A Santa Monica Boulevard Charter School was using file cabinets to separate a large multipurpose room into a technology center, storage area, and one on one learning environment for special education students. After doing a quick search on the internet, the school found an affordable and also timely solution to their problem. Screenflex Portable Room Dividers.
Like many other schools in Southern California and across the nation, Santa Monica Boulevard Charter School was very cramped for space. File cabinets were being used to separate one large multipurpose room into a technology center, storage area, office, and one on one learning environment for special education students,.
“Needless to say, it wasn’t working,” said Linda, the Coordinator at the school. “Students could see right into the other work areas and it was very noisy and distracting for everyone.”
Like so many other schools, Linda knew she would have to make the most of the space she had. The charter just could not afford any additional classrooms, and even if it could, they didn’t have the time to wait. The campus was expecting 1,500 students in the fall and her special education students would not have a private place where the resource specialists could conduct speech therapy.
Linda found Screenflex Portable Room Dividers, an Illinois-based manufacturer of versatile, flexible dividers, after a quick search on the internet. The company offers online space planning. You can also get free information kits to help make the decision-making process easier for facilities managers and other district personnel.
“Everything I needed was right there on their website,” said Linda. “I placed the order. In less than three months, I had the space I needed at a cost our school could afford.”
Santa Monica Elementary School’s large 26 feet by 24 feet multipurpose room was transformed into one 9 by 13, one 15 by 13, and one 17 by 9 room, as well as a 7 by 9 storage area. All, for approximately $10,000. The walls are 6 feet tall and include three doors. This helps create more private study and work areas. It has mallard green designer fabric that blends in nicely with in the school’s decor and surroundings.
Screenflex designed the Room Dividers so that speech therapy could be conducted in one area, teachers could prepare lesson plans in another, and items could be stored in the remaining section. All of the dividers are on casters so they can be easily wheeled away and stored in just minutes. They fold neatly and compactly, accordion style, so that the large multipurpose room can still be used for assemblies, programs, or special events as often as necessary.
“As your needs change, you can open a room back up and would never know the dividers were there,” said Steve Bonesz Marketing Manager at Screenflex Portable Partitions. “That’s the beauty of our portable room dividers.”
Bonesz said this versatility makes dividers an excellent alternative not only to conventional construction, but to modular classrooms as well.
“A school may have tremendous growth one year, but a decline the next,” said Bonesz. “Portable Room Dividers allow your school to change its use of space as its needs at a much lower cost than using modular classrooms.”
In addition to portability, Screenflex Room Dividers offers a look schools can be proud of. The dividers come in 31 different colors, including fabric and vinyl finishes that are tackable and conveniently used to display students artwork or papers. Room Dividers are also available in six different heights: 4’, 5’, 6’, 6’-8”, 7’-4”, 8’ and lengths from 5’-9” to 24’-1”. Also Screenflex’s patented Freestanding Room Dividers can be locked together to form unlimited lengths, depending on your own school’s needs.
Windows, doors, dry-erase marker boards, and a variety of other features can be added to make your dividers more aesthetically pleasing and functional. All Screenflex dividers are shippable by truck and require no assembly upon arrival. Costs start at $510 and many dividers are available in stock for immediate delivery.
Portable Room Dividers today are being used by high schools, colleges, churches, hospitals and even minor league baseball teams. The dividers can transform a gym into a Sunday school, a cafeteria into a study hall, and a conference room into a private meeting room.
“The options are endless,” said Bonesz. “There are no limits to what you can do with them.”
For more information on Screenflex Room Dividers or for a free planning guide, visit Screenflex Portable Partitions on the web at www.screenflex.com or call (800) 553-0110.
Divide and Conquer
A Santa Monica Boulevard Charter School was using file cabinets to separate a large multipurpose room into a technology center, storage area, and one on one learning environment for special education students. After doing a quick search on the internet, the school found an affordable and also timely solution to their problem. Screenflex Portable Room Dividers.
Like many other schools in Southern California and across the nation, Santa Monica Boulevard Charter School was very cramped for space. File cabinets were being used to separate one large multipurpose room into a technology center, storage area, office, and one on one learning environment for special education students,.
“Needless to say, it wasn’t working,” said Linda, the Coordinator at the school. “Students could see right into the other work areas and it was very noisy and distracting for everyone.”
Like so many other schools, Linda knew she would have to make the most of the space she had. The charter just could not afford any additional classrooms, and even if it could, they didn’t have the time to wait. The campus was expecting 1,500 students in the fall and her special education students would not have a private place where the resource specialists could conduct speech therapy.
Linda found Screenflex Portable Room Dividers, an Illinois-based manufacturer of versatile, flexible dividers, after a quick search on the internet. The company offers online space planning. You can also get free information kits to help make the decision-making process easier for facilities managers and other district personnel.
“Everything I needed was right there on their website,” said Linda. “I placed the order. In less than three months, I had the space I needed at a cost our school could afford.”
Santa Monica Elementary School’s large 26 feet by 24 feet multipurpose room was transformed into one 9 by 13, one 15 by 13, and one 17 by 9 room, as well as a 7 by 9 storage area. All, for approximately $10,000. The walls are 6 feet tall and include three doors. This helps create more private study and work areas. It has mallard green designer fabric that blends in nicely with in the school’s decor and surroundings.
Screenflex designed the Room Dividers so that speech therapy could be conducted in one area, teachers could prepare lesson plans in another, and items could be stored in the remaining section. All of the dividers are on casters so they can be easily wheeled away and stored in just minutes. They fold neatly and compactly, accordion style, so that the large multipurpose room can still be used for assemblies, programs, or special events as often as necessary.
“As your needs change, you can open a room back up and would never know the dividers were there,” said Steve Bonesz Marketing Manager at Screenflex Portable Partitions. “That’s the beauty of our portable room dividers.”
Bonesz said this versatility makes dividers an excellent alternative not only to conventional construction, but to modular classrooms as well.
“A school may have tremendous growth one year, but a decline the next,” said Bonesz. “Portable Room Dividers allow your school to change its use of space as its needs at a much lower cost than using modular classrooms.”
In addition to portability, Screenflex Room Dividers offers a look schools can be proud of. The dividers come in 31 different colors, including fabric and vinyl finishes that are tackable and conveniently used to display students artwork or papers. Room Dividers are also available in six different heights: 4’, 5’, 6’, 6’-8”, 7’-4”, 8’ and lengths from 5’-9” to 24’-1”. Also Screenflex’s patented Freestanding Room Dividers can be locked together to form unlimited lengths, depending on your own school’s needs.
Windows, doors, dry-erase marker boards, and a variety of other features can be added to make your dividers more aesthetically pleasing and functional. All Screenflex dividers are shippable by truck and require no assembly upon arrival. Costs start at $510 and many dividers are available in stock for immediate delivery.
Portable Room Dividers today are being used by high schools, colleges, churches, hospitals and even minor league baseball teams. The dividers can transform a gym into a Sunday school, a cafeteria into a study hall, and a conference room into a private meeting room.
“The options are endless,” said Bonesz. “There are no limits to what you can do with them.”
For more information on Screenflex Room Dividers or for a free planning guide, visit Screenflex Portable Partitions on the web at www.screenflex.com or call (800) 553-0110.