California state facility and program requirements for educationally handicapped pupils in California are detailed. Contained is a step by step outline of procedures to be followed for establishing such facilities as well as some background information for relating classroom size standards to three general categories of educationally handicapped.…

There is strong evidence which shows many communities have failed to plan adequately or even plan for long range school construction needs. This paper deplores this failure and gives some recommendations for long range planning. A checklist is described which may serve as a guide for conducting a school plant survey to identify and survey unmet…

A series of single day visits to selected elementary and secondary schools in Illinois, Nevada, California, Florida, and Massachusetts was made by a visitation team of teachers, administrators and architects from the Monroe (Michigan) School District. This document reports the visitation team's impressions of developing educational systems,…

Facility requirements for the University of Illinois, Chicago Undergraduate Division, were analyzed to estimate space requirements of the various departments of the Division. Standards used were established by assignment of areas to actual equipment, furniture, etc. , for specific usage of the space under consideration rather than assignment of…

The control and inventory of property items using data processing machines requires a form of numerical description or code which will allow a maximum of description in a minimum of space on the data card. An adaptation of a standard industrial classification system is given to cover any expendable warehouse item or non-expendable piece of…

A total energy system is a means for providing all of the varied energy requirements for a total plant from a single fuel source. This report evaluates some of the factors which are related to the development and use of total energy systems. The factors include--(1) initial and ultimate size of plant, (2) type and source of fuel, (3)…

A brief history of the development of a Detroit Institute of Technology centers on existing buildings acquired by the Institute. The present situation is discussed in terms of the resources available to an inner-city student, the types and number of students served, and the present adapted facilities--assignable gross space and space utilization.…

Procedures are described in which economies can be effected through careful planning of school buildings and particularly through the consolidation of spaces that are used intermittently throughout the school day. The paper introduces a "use-factor" as a measure, not of the amount of usable space but of the time for which usable space is…

A compilation of reports given at the forty-third annual meeting of the National Council on Schoolhouse Construction includes--(1) "To Build--Past, Present and Future Tense", a view of school construction perspectives in terms of present and future educational needs, (2) "Implicatio"s of Present and Projected Federal Programs…

Recommendations and guidelines pertinent to effective planning and construction of school plants in Rhode Island are outlined. Recommendations as to the development of facilities needs, organization and functions of the planning committee, and planning for pupil and curriculum needs are considered as the basic frame of reference. General…

That the construction of a multi-million dollar school plant should be the result of the community's best possible thought, since concrete and steel are not suitable media for necessary future changes in the educational environment, is the basic philosophy of this report. Architects, administrators, teachers, school committeemen, and consultants…

The home economics suite should be planned in relation to the number of teaching stations required and the types of activities that will be carried on in the various rooms. Rooms and spaces under consideration include clothing laboratories, combination or multiple use teaching stations, and auxiliary rooms. Maximum flexibility of use is possible…

A recommendation of certain desirable standards and provisions for school structures, this guide cites basic requirements for safe and stable design and the uses of materials in construction. It also serves as an aid in the equipping, maintaining, using and occupying of all school buildings. Site sizes and location factors are included. Classroom…

Dangers and difficulties are indicated in the use of standard school plans furnished by the state architect rather than individual design solutions developed for a specific situation. Criticism is raised of several state departments of education which continue to prepare and recommend standard school plans. Areas of difficulty include--(1)…

Planning facilities for educational television productions of colleges and universities is discussed with reference to solutions developed by a number of different centers. Comparisons are drawn between facilities for broadcast and closed-circuit television. Specific factors include storage space, room size, support facilities, lighting and…