Frederick Community College Facilities Master Plan Chapter 4 Needs Assessment 4-19 May 12, 2023 Utilization of Classrooms For purposes of this utilization analysis, classrooms are defined as spaces that are not tied to a specific subject or discipline by equipment or room configuration. These rooms are generally used for scheduled instruction and have a room use code of 110. Although the inventory includes spaces that directly support classrooms (classroom service: code 115) in its total accounting of net assignable square feet, utilization addresses only the spaces used for actual instruction. On the other hand, application of generally recognized space planning guidelines address space allocated to both classroom and classroom service activity. The College, from time-to-time, designates rooms that may have been designed for other purposes to be used for classroom instruction. In the fall semester of 2019, there were occasions in which instructional spaces were used to teach both lecture and laboratory sections. In such instances, the consultants used the primary generator of contact hours (lecture vs. laboratory) to determine the room use classification. The College’s facilities inventory identifies a total of 69 rooms classified as classrooms. Of these, 59 were used for regularly scheduled credit courses between 8:00 am and 9:00 pm during the 2019 fall semester. Between the hours of 8:00 am and 5:00 pm 56 were used for regularly scheduled credit courses. These 56 classrooms are the subject of this analysis of classroom utilization. Using a 45-hour week (Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm) Maryland’s classroom utilization target for Frederick Community College is 20 hours per week room use. Maryland’s guidelines infer 60% student station occupancy and 18 NASF per station. This is the Maryland Higher Education Commission’s basis for measuring classroom utilization. The following table presents a comprehensive view of classroom utilization both campus-wide and by building. Overall classrooms at FCC were in use an average of 22 hours per week with 77% of seats occupied when rooms were in use. Average weekly room hours for the campus were slightly above Maryland’s minimum utilization guideline while station occupancy was significantly above the minimum of 60%. At 31 NASF per student station, FCC’s classrooms were well above the Maryland guideline. Classroom Utilization by Building (Before 5:00 pm) Classrooms Scheduled Student Average % of Stations Average Weekly Building Rooms NASFa Stations NASF/Station Occupied Room Hours B Braddock Hall 14 9,315 324 29 76% 23 C Catoctin Hall 5 3,627 122 30 73% 21 D Athletics Center 1 502 24 21 84% 15 E Conference Center 4 2,113 80 26 68% 12 F Visual & Performing Arts Center 4 2,882 89 32 75% 26 H Student Center 18 14,972 408 37 82% 26 L Linganore Hall 8 5,735 189 30 78% 20 S Sweadner Hall 1 1,618 60 27 43% 21 MC Monroe Center 1 536 20 27 80% 4 Totals 56 41,300 1,316 31 77% 22 Source: Compiled by Facilities Planning Associates and A.C. Robinson Enterprises aTotal of "scheduled" rooms
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