Wyoming Rodeo program is seeking the Board of Trustees approval for planning the construction of horse boarding and livestock housing facilities. The future needs of the entire facility will include an additional indoor arena. Planning of horse boarding and livestock housing should recognize the vision for additional facilities in the future.

Supplemental budget 2019, the state of Wyoming specifically budgeted $500,000, for University of Wyoming rodeo program facility needs.

The proposed project for the University of Wyoming rodeo program is to construct horse boarding facilities for 100 UW Rodeo horses as well as livestock housing for UW rodeo livestock.

BILL NO. HB0001

ENROLLED ACT NO. 51, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING 2019 GENERAL SESSION

7. Of this general fund appropriation, five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) shall only beexpended for design and construction of a covered practice arena, animal stalls, stables andanimal handling units associated with University of Wyoming rodeo activities and programs.The appropriation subject to this footnote shall not be included in the agency's 2021-2022standard budget request.

University of Wyoming Rodeo need for horse boarding and livestock housing.

University of Wyoming Rodeo was started in 1940 and has maintained strong tradition at the University of Wyoming for the last 79 years. It is the goal of UW Rodeo to become one of the most elite rodeo programs in the country. Elite status will include standards of excellence in the classroom, community, and rodeo arena. The three largest challenges for the UW rodeo program at this time are 1. Horse Boarding, 2. Livestock Care, and 3. Arena time for practice.

General Construction for the $500,000 would include the following;

30 horse pens

Each Pen 30’x60’ with lean-to shelter and available stock water source

Livestock Housing

Feed Lot design that enables adequate bunk space, sorting capabilities, and lean-to shelter

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100 steers, 100 calves, 35 goats, 10 bulls, 30 bucking horses

Horse Boarding.

University of Wyoming rodeo athletes spend 1-2 hours commuting and caring for their horses. A typical day for a UW rodeo athlete will include; morning workout, on campus classes, commute from campus to bus stop, drive personal vehicle to local horse boarding facility, load horses, drive to Hansen Livestock Teaching arena, drive back to horse boarding, return to campus or home.

The current structure that includes students finding other horse boarding, paying for horse boarding and commuting back and forth between residence, campus, bus stops, horse boarding facility and the Hansen arena is expensive and time consuming.

It should also be recognized that Wyoming community colleges are currently providing horse boarding at practice facilities, for rodeo athletes. The University of Wyoming is behind in the design of college rodeo program facilities.

Creating the opportunity for student athletes to board horses at the practice facility will decrease the cost of boarding and travel, allow for more time to excel in the classroom and decrease the risks associated with student athletes driving trucks and trailers on a daily basis. It will also be a recruiting attraction to ensure that we continue to compete with the community colleges in Wyoming as well as other rodeo programs involved with college rodeo.

Livestock Housing

The current livestock housing, specific to UW Rodeo, is pieced together, inadequate in size, and moderately functional. Immediate issues that need to be resolved with rodeo livestock housing include; lack of bunk space for feeding, time used to feed and care for animals, lack of number of pens, drainage from weather, shelter capacity, general design for operations, and very poor eye appeal.

Nothing about the current rodeo livestock housing facility demonstrates excellence in animal care. It is below average for all issues and we can do better. Seventy-nine years of college rodeo tradition at the University of Wyoming, in the Cowboy State, should be represented by excellence in appearance as well as provide great care for rodeo livestock.

Indoor Arena

The Hansen Livestock Teaching Arena is utilized by; 4-H, Agriculture classes in the college of Ag, extension services, Livestock Judging, Equestrian Team, Ranch Horse Team, FFA, High School rodeo, Laramie community and UW Rodeo. The facility is currently juggling all of these groups on a weekly basis and scheduled for months out.

All events and people who utilize the Hansen Arena represent the culture of Wyoming, the western lifestyle, and promotion of Agriculture in Wyoming.

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The vision for the future of the Hansen Teaching facility should include an additional indoor arena that will increase the availability for all agriculture needs at the University of Wyoming, Laramie community, youth in agriculture and UW rodeo.

Conclusion

The University of Wyoming Rodeo Program has a sense of urgency to responsibly utilize the $500,000 that was budgeted for expansion of UW Rodeo facilities. Planning the immediate needs that will enhance the UW Rodeo program and best utilize the $500,000 budget are horse boarding and livestock housing.

There is additional momentum for UW rodeo. Fundraising strategies are being evaluated and we are encouraged that UW rodeo will have an opportunity to generate substantial support for additional funding needed to construct additional facilities.

Construction of these facilities will need to utilize great vision for the future needs of all agriculture programs that utilize the Hansen Teaching arena. The entire facility will need to accommodate future construction needs that may include an additional arena, parking, and utility buildings.

UW Rodeo, the department of animal science and the college of agriculture at the University of Wyoming have expressed great interest in utilizing all current momentum to create better facilities for all people involved with the utilization of the Hansen Teaching Arena. Building better facilities at the Hansen Teaching arena will create opportunity for the University of Wyoming to raise the bar for promotion of agriculture in all efforts of education, extension, UW agriculture clubs, UW Rodeo, and encouragement of youth in agriculture.

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FACILITIES CONTRACTING COMMITTEE

COMMITTEE MEETING MATERIALS

AGENDA ITEM TITLE: College of Business/Student Success Center, Sprott/Theobald/Kibbon ☒ PUBLIC SESSION☐ EXECUTIVE SESSION

PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED BY COMMITTEE: ☒ Yes☐ No

FOR FULL BOARD CONSIDERATION: ☒ Yes

[Note: If yes, materials will also be included in the full UW Board of Trustee report.]☐ No

☒ Attachments/materials are provided in advance of the meeting.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The College of Business has prepared a Level I document for the committee (attached). The Level I serves as the statement of need for the Student Success Center to be located within the College of Business.

With the committee’s approval, the College of Business will move forward with Level II and III. Levels II and III will require administration to hire design consultants

WHY THIS ITEM IS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE: Pursuant to UW Reg. 6-9 all projects require Board approval.

