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Sensory Garden

Vibrant Opportunities for Learning

The entire Fullerton community had reason to celebrate when the new Sensory Garden was installed at Commonwealth Elementary School. Both its great opportunities for learning and its incredible story make the garden a truly special place.

How To Stop Deferring Maintenance

Deferred Maintenance can cost schools many times what the initial repair charges might’ve been. With school infrastructures growing older and budgets slimmer, the question of when to defer maintenance costs is critical.

Spring Preventive Maintenance

Spring Preventive Maintenance: Achieving Excellence

Spring preventive maintenance is so much more than crossing items off a checklist. Here, three facility managers share their perspectives on delivering preventive maintenance excellence.

Cloud Based Services

What Kind of Cloud Are You Getting?

When planning any change in classroom technology, the details can make all the difference. This is especially true for schools installing cloud-based services. Knowing what you’re getting now can save headaches later.

Designing Solutions

In a world dominated by smartphones and Google, students are relying on a new host of tools to find the answers to some of life’s biggest questions.

Energy Management

Energy Management

Chipping away at energy costs.

Finding Some Common Ground: Can it Last for the Next Session of Congress?

The Bipartisan Budget Act passed the House and will pass the Senate and become law before adjourning. There was no interest by the conference committee to a long-term grand bargain that could have included reforms to entitlement programs and taxes. The agreement addresses short-term spending or immediate budget needs.

Food Service Exhaust Systems

After a recent fire sprinkler activation on a food-service line, there was a review of what caused the sprinkler to activate. The activation was not due to a fire or a problem with the sprinkler head. It was determined that the sprinkler activated due to misplaced equipment under the hood.

Safe School Checklist

Safe School Checklist

Round one: Checklists. Round two: Scenarios

Higher-Ed Marketing and the Disadvantaged Student

Higher education marketing encourages some students to make decisions that don’t match their goals, aptitudes and finances.

Managed Print

Toning It Down

Project-Based Learning

Project-Based Learning

Creating learning spaces for a stem environment.

Coloring the Classroom

Coloring the Classroom

The forgotten component of the educational experience.

Cooking Exhaust Systems

A lesson learned from a close call. Recently, a fire sprinkler activated on a food service line. There was a review of what caused the sprinkler to activate. It was not due to a fire or a problem with the sprinkler head, but due to misplaced equipment under the hood.

Smart Business: Serving the Nontraditional Student

College and universities should carefully consider their business plans to achieve successful results for today's nontraditional student population.

Bright Solutions

Bright Solutions

Putting students and learning first in a daylight-enhanced environment.

Sustainability

Beyond Net Zero

Nurturing, teaching and promoting sustainability for future generations.

Good Things Come in Small Packages

Here's how one small school district schedules preventive maintenance.

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