Make Children the Measure of Your School

How do you measure your campus? In adult or child size? Is it appropriate for those who teach the children or for the children themselves? Your school campus is most likely designed for and by adults, so it may be no surprise that the children don’t feel comfortable in its spaces. I laugh every time [...]

Is There Too Much Lawn on Your Campus?

There is a huge amount of discussion in the Chesapeake Bay watershed about the region’s predominant groundcover: turfgrass.  Over 45% of Fairfax County, Virginia’s open space is covered in turf grass! 80 years ago, this county was one of Virginia’s top dairy producing regions. As in many suburban locales, lawn covers more surface area than [...]