ACTION REQUIRED AT THIS COMMITTEE MEETING: Board to authorize the Administration in consultation with the College of Business to proceed with project planning of the Student Success Center.

PROPOSED MOTION: “I move to authorize Administration and the College of Business, pursuant to UW Reg. 6-9, to proceed with the project planning of the Student Success Center within the College of Business.”

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The UW College of Business 2019 Student Success Center Project

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Executive Summary The College of Business requests approval to move forward to level II planning in order to launch a new Student Success Center for the college. The project will include renovations and enhancements to the existing first floor of the old C&I building to create and open and inviting student-facing center. This will be interior construction only with no changes made to the exterior of the building. The center will provide a basic offering of student services that augment those offered by UW and include enrollment management; academic advising; and professional development and engagement. As such, the space will include offices for academic and career advising, interview rooms, as well as open space for peer tutoring, networking events and career fairs. By housing all these services in one location in the business school, we will create efficiencies in staffing, increase opportunities for engagement, and support the success of our students. The current space where the center will be housed is a maze of disjointed and inefficient hallways – thus, a change to the physical infrastructure is required to make this a leading center that one would expect for a school of UW’s caliber. The plan for the center has been presented to and has the support of UW President Laurie Nichols, Provost Kate Miller, and members of leadership in the UW Foundation and the College of Business.

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The University of Wyoming’s College of Business (COB) is planning to launch a Student Success Center (SSC) which includes a capital project. This document provides an overview of this project for the Trustees’ approval. Our 2019 project aims to raise private funds for the renovation and enhancement of the first floor of the former C&I building to create a centralized business student success facility. The center will include student-facing services such as enrollment management; academic advising; and professional development and engagement. As reflected in its mission the center will be driven by a focus on students in order to facilitate their successful preparation for entering today’s workforce:

The Student Success Center will provide College of Business students with a complete academic, engagement, and professional development experience and produce a channel of students who are prepared to succeed in their chosen fields and realize a positive return on their education.

Leaders at UW, including the president and provost, are supportive of the project. Central to realizing the new center philanthropic efforts will be to support the build-out of its physical location. The University of Wyoming Foundation is fully supportive of the capital project and engaged to help raise approximately $5 million from a select group of private donors and corporate sponsors for the construction and support of the new student facility. As a first step, we seek Board of Trustees approval for level II facility planning. In addition to fundraising for the physical infrastructure, additional private funds will be raised in 2020-2021 from the business community, donors and possibly in the form of state match (if available) from the State of Wyoming. These

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additional funds will be used for further enhancements to the facility, expanded services and the establishment of endowments to support center operations.

The new Student Success Center directly supports both the strategic plan for the University of Wyoming and its College of Business. Given the scope and breadth of the project, a centralized student success center ties directly in with multiple goals in both plans. The new center also aligns with and augments central university initiatives regarding advising and career support for all students.

I. The Pressing Need for a Centralized Student Success Facility

University of Wyoming’s College of Business is AACSB accredited – an accreditation held by fewer than 900 of the world’s estimated 16,000 business schools. Central to the accreditation process is a focus on aligning the college’s strategic intent with outcomes such as engagement, innovation and impact. A number of competitive and aspirant business schools offer centers for their students similar to what we are proposing1 For example, this project is similar to the Delta Student Success Center opened in Georgia State’s Robinson College of Business in 2018, which involved the construction of a 27,873 square-foot facility2.

As a leading business school, our responsibility is not only to produce students with diplomas, but to also ensure our graduates have the knowledge and skills to use in their chosen careers and fields. While a large part of the learning process surrounds the classroom, providing today’s students with the skills necessary for launching a successful career also requires additional co-curricular activities involving professional development, corporate engagement, and international opportunities, to name only a few.

The proposed Student Success Center is intended to address the aforementioned student needs by providing an enhanced student-centered experience that integrates various co-curricular activities in a single physical location. The UW College of Business currently has separate units for academic advising and career support (the Peter M. and Paula Green Johnson Career Center), with various other staff and faculty working on enrollment management, corporate engagement scholarship processing and student organization support. Many of these functions are housed in various locations throughout the COB. For example, the Department of Economics has started an EconHelp lab utilizing peers to tutor students struggling with the principles of economics coursework. It is currently housed in a vacant faculty office with inadequate space for growth. As one might suspect, the current decentralized approach is ineffective and fails to yield efficiencies which could be realized by a single college unit and better serve our students. Thus,

1 Examples from AACSB a few peer and aspirant schools: Utah State - https://huntsman.usu.edu/studentcenter/index University of Montana - https://www.business.umt.edu/students/ Washington State – https://business.wsu.edu/carson-center-for-student-success/ 2  https://news.gsu.edu/2016/04/20/georgia-states-robinson-college-business-receives-2-million-gift-fund-delta-student-success-center/ https://news.delta.com/delta-student-success-center-opens-georgia-state-s-robinson-college-business

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we are proposing to create a Student Success Center that will serve as the epicenter of advising, professional engagement and enrollment management for all College of Business students. The center will focus on students in order to facilitate their successful preparation for entering today’s workforce.

At present, the College of Business has various funding sources for on-going support of the new center including: previously budgeted staff and student workers; student program fees; and endowments such as the one associated with the Johnson Career Center. However, the current layout of the business building does not allow for a single location to serve students in preparing for the job market.

As the College of Business continues to grow the need to provide student services in an aligned and efficient manner is becoming more urgent – particularly in a world where most industries are constantly evolving and adapting. As mentioned earlier, the trend in higher business education to implement centers for student success makes it critical for Wyoming’s business school to offer similar services. Prospective students and their parents are looking for schools who invest in the student, and the Student Success Center will do just that.

II. A Unique Opportunity to Maximize Existing Space.

The SSC will be located on the first floor of the College of Business west building (formerly the C&I building). Currently, the first floor is a maze of empty file rooms, dark hallways and deserted office space. The Johnson Career Center currently resides in the far south end of the building while academic advising inhabits the north end of the building. At first glance down the hallway, one would be hard pressed not to feel like you had somehow ended up in the basement of the building. Minimal signage, multiple doors and gloomy hallways make it extremely difficult for students to navigate from one office to the other and the distance between offices makes collaboration nearly impossible.

