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WEBJun 27, 2024 · American School & University offers insights to education and design professionals about key facility issues: planning, construction, renovation, maintenance and management.
Choosing doors for safer classrooms and school facilities
WEBApr 2, 2021 · A classroom door should be lockable and unlockable from outside the classroom. Door operating hardware should be operable without tight grasping, tight pinching, or twisting of the wrist. Door hardware operable parts should be placed between 34 and 48 inches above the floor. The bottom 10 inches of …
New elementary campus opens in Chula Vista, California
WEBJul 29, 2024 · The Chula Vista (California) Elementary School District has opened its first new campus in nearly two years.. The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that Sonia Sotomayor Elementary has 450 students, many from Saburo Muraoka Elementary. That number is expected to grow to 1,100 students across 43 classrooms, Superintendent Eduardo Reyes says. The school has been named for Sonia Sotomayor, the first ...
School Flooring Matters | American School & University
WEBFeb 12, 2013 · School Flooring Matters. Feb. 12, 2013. Rubber flooring offers a variety of performance and sustainable benefits to education facilities. Mike Simoneau. In education facilities, from preschools and K-12 schools to colleges and universities, most decisions are made with the well-being and development of students in mind.
Clean and Safe Washroom School Maintenance
WEBMarch 1, 2012. Washroom maintenance is an important component of overall school health. Mike Kennedy. Having clean, safe, well-maintained washrooms may not enhance a school’s reputation—the good maintenance practices may not provide any clues about the quality of the teachers or how well students are performing.
The Color on the Wall - American School & University
WEBNov 1, 2013 · Adding color to interior walls helps stimulate students’ brains and can create an improved learning environment that boosts students’ academic performance, simply by being visible on the walls of the room during class time. Multiple case studies demonstrating the benefits of colored classroom walls compared with white walls have been conducted.
Texas State University breaks ground on STEM classroom building
WEBAug 19, 2024 · Mike Kennedy. Texas State University in San Marcos has broken ground on a $137 million STEM classroom building. The university says the eight-story facility has been designed to foster innovation and collaboration in STEM disciplines. It will house the mathematics and computer science departments and will provide teaching space, class labs ...
Download: The AS&U 100 | American School & University
WEBDec 20, 2023 · Download: The AS&U 100. Dec. 20, 2023. Download this guide to the 100 largest public school districts and 25 largest postsecondary institutions. Mike Kennedy. In what has become an annual activity for me, I compile the public school enrollment numbers that make up this issue's AS&U 100 list of the districts with the largest enrollments.
Cherokee Nation breaks ground on language immersion middle …
WEBAug 19, 2024 · Cherokee Nation officials have broken ground in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, on a Cherokee Immersion Middle School for grades four to eight.. The Cherokee Nation says in a news release that the two-story, 66,000-square-foot facility will feature classrooms, basketball gym, stickball field, art patio, wellness space weightroom, specialty areas for dance and esports, storm shelter, cafeteria and media ...
A Plan in Place - American School & University
WEBAug 1, 2005 · On many college campuses, parking is a focal point of discontent: There's not enough of it; it costs too much; the spaces available aren't convenient.