July 2013 School Planning & Management

School Planning & Management July 2013


Features

Evidence-Based Design Influences Interior Design

Facilities (Learning Spaces)

Evidence-Based Design Influences Interior Design

By Ellen Kollie

How do architects and designers know that they're creating schools with interiors that positively affect student performance?


What

Facilities (Building Information Modeling)

What's New in Restrooms and Locker Rooms

By Michael Fickes

Hygiene and vandalism resistance rank as key concerns in today’s more collaborative K-12 restroom and locker room designs.


Disaster Preparedness

Safe & Secure Schools

Disaster Preparedness

Making Decisions Under Stress

By Stephen C. Satterly


Bullying

Bullying

By Herb Drill

There may be help from afar.


Total Transformation

Facilities (Learning Spaces)

Total Transformation

By Jeffrey P. Larimer, Scott W. Clark

Turning a 60-year-old high school into a 21st-Century learning environment.


Columns

Safe & Secure Schools

The ABCs of CPTED

By Michael Fickes

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design offers design choices that can enhance safety and security.


Editor's Note

20% Time

By Deborah P. Moore

Allow students to explore what they are passionate about.


Facility Planning

The School Security Matrix

By Tracy Richter

There are four overall strategies to consider when approaching school security.


Trends In Green

Another Energy Choice

By Lynette Von Minden

Energy-efficient propane can help schools be and save green.


Safe & Secure Schools

Securing Classroom Doors – The New Paradigm

By Mark J. Berger


Safe & Secure Schools

School Shootings Revisited

By Tod Schneider


Fire & Life Safety

Fire Code Revisions

By Mike Halligan

There are at least 60 significant changes in the new IFC code.


A Final Thought

Remember Our Main Goal

Make things better for children.

By Paul Abramson


Business Practices

Life Has Changed

By William T. Hartman Ph.D.

School business leadership in the new fiscal reality.


Departments

Early Learning Centers

Building Blueprints (Facilities in Focus)

Early Learning Centers

By Brad Paulsen, Craig Siepka

Creating an inspiring space to support the youngest of learners.


Products

Case Histories (Real-World Solutions)

Divide and Conquer


Custom Ceiling

Case Histories (Real-World Solutions)

Custom Ceiling Provides Unique View of the World


Music Facility

Case Histories (Real-World Solutions)

Proper Planning Ensures Sound Results


Greenhouse

Case Histories (Real-World Solutions)

Natural Resources Education and Training Area