A summary is presented of the remarks by the principal speaker regarding the purpose of the School Facilities Council Meeting. Lists are provided of various topics concerning school planning and design, which were presented by--(1) manufacturers and suppliers of educational hardware, (2) architects, and (3) school superintendents. A summary is…

The St. Francis Children's Activity and Achievement Center, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is a unique facility designed for brain-damaged children. (Author)

This 3,000-student school covers 11 acres of land on its rural site and is one of the largest vocational schools in the nation. (Author)

A building containing all the health-related programs is part of a larger technical college that provides postsecondary training. (Author/MLF)

Though they vary in size, shape, style, and design, six northern Illinois schools have one thing in common--all are electrically heated. (Author/MLF)

The Park School was designed to fit into and above an outcropping of rocks thus providing varied exterior spaces, reducing the building's scale, and freeing the open spaces for playing fields. (Author/MLF)

The design for Liberty Elementary School in Columbus, Ohio, won an architectural award in 1975. A brightly colored exterior of urethane-core metal paneling lowered construction costs. (Author/MLF)

Design innovations at a Philadelphia school for impaired and retarded children may set new standards for special schools. (Author)

Large volume spaces fit easily into the triangular design, dictated by the site, of the Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers in New York City. (Author/MLF)

The design of the Benita Juarez High School will provide an environment of cultural and ethnic heritage for its Mexican-American students. (Author/MLF)

An accessible interior and an imaginatively developed site allow the Harris Hillman School to further the growth and self-sufficiency of severely involved multiply handicapped students. (Author)

The Benita Juarez High School, now under construction, is designed to provide an environment of cultural familiarity and ethnic identification for some 1,500 Mexican-American students. (Author/MLF)

This standards publication provides acoustical performance criteria, design requirements, and design guidelines for new school classrooms and other learning spaces. The standards may be applied when practicable to the major renovation of existing classrooms. These criteria, requirements, and guidelines are keyed to the acoustical qualities needed…

The National Symposium on School Design presents nine examples of creative solutions in school design and modernization. Each entry provides a description of the model school, a list of principle decision makers and architects involved, and contact information. (GR)

Designing schools to make them more earthquake resistant and protect children from the catastrophic collapse of the school building is discussed in this videotape. It reveals that 44 of the 50 U.S. states are vulnerable to earthquake, but most schools are structurally unprepared to take on the stresses that earthquakes exert. The cost to the…