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Virginia communities race to get 1% sales tax for school construction on the ballot
U.S. Virgin Islands—AUGUST 10, 2026
For years, it rained inside Prince Edward Elementary School. Photographs show the large plastic buckets MORE
Why Schools Are Designing for Durability
National—AUGUST 10, 2026
When a new school opens or a major renovation is completed, success is often measured by whether the project MORE
$1.51B Dearborn bond proposal aims to replace or remodel every district school over 20 years
Michigan—AUGUST 08, 2026
Dearborn Public Schools officially launched an informational campaign for a historic $1.51 billion bond MORE
Nearly 1,900 U.S. Public Schools Within a Mile of a Data Center
Georgia—AUGUST 06, 2026
NEWNAN, Ga. — Arnco-Sargent Elementary sits in a wooded area on a two-lane road about 50 miles south of MORE
9 million U.S. students lost school time for weather in the 2024-2025 school year
National—AUGUST 05, 2026
Climate change is increasingly disrupting kids’ education. When extreme weather hits, schools often MORE
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Facilities Planning

School facilities require planning at many different levels to meet educational and community purposes. Educational facilities planning is needed for operations, maintenance, building and site system depreciation, and education and demographic changes.  Facilitiy planning enables states, districts, and communities to align their resources to their needs, ensure that priorities are met fairly, and that facilities are operated, managed, and built to modern health, safety, educational, and environmental standards.

When facilities plans are developed in partnership with a broad and diverse set of school and community stakeholders, districts often find innovative ways to meet their programmatic and building needs. 


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  • Maintenance Planning: Preventative, Routine, Reactive Maintenance
  • Operations Planning: Energy management, security, custodial, emergency management planning
  • Capital Planning: major construction, capital renewals, new school construction
  • Educational Facilities Master Planning: enrollment projections and housing impacts, educational programs, grade configurations, boundaries and student assignment policy, capital project priorities, sustainability goals.

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