The remodel would include:

o Dedicated entrance to the SSC – easily identifiable for prospective students / familieso Open and inviting floor plan with bold UW imageryo Offices for advisors, career specialist and other staffo Reception and common area for student interactions, networking events, etc.o Flexible and mixed office space for student organizationso Interview roomso Conference roomso NOTE: Architectural services will help refine these elements during design phase.

The first floor of the west building in the College of Business is roughly 12,288 square feet and the anticipated cost of the remodel and associated updates and operations is $5 million. Since the building itself underwent a major facelift in 2009, there will be no need to update electrical or plumbing to code, nor is there any intent to change the exterior of the building.

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III. Service Elements of the New Center

The SSC will include three primary areas of student services supported by trained staff, world-class facilities, and cutting edge technology, and will provide a home for the Johnson Career Center (JCC). The intent of the SSC is to augment career and advising activities offered by the University of Wyoming by providing value-added services in preparing business and economics students for careers in today’s ever-evolving market.

The three service areas will include:

• Enrollment Management – Building a Pipeline of Quality COB Studentso Wyoming high school student recruitmento Community college relations, articulation management and transferso Recruitment beyond Wyoming (key regional, national and international markets)o Scholarship award and processing

• Academic Advising – Providing Support of Programmatic Excellenceo Academic advisingo Degree progression and completion trackingo Study abroad advising and program supporto Management of student demand to optimize space and faculty resources

• Professional Development and Engagement – Preparing Students for Successo Career, mentorship and professional developmento Corporate engagement and employer relationso Internshipso Coordination and support of faculty career advisingo Student engagement and support of experiential learning opportunitieso Undergraduate research opportunities

As a part of the College of Business’s strategic plan, the Student Success Center will focus on measurable metrics for success in the three service areas offered. Example metrics include:

• Enrollment Managemento Overall Enrollmento Enrollment of transfer studentso Enrollment from beyond Wyomingo Scholarship dollars per COB student

• Academic Advisingo Retention rateo Percent of COB students studying abroado 4-year and 6-year undergraduate graduation rates

• Professional Development and Engagemento Percent of COB students participating in an internship experienceo Number of corporations participating in career fairs and on-campus experienceso Percent of students participating in Handshakeo Percent of COB students placed into a job within a year of graduation

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The vision outlined above provides a core of excellence for COB students; however, it is critical to grow the SSC in a thoughtful and reasoned fashion. Additional elements are likely to be added over time to expand the scope and reach of the SSC. These additional elements will be opportunities for on-going development and fundraising opportunities, and may include:

• Services for non-traditional students (e.g., online students, pre-transfers, veterans).• Career services for specific industries or groups (e.g., accounting, hospitality, alumni).• Services for MBA and other graduate students.• Expanded existing or new endowments to support SSC’s service activities.

IV. Enhanced Collaboration and Partnerships

The Student Success Center will enhance current relationships with corporate and local businesses. For example, the space will be able to host corporate networking events that provide students with exposure to community and corporate partners. Such events will provide an opportunity for the business school to build new and lasting relationships with students, prospective employers and possible donors. The world-class space will be a true showcase which increases the visibility and stature of the university and its business school. We also expect that the new center will be a central hub that encourages cross-campus collaboration. The College of Business currently engages with numerous academic areas on campus, including The College of Engineering & Applied Sciences, The College of Law, The Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources, UW International Programs Office, UW School of Pharmacy, The School of Energy Resources, and numerous community colleges around the state of Wyoming and Western Nebraska. In addition to these current collaborations the COB has an established partnership with Pforzheim University in Germany and will expand its global network as part of its strategic plan. The new Student Success Center will help strengthen all these relationships as students are better served across campus and will hopefully generate new relationships with groups such as UW’s ACES and enrollment management.

V. Conclusion

In conclusion, the Student Success Center will be the epicenter of student involvement and engagement at Wyoming’s business school. Encompassing not only traditional academic advising, the center will be the hub for career engagement, internship opportunities, scholarship assistance, enrollment management and student support. A centralized location will encourage collaboration and recognize efficiencies through shared staffing and space. The redesign of the first floor of the former C&I building will be open and inviting, encouraging students and prospective students to see what the College of Business has to offer.

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FACILITIES CONTRACTING COMMITTEE

COMMITTEE MEETING MATERIALS

AGENDA ITEM TITLE: Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory – Incinerator project change orders, Theobald/Kibbon

☒ PUBLIC SESSION☐ EXECUTIVE SESSION

PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED BY COMMITTEE: ☐ Yes☒ No

FOR FULL BOARD CONSIDERATION: ☒ Yes

[Note: If yes, materials will also be included in the full UW Board of Trustee report.]☐ No

☐ Attachments/materials are provided in advance of the meeting.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: There are two change orders associated with the incinerator project at the Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory.

The first is for in filling a scale pit. The scale was removed from the incinerator load room because of the challenges associated with cleaning it. The total cost of the change is $7,585.00.

The second is for modifying the new roof top unit (RTU) that supplies air to the incinerator load room. Additional duct was required to prevent snow from entering the air intake of the unit causing the unit to fail. The total cost of the change is $3,007.00

The combined total of the changes is $10,592.00. The balance of contingency remaining for the project will be $125,408.00.

WHY THIS ITEM IS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE: When the accumulated value of all change orders exceeds forty percent (40%) of the Owners Contingency, pursuant to UW regulation 6-9, all change orders require Board approval.

ACTION REQUIRED AT THIS COMMITTEE MEETING: Authorization to execute a change order in the amount of $10,592.00 for in filling the scale pit and additional duct work.

PROPOSED MOTION: “I move to authorize Administration to execute a change order in the amount of $10,592.00 with Sletten Construction of Wyoming.”

