School Facility Consultants
1303 J Street,
Suite 500 -- Sacramento, CA 95814
Voice: 916.441.5063 -- Fax: 916.441.2848
General Information: stephanie@s-f-c.org
Company Profile
School Facility Consultants (SFC) is a full service company which assists school districts, local agencies, architects, and developers in all aspects of school facility planning and financing. SFC staff consists of former Office of Public School Construction, school district, State Board of Education, and community college district employees. With many years of combined experience on a variety of school facility issues, our staff is very knowledgeable in all aspects of the local planning and environmental process, and the internal procedures and requirements of the California Department of Education (CDE) and Office of Public School Construction.
SFC assists school districts to maximize new construction and modernization funding through the State Allocation Board (SAB) process. SFC also pursues class size reduction funding and year round operational grant funding for clients. SFC staff is available to work with the CDE on new school site and plan approvals. SFC can assist with the new Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) approval requirements for all new school sites. Since 1985, SFC has successfully assisted more than 200 school districts obtain billions of dollars in State funding for school construction and modernization.
Based in Sacramento, SFC also provides monitoring and analysis of State agency and legislative actions, a service that can help school districts maximize strategies for school planning, funding and construction.
Planning Services Division
SFC’s Planning Services Division provides school districts with analysis and documentation required to carry out comprehensive school facility planning.
SFC prepares reports necessary for implementing school facility programs, including developer fee justification studies, school facility needs analyses, and school facility master plans. SFC assists districts in creating strategies regarding implementation of facility plans, asset management, and negotiations with other parties on school facility issues. SFC also works with regional occupational centers and programs to assess their overall facility needs and to create action plans to meet those needs. The Planning Services Division also assists charter schools with facility acquisition services.
Federal Funding
In addition to State funding and long range planning services, SFC
assists school districts with accessing and maximizing Federal funding programs
related to
SFC provides clients with planning strategies, application
preparation and monitoring services to ensure timely processing of Federal
funding applications. These services include assistance with the Qualified Zone
Academy Bond (QZAB) Program currently available through the California
Department of Education. SFC also provides clients with monitoring and analysis
of Federal agency and legislative actions to help school districts maximize
funding opportunities. SFC actively participates in the Cal-Fed School
Infrastructure Coalition, an organization representing
SFC Staff
Linda L. Holmes -- President/Owner
Alexander
R. Murdoch -- Vice President/Owner
Matthew
A. Pettler -- Principal/Planning Services Director
Emily
Baratta -- Principal/Senior Consultant
Kevin
Sullivan -- Senior Consultant
Laura
Moffett -- Senior Consultant
Lorna
Harris -- Administrative Services Director
Dennis
Talbert -- Senior Consultant/Plan Review
Danielle
Lim -- Senior Consultant
Cheryl
Romero -- Senior Consultant
Rebecca
Mortensen -- Consultant
Call, fax, write or e-mail us if you would like more information on how School Facility Consultants can help your district/company with school facility planning issues. Please e-mail any Requests for Proposals to Lorna Harris.