The Educational Facility Master Plan synthesizes multiple strands of content that are both quantitative and qualitative to create a composite picture of the Districts’ priorities. 
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Supported at its core by the VIDE Guiding Principles, the Educational Facility Master Plan is organized around Future-Ready Learning, the Infrastructure, or condition of existing facilities, and Right-Sized Capacity. This organization is important because, in truth, there is no single set of data that is enough to inform the decision-making process about long-term capital investment. 
​For example, funding priorities based on facility condition alone do not necessarily account for existing physical limitations that may forever compromise a preferred 21st century learning environment. Building systems need to be designed to be energy efficient and affordable to maintain. Furniture, fixtures and equipment need to be purchased to support new modalities of learning. Lastly, investments that create state-of-the-art schools, but operate below capacity or serve dwindling populations need to be consolidated to create operating efficiencies that better serve the Territory. 
The framework for this data-driven approach is built on the following:

Note: Operating efficiencies based on size, configuration, design, and location are a priority.
​Reference the summary of Sustainability and Resiliency for further information.
Space Curricula Alignment Indicators: Assessment of schools that have been identified as part of the modernization program for their ability to support future-facing education. 
Space Curricula Assessment: A facilities assessment was completed to ascertain the physical condition of VIDE school facilities that have been identified to be part of the modernization scope of work. 
​Enrollment Demographics: Number of students enrolled specific to the existing schools in St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix for 2019/2020, plus assumptions on potential growth.

​​Capacity: Number and size of instructional spaces relative to enrollment.
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