School Building Problems

George Drayton Strayer, Nickolaus Louis Engelhardt

Teachers College, Columbia University, 1927 - 697 pages

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PROB POPULATION STUDIES PAGE 1 Determining the Possible Residential Saturation of a Sub urban Community	1

Residential Saturation in a Developing Community	6

SECTION PAGE I POPULATION STUDIES	7

Distribution of Homes of a Community 92	9

Predicting School Population	12

Using the Residential Distribution of Students to Deter mine a New High School Location	15

Relationship Between Residential Housing and Elementary School Enrollment 125	18

PROB SELECTION OF THE ARCHITECT PAGE 21 Methods Followed in Employing Architectural Service	21

Planning a Large Elementary School	370

Planning a Platoon School	376

PLANNING NEW HIGH SCHOOLS	379

The Optimum Size of High Schools	381

High Schools for Girls and for Boys	389

Planning a Junior High School	392

Planning a Junior High School Building	396

Planning a JuniorSenior High School	402

Residential Distribution of High School Students	22

Distribution of Junior High School Enrollment	25

NUMBER AND LOCATION OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS	29

The Influence of a New Elementary School Building Upon Values of Adjoining Real Estate	31

Relation of City Zoning to Schoolhouse Planning	33

Number and Kinds of Schools Needed in a Small City	40

Faulty Location of a School Building	46

UTILIZATION OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS	49

The Optimum ClassSize	51

Utilization of a Platoon School	53

Utilization of a High School Building	65

The Relation of the Utilization of the High School Building to the High School Program	78

SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAMS	99

How Should a Building Program be Organized Controlled and Administered?	101

The Development of a School Building Program	120

Ascertaining the Need for Further School Accommodations and Making the Provisions to Satisfy Such Needs	122

The Development of a School Building Program for Grand view N K	140

SELECTION OF THE ARCHITECT	151

School Buildings	153

Direct Selection of an Architect	156

Competitive Architectural Planning of a High School Build ing 159	159

ARCHITECTS PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS	177

Reading Blueprints of School Buildings	179

Checking the Preliminary Plans	180

Checking Preliminary Plans for a High School	187

The Final Set of Preliminary Sketches for a New School Building	192

The Grade Assignment of Rooms in a New Elementary Building	200

The Working Drawings for a School Building	201

Presentation of the Final Plans and Specifications	208

SCHOOL BUILDING CONTRACTS	213

The Architects Contract	215

The General Building Contract	223

General Conditions of the Contract for the Construction of School Buildings	239

Information for Bidders on School Building Contracts	270

Public Notice to Bidders on School Building Contracts	276

Contractors Proposal for Building Work	279

Payment to Contractors	288

CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS	293

Type of Building Construction	295

Economies in Architectural Design Plans and Specifica tions	298

Mechanical Equipment Economies	305

Building Construction Economies	309

Construction Supervision Technique	316

SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES AND VILLAGES	327

A Village School Building Program	329

Planning a TwelveYear School in a Small Village	332

Scoring Rural School Buildings	338

Planning a Rural School	343

PLANNING NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS	347

PROB PAGE 47 The Evolution of the Elementary School Building	349

Current Tendencies in Elementary Education	355

Elementary School Accommodations	358

Reorganizing the Elementary School Plant	360

Placement of an Elementary School upon Its Site	362

A Superintendents Recommendations for New Elementary School Buildings	364

The Elementary Schools of a Small Community	367

The Determination of the Facilities Needed in a New High School Building	409

Estimating Capacity of High School Buildings	414

Determining the Facilities for a High School	421

Proposed High School Building	425

Space Requirements for a New High School Building	433

SERVICE FACILITIES	437

Home Room Lockers for a Senior High School	439

Shower and Locker Facilities for High School Girls	443

Lighting Fixtures for Classrooms	447

Determining the Adequacy of Stairways	449

The Ventilation of School Buildings	452

Planning the Toilet Facilities	467

ROOMS REQUIRING SPECIAL PLANNING	473

Administrative Offices in a City School System	475

Health Service Rooms	480

The Size of the Auditorium	482

Study Halls in High Schools	485

The High School Administration Suite	487

Ascertaining the Capacity of the Cafeteria in the New High School	491

The High School Cafeteria	495

Planning the Physical Education Facilities	498

PROB PAGE 80 Planning the Biology Facilities for a High School	505

Equipment of a Cooking Laboratory	507

The Sewing Room and Laundry of a New High School	510

Household Arts in a Small Junior High School	512

Industrial Arts Shops	517

EQUIPMENT PLANNING	523

A Program for Equipment Management	525

Planning the Equipment of the Administrative Offices	528

Inventory of High School Equipment	531

Determining the Equipment Costs for New High School Buildings	534

Planning and Buying Equipment for a New High School	538

Plan and Equipment of a High School Classroom	555

Selecting the Pupil Equipment for Classrooms	558

Selecting the Student Equipment for the Physics and Chemistry Laboratories	573

Planning the Equipment for a Gymnasium	578

Playground Equipment	581

FINANCING SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAMS	583

The Consolidation of Districts and the Distribution of the Bonded Debt	585

Plan of Financing a Proposed High School Building	588

Budgeting a Bond Issue for a New Building	591

Financing the School Building Program	595

COST OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT	607

The Cost of School Buildings	609

Unit Costs of School Buildings	614

School Costs and the Size of School Buildings	624

Determining the Cost of Providing the Needed Buildings for the Schools of Canovia N K	626

Estimating Equipment Costs for an Elementary School	634

FIRE COSTS AND FIRE INSURANCE	637

Estimating the Actual Loss Due to Fire	639

Insuring School Buildings	642

The Fire Insurance Problem in the Public Schools of Ataska N K	646

PUBLICITY AND GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION	657

Designating the Name of a High School Building	659

Presenting a High School Program to the Citizens	662

Graphs for School Building Publicity	673

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Title	School Building Problems
Authors	George Drayton Strayer, Nickolaus Louis Engelhardt
Publisher	Teachers College, Columbia University, 1927
Original from	the University of Michigan
Digitized	19 Nov 2008
Length	697 pages

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