Agenda packet — Lancaster City Council, October 11, 2022 (part 2 of 4)

INTRODUCTION
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Lincoln
Elementary
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INTRODUCTION
School Facts
Lincoln is the place to
be . . . School Options
and Excellence In
Education!
We believe each student is a valued individual with a variety of needs. It is our mission to meet these needs by providing a safe and optimal learning environment. This environment will promote and enhance effective collaboration and respect between home and school. These things are essential to student achievement and personal growth.

Vision
Empowering students to reach their full Potential via High Expectations and Excellent Instruction.

How are Lincoln students getting to school?

YEAR STUDENT TALLIES

COLLECTED
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TALLIES
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STUDENTS

SURVEYED

WALK BIKE SCHOOL
BUS
FAMILY

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582 Student enrollment

91.1% of students eligible for free
or reduced-price meals (FRPM)
Lincoln is a Capturing Kids'
Hearts Showcase School!
Because of the everyday efforts of Lincoln students and staff, Lincoln Elementary has been recognized by the Flippen Group as a National Showcase School. Lincoln has worked hard to foster a culture of kindness and understanding, and we are proud to set an example of how to show staff, and especially students, that they matter and their choices matter.

Congratulations, Lincoln!
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Lincoln
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44021 15th Street East
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Types of Crashes:  Bicycle  Pedestrian
Crash Severity:  Fatal  Severe Injury  Other Visible Injury  Complaint of Pain Years: 2015 - 2019
Summary Statistics
Radius Fatal Severe Injury Visible Injury Complaint of Pain Pedestrian Bicycle Total Lincoln Elementary
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EXISTING CONDITIONS
Pedestrian and Bicycle Crashes near Lincoln Elementary
TIMS, 2015–2019
Fatal

CRASH SEVERITY
Severe Injury
Other Visible Injury
Complaint of Pain

TYPES OF CRASHES
Pedestrian
Bicycle
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Interactive Map data
summaries of bicycle
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Lincoln Elementary School
44021 15th Street East | Lancaster School District
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EXISTING CONDITIONS
Stakeholder and Community Input
Engagement Portals
The City of Lancaster met the challenge of eliciting meaningful community input during a pandemic by calling on long-standing relationships between city staff and the schools, as well as professional connections with community-based organizations. The Project Team also utilized proven virtual engagement strategies, in concert with the City’s social network apparatus, electronic newsletters, and flyers, to spark interest in the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Interactive Map housed on the City’s website, along with community and parent surveys. These materials and links were provided to the project’s Stakeholder Advisory Team that included Lancaster’s four School Districts. The major school-specific engagement activities are described below.

Lancaster School District
One-on-One Interview
In order to gain insight into conditions affecting local School Districts, and to support the development of an effective SRTS Master Plan update, the City of Lancaster and its consultant team conducted a series of one-on-one interviews with the SRTS Stakeholder Advisory Team. These interviews were focused on the School Districts but included other stakeholders as well. Key points from the interview with Lancaster School District are presented here.

August 18, 2021 Interview Summary Interviewees:
•Jullie Eutsler, Director, Pupil Safety and Attendance
•Jennifer Sampson, Coordinator of Climate, School Safety & Emergency Management
Lingering Impacts of COVID-19
At the time of the interview, Lancaster School District had just reopened and was experiencing a challenging start due to COVID-19, which impacted the trip to school in several ways. For example, social distancing limited students to 25 instead of 50 on school buses, and there was a shortage of drivers. This factor led more parents to drive their students to school, creating additional congestion at drop-off/pick-up zones. The increased congestion created additional risks, making it less likely for parents to allow their children to walk or roll to school.

Student welfare and the need to respond to behavioral issues took precedence over longer-term considerations such as SRTS. The interviewees noted how thinly stretched school resources were and indicated that their own department of only three people was responsible for district-wide safety.

Jullie and Jennifer indicated that Lincoln Elementary is, or was, an all-walking school, with the enrollment area drawn from the densely populated city block surrounding it. In fact, in 2013–2015, the school saw 27% of students walking and 2% bicycling to school. However, in 2021, Student Tallies showed no bicyclists, and walking participation had fallen to 15%.

