Planning Guide for Maintaining School Facilities
From the National Center for Education
Statistics
Published August 2003; 184 pages
ASBO International, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), and the National Forum for Education Statistics published the Planning Guide for Maintaining School Facilities, designed to help staff better understand how to develop, implement, and evaluate a facilities maintenance plan.
The book focuses on:
- Maintenance as a vital task
- Strategies and procedures for planning, implementing, and evaluating maintenance programs
- Recommendations based on "best practices", rather than mandates
Topics also include facilities audits, maintaining school grounds, effectively managing staff and contractors, and evaluating maintenance efforts.
ISBN #1-57886-044-X • $24.95
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Maintaining School Facilities.
The NCES book number is # 2003-347.

