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<br />SMART GROWTH ACTIVITIES <br />PUBLIC SCHOOL DESIGN <br />Orange County and its school districts are recognizing the benefits of using smart growth <br />principles to build and renovate schools to meet the needs of the community. Smart growth can <br />positively affect students, parents, teachers and administrators now and in the future. Schools <br />are among our most important institutions, and can reflect and support important community <br />values. <br />Smart Growth schools can: <br />• Inspire our ,youth to embrace a wa.y of life that preserves resources and creates and <br />maintains a sustainable legacy <br />• Develop greater community involvement <br />• Improve environmental quality <br />• Improve student health <br />• Improve academic achievement <br />• Save money <br />• Improve safety <br />Since World War ll private sector development has followed the inefficient and costly pattern of <br />'sprawl' growth. This pattern, to a large degree, has become ingrained in the behavior of most <br />people as they conduct their daily activities and has driven school district facility planning. This <br />unconscious system of greater and greater reliance on automobiles has directly led to air <br />pollution and health problems and indirectly led fo higher taxes, and to loss of time and reduced <br />quality <br />of life. <br />Alternative transportation methods to reduce traffic are the primary off-site community-wide <br />initiatives. <br />I TRANSPORTATION <br />A. MASS TRANSPORTATION <br />B. STUDENT DRIVING AND HEAL TH <br />C ROAD AND PEDESTRIAN CIRCULA T/ON AND IMPROVEMENTS <br />p, TECNNOLOGYIINNOVA TION <br />ll. ENVIRONMENT AND AIR QUALITY <br />A STORMWA TERANA TER QUALITY <br />B. ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION <br />C S/TE PLANNING ATTRIBUTES <br />Ill. COMMUNITYAWARENESS <br />IV MIXED USE <br />G:.1Jrninfgu ~,uA~ I h~ Cussic S~huuls Srzru-i Grmvii page ;i rd <br />