Peaster Elementary School

Siting Guidelines and Facility

Assessment
Siting Guidelines
Safe and Healthy Environment
- Air Quality +
- Pollutants +
- Facility in good working order +
Environment Review
- Onsite conditions +
- Offsite conditions -
School Location
- Accessibility for community +
- Centrally located +
- Encourages physical activity +
- Encourages the arts o
- Infrastructure o
Community Health and Safety
- Safe play area +
- Maintenance and upkeep +
School siting guidelines are designed to encourage schools to choose the best
possible placement of new facilities. These guidelines take into consideration:
Environmental Hazards, Health, and Safety.
After evaluating Peaster Elementary against the
EPA siting Guidelines, Peaster ISD provides an
overall healthy and safe environment.

The only negative mark was given due to the
location of the school being within close
proximity of an underground pipeline. The
pipeline was installed after the Building was
built, All necessary safety precaution have been
taken by PISD and The pipeline company to
ensure safety.
Facility Assessments

Facility assessment tools Used:

1. CEFPI Instrument
provides a comprehensive method for measuring the quality and educational effectiveness
Assesses structure
Considers Educational Theory
Educational adequacy
Educational Environment

2. ELEA Instrument
Learning environment from the perspective of the
Developmental needs of learners
Collaborative settings
Space and Availibility

3. Henry Sanoffs School Building Assessment
Classroom spaces
Guidelines for expansion/construction
Considers educational learning theory
Climate and Culture of the school
Indoor and outdoor environment and health
Collaborative learning environment
Community availability and location


PISD used these three assessments
and formulated the results into six
categories:

1. The School Site
2. Structure and Mechanical
3. Plant Maintainability
4. Safety and Security
5. Educational Adequacy
6. Environment
Assessment Results
Assessment Results
Cumulative Results
Assessment Alignment
Remodel Existing Elementary facility
Replace carpet and wall coverings (wall paper) in the existing classrooms to a material that will
be able to be maintained.
Safety and Security
Add additional wall in the front entrance to funnel all visitors into the front office.
Enclose the portable buildings with protective fencing
Update all entrances with secure locking mechanisms that can be controlled electronically,
placed on schedule timers, and able to give monitored alerts.
Additional security cameras within the school building
New Intermediate Structure
12 new classrooms that incorporate technology
Activity Gym to accommodate Student growth and legislature mandates of Fitness gram tests,
HB 5, and Physical activity. This will allow all students pre k - grade 6 access to a gymnasium
each school day.
The movement of 5
th
and 6
th
grade to the new intermediate facility will allow existing
elementary and middle school facilities to have more available classrooms and provide space
for ample growth.

Proposal