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FACILITIES CONTRACTING COMMITTEE

COMMITTEE MEETING MATERIALS

AGENDA ITEM TITLE: Construction Delivery Method for Corbett Locker Room Renovation, Theobald/Kibbon

☒ PUBLIC SESSION☐ EXECUTIVE SESSION

PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED BY COMMITTEE: ☐ Yes☒ No

FOR FULL BOARD CONSIDERATION: ☒ Yes

[Note: If yes, materials will also be included in the full UW Board of Trustee report.]☐ No

☐ Attachments/materials are provided in advance of the meeting.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Wyoming legislature appropriated $1.0M “for the purposes of major maintenance expenditures related to Corbett pool” during the 2018 budget session.

Arete Design Group was hired in November 2018 to produce construction documents and manage a project to bring locker rooms up to current standards. Their charge has been to focus on competitive recruiting, student experience, improve mechanical systems, and address acoustical issues.

Administration’s preferred delivery method for this project is design-bid-build.

WHY THIS ITEM IS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE: Pursuant to UW Regulation 6-9(III)(E), the Board of Trustees shall approve the construction delivery method for projects over $500,000.00.

ACTION REQUIRED AT THIS COMMITTEE MEETING: Board approval for Design-Bid-Build.

PROPOSED MOTION: “I move to authorize Administration to use the Design-Bid-Build construction delivery method for the Corbett Pool Locker Room Renovations.”

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FACILITIES CONTRACTING COMMITTEE

COMMITTEE MEETING MATERIALS AGENDA ITEM TITLE: Capital Construction Request, McKinley/Asay/Theobald

☒ PUBLIC SESSION☐ EXECUTIVE SESSION

PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED BY COMMITTEE: ☐ Yes☒ No

FOR FULL BOARD CONSIDERATION: ☒ Yes

[Note: If yes, materials will also be included in the full UW Board of Trustee report.]☐ No

☐ Attachments/materials are provided in advance of the meeting.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The University of Wyoming is required to submit the FY2021-2022 biennium capital construction budget request to the State Budget Division of the Department of Administration and Information. Pursuant to 9-2-3004(c) the State Construction Department shall "(i) Review and make recommendations to the governor concerning capital construction budget requests made by the state building commission, school facilities commission, the University of Wyoming, community college commission and any state agency;".

As such, the University is required to submit its proposals/requests for state funded capital construction projects to the State Construction Department by May 1, 2019. This year, we have asked for an extension to that deadline, and have been granted an extension to May 31, 2019, so that the Board of Trustees can approve the requests before they are submitted.

The University Administration developed two sets of priorities, one for athletic facilities and the other for academic and student facilities:

Athletic Facilities 1. Corbett Pool2. War Memorial Stadium---West Side3. Soccer Facility4. Wrestling Practice Facility expansionAcademic/Student Facilities1. College of Education & Albany County/UW Laboratory School2. Bureau of Mines3. Student Union/Student Success Center/Student Health4. Animal Science/Molecular Biology

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5. Aven Nelson6. Biological Sciences7. Physical Sciences8. Agriculture Hall9. Arts & Sciences Hall10. Engineering Hall11. McWhinnie Hall12. Ross Hall13. Merica Hall14. Jelm Mountain Observatory15. Law School building16. Old Main

Additional materials will be distributed for discussion at the meeting.

WHY THIS ITEM IS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE: The Trustees of the University of Wyoming, a constitutional body, are responsible for the “management of the university” (Wyoming Constitution, Article 7, 17).

The Board’s approval of the capital construction budget request is required by Trustee Regulations and UW budget procedures.

ACTION REQUIRED AT THIS COMMITTEE MEETING: Approval of the 2021-2022 Biennium Capital Construction Budget Request.

PROPOSED MOTION: I move to approve the proposed 2021-2022 Biennium Capital Construction Budget Request.

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CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION BUDGET NARRATIVE

1. Capital Construction Request

WAR MEMORIAL STADIUM WEST STAND RENOVATION AND CORBETT NATATORIUM

A. EXPLANATION OF REQUEST:

The west side stands of War Memorial Stadium needs immediate upgrades. The stands and related facilities are outdated and have untapped

potential for spectator experience and overall campus engagement. Renovations will provide opportunities to generate additional revenue

via various mediums including, but not limited to, loge boxes, upgraded seating, separate ticket areas (e.g., club area) and upgraded fan amenities

(e.g., such as concession areas/points of sale). In addition, game-day operational spaces (e.g., media working areas, visiting team locker rooms and

sports medicine areas, etc.) and upgraded bathroom facilities will be incorporated into the design.

The University of Wyoming’s goal is to raise the standard for the football program and better meet the needs of everyone who utilizes the facility from

both a fan and operational perspective (e.g., media, visiting team coaches/staff/student-athletes, etc.). An upgrade of the existing facilities will (1)

create additional revenue generation opportunities, (2) provide a better game day experience for fans and (3) and better serve the needs of our national

media and TV partners.

The existing Corbett pool facility, which was built in the mid-1970’s, lacks several facets important to the success of the University’s student-athletes.

Throughout the Mountain West Conference and across the nation, 50-meter swimming and 5-meter diving capabilities are used for competition aquatics

facilities. The current facility does not meet the NCAA Division 1 requirements for competition facilities. The diving area is too shallow to

accommodate anything more than a 3-meter springboard, yet Mountain West Conference and Western Athletic Conference teams must compete in 3,

5 and 10-meter diving categories. Additionally, the water body is contiguous, which makes it impossible for dual practice or hosting of simultaneous

events.

REQUEST BY OBJECT CODE, FUNDING AMOUNT & FUND SOURCE:

Object Code Amount Funding Source

1 0701 - Capital Outlay 74,200,000$ General Fund

2

Total 74,200,000$ 100% 1001 General Fund

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B. PERFORMANCE JUSTIFICATION:

Both of the proposed projects are directly related to the Mission of the University as defined in the 2017-2022 Breaking Through Strategic Plan

by promoting opportunities for athletic competition.

