MEMBER
SPOTLIGHT
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF
YOUR DISTRICT OR SCHOOL:
Anne Arundel County has 122 school
buildings, 13.8 million square feet and
84,000 students By providing information on best
practices, new products and shared
experiences.
WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST JOB? WHAT CHANGES ARE YOU
WITNESSING IN EDUCATIONAL
FACILITIES PLANNING?
Playground leader for town at AACPS
– Project Manager in the Facilities
Planning, Design and Construction
Department
NAME
LISA SEAMAN-
CRAWFORD
SCHOOL
ANNE ARUNDEL CO.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS,
MARYLAND (AACPS)
TITLE
DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES
YEARS IN
EDUCATION
27 YEARS
WITH AACPS
YEARS OF EDMARKET
MEMBERSHIP
1
(ONE OF THE INAUGURAL
INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS)
4 essentials | fall 2019
HOW HAS EDMARKET HELPED
YOU DO YOUR JOB BETTER?
WHAT MAKES YOUR SCHOOL
DISTRICT UNIQUE?
Anne Arundel County has 530 miles
of shoreline on the Chesapeake Bay.
Annapolis, the capital of Maryland, is
located in Anne Arundel County and
the county is located in the Baltimore
Washington corridor.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE BEST
ABOUT THE EDUCATIONAL
PRODUCTS INDUSTRY?
The innovation in classroom furniture,
surfaces and other facilities products.
WHAT IS YOUR
TYPICAL DAY LIKE?
The Facilities Division is responsible
for ensuring every school is clean, safe
and ready for students and staff
every single day. The division
responds to work orders for repairs,
designs new, renovation and
addition projects and provides
custodial services.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO
WHEN YOU ARE NOT AT WORK?
Play tennis, travel, ski and other out-
door activities
More flexible spaces with easy to
move furniture, more pull out spaces
or places where small groups can
work and still be observed. More
white board or write on surfaces.
WHAT HAS MADE YOUR
DISTRICT SUCCESSFUL?
Utilizing a third party to provide a
facility assessment of all our schools
and using it as a roadmap for prior-
itizing projects. Our six-year capital
improvement plan follows the priority
list. By updating the study ten years
later, it gave us an opportunity to look
at enrollment growth throughout the
county and reprioritize as needed.
WHAT ONE PIECE OF ADVICE
WOULD YOU GIVE OTHERS IN
YOUR POSITION?
Do a facilities assessment, follow the
plan, and communicate the plan
to the public.