Why doesn the Department of Public Instruction provide architectural plans for schools as a way to save money?
The idea of the state developing stock plans for schools is a very old one. Other states have tried the concept. In the fifties, the state of New York developed three stock plans–one for an elementary school, one for a junior high school and one for a high school. Only one school was ever built from the plans that cost $2,000,000 to develop. California studied the concept in detail and found that the state would have to maintain a large staff of architects, engineers and drafters to make the changes necessary to adapt stock plans for use in various locations across the state. No state that has tried or studied the use of stock plans has found it to be economical.
Related Questions
- Why doesn the Department of Public Instruction provide architectural plans for schools as a way to save money?
- Do Catholic schools have to abide by the standards set by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI)?
- Does the Department of Public Instruction have any supervision of Catholic schools?
