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Originally, the purpose of the manuscript was to help members of a National Research Council Committee understand the process of planning school buildings in the public sector. It was intended to help members become familiar with the decisions that must be made and who was involved in that process. The content of the manuscript, however, is also suited to educators and non-educators. Too often educators believe once the architect is employed, their responsibility for decisions regarding the school building has been properly discharged. As a result many of the important decisions regarding the building are left to non-educators – not the users of the facility. In an effort to simplify the very complex processes involved in planning, designing, and constructing an educational facility, these processes are reduced to the essentials and explained in clear fashion so that educators, school authorities, and community members may have a better insight into the decisions that need to be made.