STATE CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT (SCD) RECOMMENDATION

The SCD recommends approval/denial…….in office use

STATE BUILDING COMMISSION (SBC) RECOMMENDATION

The SBC recommends approval/denial ……..in office use

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CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION BUDGET NARRATIVE

1. Capital Construction Request

UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING/ ALBANY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #1 LAB SCHOOL

A. EXPLANATION OF REQUEST:

The State’s P-8 Educator Preparation University Laboratory School currently housed in the University of Wyoming’s Education building needs to be

modernized or replaced to serve the needs of the community, the State, the University, and the College of Education. The current facility is antiquated,

and constrains the State’s ability to provide a 21st century education of future educators and P-12 students. The facility limits accessibility, security,

recreation and appropriate technologies.

B. REQUEST BY OBJECT CODE, FUNDING AMOUNT & FUND SOURCE:

Object Code Amount Funding Source

1 0701 - Capital Outlay 27,500,000$ General Fund

2

Total 27,500,000$ 100% 1001 General Fund

C. PERFORMANCE JUSTIFICATION:

The proposed project is directly related to the Vision and Mission of the University as defined in the 2017-2022 Breaking Through Strategic Plan

by promoting the exploration of new frontiers of teaching and learning and providing outreach and services that extend our human talent and

technological capacity to serve the people in our communities, our state, the nation and the world.

STATE CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT (SCD) RECOMMENDATION

The SCD recommends approval/denial…….in office use

STATE BUILDING COMMISSION (SBC) RECOMMENDATION

The SBC recommends approval/denial ……..in office use

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1. Capital Construction Request

UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING EDUCATION BUILDING

A. EXPLANATION OF REQUEST:

A new or renovated College of Education building would leverage the advantages of 21st century office space, flexible active learning spaces, advanced

technological tools for distance supervision of student teaching, other clinical placements, teaching simulation laboratories, conferencing, behind the

glass with in the ear coaching of teaching skills, new high tech distance teaching platforms, virtual and augmented reality teaching tools, and distance

degree program delivery. In addition, providing a single facility in which to house the entire College of Education faculty and staff will improve

planning, continuous program improvement, and programmatic innovations. The University anticipates this project to occur in concurrence with the

new Laboratory School.

B. REQUEST BY OBJECT CODE, FUNDING AMOUNT & FUND SOURCE:

Object Code Amount Funding Source

1 0701 - Capital Outlay 35,000,000$ General Fund

2

Total 35,000,000$ 100% 1001 General Fund

C. PERFORMANCE JUSTIFICATION:

The proposed project is directly related to the Vision and Mission of the University as defined in the 2017-2022 Breaking Through Strategic Plan

by promoting the exploration of new frontiers of teaching and learning and providing outreach and services that extend our human talent and

technological capacity to serve the people in our communities, our state, the nation and the world.

STATE CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT (SCD) RECOMMENDATION

The SCD recommends approval/denial…….in office use

STATE BUILDING COMMISSION (SBC) RECOMMENDATION

The SBC recommends approval/denial ……..in office use

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College of Education and

UW Lab School

Level I Planning Report

By

University of Wyoming Operations

May 10, 2019

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The UW Education Complex Construction Project Proposal: A 21st

Century Facility for Preeminent Educator Preparation Programs

The College of Education building, opened in 1949, has been the home of the College of Education

and the University Laboratory School for the past 70 years. Current enrollment in the UW

Laboratory School is 270-275 K-8th grade students. As the replacement of the School is

considered, there is a desire to add a pre-school class and several sections at each multi-grade level,

resulting in a PK-8 enrollment near 320 students.

Current UW Lab School staff include;

• 1 principal

• 24 full-time certified teachers

• 1 school nurse

• 1 school counselor

• 10 full-time paraprofessionals

• 3 part-time paraprofessionals

• 1 administrative assistant

• Shared District Staff:

o Speech Language Pathologist

o Occupational Therapist

o Physical Therapist

o Adaptive P.E. teacher

o Special Education Case Manager

o School Psychologist

Adding a PreK class and sections from the various grade levels would add 5 classroom

teachers.

Each year the UW Lab School fosters many pre-service teachers, residencies, internships and

practicum experiences which contribute to the following additional occupants:

• 15-20 teacher candidates (student teachers) completing their 1 semester residency

• 5-6 graduate internships - principal, counselor, speech language

• 2-3 undergraduate nursing practicum students

• Approximately 1000 sign-ins from undergraduate pre-service teachers completing

observations, practicum experiences, interviews, etc. (ranging from 1-15 visits per student)

Education in the 21st Century is ever evolving driven by advances in educational technology,

artificial, augmented and virtual reality research and the findings of a recent science of education

improvement and learning engineering study (Christensen, Horn, & Johnson, 2017; Hobbs, 2019;

Deans for Impact, 2019). As the University Laboratory School has evolved, the school has become

the K-8 school of choice in Laramie. The school, housed within the physical precincts of the

University of Wyoming College of Education Building, is operated and supervised by Albany

County School District #1 (ACSD 1). Concerns regarding access, mission, relationship, and

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maintenance have remained status quo for ASCD 1 and the University of Wyoming (UW) for

decades. Funding mechanisms provided in Wyoming statute for school facilities differ from

university facilities which has in the past led to neglecting maintenance of the University

Laboratory School facilities.

In the summer of 2017, UW and ACSD 1 worked together to mitigate selected short-term health

and safety risks associated with the existing facility. However, it is becoming increasingly obvious

that the current situation in which the University Laboratory School is embedded within a higher

education setting is far less than ideal. There is an immediate need for a 21st century model for

school security, school-age student learning, educator preparation and professional development.

This document provides an overview of UW’s need for a new College of Education building to

continue and improve the work of exemplary P-8 education in partnership with ACSD 1 and the

emerging preeminence of UW’s College of Education educator preparation programs (See

Transforming Teacher Educator Preparation video at http://www.uwyo.edu/trust_edu_init/).

