Walnut Grove Elementary School

Information

1999 Harvest Road
Pleasanton, CA 94566
925.426.4250

Statistics

Current Enrollment (2021/22): 582

Grades Served: TK-5

Original Construction Date: 1966

MPR Construction Date: 1997

Modernization: 2002

Number of Portable Classrooms: 2

 

Measure I1 Improvements:

  • Fire alarm system upgrades
  • Site security fencing
  • Security cameras
  • VOIP and clock speaker system
  • Security system upgrade
  • Telecom infrastructure upgrade
  • Roofing
  • Water efficient toilets and fountains
  • Classroom technology

PRINCIPAL PRIORITIES

  1. Create a single point of entry
  2. Lunch shelter
  3. Outdoor lawn areas (change to synthetic turf for Kindergarten and upper primary grades)

SITE USE AND FUNCTIONALITY

General Education Classrooms

  • Classrooms have a teaching wall, other built-in casework for storage, and a sink area. Students have individual desks and chairs. Technology includes a ceiling-mount projector with pull-down screen and a mobile LCD monitor. Backpack hooks are available along the exterior wall of the classroom.
  • Not all TK/Kindergarten classrooms have interior restrooms.

Special Education Classrooms

  • This site does not currently house SDC classes.

Student Services / Counseling

  • Speech and RSP share a classroom (separated by partitions) and would like acoustic separation. The principal would also like a space conducive to group sessions and suggests a lounge-style wellness center.

Staff and Administrative Spaces

  • The front of campus is clearly identified, however access to the Administration front office is unclear.
  • The Faculty Lounge is underutilized as a lounge, likely due to its lack of natural daylight.

Kitchen / Cafeteria / Food Service

  • The kitchen is located within the Multi-Purpose Room. Hot and cold food carts are set up near the kitchen for the student serving line.s
  • Students dine at tables near the MPR. The principal would like a lunch shelter over this area.

Student Assembly

  • The MPR has in-wall tables and two (2) retractable basketball hoops and backstops. Presentation technology includes a mobile LCD monitor.
  • 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 tall book stacks lining the perimeter and creating aisles.  The Library space is furnished with wood tables and chairs with some soft seating. Students can access computer stations. Presentation technology includes a wall-mount as well as a mobile LCD monitor.

Outdoor Play Equipment / Playfields / Hardcourts

  • All play structures are fairly new, in good condition, and has rubber surfacing.
  • The principal would like the grass areas of the K play yard and lower/upper primary play areas to be replaced with synthetic turf and address areas of poor drainage.

Specialized Elective Spaces

  • Music and Art are housed in portable classrooms located behind the MPR. These portables are quite far from the main campus.
  • The Computer Lab had been underutilized and is now used for storage. The principal would like to turn this area into a lounge-style project research space.
  • The Science / Exploration Lab is a spacious room located at the end of the upper primary grades wing. This space has a teaching wall, perimeter casework with sinks, and a storage room. 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.

Revised 5/12/22

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