Summer break might seem like it’s months away, but for school districts planning flooring renovations, the clock starts ticking long before students leave for vacation. Every year, schools use summer break to complete building improvements that would be difficult to accomplish while classrooms, hallways, and gymnasiums are occupied. And flooring is often one of those projects. But here’s something many people don’t realize: By the time summer arrives, the most important decis

School floors take a beating. Think about how many students walk through the same hallways every day. How many chairs get dragged across classroom floors. How many spills happen in cafeterias. How many basketball games, assemblies, and school events take place on gymnasium floors. Now multiply that by an entire school year. And then by ten or twenty years. It’s no surprise that flooring is one of the hardest-working surfaces in any school building. But here’s a question schoo