Pennsylvania teachers heading out of state to find jobs. Hunting for a position as a first-grade teacher in Pennsylvania became a full-time job for Williams Township native Sarah Widmer. After Widmer graduated from Shippensburg University in 2012, she immediately began her job hunt, applying to every school district in Pennsylvania; all 500 of them.
By Definition. A single board foot of lumber measures 1 inch thick, 12 inches wide and 12 inches long. The formula for calculating board feet is first to multiply thickness by width by length -- in inches. Then divide the total by 144 for the total board footage of a given board.
Woodworkers may calculate board feet by layer. For example, the back of a pickup truck is about 48 inches wide. Using the formula, a single layer of hardwood -- 96 inches in length -- in the back of the truck equals approximately 32 board feet. If you stack four layers on the truck -- 4 x 32 -- the total board footage is 128.