Voters Approve Funding for Monolithic Dome in Fowler, Kansas

Voters in Fowler, Kansas approved a $1.94 million bond issue that clears the way for construction of a multi-purpose Monolithic Dome facility at the local high school. By a vote of 231 to 192, residents of the small Kansas town approved the first bond for the school district in more than 40 years.

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New Way to Review and Buy School Modules

"We're coming out with a new web catalog that school districts can use in deciding what modules can best fill their space needs and finances," said David B. South, president of Monolithic.

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Texas High School Basketball Playoff Facility – Italy, Texas

The Italy ISD Multi Purpose Center is a premier facility for 1A, 2A & 3A basketball playoff games. With a seating capacity of 1,500, ample parking and easy access from Interstate Highway 35E this facility is perfect for schools in the North Central Texas area.

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Geronimo Public School's Countdown To Construction

This 200-student school district in southwest Oklahoma is scheduled to start construction in the fall of 2007.

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South Industries Builds Florida's Second Monolithic Dome School

The Children's Reading Center (CRC) of Palatka, Florida is a charter school whose goals include assisting children struggling with reading, increasing teacher training and providing parental support.

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Grand Meadow ISD Superintendent tells Minnesota Legislature of energy-cost savings with Monolithic Domes

On January 31, 2007, the Meadow Area News, circulated to 3100 homes in and near Grand Meadow, Minnesota, published two articles about the money-saving operation of Grand Meadow ISD's five Monolithic Domes.

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Lesson Learned (in Caledonia,Missouri): Stick-to-itiveness Pays Off

That's what the current school administrators and 165 residents of Caledonia, Missouri, a village in the St. Louis metro area, are in the process of proving -- again.

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Algeria, Africa-planned 3000 student Monolithic Dome university

These drawings are of a planned Monolithic Dome university facility for 3000 students in Algeria. Read More...

Monolithic Domes Create 25th Century Art School

"This looks like the art school of the 25th century!" According to Roger Klietz, founder and president of the School of Communication Arts (SCA) in Raleigh, North Carolina, that was the reaction one consultant had after seeing SCA's new Monolithic Dome campus.

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It's A Hit: NCTC's Monolithic Dome Performing Arts Center

"The best experience we have ever had building anything," said Dr. Steve Broyles, Dean of Administrative Services at NCTC (North Central Texas College) in Gainesville. He was talking about NCTC's new Performing Arts Center at its grand opening dedication on April 8, 2005. His audience included about 300 college administrators, faculty and staff members, community and business leaders and professionals involved in the design and construction of this Monolithic Dome facility.

Monolithic Dome Schools: The Defense Rests

The sections of copy reproduced here in normal typeface are portions of an actual letter, submitted by an architect, to a school board interested in Monolithic Domes. Where we have deleted names, you will see XXXX. Other than the deletion of names, we made no corrections or changes. My paragraph-by-paragraph response to the architect's letter appears in bold type.

High Performance Schools

The NREL currently considers a high performance school to be: a structure that is "23 percent better than code." In other words, a building that satisfies code with a minimum amount of insulation, fresh air and other elements that affect heating and air conditioning is the benchmark. But a building that is better insulated is considered better than code by some percentage, which may or may not be realistic. For conventional buildings to get better than code, it usually means more insulation and therefore more money.

Beggs, Oklahoma Awaits Dome Inflation

After receiving a Monolithic Dome School packet via snail mail, Marsha Norman, Superintendent of Beggs ISD in Beggs, Oklahoma gathered a few school board members and headed to Italy, Texas to discuss building options with David South and tour nearby Monolithic Dome gymnasiums and homes.

Podular Gyms and Classrooms

When it comes to construction and operating costs, disaster resistance and durability, no other structure can currently compete with a Monolithic Dome. They make great practice or competition gyms, arenas and multipurpose buildings.