SEE AND BE SEEN
The City’s SRTS Project Manager, Candice Vander Hyde, explained that once distance learning began in 2020, the City worked to develop and post instructional materials adapted for that learning mode on the SEE AND BE SEEN website. Additionally, teacher instructions were provided, along with lessons and lab worksheets for various lessons.

Neither Ms. Eutsler nor Ms. Sampson was aware of the curriculum components that had been added. They were certain that the teachers were similarly unaware of the resources. They thought the lessons were practical and could be useful for independent study activities as well. The District committed to providing links to the SEE AND BE SEEN activities to the Curriculum and Instruction Department and posting it on the teacher resources website.

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Parent Surveys and SRTS
Interactive Map Input
Lincoln Elementary School
15th Street East & Arnica Lane
• Long distance between designated crossings.
• Students crossing street outside marked crosswalks.

Avenue J-8 between Calston Avenue & 15th Street East
• Students crossing street outside marked crosswalks to reach parents parked across the street.
• Vehicles speeding.
15th Street East & School Driveway
• Despite driveway being right turn-only, parents will make illegal left turns. 15th Street East, north of Avenue J-8
• Vehicles speeding.

SURVEY RESPONSES
What are some good memories of walking or biking to
school that you would like your child to enjoy as well? "It was a great way to feel a part of your community and enjoy riding through a great neighborhood filled with loving people.” What other ideas, programs or projects would you like
to see, in order to make it safe and fun for kids to walk, bike, skate, scoot, or roll to school?
"Once a month, when appropriate, organize group cycling events to encourage the community to come out and safely use the bike lanes. There are many people interested in biking around the community but are afraid because of the high speeds in our community and minimal speed bumps in the residential streets.

Many drivers disregard the bike lanes because they don't see them used, but if many more people were to come out and use them, I'd imagine people would be more mindful of the bike lanes and not drive through them.”
Lincoln Elementary
Virtual Walk Audit
Walk audits are used across the nation and were employed here to help the project team understand existing conditions, walking and bicycling patterns, locations of crossing guards, conflicts with traffic, concerns about sidewalks, crosswalks, bicycle facilities, signals, lighting, and social and environmental factors. The Lincoln Elementary School virtual walk audit was held on October 15, 2021, via web conference.

EXISTING CONDITIONS
Stakeholder and Community Input
Jill Culver, Assistant Principal, and Campus Supervisor Anquasha Carter represented the school; Candice Vander Hyde represented the City.

With everyone able to view the SRTS Interactive Map, participants were able to quickly discuss general topics and concerns and identify specific problems. Walk audit comments in addition to those included previously in the SRTS Interactive Map Input section, are summarized below:
• Lincoln has a lot of walkers, generally. During the warmer periods, maybe 40–50% of students walk home. More are
dropped off by car in the morning, however.
• There is more jaywalking when kids are with their parents.

Parents will park on 15th Street East, on the west side of the school, and kids run across Avenue J-8 when they see their parents.
• We have the Promise Academy on our site as well, and we have two special education buses serving that facility that follow a morning drop-off route on Avenue J-8, but even when it’s coned for buses only, parents try to get in there.
• Speeding is a problem—even into the parking lots. Parents drop their kids off and speed away. Campus supervisors continually have to advise people to slow down. When a deputy is there, parents don’t fuss at the crossing guards and campus supervisors. • We have two bike racks, but there are only three students who ride bikes presently, and one scooter. They all wear helmets.

However, kids aren’t using the bike lanes—they’re riding on the sidewalks. If we didn’t have the speeding problem, they might be safe in the bike lanes.
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SRTS RECOMMENDATIONS
Suggested Routes
and Recommended
Improvements
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The City will partner with School
Districts and funders to expand
SEE AND BE SEEN's offerings, and
ensure educators and the general
public can easily access and use its
features. Driver education to improve
the safety of motorists and nonmotorists is included.
• Bike rodeos and clinics
• Pedestrian skills and safety rodeos
• SEE & BE SEEN lesson plans
Programmed and funded events,
public recognition, themed activities,
posters and signage will support
current walkers and rollers, and inspire
others to join them. School-focused
and community-wide events will be
identified and scheduled.
• Promote SRTS Calendar —
Walk & Roll events and challenges
• Walking school bus in nice
weather
Appropriate enforcement strategies
ensure that motorists, bicyclists and
pedestrians obey the rules of the road
near schools, improving safety while
encouraging active transportation.

