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A Rising Tide Lifts All Ships
While scholars debate the merits of the research, many communities have already embraced education as a means for economic development. They are using schools as tools for revitalization, for creating a highly trained workforce and to help improve the quality of life in surrounding neighborhoods.
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CONSTRUCTION
Restore, Renovate or Rebuild?
As our culture embraces the concept of reuse or recycling in its many forms, it is only appropriate to focus on how some school districts have tapped the creativity of board members, architects and/or planners to restore, renovate or rebuild some their local structures to serve as educational spaces. Not only has this concept served them in the "green" sense by recycling the structures and adding eco-friendly components, but the projects also saved them some green.
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FACILITIES
New Three R's in School Design
In recent years, however, school design has shifted to include some very modern thinking – how to create school buildings that not only reflect their surroundings, but also safeguard and respect the natural world around them. The principles of sustainable school design are stimulating the creation of effective learning spaces that, among other things, are energy efficient and preserve natural resources. Reduce, Reuse and Recycle have indeed become the new three R's in schools.
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BUSINESS
Are You an Energy Star?

The annual energy bill to operate America's primary and secondary schools totals nearly $8 billion — more than is spent on textbooks and computers combined. With rising operating costs and tighter budgets, a growing number of school districts are looking to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ENERGY STAR program to reduce energy use and cut utility costs.
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TECHNOLOGY
Is the Heat On?
Energy is expensive, and while prices fluctuate over the years, the general trend keeps ticking upward. Enter automated systems. These allow maintenance personnel to maintain optimum control over the heating and cooling of their buildings. The results drastically affect the balance sheet.
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SAFETY & SECURITY
Video Surveillance Keeps School Users Safe
Cameras provide two levels of safety and security for school building users. The first, is the benefit of video analytics in crisis situations that, fortunately, are few and far between for school districts. The second, is the benefit of discouraging inappropriate and illegal behavior, such as bullying or trespassing.
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FEATURED COLUMN
A Job for True Political Leaders
Capping local taxes is politically popular. Everyone wants to pay less, and since 75 percent of taxpayers have no children in school, many may not care if teachers get laid off or buildings are run down or crowded. But the real problem is not raising money to pay for local services — most of which all of us want. The real problem is the source of the money — the 19th century way we pay for 21st century services.
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