This publication contains brief articles concerned with modular school structures. Some articles offer examples of such structures at actual schools. The articles in this issue are: (1) "Re-Educating Schools" (Chuck Savage); (2) "Tax-Exempt Financing for Public Schools" (John Kennedy); (3) "Help Us Rebuild America" (Michael Roman); (4) "Case…

Highlighted is a new UNICEF all-purpose mobile facility called the "Mobile Creche" which provides a variety of social services including schooling, a health center, adult literacy and vocational training, and social and athletic activities for tens of thousands of unskilled laborers who live and work on the construction sites in New Delhi, India.…

Because of structural or financial limitations, many existing school buildings cannot be rebuilt to accommodate the flexible space requirements of such innovations as open plan teaching, individualized instruction, or modular scheduling. Schools with such buildings can keep pace with educational change by using relocatables. At the present time,…

This SEF study examines the entire problem of temporary space needs; evaluates present solutions such as portables, busing, and space rental; and makes recommendations for a system of relocatables. The proposed system, which could be used to handle all space needs of a nonpermanent nature, would provide facilities with an internal environment…

This handbook establishes procedures and requirements as prescribed by the state department of education and the state building commission for all relocatable-type classroom units in the state of Alabama. It is intended for the use of all superintendents of education, architects, and engineers. (Author/MLF)

This report discusses the objectives of an exemplary project in sparsely populated southwestern South Dakota which involved nine schools' efforts in the past three years (1974-76) in bringing a variety of vocational education courses to students that none of the districts would have been able to undertake individually, because limited financial…

This document provides baseline information about temporary facilities as alternatives to school construction. More than 40 individual school districts in 18 States cooperated in a review of their units. The study scans the problem of temporary facilities historically, analyzes prevailing conditions at the beginning of the 1960's, makes…

This booklet is intended to inform school district officials, school planners, and manufacturers of the Bureau's criteria for adequate housing. Part 1 discusses the portable classroom impact, presents data about portable classrooms, and states the Bureau's policy regarding portables. Part 2, performance specifications, is presented to clarify the…

This proposed 20-year plan for construction of facilities is based on analyses of (1) data related to the projected number and location of students in the district and (2) the adequacy of existing facilities. The study, a compilation of seven reports, begins with a description and the statements of adequacy for each school and its site. The next…