MSN Minimum School Facility Design Guidelines
- The MSN sets a minimum classroom size of 72 square meters for all grade levels.
- Grades 1 to 13 classrooms serve a maximum of 36 students, or 2 square meters per student; pre-kindergarten and kindergarten serve a maximum of 25 students.
- Rural schools should have at least 25 students to justify the cost of building a school.
- Schools with grades 1 to 9 should be limited to 324 students, and secondary schools to 576 students.
- Each classroom should have at least two electrical outlets, one 12 foot marker board and tables and chairs with two students per table.
The Model School Network (MSN), with a grant from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, engaged Schools for the Children of the World to review all MSN schools in the central plateau of Haiti and to prepare design guidelines for future school infrastructure. The guidelines, dated May 2019, set minimum standards for all new school construction in the network and invite other communities in Haiti to use them.
They cover site size, classroom size, support and optional spaces, minimum space requirements by grade level, building layout, traffic, construction considerations, community-centered schools and adherence to the guidelines. The standard classroom measures 72 square meters, which serves up to 36 students in grades 1 to 13 at 2 square meters per student, and up to 25 students in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten. Rural schools should have at least 25 students, and schools of grades 1 to 9 are limited to 324 students.
How to cite
Schools for Children of the World (SCW), 2019, MSN Minimum School Facility Design Guidelines, accessed via HaitiDocs, https://www.haitidocs.org/doc/scw-2019-msn-minimum-school-facility-design-guidelines
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