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Pet Projects And Low Budgets: How Lawmakers Undermine School Repairs
Hawaii—APRIL 30, 2025
At the start of the legislative session, Hawaiʻi school officials came to lawmakers with a bold request: MORE
MSCS report: Schools need more than $1B in repairs
Tennessee—APRIL 29, 2025

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Decades of deferred maintenance at more than 200 Memphis-Shelby County Schools MORE
School Board approves closures and other changes affecting 28 Baton Rouge schools
Louisiana—APRIL 29, 2025

Nine public schools in Baton Rouge are closing, four are relocating, seven are getting new grade MORE
School facilities plan submitted to state
New Mexico—APRIL 29, 2025

SANTA ROSA — A new structure that would house all the students in Santa Rosa public schools MORE
CCSD pauses construction on several schools because of construction costs
Nevada—APRIL 25, 2025

LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — The Clark County School District Board of Trustees voted Thursday night to MORE
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Co-Location

Co-location is often considered when underutilized school facility space is apparent. School districts will open this underutilized space for other public schools, charter schools, health clinics, and other public/private organizations. Synergies are often created between the school and the other organization sharing the facilities.

It is not uncommon for two distinctly different schools to share school facilities. A process to design small school identities by using branding techniques can be utilized to distinguish the schools.

This innovative practice area is under development. 

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Birney and Savoy Co-Location
-- District of Columbia [ abstract]

Savoy students moved into Birney ES during Savoy's school construction that took place over a two year period from fall of 2007 to summer of 2009. The Birney ES building housed two 300 student public schools. Savoy is approximately .2 miles from Birney.


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Branded Environments: Defining the Restructured High School Campus
-- New York [ abstract]

Visual branding is a powerful tool not only to establish identity but also to delineate and unify disparate spaces in high school campus buildings. These publications present the elements of visual branding and provide a step-by-step guide to the process for visual branding.

The step-by-step guide is attached to the pdf of Branded Environments.


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