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n-z5 Approved 4/20/99 S. 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, ar 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 mare efficient and flexible use of offices .and workspaces. Guidelines state that eff ciency 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/waxkspa~ce per projected itinerant teacher plus an appropriate number for volunteers .and student teachers is recommended. One or maze 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 $,433 square feet for staffsupport 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- servicekitchen. and seating to accamrnodate the entire student body in shifts. Dining room azea maybe 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 Beatings multiplied by the square footage per pupil (size = ADM /number of Beatings x square foot per pupil). For the Orange County standards, three Beatings are assumed for the 1,000- student high school while four Beatings are assumed for the 1,SOO~student school. ,, . 8. Commons/Circulation/EntriesBuilding Support Standards This azea includes corridors, stairs, school commons areas, entries, mechanical .areas, and storage. Camidors receive a high volume of traffic during class changes. Wide, generous corridors of 12 feet significantly enhance safety and security. Gammons, not corridors, should be designed as the social ' center for students. Location and design of commons areas aze 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 lazger 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.