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<br /> 1 independent school with a deliberate policy of racial integration. We've tried to continue to bring
<br /> 2 that mission of educating students for action in the real world to life in all of our programs and
<br /> 3 practices. We currently serve about 500 students from the surrounding area, about 400
<br /> 4 families. And they come to us for a number of reasons. They come to Carolina Friends School
<br /> 5 in part because they want their children to be in a school setting in which the classes are
<br /> 6 particularly small. They want their students to be seen and known, nudged and nurtured,
<br /> 7 applauded or kicked in the behind by a teacher who actually knows them particularly well. They
<br /> 8 also come to realize specific academic aspirations, for their students to participate in the arts as
<br /> 9 well as in athletics. But maybe, more importantly than all of those, they come for the sake of
<br /> 10 participating in a community of a particular set of values. They choose to come to Carolina
<br /> 11 Friends School knowing their students will be involved significantly in what we call service
<br /> 12 learning initiatives, classroom experiences that translate directly into action in their communities,
<br /> 13 their local communities and communities far from here. They come because they are
<br /> 14 particularly interested in having their students in a school setting that is committed to conflict
<br /> 15 resolution and anti-bullying efforts as our school. And they come because they want to
<br /> 16 participate in the process of building a community like Carolina Friends School. Stewardship is
<br /> 17 what brings us here today, really. Our entire community—staff, students, parents, teachers,
<br /> 18 alums, neighbors—are all participating in the question, 'what's next?', 'what would it take for this
<br /> 19 school community, which we have come to value, to not only endure, but perhaps even better
<br /> 20 serve the children and families of the surrounding area?'. I hope that kind of commitment to
<br /> 21 good stewardship is apparent in a number of the aspects of the program. Our commitment to
<br /> 22 relocating our wastewater treatment plant, our commitment to renovating existing structures
<br /> 23 wherever possible rather than tearing things down and building new structures. You'll hear
<br /> 24 more about those details from Ellen Weinstein. Thank you for your consideration.
<br /> 25 Ellen Weinstein: My name is Ellen Weinstein, I have been duly sworn in this evening. I'm
<br /> 26 architect for Carolina Friends School. Two and a half years ago the Carolina Friends School
<br /> 27 Facilities Committee began discussions about how and where to expand the existing 38-acre
<br /> 28 campus. A very generous land donation was being planned that would grow the campus to 87
<br /> 29 acres. This was the time to plan for both immediate needs and longer range hopes. Through a
<br /> 30 very thorough planning process, a two and a half year planning process, first we did a fairly
<br /> 31 extensive analysis of the existing site—vegetation, topography, soils, solar daylight access,
<br /> 32 pedestrian and vehicular circulation. I want to call your attention to one part of the analysis,
<br /> 33 which was these radii, walking radii. When we plotted these, the center building, very cleverly
<br /> 34 named because it is now at the center of the campus, we came from the Center Building out for
<br /> 35 a five-minute walking radius and drew this first circle. Then we came out for a ten-minute
<br /> 36 walking radius and drew that second circle. What we soon realized was that there was a great
<br /> 37 opportunity for new activities to move to the west part of the campus, the new land, and still be
<br /> 38 equidistant and just as close to the center and the heart of campus as the existing buildings.
<br /> 39 Moving campus activities to the western part, so this area right here that you've seen on our site
<br /> 40 plan, really provided an opportunity to incorporate and to protect the existing stream and make it
<br /> 41 a part of the campus, and that stream is right here. You'll see in later slides, that stream is now
<br /> 42 really considered the edge of campus and what this new plan does is really make it a focus of
<br /> 43 the campus experience. I'd like to point out some of the key elements of the proposed plan to
<br /> 44 orient you again. I apologize, we have turned north directly up, so the plans that you have, if
<br /> 45 you would move them counterclockwise. So north is directly up and existing campus is this
<br /> 46 area right here, with the thinner red line that comes around here. Then this bolder line is the
<br /> 47 proposed new campus. So the plan includes additions to the lower school, the middle school,
<br /> 48 the Quaker dome, and the early school. These are additions to all the existing buildings, and
<br /> 49 whenever possible, these additions create outdoor courtyards and rooms for learning. The
<br /> 50 second component is a new activity on the campus, a building that does not exist currently,
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