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A K-12 Schools Lesson in LEED Platinum
California—JUNE 22, 2026
Key Takeaways:  Montgomery Middle School demonstrates how addressing deferred maintenance can become MORE
Tight Budgets and Schedules: How to Plan for a Successful K-12 School Renovation
National—JUNE 22, 2026
Key Takeaways:  Successful summer renovation projects begin with clearly identifying the underlying MORE
Virginia localities raise $119M for school construction through targeted sales tax
Virginia—JUNE 22, 2026
Over the past five years, several Virginia localities have generated just $119 million total from a targeted MORE
Critics charge CMSD is breaking law by resisting selling empty buildings to charter schools
Ohio—JUNE 21, 2026
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Critics say the Cleveland Metropolitan Schools District is breaking a law requiring that MORE
School budgets are confusing. Here’s 10 terms Michiganders should know.
Michigan—JUNE 21, 2026
Hundreds of Michigan school boards this month are mulling over the last details of their districts’ MORE
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Tools

21CSF has developed various tools in the support of it's mission and tested them on specific projects.

Boundary Planner
A transparency tool for student assignment changes. This tool automates the integration of relational student based data and school based geospatial data into a centralized web portal. (more info)

Joint Use Calculator
A Joint-Use Tool for Fair Fees – Step-by-step guidance in helping school district officials craft an effective, transparent joint-use policy.  (more info)

FORMAT-Pro™ 
A decision software tool used in several school districts across the country for long-range, K-12 school facility master planning and capital planning. Still in development. 

  • Web Portal (more info)
  • Data Orchestration Tool (coming soon!!)

Enrollment Projections Web Portal
Developed in 2012, a web-base interactive tool piloted in Washington, DC Public Schools, for arriving at next year enrollment projections. It utilized 3 years of historic enrollment data by grade by school, but then supported an interactive process for adjusting formulaic projections with principal and community input to adjust enrollment projections.

For more information regarding these tools, please contact info@21csf.org.