HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda 02-25-20 Attachment 3A - CHCCS Executive Summary Walkable School Zones LHI
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Walkable School Zones
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is committed to providing safe, connected
and engaged schools within our community. As such, the Board of Education
includes walkable school zones as part of the student assignment priorities within
local policy and as a critical component within any redistricting plans.
Students that live within 1.5 miles of a school are considered in the "walk zone" and
are not provided school bus transportation unless:
• factors are present which may endanger the safety of students walking to the
school;
• a student is medically certified as temporarily incapacitated;
• a student is identified as having special needs following procedures in the
North Carolina Procedures Governing Programs and Services for Children
with Special Needs and will be provided with transportation services as
required by law
The district further supports walk-to-school initiatives by permanent assignment of
twenty school crossing guards to serve at several key intersections each morning and
afternoon to assist students to safely cross roadways.
Our school crossing guards support the following schools:
• Carrboro Elementary School - 5
• Culbreth Middle School - 1
• Ephesus Elementary School -1
• Estes Hills Elementary School/Phillips Middle School - 4
• McDougle Elementary & Middle School - 1
• Northside Elementary School - 5
• Rashkis Elementary School - 1
• Scroggs Elementary School - 1
• Smith Middle School/Chapel Hill High School— 1
Examples of Walkable Schools
Mary Scroggs Elementary School
501 Kildaire Road
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Chapel Hill, NC 27516
"The school has a walk zone which extends throughout Southern Village, meaning no school buses pick
up Mary Scroggs students who live in Southern Village. Out of 605 students who attend Mary Scroggs
Elementary, an estimated 240 students are from Southern Village. How many walk or bike to school?
About 200 on a typical day, or 83 percent of the students within the walk-zone. (About 100 students
walk and 100 bike, according to the school.)" Reference: Good Schools-Good Neighborhoods, UNC Center for
Regional and Urban Studies by David Salvesen (Principal Investigator) and Philip Hervey, 2003.
https://curs.unc.edu/files/2013/05/goodschoolsreport.pdf
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Northside Elementary Schoolmet, le-
350 Caldwell Street i
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
"Located on a previously developed site with nearby public transit,this 100,000-square-foot school is
the heart of the neighborhood and serves as a place for community events. Northside Elementary
School is home to 585 students and includes classrooms, a media center, a multipurpose room, support
spaces, as well as dining and kitchen areas. Large windows in the classrooms provide natural light for the
students and teachers. A building dashboard is located in the media center and is accessible to teachers
who can integrate the facility's water and power usage into their lesson plans. While construction
details such as skylights, solar heating, and a green roof evoke the future, the design celebrates the
site's history of education by featuring a historical timeline component to the main staircase."
Reference: Moseley Architects. https://www.moseleVarchitects.com/portfolio-item/northside-elementary-
schoolchapel-hill-carrboro-city-schools/