Sentences with phrase «many existing school buildings»

Mayor Bloomberg has given about 60 percent of the city charters free space in existing school buildings in an unusual strategy to boost their growth, but critics believe the arrangement gives charters an unfair advantage.

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.

The Budget will also announce a further # 216m that will be used to refurbish existing school buildings.

They just did not have enough space in their existing school building and time was not on their side.

The MPs» investigation builds on a National Audit Office report in February which said billions were being spent on free schools while many existing school buildings were are not at an appropriate standard.

Demolition and replacement of existing school buildings involves a high carbon impact, landfill implications and associated costs as well as the material impact of the replacement new build and the loss of the embodied energy within the buildings demolished.

The scheme involved the use of a large 350 - tonne crane to lift the steel and concrete building modules over the top of the existing school building and into a totally enclosed courtyard.

The MPs» investigation builds on a National Audit Office report in February which said billions were being spent on free schools while many existing school buildings were crumbling.

Under the LAO plan, the Legislature would provide an annual grant amount for school facility needs based on the replacement value of existing school buildings as well as an estimate of the average useful life of the buildings.

Also important consideration for maintenance of existing school buildings and the disposal of assets are the information documents for asbestos management in schools (external link) and disposal of assets by foundation and voluntary schools (external link).

The project also will incorporate improvements to the existing school building, including the replacement of doorknobs with ADA - compliant door latches; ADA - related relocations and renovations of bathrooms; upgrades to an exercise room, a guidance suite, auditorium and four classrooms; and the installation of an inclined chair lift to provide accessibility to the lower area of the existing building's third floor.

Mobile Modular designed and proposed a creative combination of modular buildings that could be strategically placed adjacent to the existing school building in an open field and on under - utilized tennis courts.

And Meg Hillier, chairwoman of the Commons Public Accounts Committee, said it was «taxpayers» money that could be used to fund much - needed improvements in thousands of existing school buildings».

Demolition of the oldest portion of the existing school building; construction of an addition for a new elementary school, music rooms and art rooms; construction of a new secure entrance, cafeteria, commons and kitchen; upgrades to restrooms, HVAC and plumbing and electrical systems.

However, a change in government in 2010 led to the existing school building programmes at the time being axed and the Priority School Building Programme being introduced in 2011, with baseline design guidelines and the aim to make school construction more cost - effective.

Multinational construction company Arup has pledged to advise the Lebanese Minister of Education about school infrastructure, providing advice about the construction of new schools, as well as maintenance and expansion of existing school buildings.

Not only are there insufficient schools to host the number of refugees, but also existing school buildings are inadequate to cope with increased demand.

Existing school buildings are typically reserved for the use of traditional district schools.

This is taxpayers» money that could be used to fund much - needed improvements in thousands of 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.

Not exact matches

Stop expanding and building schools and churches when the ones that exist will do just fine.

Director Brackett attributes her success to starting small, building on existing school garden programming, and strong communications with staff and parents.

The new standards will build on the work achieved under the existing school food standards and should enable our teams to devote more time to creating exciting and nutritious menus that will inspire children's eating habits in the future.

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.

Officials estimated it would cost $ 9 million to $ 11 million to update the existing community center in the old North School building.

The future of a second Emerson School of Hospitality is uncertain, after Buffalo School Board members declined to vote yesterday on Superintendent Kriner Cash's recommendation to build a satellite program on a site downtown near the existing campus.

«Our revenues and expenditures can be made equal, but revenues can not service the existing [Fuller Road Management Corporation, the school's nonprofit real - estate arm] building debt.»

The future of a second Emerson School of Hospitality is uncertain, after Buffalo School Board members declined to vote Wednesday on Superintendent Kriner Cash's recommendation to build a satellite program on a site downtown near the existing campus.

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.

Sources said lawmakers were looking at a proposal to help reduce the tensions that exist when a charter school moves into a building already housing a traditional public school.

«We can open a new school [public or charter] or we can move an existing school into the new building,» said Tania Shinkawa, from the DOE's Office of Portfolio Development.

If an existing school takes over the building, the space left behind would still be used as a school.

Senate Democrats earlier this year pushed for a community schools grant program that would provide wraparound social services and empower the education commissioner to award competitive grants to eligible school districts that use existing buildings for community - based hubs.

He began with the implementation of the Progressively Free SHS, implemented the Secondary Education Improvement Programme (SEIP), built Community Day Senior High Schools - the largest addition to our school stock since independence, expanded infrastructure in hundreds of existing Senior High Schools among other interventions.

In Brooklyn, the DOE granted only one building, located within 15 minutes of an existing middle school, but 3.5 miles from the elementary school it is to serve.

The two schools would share the building, but P.S. 145 parents fear the charter school would drain resources from the school's existing students.

The Shettima administration is engaged in massive building of modern schools and remodeling of existing across Borno State.

The mayor says the schools can no longer have rent - free space in existing public school buildings.

The remaining funds for the 100 could have been used to build or upgrade laboratories in existing senior high schools to fit a 21st century facility.

Asked if he agreed with FES's allegations that the de Blasio administration was dragging its feet on finding locations for charter schools in existing public school buildings, Mr. Diaz answered, «I hope not.»

Its budget would bar him from rescinding existing co-location deals, boost per pupil funding for charter students and prohibit school districts from charging rent to charters that co-locate in public school buildings.

• Pledged to stop building any more free schools and to prevent existing ones from expanding.

The city will fit in the additional seats into the Peck Slip School by adding two floors totaling 20,000 square feet to the existing post office building at 1 Peck Slip, which the city purchased for $ 13.5 million earlier this fall.

The school is one of 12 co-location projects, which would involve putting new schools into existing buildings.

Upper West Side public school parents, elected officials and Community Board 7 fought for months to keep Upper West Success Academy from moving into an existing public school building.

The parents claim in their petition to the state that Moskowitz's actions in the school building are «part of a pattern with Success Academy in New York City: a belief that existing rules and regulations don't apply to them.»

The 20 Challenges, addressed by a team of education experts, range from «Enable students to build on their own enduring, science - related interests» to «Shift incentives to encourage education research on the real problems of practice as they exist in school settings.»

Crude devices a little like this already exist; years ago I helped Joe Rosen, a reconstructive plastic surgeon at Dartmouth Medical School, build one — the «nerve chip,» which was an early attempt to route around nerve damage using prosthetics.

I didn't realize they existed until maybe middle school, and by then, I'd already decided I wanted to build the Bionic Woman.

As part of the scheme Elliott will be responsible for building a new school on each of the existing sites using a modular construction solution.