Over the years, I have been committed to discussing the realities of deficient and deteriorated conditions in public schools, and describing how to best and most effectively assess and improve crumbling school buildings.
My efforts have focused on emphasizing the urgent need for sustainable improvements in our school facilities.
As students across Pennsylvania head back to school this week, a sobering new report reveals that the facilities they’re learning in are far from healthy–and why the ABCs are more necessary than ever.
Philadelphia City Council held a hearing on lead testing in schools. This is the result of significant research and advocacy by the Philadelphia Health Schools Initiative (PHSI), one of the Healthy School Building efforts.
What condition is your building in? Does it have any asbestos? Any rusting pipes? How old is the roof?And if you can’t answer these questions off the top of your head–because who can, really?–do you know where you would go to find the answers?
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