Creating Opportunity-Rich Schools & Sustainable Communities
Community Development and Schools Policy Briefing
Deborah McKoy Monday, August 13, 2012
Federal Reserve Bank of SF
Mission
To promote high quality education as an essential component of urban and metropolitan vitality to create eequitable, hhealthy, and sustainable cities and schools for all.
Opportunity-Rich Schools and Sustainable Communities
• How?
• What?
Seven Steps
Challenges 1. Poverty
2. Equity
3. Rigid Silos
4. Limited Capacity
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�� Get to Know Your Educational Landscape
Local/regional land use planning efforts should consider the existing educational options and policies that affect families
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Key Components
• Understand local educational policies and demographics
• Inventory educational and workforce assets
• Assess physical school infrastructure
Strive Initiative Student’s Roadmap to Success
Quality Schools, Healthy Neighborhoods Report (Washington, DC)
School Infrastructure Assessment
1. Condition
2. Utilization
3. Design�
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Engage School Leaders, Families and Young People in Planning
Ensuring opportunity-rich and sustainable communities will in part depend on the effective engagement of residents of all ages. ���������
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Y-PLAN Youth – Plan, Learn, Act, Now!
Y-PLAN Roadmap
Start UpFind our strengthsIdentify the challengeMeet the clientCreate a roadmap
Making Sense of the CityMap neighborhood Understand project siteInterview communityTell the story
Looking Forward and BackReflect on successes Letter to clientCollege essay
Into ActionGather inspirationBrainstorm ideasCreate a visionPlan for change
Going PublicMaximize impact Prepare presentationPresent to public
School / community partnership
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Create a Shared Vision Linking Community, Regional, and Educational Prosperity
A robust, inclusive visioning process can bridge rigid policy and institutional silos. ���������
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• Cultivate leadership and champions
• Adopt the vision statement formally across institutions
• Develop common indicators to measure change, shared accountability, and effective use of scarce resources ���������
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Chicago Regional Plan
San Francisco Bay Area Regional Educational Analysis
SanFrancisco
Contra CostaCounty
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Santa ClaraCounty
San MateoCounty
AlamedaCounty
South SanFrancisco
DalyCity
SanBruno
San Mateo
Burlingame
MountainView
MenloPark
PaloAlto
RedwoodCitySan
Carlos
Sunnyvale
Cupertino
Saratoga
SantaClara San
Jose
Milpitas
Newark
UnionCity
Pleasanton
Livermore
SanRamon
EastPaloAlto
Hayward
SanLeandro
Oakland
Alameda
WalnutCreek
PleasantHill
Concord
Berkeley
ElCerrito
SanPablo
Richmond
HerculesPinole
Martinez
Lafayette
Moraga
Orinda
Pittsburg
AntiochOakley
Benicia
Vallejo
SanRafael
Colma
Millbrae
Belmont
LosAltos
Campbell
Emeryville
Fremont
Dublin
Novato
Canyon
Tiburon
SausalitoBelvedere
AlbanyMill
Valley
CorteMadera
Larkspur
Ross
Fairfax SanAnselmo
Brisbane
HalfMoonBay
Pacifica
Hillsborough FosterCity
Atherton
PortolaValley
Woodside
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Vista
Danville
Clayton Brentwood
San Pablo
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Support the Whole Life of Learners through Comprehensive Services and Amenities
A fundamental component of opportunity-rich communities is the right mix of services and amenities that will support and attract a diverse set of residents.
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SUN Service System & Community Schools
Multnomah County, Oregon
Align Bricks and Mortar Investments
To structure opportunity and increase sustainability, cross-sector partners should coordinate capital investments in schools, housing, and neighborhoods.
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• Establish schools as centers of opportunity-rich communities
• Ensure family-oriented, mixed-income housing
• Pursue joint development
High School & Senior Center Joint Development and Joint Use
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MXA Students’ Vision for the Future
11. Safety: Safe pathways, streets, and routes that connect home to the local resources, businesses, and the school
2. Physical Challenges and Recreational Diversity: Organized sports facilities; intergenerational green space; adventure playground, with a tree house!
3. Community Connections: Library and technology resource center; performance space/theater; art galleries and community gathering places
4. Businesses and Economic Development: Youth and locally owned businesses
Maximize Access to Opportunity through Affordable Transportation Options
Taking advantage of increasing educational options and regional opportunity resources for families requires affordable, multi-modal transportation options.
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• Make areas surrounding schools pedestrian/bicycle safe
• Align transit options to support school choice and extracurricular opportunities
• Create incentives for multimodal transportation choices by students
• Site schools to maximize multimodal transportation access
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Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Interagency Partnership
• Massachusetts SRTS Task Force
• National SRTS Partnership
PHOTO BY STEVE RINGMAN / THE SEATTLE TIMES
Childcare Centers at Transit Hubs
• Tamien Childcare Center, San Jose, CA
• South Linden Transit Center, Columbus, OH
• 39th & Troost Development, Kansas City, MO
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Institutionalize What Works to Secure Gains and Ensure Ongoing Innovation�
Inclusive and integrated planning should become “business as usual,” with a set of formal relationships and processes that guide wise and efficient investments.
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Technology Tools
• Efforts to Outcomes • Youth Data Archive
Strive Network Metrics and Accountability
THANK YOU!!
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