At the core of Lancaster's SRTS
is a commitment to deliver highquality and effective projects and programs to all school communities,
especially disadvantaged and lowincome students, students of color, and mobility-impaired students who
face challenges to walking, bicycling,
or rolling to school safely and
comfortably.
• Prioritize high-need schools
• RE-Cycle Bike Donation /
Repair Clinics
Successful, funded SRTS plans result
from ongoing, meaningful engagement
with the students, families, schools and
local community organizations who will
benefit from the projects and programs.

Community engagement that continues
beyond plan adoption ensures that
the SRTS is a living document and
that implementation of the plan is
responsive to intergenerational needs
for bicycle and pedestrian facilities and
programs as they change over time.
• Community events, family fun days
• Annual parent/guardian surveys
Clearly identified periodic
reporting allows schools and the
City to document progress, make
modifications, request needed
funding, and celebrate success.
• Annual student tallies

SRTS PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS
The Other 'E's
With City and School District programmatic
support, the principal can set the tone to
encourage and increase students who
walk or bike to school.

See SRTS Master Plan Introduction:

Menu of Best People Strategies

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PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
Lincoln Elementary School
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15th Street East
and Avenue J-4
Existing
• T-intersection.
• Stop control on Avenue J-4 approach.
• No marked crosswalk.

Potential Improvements
• Investigate installing pedestrian-activated rectangular rapid-flashing beacons (RRFB) at the south leg crosswalk.
• Add yellow continental crosswalks to south and east legs. • Add advanced yield lines to both approaches at the south leg crosswalk. • Add pedestrian refuge island at the south leg crosswalk. • Add curb extensions to the south leg crosswalk.
• Add advanced stop line to east leg.
• Add “SLOW SCHOOL XING” pavement markings.
• Add signs approaching crosswalk(s) per CA MUTCD guidelines. 12 Lincoln Elementary School
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PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
Lincoln Elementary School
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15th Street East
and Arnica Lane
Existing
• T-intersection.
• Stop control on Arnica Lane approach.
• No marked crosswalk.

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Lincoln Elementary School
10 --Recommendations--
Palm Vista Avenue
and Avenue J-8
Existing
• T-intersection.
• Stop control on Palm Vista Avenue approach.
• No marked crosswalks.

Potential Improvements
• Investigate installing pedestrian-activated rectangular rapid-flashing beacons to the west leg crosswalk.
• Add yellow continental crosswalks to south and west legs. • Add advanced yield lines to both approaches at the west leg crosswalk. • Add pedestrian refuge islands to the west leg crosswalk. • Add curb extensions to the south and west legs.
• Add advanced stop lines to the south leg.
• Add “SLOW SCHOOL XING” pavement markings.
• Add signs approaching crosswalk(s) per CA MUTCD guidelines.

PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
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PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations
Lincoln Elementary School
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17th Street East
and Avenue J-8
Existing
• TWSC Intersection.
• Stop-controlled on 17th Street East approaches.
• Avenue J-8 is uncontrolled.
• No marked crosswalks.

Potential Improvements
• Investigate installing pedestrian-activated rectangular rapid-flashing beacons to the west leg crosswalk.
• Add yellow continental crosswalks on north, south, and west legs. • Add advanced yield lines to both approaches at the west leg crosswalk. • Add curb extensions with ADA ramps to all corners.
• Add advanced stop line to the north and south legs.
• Add “SLOW SCHOOL XING” pavement markings.
• Add signs approaching crosswalk(s) per CA MUTCD guidelines.

