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Furniture Buying with Albartross

If your school just received funding to build a new school or purchase new furnishings, it’s an exciting time. But getting from green light to grand unveil will involve a heap of decisions, including how to buy new school furniture. Here’s a handy 10-step plan to help get your head around this 9-month process. You got this!

Step 1: Establish Your Team
Superintendent
District Business Manager
District Facilities Manager
Principal
Step 2: Team Visioning

Create a vision together based on a few simple questions around size, technology, budget and teaching strategies.

Step 3: Vendor Selection

If you don’t already have a vendor, this step could include input from local furniture dealers and/or your interior designer.

Step 4: Begin Implementation

Work with your vendor representative to discuss vision, budget and a few basic specs for your space.

Step 5: School Tours

Take advantage of learning from other schools that have already been through this process with your vendor.

Step 6: Sit, Touch & Try

As a team, this is your chance to experience furniture up close to see what styles and functions may be right for your needs.

Step 7: Plan & Prepare

Begin culling down selections to what you’d like to see in a trial classroom or two. Try different shapes of desks or seating styles and see what works.

Step 8: The Trial Classroom

Create a vision together based on a few simple questions around size, technology, budget and teaching strategies.

Step 9: Design, Budget & Lead-Time Planning

Work with your team to compile all furniture specs, quantities and budgets for each room.

Step 10: Finalize P.O.

Work with your team and school board (if necessary) to finalize your budget before placing your purchase order.