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Fundamentals of Your School Design Blueprint

Transcend created the School Design Blueprint to be the place where all the details of a community’s school design can live together. This helps to ensure ideas are effectively communicated, understood, implemented, and iterated on. Plus, holding this information in one place helps check for and achieve overall coherence across all parts of the design. 

This resource provides an overview of the different parts of Transcend’s school design schema. Each section offers a purpose, guidance, and tips for making strong design decisions.


This template provides structure and space for documenting a school’s design. It is meant to hold technical specifications and a rich array of links to the resources and supports one needs to operationalize the design.

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