Sentences with phrase «improve existing school buildings»

He also played a key role negotiating and authoring the $ 9 billion Proposition 1A bond measure in 1998 — which has led to public votes supporting over $ 36 billion to build new schools and improve existing school buildings.

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The renovation included remodeling two existing rooms into combination dance studio / meeting rooms, with a room divider for added flexibility; providing a program viewing / waiting room for families; improving the west parking lot entrance to the building; creating two outdoor accessible restrooms for North School Park events; and creating a receiving area for bulk delivery and increasing the storage area for program supplies.

Concerns have been raised that the Government is neglecting the existing school estate, using money on the free schools programme instead of improving or maintaining existing buildings.

Not only this, the NFCC states that sprinklers are an effective part of an overall fire safety solution and can be used efficiently to improve fire safety in a range of new and existing school buildings and supports the concept of risk - assessed retro fitting of sprinklers.

Whatever the application requirement; be it to add an extra storey to an existing building, rejuvenate an ageing exterior, improve the insulation performance, to clad a new extension so that it fits in with the surrounding school or to clad a new modular building in the factory before it's transported to site, Eurobrick's systems can deliver.

It will also build on plans to make a longer school day by providing new facilities or improving existing ones to make it easier for a range of extra-curricular activities to be provided.

Vallas and the school board were able to raise $ 2.5 billion to renovate aging buildings, improve existing operating systems such as heating, expand schooling opportunities with science laboratories and playgrounds, and build new schools.

«We are spending # 16bn on improving existing schools and building new ones, more in this parliament than the previous government spent in its first two parliaments combined.

The other interim charges considered by the committee at the hearing included examining current school board governance policies and practices and making recommendations that could improve the focus, attitudes and outcomes of Texas school boards, districts and students; studying existing board training requirements and making suggestions to educate school board trustees on policies that could achieve better student outcomes, particularly within the framework set for low - performing schools in House Bill 1842; and monitoring initiatives to build a high - quality pre-kindergarten grant program (HB 4).

(Calif.) The flurry of legislative proposals that often follows a school shooting most often take aim at gun restrictions or shoring up mental health services.But there are other steps that can be taken to improve campus security — among them, building strategically - designed school facilities or adding safety upgrades to the existing ones.

Alpine School District is considering pursuing a $ 386 million bond to build multiple schools needed to accommodate growth, to improve security at existing schools and to update infrastructure.

(q) A charter school may be located in part of an existing public school building, in space provided on a private work site, in a public building or any other suitable location; provided, however, that no school building assistance funds authorized under chapter 70B shall be awarded to a commonwealth charter school for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing or improving a commonwealth charter school.

The plan will allow schools to apply for grant money to be used to make physical changes to their buildings, hire additional staff or train existing staff to improve school safety.

This RTTT application, which the UFT has agreed to, would allocate funding to support the creation of as many of a dozen new schools built on the basis of online learning; which would ultimately likely help the DOE in closing down existing schools rather than improving them, in the process causing more chaos, disruption and «churn» and excessing more teachers.»