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g) Staff Support Areas Standards - In accordance with State Guidelines, Orange <br />County Standards allow for shared office and workspace areas for teachers. In <br />addition, the existing standards provide work areas for instructional, lab and <br />teacher assistants along with at least one centralized workroom for copy <br />machines and other specialized equipment and supplies that are not typically <br />located in teacher offices /workspaces. <br />h) Child Nutrition (Cafeteria/Food Service) Standards — Existing Orange County <br />Standards for all levels provides for a full service kitchen and seating to <br />accommodate the entire student body in no fewer than three shifts. <br />i) Dining areas allow for 12 to 14 square feet per pupil dining. The formula for <br />calculating dining area size is capacity / number of seatings x square foot per <br />pupil. <br />ii) State Guidelines calculate kitchen area square footage based on the number <br />of meals served per day. The chart below outlines the State's Guidelines for <br />kitchen areas: <br />Lunches <br />Served <br />Square <br />Footage <br />100 <br />856 <br />250 <br />1,261 <br />500 <br />1,518 <br />750 <br />1,938 <br />1,000 <br />2,208 <br />1,250 <br />2,566 <br />1,500 <br />2,880 <br />A non - traditional model may provide a smaller dining area if the district allows for <br />open lunch (i.e. traveling away from school for the lunch period). <br />i) Commons /Circulation /Entries /Building Support Standards — This area <br />includes miscellaneous space such as corridors, stairs, additional storage, book <br />storage, entries, mechanical areas, and commons areas. In addition, this areas <br />includes additional restroom facilities, academic house centrums and activities <br />areas. <br />IM <br />