A new College of Education building will leverage the advantages of 21st century office space,

flexible active learning spaces, advanced technological tools for distance supervision of student

teaching, other clinical placements, teaching simulation laboratories, conferencing, behind the

glass with Bluetooth® in the ear coaching of teaching skills, new high tech distance teaching

platforms, virtual and augmented reality teaching tools, and distance degree program delivery. In

addition, providing a single facility in which to house the entire College of Education faculty and

staff will improve planning, continuous program improvement, and programmatic innovations.

It is imperative for this proposed state-funded capital construction project of a remodeled,

renovated and/or new construction of a College of Education building and a new University of

Wyoming Professional Development School be viewed as a single, connected capital construction

project. The project will be undertaken in partnership between UW and ACSD 1. This partnership

will preserve, protect, and promote the continuing productive and mutually beneficial relationship

of a functioning publicly funded, university professional development school connected to the

State’s only college of education. The synergies that are realized in educator preparation and P-

12 student learning when a professional development school and a university’s college or school

of education are integrated is like those synergies that are provided when a teaching hospital relates

to or to a college or school of medicine. The practice of education must be learned in early,

continuous, embedded clinical settings. This is critical for potential teachers to skillfully apply the

science of education to the craft of teaching. On the other hand, P-12 students’ educational

experiences are enhanced when delivered by pre-service and in-service teachers. These teachers

employ the newest advances in effective practices based upon learning sciences and evidence-

based research that are a part of a partnership between professional development Schools (P-12)

and Colleges and Schools of Education.

A report by the nonprofit Learning Policy Institute found that teacher education enrollment

dropped from 691,000 to 451,000, a 35 percent reduction, between 2009 and 2014. Nearly 8

percent of the teaching workforce is leaving every year, the majority before retirement age. This

means that nearly 40 percent of the teaching force has exited the profession in a five-year

period. Similarly, the College of Education has experienced a 25percent drop in teacher

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education enrollments. This, however, could be an artifact of increasing admissions criterion

from a 2.5 gpa to 2.75 gpa, an ACT composite score of 21 and a mandatory score of 21 on the

mathematics subscale of the ACT examine.

According to education expert, Dr. Linda Darling Hammond, since 2012 when recession-era

layoffs ended, the teacher workforce has grown by about 400,000. This is attributed to districts

seeking to reclaim previously cut positions and those vacated by teachers leaving the profession.

However, even with intensive recruiting both in and outside of the country, more than 100,000

classrooms are being staffed this year by instructors who are unqualified for their jobs. These

classrooms are disproportionately in low-income, high-minority schools, however nearly all

districts have been impacted. This is a serious problem for the children they serve and at a larger

scale for the entire country.

Not only are underprepared teachers less effective on average, they are also 2 to 3 times more

likely to leave teaching than those who are fully prepared. This creates a revolving door

resulting in an uphill battle in solving shortages according to a Washington Post Article by

Valerie Strauss in 2017. Recruiting, training and assisting new teachers to succeed in their first

three years leads to higher retention rates and is the aim of North Star, UW’s new E4 educator

preparation model. With demand for new technologies, active learning spaces and distance

learning delivery of everything from courses, modules, badges and professional development.

The current College of Education building has become a virtual impediment to 21st century

educator preparation. A new College of Education facility will help overcome these challenges

and allow us to better meet the goals of effective recruitment, high levels of successful program

completion, and longer retention of teachers in the profession.

Project Description

The new University of Wyoming Professional Development School will be different than just

about any other school in the State of Wyoming. The facility will not only support demonstrations

of best research-based practices but will also support empirical research into novel or improved

instructional, social, emotional, academic, and cultural practices in schooling. The school would

expand to a P-8 facility with a new preschool classroom to support the training and education of

early childhood educators and research in early childhood education.

Professional development school teachers need interview space to record audio/ video segments

of technology-based lesson presentations in quiet and secluded locations. These quite spaces need

to be within view of their P-8 students necessitating that each teacher has a private office space.

The space is required to include windows and audio/ visual connections allowing visual

supervision of the classroom. Classrooms need to be technology rich including document cameras,

smart boards, computers and tablets for every student. Flexible spaces with movable furnishings

and walls for creating small group learning spaces is also desirable. These smart classrooms would

have Bluetooth® connectivity and surround sound speakers allowing teachers to use voice

projection microphones. These classrooms would also allow earpieces to be worn for behind-the-

glass coaching and mentoring of practicum students and other professionals training in active

classroom environments.

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Observation booths with one-way glass allow observations by researchers and parents. Audio

connections into the classroom including Bluetooth® ear pieces for coaching and mentoring as

well as recording equipment for transcribing classrooms dialog and activity for research and

teaching purposes. Classrooms also need to be distance compatible, i.e. ZOOM, GoTo Meeting,

Skype, etc., to be able to project in-class demonstrations to the entire state. This technology also

allows for the creation of video libraries used for classroom professional development by the

State’s teachers. An auditorium, gymnasium and cafeteria will also be needed. A secure

playground space away from the flow of college student and university visitor traffic is also a

critical component. Finally, this building needs to have state-of-the-art security and safety

technologies including entrance controls for the protection of the P-8 students in an age of

increasing threats.

The College of Education building needs to be able to house the entire College of Education

faculty, staff and administration in a single facility. This will enhance communication, planning,

and overall community building. At present, the education faculty is distributed in three different

buildings on campus. There is a need for an identified wing or floor for administration that houses

the entire college administrative and the Trustees Education Initiative staff.

Classrooms need to be configured with the latest technology for distance delivery of coursework

and professional development modules and badges. Furnishings and walls need to be flexible and

movable. The classrooms need adequate natural lighting and ability to be one-touch dimmed for

audio/ visual presentations. Classrooms need to have movable walls, with at least one large panel

of one-way glass to create behind-the-glass and small group teaching spaces for on-campus teacher

candidates to be observed as they teach students in small groups or one-on-one settings.

