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• On average, the cost to construct and maintain two small schools is about 20% more <br />than the cost of a larger school, And so, to save construction and maintenance where <br />larger schools are needed we're finding that partnerships with other functions — <br />especially parks and recreation programs — can make sense, <br />• Cumberland County's partnership between the schools and recreation programs is <br />impressive. The parties get together ahead of time to plan their capital needs. <br />• Library and school partnerships exist in some communities. Community libraries <br />located within schools generally need space for more fiction than school -only <br />libraries. County librarians generally earn less in salary than school system media <br />specialists, and this would need to be addressed when school /community library <br />partnerships are being established. <br />• Partnership arrangements should be put in writing: who will be in charge of what? <br />What if one or both partners need major changes to the arrangement? How will the <br />partnership be dissolved, if necessary? <br />• Public school teachers conventionally `own" their classrooms, but some schools are <br />interested in the "college" model where classrooms are scheduled across several <br />faculty members. As with many cost savings, this works better in smaller schools <br />than in larger ones. Also, teachers must adjust to "hauling" their materials in and <br />out of the room. <br />• Handouts II: "Typical Space Profile" for different sized Elementary (10/6/04), <br />Middle (7/31/03) and High Schools (7/31/03) . These guidelines have not changed <br />since the 198o's. <br />General Discussion <br />• Commissioner Halkiotis thanked Mr. Taynton for including Pre -K information in his <br />handouts. Schools are serving this population and we're funding it, but it's a whole <br />different ballgame than K -12, he said. <br />• Commissioner Jacobs asked if anyone was doing creative thinking about automobile <br />queuing, Mr. Taynton replied that the significance of this issue is "phenomenal." <br />He's seen parents in their cars "hop the curb" in order to get in front of the drop <br />off /pick up line. It's safer for students to ride a bus to school, but our society is car <br />oriented, Mr, Burriss said that some efforts to address this issue are taking place <br />through WCPSS's Safe Routes to Schools program. The district is trying to ensure <br />that all sidewalks from neighborhoods to schools within walkable distances are <br />connected. Ms. Sharma added that this is a community values issue that is beyond a <br />school district's power to reverse; we need a more global or regional response, she <br />said. Mr. Taynton added that he is aware of only one truly "walkable" school in <br />North Carolina, "and it is located on a military base." In the past, he added, <br />walkability could be achieved when schools were sited within neighborhood; "issues <br />of diversity are playing into this as well," <br />• Mr. Hartkopf asked if anyone had polling data that might reveal why parents prefer <br />to drive their children to school. Is it convenience, he asked, people loving their cars, <br />or something else? He called the phenomenon a "spiral:" fewer people ride the bus, <br />and so bus routes must be longer to accommodate the few bus riders, which <br />discourages people from riding the bus. Parents probably are trying to avoid the <br />long bus rides, he said. <br />• Ms. Stuckey said that she strongly supports walking, biking and bus riding. It is <br />difficult to get parents to opt f'or other means than driving for sending children to <br />school, she said. The City Schools has learned that parents within school walk zones <br />prefer to drive because they like the 10 -15 minutes in the car with their kids. They do <br />4 <br />
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