More work is planned for schools — including Woodville and Fairfield — in subsequent years. Overby-Sheppard Elementary School would also receive $3 million for minor renovations in Phase 1.

How is the city going to pay for the plan? That’s the main question that remains unanswered. City officials met Monday for the first time since the plan’s passage. There is a large gap between how much debt capacity the city has over the next five years — $66 million — and how much the plan costs — $224.8 million. That’s not to say the city will use all of its debt capacity to fund the plan. The division is given money each year for capital improvement projects.

Because RPS doesn’t fund itself, the power to fund the plan comes from the City Council.

In his plans for the Education Compact, Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney said the compact would create a proposal to fund the first phase of a facilities plan by March 1.