Gathering Community Input

The Board of Directors and CTF have been focused on making the planning process a community-building exercise guided by a commitment to honoring God. Throughout the planning process, the CTF has gathered input from parents, faculty, administration, alumni, and students via interviews, surveys, and listening sessions.

1Community outreach activities began in October 2021 with a survey sent to more than 2,600 parents, alumni, students, faculty, and staff. The survey received 518 responses, which revealed: • The Plaza was most frequently referred to as the “heart of campus life and one of the most beautiful places on campus, followed by the Rhetoric Building and the Nature Center. • Top priorities for new shared spaces among students, parents and faculty were additional fine arts, parking and athletics spaces. • The areas most frequently mentioned as needing improvement were parking, gym space, and the cafe/activity center. • Students expressed a desire for permanent covered outdoor seating. • Approximately 2/3 of parents frequently visit campus for both athletics and fine arts events and approximately ¾ of student respondents regularly attend athletics and fine arts events as spectators. • Favorite outdoor spaces among students were the woods and the Plaza, where they say most of their socializing and playing occurs. Favorite outdoor spaces among parents vary widely, from athletic fields to the Nature Center to the Plaza. • Almost half of student respondents spend more than an hour on campus after school ends.

A summary of these results, broken up by group, can be found HERE.

Community Survey

2Listening Sessions In January 2022, the entire community was invited to participate in listening sessions. Four sessions were held: two with parents/alumni/supporters, one with faculty and staff, and one with students. These sessions resulted in ten small group discussions that provided more indepth input regarding the priorities and perspectives of the school’s building and facility needs. Facilitated by Page, the sessions explored the following areas: • The most positive distinctions and strengths of our campus, as well as campus features in most need of improvement. • The activities that best “define life at Regents” • Specific recommendations for improvements among campus facilities The results of the first listening session revealed the greatest distinctions of our campus were the Rhetoric Building, followed by the Nature Center and the Plaza. The three strongest features were the Nature Center, the Rhetoric Building, and the woods. The features most commonly mentioned as needing improvements were the activity center/ café, parking, and the football field and east field.