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 and more efficient

• 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 NTZ will begin at the beginning of the 2015

school year once the infrastructure is complete

Woodside

Woodside Projected NTZ:2015-16

Covington

• Covington does not currently have a NTZ• A sidewalk will be constructed to join existing

sidewalks • A NTZ will begin at the beginning of the 2015

school year once the infrastructure is complete

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 current infrastructure is in place for a NTZ• 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

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