The new building will need to host several new labs and lab offices including an immersion or

teaching simulation laboratory. These spaces would be adaptable to accommodate 3D graphics

and surround sound to create a virtual reality teaching experience. These spaces would include

recording and editing equipment, cameras and software for recording, editing, and documenting

comments as a way of providing student feedback on simulated teaching experiences.

A new student teaching and internship distance command center for distance student teaching

supervision and distance internships is required. This space would include multiple screens or

monitors for watching students at a distance in the State’s classrooms and schools along with video

editing and commenting tools and technology for student feedback at a distance. These

enhancements will reduce the costs for current faculty travel, lodging, meals, etc., for observation

of students placed in school districts across the State.

The new Education Building needs to include large meeting room space for faculty meetings. This

space would include moveable furnishings and walls to maximize flexible use. Currently faculty

and staff meetings are held in the Wyoming Union meeting rooms. Several large and small

conference room facilities outfitted for distance learning technologies will be distributed

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throughout the building to accommodate larger classes (>40) and small seminars (<15) Lastly, the

College of Education building needs to have state-of-the-art advising facilities and offices to house

the Coordinator of Student Field and Clinical Placement, Accreditation Data Analysis and

Reporting, Recruiting Officer, and the Teacher Placement and Advising Office (TPOA) staff.

Vision

The new College of Education building is proposed to be placed within the footprint of the existing

facility. The historic Prexy’s Pasture façade, familiar to and loved by alumni, would be refurbished

with the proposed building located to the north.

The UW Lab School would be a new, separate building, at a location that will be determined

through the campus master planning process. The final location would be reviewed and approved

by the University of Wyoming Board of Trustees.

Locating this new education complex next to a new education living learning community

dormitory to be placed on the old footprint of Wyoming Hall could be used as a summer

professional development conference center for P-12 educators to attend on-campus and distance

delivered summer classes, workshops, and conferences and would be ideal summer usage for new

dormitory spaces.

Laboratory School Footprint and Project Cost

The Wyoming State Construction School Facilities department has provided a spreadsheet to be

used as a guideline to determine the square footage of a new Laboratory School (Attachment A).

The result is 62,474 square feet of space.

The Schools Facilities department has also provided a spreadsheet for determining the total project

cost of a new facility of this type (Attachment B). The resulting total project cost is $27.5M.

It is anticipated that the existing College of Education would be renovated to meet the needs

described above. The cost to renovate the current College of Education footprint, nearly 150,000

square feet, is $35.0M.

Identification of Need

The purpose of this document is to present a strong case for the proposed education complex capital

construction project. To support this request, we have highlighted six limitations of the current K-

8 Laboratory School and College of Education facility. The identified limitations include:

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Limitation 1: The current College of Education building was originally designed to be an

open access facility to serve the needs of adult learners. It was not designed to protect and

assure the safety of school-aged students as needed in a 21st century world.

The College of Education is a public facility housing both adult learners and school-aged learners

(K-8) together within a single contiguous space. The current College of Education building wasn’t

constructed to limit adult access to the facility or the spaces within the facility in order to protect

the safety of school-aged students.

School safety has become the number one issue in public education today consuming billions of

dollars and untold resources among school leadership in the U.S. and Wyoming (see

https://www.ed.gov/school-safety). In the event of an active shooter or other unforeseen or

unwelcome intrusion, the College of Education facility would be very difficult, if not impossible,

to secure to protect its younger occupants as the existing facility was designed to facilitate adult

public access.

Thirty-four percent of parents said they fear for their children's safety at school.

Ignoring the limitations faced by current College of Education facility leaves the State of Wyoming

seriously exposed to the potential of a devastating and tragic incident such as a school shooting or

child abduction. Improving security will reduce the State’s exposure to potential litigation for tort

negligence. Please note the photos of nine, external entrances creating potential security risks

where adults routinely access the building resulting in unsecured contact with K-8 aged students.

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Once inside the College of Education building, the Lab School’s classrooms, learning labs,

auditorium, library/resource center and gymnasium are fully integrated into adult collegiate

learning spaces (See photos below of auditorium, learning resource center, CoED conference room

within secured school space hallway, K-8 music classrooms sharing same hallway with Secondary

Education Agricultural Lab). K-8 students moving from school learning spaces throughout the

rest of the College of Education building are exposed to the activities of adult learning spaces. The

College of Education auditorium, for example, is scheduled by Central Scheduling. Neither the

Lab School nor the College has authority to provide feedback on the types of events scheduled in

the facility. Parents have complained that their children are exposed to adult content unsuited to

their developmental stages. An example would be the Vagina Monologues previously screened in

the Education Auditorium.

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College-aged learners and K-8 students need to be housed in separate facilities. These facilities are

designed to support optimal, active learning environments with fluid interaction, technology use,

and flexible learning spaces with open access to adults while controlling access to K-8 spaces for

security and safety purposes.

Student playground areas are currently unsecured allowing adults to freely mix with students in

open-access areas of the UW campus (See photo below playground across a sidewalk between

CoEd and Half Acre Gym). This exposes school-aged learners to potential risks of abductions as

well as real and existential threats to student safety including skateboarders and bicyclers.

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Young students need access to an area that is safe and secure physically, emotionally and

developmentally.

Limitation 2: The current College of Education was designed prior to federal regulations

such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA, 1990) that requires reasonable access for

disabled persons to public facilities.

Several split levels without elevator access make the current College of Education building non-

compliant with requirements associated with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

In the photos below one of the split levels is shown where students must ascend stairs to access

public restrooms and classrooms. This is not the only inaccessible portion of the College of

Education building, however, it demonstrates the difficulty for current student access in the

building.

Limitation 3: The current College of Education was designed to facilitate the preparation of

educators for the 1950s, not the 21st century.

The arrangement of the College of Education and Lab School facilities reflect a 1950s style of

education in which rows, fixed furniture, compartmentalization, poor lighting, and

departmentalization was the norm. Consequently, classrooms are not designed to facilitate active

learning, or to integrate the library, gymnasium, auditorium, and other learning spaces into the

ongoing daily work of the classroom. These K-8 auxiliary spaces, library, gym, art and music

rooms, are physically separated by floors rather than integrated into a thoughtful flowing traffic

pattern. A design that supports K-8 student interaction, teamwork, and technology access while

securing student safety is needed.

