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The planning guide was developed to help readers better understand why and how to develop, implement, and evaluate a school facilities maintenance plan. The guide is designed for staff at the localschool district level, where most facility maintenance is planned, managed,and carried out. This audience includes school business officials, schoolboard members, superintendents, principals, facilities maintenance ...continue reading "Planning Guide for Maintaining School Facilities"

21st Century School Fund An Educational Facilities Master Plan is a written document that describes the school district’s real estate and capital improvement requirements and its strategy and school specific plans for meeting these requirements over a 6-10 year period. On the real estate side, educational facility master plan elements will address the space needs ...continue reading "Educational Facility Planning Improves Schools and Saves Money"

Prager & Matschulat, CEFPI Most educational entities confront any number of facility issues. Upgrading the physical infrastructure to meet current and future demands can be intimidating. The quantity and magnitude of capital issues in a changing environment can be overwhelming. How can all this complexity be made coherent to assure that decisions are sound and limited resources are ...continue reading "Master Planning School District Facility Needs"

Bruce Monroe Elementary School, 2009 This document describes the extensive and complex programs, services and operations of Bruce Monroe Elementary School which is currently in consolidation at Park View Elementary School. It is primarily intended to be used by a developer and architect to formulate a site plan - - and eventually a new school design - - ...continue reading "Planning Specifications: Educational and Community Program Description and Space Needs"

Once the Prince William County School Board chose the name for the 11th high school as Patriot High School, a portion of the identity of the school was determined. As the planning principal, one of the responsibilities was the selection of school colors, the coordination of those colors within the building, and the selection of ...continue reading "High School Planning Year Opening Manual (PWCS)"

  Each day, schools and school districts are responsible for providing a safe and healthy learning environment for students. Understanding how to design and maintain school buildings is an important part of supporting that environment. Mitigation, or the capabilities necessary to eliminate or reduce the loss of life and property damage by lessening the impact ...continue reading "Designing Safe Schools: Planning and Retrofitting for Safety in Educational Facilities"

[vc_row parallax="content-moving" parallax_image="5072" row_parallax="y" row_fullrowbg="y"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="100px"][vc_empty_space height="100px"][vc_empty_space height="100px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] Education Facilities Planning The Education Facilities Clearinghouse, in collaboration with the 21st Century School Fund and the National Council on School Facilities, produced a training series on Education Facilities Planning. This video series features presenters from around the United States and provides crucial information for the planning and development ...continue reading "Education Facilities Planning"

REMSExpress, Volume 5, Number 4: K–12 Six-Step Planning Process, Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center, Office of Safe and Healthy Students/U.S. Department of Education The federal Guide for Developing High-Quality School Emergency Operations Plans (School Guide) describes a practical six-step planning process for developing a high-quality school emergency operations plan. The resulting ...continue reading "REMS EXPRESS – K-12 Six-Step Planning Process"