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American School and University, 1982
Spokane (Washington) School District No. 81 has replaced 12 obsolete elementary schools and enlarged a thirteenth. A design competition involving three consortia of 10 local architectural firms and the use of a prototype design for all 12 new schools saved the school district about $8 million from the original estimate. (MLF)
Descriptors: Construction Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Education, School Buildings
Download full textMaryland State Interagency Committee on School Construction, Baltimore. – 1993
In October 1992, Maryland Governor William Donald Schaefer established a 21-member task force to conduct an in-depth study and review 8 specific areas of the state's public school construction program. This report summarizes the committee's activities, findings, and recommendations. The first recommendation, to review project requests from the 24…
Descriptors: Committees, Construction Programs, Costs, Educational Facilities Planning
Ortiz, Flora Ida – 1991
The demand for school construction and the agency regulations and practices involved in the process are described in this report. A four-part theoretical framework explains the process of school facility construction. First, school districts follow a process that consists of nine fundamental steps: (1) needs assessment; (2) long-range planning;…
Descriptors: Construction (Process), Construction Programs, Educational Facilities Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Shilts, Joseph L. – Thrust for Educational Leadership, 1992
Evaluates and explains the major revenue sources available to California school districts to finance school construction. Advises districts to develop partnerships with cities and counties to ensure adequate funding for school facilities. (MLF)
Descriptors: Construction Costs, Construction Programs, Cooperative Planning, Educational Facilities Planning
Ghebtsawi, Tesheme – 1979
This report illustrates the method, called the "SfB System," recommended in an earlier publication by this organization, for systematization of building projects. The aim of the report is to show how to arrange information on building elements and building construction for clear definition of the parts to be built and for easy…
Descriptors: Architectural Programing, Building Plans, Classification, Construction Programs
Baker, Bartlett J. – Schools in the Middle, 1997
Argues well-designed middle schools support the physical, social, cognitive, and emotional changes students experience. Promotes a design that is a hybrid of the home-based, child-centered elementary model and the elective-based, campus high school model. Focuses on enabling cross-curriculum, interdisciplinary team instruction in smaller,…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Construction Programs, Educational Environment, Educational Facilities
Hill, Franklin – Schools in the Middle, 1997
Provides examples of middle school facilities design considerations for both new and remodeled buildings. Argues that the planning process is critical and offers advice including developing and reviewing the philosophy, selecting planning participants, conducting a Futures Workshop, beginning the process, planning at the microlevel, research, and…
Descriptors: Construction (Process), Construction Programs, Educational Environment, Educational Facilities
