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A discussion of modular component systems for schools describes a shift from traditional construction to interchangeable parts. The approach promises adaptable interiors, better lighting and climate control, and potential taxpayer savings, tracing origins to California's 1961 SCSD project and noting subsequent programs in Florida Pennsylvania Toronto Montreal and university campuses.
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Montreal
Is Your Home Town Planning New School
Educational Facilities Laboratories reports offer ideas for innovative and economical school building design. Initiated by The Ford Foundation ten years ago, EFL has funded research in the United States and Canada and publishes free guides for school officials and taxpayers. Write Educational Facilities Laboratories, 477 Madison Avenue, New York 10022 to obtain an order blank.
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University of California
Indiana University
SCSD
Educational Facilities Laboratories
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Canada
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Conversions Aid Education Save Dollars for Taxpayer
Middletown New York rebuilt its 1920s Memorial Elementary School auditorium into an electronic classroom with language lab and three resource centers at a cost of about 124000. The updated space serves 180 electronic stations, used 80 percent of the day, and can still host assemblies by opening partitions. The initiative shows how auditoriums can become flexible teaching spaces, reducing the need for new building construction and saving taxpayer money.
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Middletown
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Memorial
John Ringwood
Ringwood
Loretto Hilton Center For the Performing Arts
Webster College
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Memorial Elementary School
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