Describes school-facility maintenance problems and benefits of preventive maintenance. (PKP)

The Boston school system saved $3 million by renovating the old Boston Gas Company building rather than building a new school. (WD)

Presents guidelines to determine if renovation is feasible and provides steps for actual renovation. (JF)

Describes a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, school system's energy conservation project that insulated utility tunnels and pipes in two schools. Energy savings will pay back the insulation cost in less than two years. (MD)

Four profiles illustrate how architects designed additions to high schools that were considered obsolete. (Author)

Briefly describes each of 56 exemplary school modernization and renovation projects throughout the U.S. and lists a person at each site to contact for more information. (JG)

Before purchasing heating and air conditioning equipment and services, get expert advice on basic considerations, costs, and safety factors. (Author/WM)

Outlines the cost-saving decisions made by an Oregon school district as it faced a decreasing student population over the past 10 years. The district developed a resource management system that involved all levels of management, including the school board. (MD)

A fire destroyed an elementary school in the East Rockaway (New York) school system. A substitute facility, furniture, and textbooks were secured and classes opened, missing only four school days. Future precautions include insurance to cover actual reconstruction costs, smoke detectors, and a computerized inventory system. (MLF)

School food-service programs, endangered by rising costs, would benefit by taking the following steps: (1) improve food quality and presentation; (2) renovate the appearance of cafeterias; (3) enlist cafeteria personnel in reforms and include profit sharing; (4) update management procedures; and (5) cut bureaucracy. (MLF)

The Frontier board of education took a dilapidated World War I-vintage school and turned it into a stellar example of open space planning coupled with similarly updated teaching techniques. (Author)