The High School of the Future A Focus on

The authors bring together essential information on every stage of the process of creating a new public educational facility for boards of education, school building committees, district superintendents, and other decision makers. This book features case studies of recent exemplary high school construction projects, and provides a detailed educational specification that's genuinely future-oriented.

Acknowledgments

vii

Preface

ix

Foreword Think about It Today: The Need for a Pragmatic Futurist Approach to School Planning and Design

xi

Introduction A Vision of the Future High School

xxvii

Part I: Yesterday and Today

The High School of Yesterday

3

(6)

The High School of Today

9

(14)

Part II: Creating Schools Collaboratively

The Process of Creation---In Need of Improvement

23

(8)

Collaboration in the Development of Educational Specifications

31

(6)

Collaborative Design and Project Management

37

(14)

A Case Study of Collaboration: East Lyme High School

51

(8)

Part III: The High School of the Future

The High School of the Future: General Principles

59

(4)

The High School of the Future: Design Requirements for Specific Curricular Areas

63

(28)

The High School of the Future: Conceptual Drawings

91

(2)

The High School of the Future: Achieving Balance in Design

93

(6)

Part IV: Issues in High School Planning, Design, and Construction

Ensuring Health and Comfort in the Indoor Environment

99

(14)

Exceptional Kids Need More Feet: Designing Barrier-Free Schools for Special-Education Students

113

(10)

Harmony in Value Engineering

123

(2)

Technology Utilization: A Futuristic Vision of Technology and Square Feet

125

(8)

Passing Your School Referendum: Community Support Is Based on Credibility

133

(10)

Conclusion Looking Ahead

143

(2)

Sources Cited

145

(2)

Online Resources

147

(2)

Contributors

149

(2)

Photo Credits

151

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