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25 <br /> Cheeks Global Elementary, Grady A. Brown Elementary, New Hope Elementary, C.W. Stanford <br /> Middle School, and Orange High School. Additional projects are scheduled to occur this spring <br /> at Cameron Park Elementary and C.W. Stanford Middle School. The lighting is brighter, energy <br /> efficient, motion activated and will significantly reduce outage times and electrical maintenance <br /> time. <br /> 5. Walkable Schools — page 37 <br /> Superintendent Baldwin reviewed the following information: <br /> CHCCS <br /> The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is committed to providing safe, connected and engaged <br /> schools within our community. As such, the Board of Education includes walkable school zones <br /> as part of the student assignment priorities within local policy and as a critical component within <br /> any redistricting plans. <br /> Students that live within 1.5 miles of a school are considered in the "walk zone" and are not <br /> provided school bus transportation unless: <br /> • factors are present which may endanger the safety of students walking to the school; <br /> • a student is medically certified as temporarily incapacitated; <br /> • a student is identified as having special needs following procedures in the North <br /> Carolina Procedures Governing Programs and Services for Children with Special <br /> Needs and will be provided with transportation services as required by law <br /> The district further supports walk-to-school initiatives by permanent assignment of twenty <br /> school crossing guards to serve at several key intersections each morning and afternoon to <br /> assist students to safely cross roadways. <br /> Our school crossing guards support the following schools: <br /> • Carrboro Elementary School - 5 <br /> • Culbreth Middle School - 1 <br /> • Ephesus Elementary School -1 <br /> • Estes Hills Elementary School/Phillips Middle School - 4 <br /> • McDougle Elementary & Middle School - 1 <br /> • Northside Elementary School - 5 <br /> • Rashkis Elementary School - 1 <br /> • Scroggs Elementary School - 1 <br /> • Smith Middle School/Chapel Hill High School - 1 <br /> Examples of Walkable Schools <br /> Mary Scroggs Elementary School <br /> 501 Kildaire Road <br /> Chapel Hill, NC 27516 <br /> "The school has a walk zone which extends throughout Southern Village, meaning no school <br /> buses pick up Mary Scroggs students who live in Southern Village. Out of 605 students who <br /> attend Mary Scroggs Elementary, an estimated 240 students are from Southern Village. How <br /> many walk or bike to school? About 200 on a typical day, or 83 percent of the students within <br /> the walk-zone. (About 100 students walk and 100 bike, according to the school.)" Reference: <br /> Good Schools-Good Neighborhoods, UNC Center for Regional and Urban Studies by David <br /> Salvesen (Principal Investigator) and Philip Hervey, 2003. <br /> https://curs.unc.edu/files/2013/05/goodschoolsreport.pdf <br />