Highlights 36 award-winning newly constructed or renovated/restored high school design projects for 2000. Design descriptions, data, and photos are provided along with information about the architectural design firm used and costs per square foot and per student. (GR)

Discusses how the city of Clayton, Missouri, forged a relationship with its school district to simultaneously maximize public dollars while solving its need for two types of facilities: a new high school and a community facility. (GR)

In 1954, when the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in "Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka," the South Lawndale neighborhood on Chicago's southwest side was home primarily to Polish and Czech immigrants. In the decades since, South Lawndale has undergone dramatic change. Eastern Europeans moved out, and people of Mexican…

PROGRAM EMPHASIS FOR THE DESIGN OF THIS FACILITY WAS ORIENTED TOWARD CURRENT EDUCATIONAL CONCEPT. PRESENT AND PROJECTED CHANGES IN--(1) TEACHING TECHNIQUES, (2) CURRICULUMS, (3) STAFFING PATTERNS, AND (4) USE OF TECHNOLOGICAL AIDS SUGGESTED DEVELOPMENT OF A FLEXIBLE CLASSROOM UNIT. THE RESULTANT PLAN ACHIEVES FUNCTIONAL SEPARATION THROUGH GROUPING…

CERTAIN CRITICAL CRITERIA SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IN SELECTING THE SCHOOL SITE. IMPORTANT IS THE STUDY OF SUCH FACTORS AS PRESENT AND PROJECTED PUPIL POPULATION, THE SCHOOL MASTER PLAN, MAIN THOROUGHFARES, DWELLINGS, LAND USE, SOILS, (SHOWN BY SERVICE MAPS), EXISTING SCHOOL FACILITIES AND ATTENDANCE, BOUNDARIES, UTILITY SERVICES AND FLOOD CONTROLS.…

THE DESIGN OF THIS ECONOMICALLY PLANNED SCHOOL IS DEVELOPED TO SUIT A GENERALIZED SET OF AREA CHARACTERISTICS. PHYSICAL SEPARATION OF JUNIOR AND SENIOR PUPILS IS EFFECTED THROUGH USE OF THE "SCHOOLS-WITHIN-A-SCHOOL" PLAN. PROVISIONS FOR ADOPTION OF--(1) TEAM TEACHING, (2) MACHINE TEACHING, (3) EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION, AND (4) AURAL-ORAL LANGUAGE…

NEW SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY IS ILLUSTRATED THROUGH REVIEW OF--(1) 15 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, (2) 14 HIGH SCHOOLS, AND (3) ONE ADMINISTRATIVE FACILITY. EACH EXAMPLE INCLUDES--(1) A GENERAL ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION, (2) SITE AND FLOOR PLANS, AND (3) AN EXTERIOR PHOTOGRAPH OR PERSPECTIVE. PRECEDING THESE EXAMPLES ARE REVIEWS OF--(1)…

The first of an occasional series of publications dealing with all aspects of systems building. This issue is devoted to a general overview of all systems projects funded by the Ford Foundation's Educational Facilities Laboratories, since the School Construction Systems Development Project was first funded in 1962. It includes the following…

Highlights two award-winning newly constructed or renovated/restored middle/high school design projects for 2000. Design descriptions, data, and photos are provided along with information about the architectural design firm used and costs per square foot and per student. (GR)

Provides photos, a floor plan, and general description of a high school designed to function as an educational, cultural, and recreation activity center for the entire community. Construction data and costs are included along with information about the architectural firm and construction team. (GR)

The result of cooperative planning with teachers, supervisors, administrators, architects, and technical experts, this manual emphasizes space relationship between the educational program and physical facilities. General information covers--(1) school planning, (2) new school planning committees, (3) instructions to architects, (4) objectives of…

This report summarizes survey findings on Connecticut high school designs meeting future educational demands as well as state funding issues that are creating reimbursement difficulties, and presents an overview of specific problems and solutions the survey identified. Problem areas within the curriculum are highlighted and include scheduling;…

Relates how community involvement actually helped in the process of planning for the rebuilding of a specific school. (Author)

"School Planning & Management"'s annual survey of school construction statistics including projects completed during 2005, projected completions for 2006, and projects that will begin construction during 2006. In addition to national figures, statistics are broken down to provide detail for 12 regions of the nation, as well as the…

A REPORT DESIGNED TO ACQUAINT SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS WITH A NEW DEVELOPMENT IN SCHOOL PLANNING AND DESIGN IS PRESENTED. IT ATTEMPTS TO SHOW WHY THE SCHOOL WAS DESIGNED AS IT WAS, HOW IT WAS DESIGNED AND BUILT, THE EDUCATIONAL BASIS OF THE DESIGN, AND THE RELATION OF THE SCHOOL TO THE PROGRAM FOR WHICH IT WAS PLANNED. SUCH TOPICS AS THE COMMUNITY…