sacs no transportation zones update: 2014
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SACS No Transportation Zones Update: 2014. Goal. To align and u pdate SACS “No Transportation Zones” Or NTZ’s. Why?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
SACS No Transportation ZonesUpdate: 2014
Goal
• To align and update SACS “No Transportation Zones” Or NTZ’s
Why?
• Fiscal Responsibility: At a time when many districts are planning to eliminate all transportation services because of budget cuts, SACS is being fiscally proactive, positioning the district to continue transportation services for those who do not live in an NTZ
• Fairness: We enforce No Transportation Zones at three of our elementary schools
• Fitness: Research supports that when parents enable students to walk/ ride a bike to school, they are healthier, calmer and more alert
No Transportation Zone Guidelines
• Elementary: one mile• Middle School: 1.5 miles• High School: 1.5 miles
*Guidelines based upon common practices
Current SACS No Transportation Zones
• HES, WMES and DRES currently have established NTZ’s
Deer Ridge
Whispering Meadows
Haverhill
Proposed Future NTZ’s: 2014-15
• Summit 1.5 radius• Homestead 1.5 radius• Both schools will have the same NTZ
Summit and Homestead
Proposed Future NTZ’s: 2015-16
• WMS• CES• AES
• WMS does not currently have a NTZ • WMS has adjoining paths to and from school• Work will be done to refurbish current paths
to area subdivisions• A path will be created to connect Covington
Elementary to existing sidewalks and area neighborhoods
Woodside and Covington
Woodside Projected NTZ:2015-16
Covington Projected NTZ: 2015-16
Other SACS Consideration for NTZ
• Aboite• LME
Aboite Elementary
• AES does not currently have a NTZ • AES does not currently have adjoining paths
to and from school• School officials will investigate the possibility
of creating an infrastructure to connect paths
LME
• LME does not currently have a NTZ • LME is a rural area with one adjoining path to
and from school• No student lane exists to allow students to
cross• We will look at LME in the future as the
infrastructure changes
Research Links• http://www.in.gov/indot/2355.htm • http://www.ncdot.gov/bikeped/download/bikeped_research_schoolzonestudyfi
nal.pdf
• http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2013/02/kids-who-walk-or-bike-school-concentrate-b
• Children who walk to school concentrate better | ScienceNordic • Kids who bike, walk to school have better concentration | MNN ... • The Link Between Kids Who Walk or Bike to School and ... - HASTe • http://www.isbe.net/EPE/pdf/reports-webinars/iphi-epetf-rpt0313.pdf • http://www.walkingschoolbus.org/ • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE3iNQNP6tg • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7GpC9km8sY • http://guide.saferoutesinfo.org/walking_school_bus/pdf/wsb_guide.pdf
Walking School bus