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Earthman, Glen I. – School Business Affairs, 1999
School systems in urbanized or built-up areas have difficulties locating suitable sites for new buildings. Examples of the use of space in alternative locations include the Parkway Program in Philadelphia; the Work Place School in Alberta, Canada; the Metropolitan Learning Alliance in Minnesota; and the Schoolhouse Boat in Vienna, Austria. (MLF)
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Educational Facilities Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Found Spaces
Download full textEarthman, Glen I. – 1986
This chapter of "Principles of School Business Management" reviews the extensive range of activities associated with planning for and constructing school facilities. These activities include (1) organizing the staff and organizing the task; (2) conducting long-range planning (involving the gathering of data, the development of a planning document,…
Descriptors: Architects, Building Operation, Educational Administration, Educational Facilities Design
Earthman, Glen I. – 1992
A school building constructed 10 years ago may not be relevant to what is needed in a new building today. Methodology and curriculum change rapidly, and, as a result, buildings change as do the students attending schools today. The administrators in the school system are responsible for adequately planning a new capital-improvement project and…
Descriptors: Architects, Architectural Programming, Bids, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets)
