PRINCIPAL PRIORITIES

1. Lunch shelter
2. Resurface and restripe the hardcourts
3. Toileting for TK and Kindergarten

SITE USE AND FUNCTIONALITY

Valley View Elementary is a dual-language immersion school of English and Spanish. Currently, the grade levels are organized as the following per grade level:

• Kindergarten through 3^rd:
  • three (3) dual language classes
  • two (2) English-only classes
• 4^th and 5^th:
  • two (2) dual language classes
  • two (2) English-only classes

General Education Classrooms

• Classrooms are organized along double-loaded interior corridors that are used for organized storage and pull-out services.
• Classrooms have a teaching wall, other built-in casework for storage, and a sink area. Students have individual desks and chairs. Technology includes a mobile LCD monitor. Backpack hooks are available along the exterior wall of the classroom.
• Not all TK/Kindergarten classrooms have interior restrooms. Students within those classrooms use restrooms at the end of the shared hallway.

Special Education Classrooms

• This site does not currently house SDC classes.

Student Services / Counseling

• The Speech pathologist has a small office. The principal notes that a larger space is desired. The intervention room is housed in the site’s old computer lab and is shared by multiple specialists. Ideally, the principal would like each specialist to have their own acoustically-separated space to reduce interference between groups.

Staff and Administrative Spaces

• The site has a spacious front office. The principal notes that additional access point(s) to the Faculty Lounge is desired.

Kitchen / Cafeteria / Food Service

• The kitchen is located within the Multi-Purpose Room. An interior serving area is also located at the MPR/Kitchen. The principal notes that the serving line is very narrow and would like it widened.
• Students dine outside, at tables with umbrellas. A lunch shelter is desired for this area.

Student Assembly

• The MPR has in-wall tables and two (2) retractable basketball hoops and backstops. Presentation technology is mobile, speakers are wall-mount.
• This site does not have a permanent stage. A temporary stage is stored in a room of the MPR building.

Library

• The Library is a spacious room with book stacks lining the perimeter with additional, low book shelving available.  There is a ‘book nook’ area of lowered ceiling, shelving, and a rug. The Library space is furnished with traditional tables and chairs. Students can access computer stations. Presentation technology includes a ceiling-mount projector and drop-down screen as well as a mobile LCD monitor.

Outdoor Play Equipment / Playfields / Hardcourts

• The Kindergarten play structure is fairly new, in good condition, and has rubber surfacing. The lower and upper primary play structures are also noted by the principal to be in good condition and have bark mulch on the groundplane.
• The principal notes that the hardcourts need to be resurfaced and new striping painted.
• Kids Club utilizes the Kindergarten play yard.
• The garden is in need of improvement.

Specialized Elective Spaces

• Music is occupying an at-grade modular classroom. The placement of this classroom creates line-of-sight difficulties at the hardcourts.
• The Computer Lab had been underutilized and is now housing the intervention programs.
• The Science / Exploration Lab is located next to the intervention room. This space has a teaching wall, perimeter casework with two (2) sinks, and built-in kitchenette with oven, stove, microwave, refrigerator, and a dishwasher. Furniture within this room is comprised of science-grade tables and stools. The room is equipped with a mobile LCD monitor and ceiling-mount projector with drop-down screen at the teaching wall.

Restrooms

• Not all TK/Kindergarten classrooms have attached restrooms.

Site / Parking / Drop-Off

• The site utilizes the drop-off loop at the front of campus. Parking is adequate for staff and visitors.

Technology

• Classroom technology has been upgraded with a mobile LCD monitor.