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independent school with a deliberate policy of racial integration. We've tried to continue to bring
<br />that mission of educating students for action in the real world to life in all of our programs and
<br />practices. We currently serve about 500 students from the surrounding area, about 400
<br />families. And they come to us for a number of reasons. They come to Carolina Friends School
<br />in part because they want their children to be in a school setting in which the classes are
<br />particularly small. They want their students to be seen and known, nudged and nurtured,
<br />applauded or kicked in the behind by a teacher who actually knows them particularly well. They
<br />also come to realize specific academic aspirations, for their students to participate in the arts as
<br />well as in athletics. But maybe, more importantly than all of those, they come for the sake of
<br />participating in a community of a particular set of values. They choose to come to Carolina
<br />Friends School knowing their students will be involved significantly in what we call service
<br />learning initiatives, classroom experiences that translate directly into action in their communities,.
<br />their local communities and communities far from here. They come because they are
<br />particularly interested in having their students. in a school setting that is committed to conflict
<br />resolution and anti-bullying efforts as our school. And they come because they want to
<br />participate in the process of building a community like Carolina Friends School. Stewardship is
<br />what brings us here today, really. Our entire community -staff, students, parents, teachers,
<br />alums, neighbors -are all participating in the question, `what's next?', `what would it take for this
<br />school community, which we have come to value, to not only endure, but perhaps even better
<br />serve the children and families of the surrounding area?'. I hope that kind of commitment to
<br />good stewardship is apparent in a number of the aspects of the program. Our commitment to
<br />relocating our wastewater treatment plant, our commitment to renovating existing structures
<br />wherever possible rather than tearing things down and building new structures. You'll hear
<br />more about those details from Ellen Weinstein. Thank you for your consideration.
<br />Ellen Weinstein: My name is Ellen Weinstein, I have been duly sworn in this evening. I'm
<br />architect for Carolina .Friends School. Two and a half years ago the Carolina Friends School
<br />Facilities Committee began discussions about how and where to expand the existing 38-acre
<br />campus. Avery generous land donation was being planned that would grow the campus to 87
<br />acres. This_was the time to plan for both immediate needs and longer range hopes. Through a
<br />very thorough planning process, a two and a half year planning process, first we did a fairly
<br />extensive analysis of the existing site -vegetation, topography, soils, solar daylight access,
<br />pedestrian and vehicular circulation. I want to call your attention to one part of the analysis,
<br />which was these radii, walking radii. When we plotted these, the center building, very cleverly
<br />named because it is now at the center of the campus, we came from the Center Building out for
<br />a five-minute walking radius and drew this first circle. Then we came out for aten-minute
<br />walking radius-and drew that second circle. What we soon realized was that there was a great
<br />opportunity for new activities to move to the west part of the campus, the new land, and still be
<br />equidistant and just as close to the center and the heart of campus as the existing buildings:
<br />Moving campus activities to the western part, so this area right here that you've seen on our site
<br />plan, really provided an opportunity to incorporate and to protect the existing stream and make it
<br />apart of the campus, and that stream is right here. You'll see in later slides, that stream is now
<br />really considered the edge of campus and what this new plan does is really make it a focus of
<br />the campus experience. I'd like to point out some of the key elements of the proposed plan to
<br />orient you again. I apologize, we have turned north directly up, so the plans that you have, if
<br />you would move them counterclockwise: So north is directly up and existing campus is this
<br />area right here, with the thinner red line that comes around here. Then this bolder line is the
<br />proposed new campus. So the plan includes additions to the lower school, the middle school,
<br />the Quaker dome, and the early school. These are additions to all the existing buildings, and
<br />whenever possible, these additions create outdoor courtyards and rooms for learning. The
<br />second component is a new activity on the campus, a building that does not exist currently,
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