The College’s classrooms shown below reflect none of the modern learning space designs found

in many of Wyoming’s current K-12 schools. Modern facilities include flexible walls, movable

furniture, natural lighting and modern technologies. As one can see from the first photo on the

left, heating pipes, electrical and telecommunication systems are exposed within the spaces.

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Limitation 4: The current College of Education building, which houses the K-8 University

Lab School, has undergone multiple renovations but still there are conditions existing that

do not make the building safe for students, faculty and staff.

In the photos below, there are several health and safety problems that continue to exist even after

recent investments of $0.75M into renovations within the Lab School. First, there are wooden coat

racks unsecured to walls, not metal secured racks required by current fire code. In one photo

below, there are no partitions separating one child’s clothing from another promoting the spread

of disease and head lice. In the third photo there is a nicely designed wooden radiator heat cover

in a K-8 classroom unsecured to the wall. Note the chair by it which would allow a young child

to pull the cover over onto another child exposing them to falling objects and burns. In another

room, partitions from the days of the open school concept are still hanging in a standalone

classroom without any ostensible use. The final photo was taken in the music room. This space

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is without windows and offers only a single exit into a hallway shared with adults going to the

Secondary Ag Ed lab and classroom.

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Limitation 5: The current College of Education building houses only about one-third of the

College faculty. The remainder of the faculty is dispersed in two other university buildings,

McWhinnie and Wyoming Halls, preventing necessary and normal patterns of faculty and

staff interactions within a proximal working space.

Because the Laboratory School takes up a significant amount of space within the College of

Education building, College of Education faculty aren’t housed together. Instead they are dispersed

in three different campus locations; the College of Education Building, McWhinnie Hall and

Wyoming Hall. This arrangement limits proximal access of faculty to one another. From a

communications and professional networking perspective, it is best practice to collect units,

functions, people and resources together into a single location with a clear purpose, outcome, and

identity.

College of Education faculty members need to be co-located into a single facility that is expressly

designed to facilitate advances in technology use and communication with students, advisors and

other faculty members. This proximity will support program development and improvement while

promoting optimal teaching and learning in properly designed active learning classrooms and other

modern learning spaces.

Limitation 6: The current College of Education building does permit the ubiquitous use of

21st century digital and distance learning and student clinical placement supervision

technologies.

The current physical structure, with its 6 to 12-inch reinforced concrete floors and walls, prevents

easy installation, upgrading, and use of modern wireless, Bluetooth® and other non-wired

technologies. Our most modern facility, the Education Annex, which is a renovated former UW

vehicle service-bay garage space, houses four new high-tech classrooms and the beautiful Literacy

Research Center and Clinic (LRCC). This portion of the facility serves to remind and emphasize

the difference in quality between the updated learning and teaching spaces and the new or

renovated spaces within the Education Annex. The current CoEd building could be renovated to

accommodate wireless technologies, however, the cost to do so is likely prohibitive. One must

compare the facilities in the College of Education to the State’s new K-12 schools in which many

UW College of Education graduates will one day teach. We need comparable facilities and

technologies to prepare our future educators to be successful.

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In summary, it is time to plan a major capital construction project at the University of Wyoming

partnering with ACSD 1 for both a new P-8 University Laboratory School facility and a completely

remodeled, renovated and/or new construction of a College of Education building for 21st century

educator preparation. In the process of planning a new College of Education building for the 21st

century, we do not want to undermine or weaken the long-standing and sometimes delicate

relationship between ACSD 1 and the College of Education. Many parents and caregivers wait

for years to be drawn out of a lottery to enter their children into the University Laboratory School.

This project, when approved, will make every effort to maintain this relationship.

The UW College of Education and the State’s P-8 Educator Preparation University Laboratory

School needs to be modernized to serve the needs of the community, the State, the University, and

the College of Education. The current facility is antiquated, dysfunctional, and a hindrance to the

21st century education of future educators and P-12 students.

The State of Wyoming will soon have a College of Education with nationally preeminent programs

requiring a facility that optimizes use of evidence-based and innovative practices in educator

preparation. This will also require access to substantial high technology labs and classrooms for

distance delivery of educational programming. To match the preeminence of the program, the

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College of Education will need a modernized professional development school and college facility

to showcase these preeminent programs and best practices in an exemplary P-8 school setting.

Site Ownership

Currently there are not site ownership constraints associated with the College of Education and

associated Laboratory School. However, if a new Laboratory School were constructed, siting of

the facility would require careful consideration significant involvement with the University of

Wyoming Board of Trustees. The land north and east of the facility, including the city block bound

by 13th and 14th Streets, Lewis and Bradley Streets, is included in 2019 HB0293 and is preserved

for future student housing.

Permitting

If funding were made available and construction authorized, the University would be required to

obtain all applicable building permits. This includes obtaining all applicable Wyoming

Department of Environmental Quality permits as they relate to water service, generators and

hazardous materials testing.

Environmental Considerations and Constraints

The siting of a new Laboratory school has not been fully vetted. The University would take all

steps necessary to assure the site is clear of hazardous materials, e.g. Asbestos Containing

Materials (ACM), fuel spills, etc. If renovating the College of Education, the University would

contract with an Industrial Hygienist to perform ACM and lead paint testing of the entire facility,

a report would be issued, and the building would be remediated as part of the renovation process.

Legal Constraints

The University does not anticipate legal constraints associated with the project.

Alternate Sources of Space to Purchase or Lease

The College of Education and Laboratory School play a dynamic role in preparing future educators

for our youth. Proximity of the two programs is paramount in the success of this unique program.

There are no apparent alternate sources of space in the City of Laramie that can meet this set of

criteria.

Public Testimony

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Dean Reutzel has produced two emails and testified in public University of Wyoming Board of

Trustees meetings in November 2018 and January 2019. Following these activities, the issue was

made available for public testimony.

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