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School Planning and Management, 2015

Instant communications quickly turn the media spotlight on any newsworthy event. Negative publicity has resulted in school districts revisiting their commitment and attention to ensure life safety in every way possible. The growing importance of mass notification, inspection reporting and fire protection systems technologies have facilities managers scrambling to keep pace.

Changes in technology can substantially impact the physical systems that protect students, staff and visitors from fires in our schools.

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School safety and security are daily concerns that range from classroom management to handling crisis situations. Although schools are generally safe and secure, there are no guarantees that something bad will never happen on your campus. Are you prepared? Being informed means being empowered.

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School Planning and Management, 2015

Access Control is the way an organization manages credentials and the access and egress of staff and visitors on a daily basis. In the event of an emergency, though, access control is not enough. Although this article cites schools in specific, the information covered is pertinent to any organization.

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School Planning and Management, 2015

Between 2007 and 2011, the number of fires in educational properties averaged 5,690 per year, according to “Structure Fires in Educational Property,” a September 2011 report by Richard Campbell published by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).

Of those 5,690 fires, 4,060 occurred in nursery, elementary, middle or high schools. So, that means 71 percent of the fires that occur in educational structures occur in preK-12 schools.

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School Planning and Management, 2015

School districts often spend security budgets in ways that don’t really enhance security or protect students. “I see many K-12 schools and districts spending money on security — without achieving security or protecting students,” says Charlie Howell, a principal with Division 28 Consulting, LLC, a San Antonio-based school security consulting firm.

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School Planning and Management, 2015

n February, SP&M’s 20th Annual School Construction Report noted that of the $14 billion in school construction during 2014, $6.3 billion of the total (45 percent) was spent to enlarge and upgrade existing buildings, roughly half of that for retrofitting and modernization. The report, which also announced a fourth consecutive year of school construction growth, followed the October release of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s first ever Energy Savings Plus Health guide, subtitled Indoor Air Quality Guidelines for School Building Upgrades.

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School Planning and Management, 2015

Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) has two sides, care of the environment and safety of people. Paying attention to EH&S is important to school districts for three reasons. “The first is it protects the people who use your buildings,” says Mike Halligan, president of The Halligan Group, based in Salt Lake City. “The second is complying with EH&S standards reduces your liability if there is an event, such as a fire. Third, we are stewards of the buildings and the environment, and following EH&S standards when building a school is one way a district can be a good community partner.”

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School Planning and Management, 2015

“In 2013, Wyoming legislators asked us to conduct a thorough physical security assessment to ensure that we maintain a world-class condition relative to school security,” begins William T. Panos, director of Cheyenne-based Wyoming School Facilities Department (WSFD), which is dedicated to finance, design and construction. “We have 48 school districts, 1,300 facilities and 25 million square feet, so it was no small undertaking.

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School Planning and Management, 2015

Washington, D.C.  – School system leaders identified affordability as the primary obstacle for robust connectivity, according to CoSN’s (the Consortium for School Networking’s) 3rd Annual Infrastructure Survey released today.

Conducted in partnership with AASA, The School Superintendents Association, and MDR, the report collected data from K-12 school leaders and technology directors nationwide.

In addition to affordability, the nationwide survey reveals that districts continue to face significant challenges with improving network speed and capacity and increasing competition for broadband services. The results also detail the impact of changes to the E-rate program, as well as the growing issue of digital equity for technology access outside of the classroom.

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School Planning and Management, 2015

Of the 16 states that have education tax credit programs, only five earn grades of A or B on the second edition of School Choice Today: Education Tax Credit Laws Across the States, Ranking and Scorecard 2015 released today by The Center for Education Reform (CER). A majority of the states earn C’s, while three earn D’s and one earns an F. The report provides analysis and state-by-state comparisons, ranking states not only based on the law itself, but real results of programs.

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