CONSTRUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
Career technical education ( CTE ) projects are becoming popular with school districts as a way to engage students with hands-on learning while incorporating state curriculum standards . Pictured is the broadcast studio at Del Campo High School . PHOTO BY ED ASMUS | COURTESY OF NACHT & LEWIS
“ With the school district , we decided rebuilding would solve their problems and provide the best value . That speaks to a lot of what is going on with school construction in California in general , but especially so in established neighborhoods like many throughout the Sacramento region .”
Max Medina Managing Partner , PBK
Whitmore notes that many local school districts have projects under construction or planned , including Sacramento City , San Juan , Natomas , Washington and Twin Rivers Unified School Districts as well as charter schools like Capital College & Career Academy , Natomas Charter School and Kairos Public School . He says the Los Rios and Sierra Joint Community College Districts also have remaining bond funds and state-funded projects under construction or in design .
A + for Improvements New and modernized public educational facilities are shaped in part by California ’ s Division of the State Architect , which has increasingly stringent requirements for ADA access compliance , sustainability and structural safety . Schools formulating
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