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CHPS launches program to develop best practices for K-12 school modernizations

K-12 Schools

CHPS launches program to develop best practices for K-12 school modernizations

The Minor Renovations Program aims to fill a void of guiding criteria for school districts to use to ensure improvements meet a high-performance threshold. 


By Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor | September 5, 2023
Image by David Mark from Pixabay - CHPS launches program to develop best practices for K-12 school modernizations
Image by David Mark from Pixabay

The non-profit Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) recently launched an effort to develop industry-backed best practices for school modernization projects.

The Minor Renovations Program aims to fill a void of guiding criteria for school districts to use to ensure improvements meet a high-performance threshold. CHPS is assembling a coalition of interdisciplinary experts in design, performance, student health and wellness, technology, and products, along with school district leaders to:

  • Develop best practices that underpin new design criteria 
  • Pilot improvements at schools to demonstrate their effectiveness
  • Develop and demonstrate financing solutions that show how allocated funds can be more effectively used for better performance outcomes 
  • Create and grow a community of support for schools

Two of the country’s largest school districts, Los Angeles Unified and the Cypress-Fairbanks ISD (Harris County, Texas), will participate in the program at the outset, and more districts are expected to join in the future.

“It’s estimated that 53% of America’s public schools need to invest in repairs, renovations, and modernizations, yet upgrades are not getting done at the rate or scale needed to provide safe and productive learning environments for students,” according to a CHPS news release. “Although smaller renovation projects represent the majority of districts’ facility expenditures, a set of industry-aligned best practices does not exist to enable effective planning and implementation.”

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