Webinar: Why and How School Facilities Matter for Student Success

Looking to make the case for why investing in school facilities matters? Join this webinar to learn about current research on how school facilities influence student outcomes and overall educational quality. You’ll also hear from two local school districts on how they have successfully communicated the importance of investing in the improvement of their school facilities to decision-makers and other community stakeholders.

Speakers

• Jeff Vincent, Director, National Center on School Infrastructure (Moderator)
• Julien Lafortune, Senior Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California
• JoAnn Armstrong, Chief Financial Officer, Belvidere Community Unit School District #100, Roscoe, IL
• Darnell Deans, Chief of Operations, William Penn School District, Lansdowne, PA

This is the first in a series of three webinars that NCSI is hosting Fall 2025. Sign up for our newsletter to receive updates about upcoming webinars:

• School Facility Condition Assessments: Establishing a Baseline to Guide Change (October 2025)
• Educational Facility Master Planning: Learning from Success (November 2025)