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Communities across the country are
struggling to address critical needs to:

Build new schools
Renovate existing schools
Make up for years of deferred maintenance
Accommodate rising student enrollments
Reduce class size
Make sure schools are accessible to all students
Equip schools for the 21st century.

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E-Schools Modernization with Close-out

Project Description: This project includes completing the ADA accessibility in two restrooms at Echo Valley Elementary School and the installation of ADA accessible ramps and stairways for three elevations throughout the campus. Additional site work will be completed as well.
This project also includes completing the ADA accessibility issues in two restrooms at Elkhorn Elementary School. Project Total: $ 2M

Here are some resources to give you more information
about this national issue:

American Federation of Teachers

Building Minds Minding Buildings School Infrastructure Funding Need

Building Minds Minding Buildings Sustainable Schools

National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities

Condition of Schools in America
http://www.ncef.org/rl/conditions.cfm

Impact of Facilities on Learning - Academic Research Studies
http://www.ncef.org/rl/impact_research_studies.cfm

National Center for Education Statistics

Condition of Public School Facilities
http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=94

Rural Education in America - School Facilities, Access, and Use of Technology
http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ruraled/SchFacilities.asp

US Department of Education

Impact of Inadequate School Facilities on Student Learning http://www2.ed.gov/offices/OESE/archives/inits/construction/impact2.html

California Department of Education

The Impact of School Facilities
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/fa/sf/achievementppt.asp

Californians for School Facilities

QSCB Projects Spring 2012

Parade Magazine

Special Report: Rebuilding America's Schools

Do School Facilities Really Impact a Child's Education?

An introduction to the Issues
By John B. Lyons
http://sdpl.coe.uga.edu/articlesandpapers/lyons.html

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