The Department of Education, through its Division of School Facilities, issued a facility survey in 2006 to all local educational agencies (LEAs). This survey was conducted to collect information on the status of the Commonwealth’s school facilities and projected future construction needs. The survey was designed to provide increased information to the public and enhance the Department’s ability to offer support and technical assistance to local education agencies (LEAs).
The facility survey section of the Pennsylvania Technology Inventory (PATI) survey was designed to collect information on school buildings owned by school districts, career and technical centers (CTC) and charter schools in the Commonwealth. The following reports are based on school building information provided through the voluntary participation of LEAs. 497 LEAs participated in the survey. The persons most familiar with school building facilities and facility planning in each LEA were asked to complete the survey and the information collected includes all pertinent building-level data for school year 2006-07. Buildings used only for district administration offices, transportation, maintenance and other non-educational uses or buildings leased for school use are not included in the survey results. The status report for these buildings covers such details as the size of school sites measured in acres, building construction type, and the number of building stories.
