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8 5. Student Support Areas Standards The State provides space guidelines for smaller high schools with one guidance counselor. Larger schools require additional counselor offices, and 3 or 5 offices are included in the 1,000 and 1,500 student Orange County high school profiles, respectively. The reception area may need to be expanded to handle the number of students who may use catalogs and other materials in the guidance center. Areas designated for other student services may house social workers, psychologists, or other health professionals. Overall student support space ranges from 1,550 to 1,850 square feet. 6. Staff Support Areas Standards DPI recommends combined or shared office and workspace areas for teachers. This provides for more efficient and flexible use of offices and workspaces. Guidelines state that efficiency can be significantly enhanced by providing teacher office /planning areas in an area separate from but near to the classroom. By providing a separate space for planning, telephoning, and other work, classrooms are available for all periods of the day. In addition, workspace should be provided for instructional, lab, and clerical teacher assistants. One office /workspace per projected itinerant teacher plus an appropriate number for volunteers and student teachers is recommended. One or more centralized workroom(s) is /are recommended for copy machines, specialized computers, and other equipment and supplies that are not typically located in teacher offices /workspaces. Faculty size and building layout will determine the size and number of lounges. It is recommended that limited kitchenette facilities be included in each lounge. Orange County standard profiles provide for a range from 4,760 to 8,433 square feet for staff support space, depending on the school's design capacity. 7. Cafeteria/Food Service Standards The minimum guidelines for nutrition facilities are based on a traditional program that includes full - service kitchen and seating to accommodate the entire student body in shifts. Dining room area may be reduced for schools with open lunch policies, although this is not assumed in Orange County standards. The dining area size is determined by dividing the number of participating children by the number of seatings multiplied by the square footage per pupil (size = ADM / number of seatings x square foot per pupil). For the Orange County standards, three seatings are assumed for the 1,000 - student high school while four seatings are assumed for the 1,500- student school. 8. Commons /Circulation/Entries/Building Support Standards This area includes corridors, stairs, school commons areas, entries, mechanical areas, and storage. Corridors receive a high volume of traffic during class changes. Wide, generous corridors of 12 feet significantly enhance safety and security. Commons, not corridors, should be designed as the social center for students. Location and design of commons areas are more important than size. Bus rider entries and automobile rider entries should receive equal attention. DPI square footage guidelines for building support areas vary from school to school. For Orange County standards, a larger allowance for circulation and building support is provided at the high school level than at the elementary (33 %) or middle school (35 %) level. The high school profile allows 45% of other building square footage for these functions. Ell