Get Exactly What You've Been Wanting

The Monolithic Dome has no competition when it comes to an auxiliary gym or multipurpose center. By purchasing a pre-planned Monolithic Dome practice gym, you are buying the very best structure available for the money. A Monolithic Dome will pay for itself over twenty years of energy savings. It has a lifetime measured in centuries. It cannot be burned and most importantly, it serves as a disaster shelter during potentially catastrophic events such as, tornados, earthquakes, or hurricanes.

Superintendent of Grand Meadow ISD Produces Informational DVD

"Been there, done that and here's what we learned." That's the message of a new DVD produced by Grand Meadow ISD #495. Hosted by Superintendent Bruce Klaehn, this easy-to-understand, comprehensive DVD visually documents the process that community officials and the 1000 or so residents of Grand Meadow, Minnesota went through in researching, getting the money for and building a new school complex of five Monolithic Domes.

First Collegiate Monolithic Performing Arts Center

North Central Texas College in Gainseville, Texas will be the first to use a Monolithic Dome design for their new performing arts center. The Monolithic Dome will be a unique landmark structure for both the Gainesville Campus and the community.

Grand Meadow Hosts Grand Opening Of Minnesota's First Monolithic Dome School

On November 10, 2002, Grand Meadow, Minnesota, a rural community of about 1000, tripled its population. That was the day Grand Meadow hosted a grand opening of its new Monolithic Dome school -- five domes that encompass classrooms, cafeteria, auditorium, gymnasium, computer lab and administrative offices.

New Head Start Center Opts For Monolithic Domes

Wanted: The soft look of concrete! Soft is not a word usually associated with concrete. Yet, soft, round and homey were just what administrators at Centro de la Familia de Utah, the coordinating agency for Utah's Migrant Head Start Program, saw in Monolithic Domes...

First Monolithic Dome School in Florida Opens

 In the morning sunshine of August 12, approximately 500 students scrambled into the four new Monolithic Domes of Bishop Nevins Academy in Sarasota, Florida. Many had attended ground-breaking ceremonies with their parents and had witnessed the inflation of the Airforms.

Podular Gyms & School Pods-- Every school campus should have a disaster shelter disguised as a gymnasium

Pre-engineered podular gymnasiums and school building pods are now available through the Monolithic Dome Institute (MDI). In a sense, MDI is working with ideas first introduced by the modular classroom industry, but with this difference: a better product and a better purchasing plan.

Texhoma's Showplace: Two Monolithic Domes

Texhoma is a proud community. In the past, Texhoma's 1300 residents have taken pride in their 100-year history, their small but unique downtown area with its brick streets, and the fact that geographically they reach into two states: Texas and Oklahoma.

Gladiator Coliseum

Once the 2000 residents of Italy,Texas passed a $2 million bond for a Multipurpose Center, administrators began researching popular construction of school facilities. Superintendent Mike Clifton said, “... we visited Thousand Oaks — a dome already operating — and we came away convinced.”

Construction Photo Journal of IHS Gym--

A Work In Progress Photo Journal: Alden Porter, Division Manager for Monolithic Construction Management is excited to see the project running one month ahead of schedule. Estimated completion date is Dec. 1, 2001.

Park University's Unforgettable Graduation

The Breckon Center is Park University's newest addition: an ultra modern sports facility consisting of twin Monolithic Dome gymnasiums, each 130 feet in diameter, flanking a two-story, 3289-square-foot office complex. Designed by MDI's architect Rick Crandall.

At first, some residents of Payson Arizona were skeptical about the presence of domed buildings in their community. Today a new attitude prevails. "...teachers, parents and just about everyone who spends time inside these domes comes away with a positive impression."

$322 billion! That, says the National Education Association in its Statistical Analysis Report of June 2000 is the staggering amount it will take to fix America’s schools.

Picture this: 236 acres of gently rolling land, shaded by tall oaks, cooled by breezes wafting over a glittering pool and creek, and positively oozing beauty and serenity. That’s the site of the summer camp facility and retreat center near Barry, Texas.

State Representative Mike Hathorn and Speaker of the House Bob Johnson, both with the Arkansas State Legislature, voiced support as well. They want Arkansas to be first in the construction of public school buildings that are safe from natural and nuclear disasters.