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

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