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS

VIEW SRTS MASTER PLAN
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PROJECT & PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
Strategy Packages
Summary of Engineering
Strategies, by Type
Crossing Improvements
•15th Street East & Avenue J-4: Pavement markings & signage; curb extensions/ramps; pedestrian refuge island; rectangular rapid-flashing beacon (RRFB) •15th Street East & Arnica Lane: Pavement markings & signage; curb extensions/ramps; pedestrian refuge island; rectangular rapid-flashing beacon (RRFB) •Palm Vista Avenue & Avenue J-8: Pavement markings & signage; curb extensions/ramps; pedestrian refuge island; rectangular rapid-flashing beacon (RRFB) •17th Street East & Avenue J-8: Pavement markings & signage; curb extensions/ramps; rectangular rapid-flashing beacon (RRFB)
Bikeways
•Challenger Way between Avenue J & Avenue J-8: Class II buffered bike lanes •15th Street East between Avenue J & Avenue K: Class II bike lane Improvements Sidewalk
•Avenue J-4 between Avenue 15th Street East & 16th Street East (north side) Traffic Calming
•Avenue J-8 between Palm Vista Avenue & east of 15th Street East: Speed feedback signs •15th Street East between north of Avenue J-4 and south of Avenue J-8: Speed feedback signs SAFE
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Linda Verde K-8
Dual Language School
44924 5th Street East | Lancaster School District
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Linda Verde
K-8 Dual
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44924 5th Street East
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INTRODUCTION
Location Map
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•Increase the academic achievement of all students through strong instructional practice and implementation of the common core state standards.
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688 Student enrollment

92.3% of students eligible for free
or reduced-price meals (FRPM)
How are Linda Verde students getting to school?

YEAR STUDENT TALLIES

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STUDENTS

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WALK BIKE SCHOOL
BUS
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VEHICLE CARPOOL TRANSIT OTHER
2021 20 419 9% 0% 0% 80% 11% 0% 0%
2013–2015 N/A N/A 32% 0% 6% 49% 5% 0% 2%
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Linda Verde
K-8 Dual
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44924 5th Street East
SUMMER 2022
Types of Crashes:  Bicycle  Pedestrian
Crash Severity:  Fatal  Severe Injury  Other Visible Injury  Complaint of Pain Years: 2015 - 2019
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Radius Fatal Severe Injury Visible Injury Complaint of Pain Pedestrian Bicycle Total Linda Verde Elementary
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EXISTING CONDITIONS
Pedestrian and Bicycle Crashes near Linda Verde
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MASTER PLAN
Linda Verde K-8 Dual Language School
44924 5th Street East | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

SAFE ROUTES

TO SCHOOL

EXISTING CONDITIONS
Stakeholder and Community Input
Engagement Portals
The City of Lancaster met the challenge of eliciting meaningful community input during a pandemic by calling on long-standing relationships between City staff and the schools, as well as professional connections with community-based organizations. The Project Team also utilized proven virtual engagement strategies, in concert with the City’s social network apparatus, electronic newsletters, and flyers, to spark interest in the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Interactive Map housed on the City’s website, along with community and parent surveys. These materials and links were provided to the project’s Stakeholder Advisory Team that included Lancaster’s four school districts. The major school-specific engagement activities are described below.

Lancaster School District
One-on-One Interview
In order to gain insight into conditions affecting local school districts, and to support the development of an effective SRTS Master Plan update, the City of Lancaster and its consultant team conducted a series of one-on-one interviews with the SRTS Stakeholder Advisory Team. These interviews were focused on the school districts but included other stakeholders as well. Key points from the interview with Lancaster School District are presented here.

This factor led more parents to drive their students to school, creating additional congestion at drop-off/pick-up zones. The increased congestion created additional risks, making it less likely for parents to allow their children to walk or roll to school.

School Resources Spread Thin
Additionally, though the school district and the principals were supportive of SRTS, they did not have the capacity to attend to it in a deep and consistent manner, as 12,000 students and sets of parents and guardians were focused on staying safe.

Ms. Eutsler and Ms. Sampson noted, however, that Linda Verde Elementary School had enjoyed relatively high percentages of students walking (nearly a third of students reported walking to school in 2013–2015) and the principal is cooperative and committed. However, the transition from its function as an elementary school to a K-8 Dual Language School might change some of the factors that led to that high rate of walking.

A concern for the 5th Street corridor schools (including El Dorado Elementary, Linda Verde Dual Language, Joshua Elementary, and Piute Middle School) is that they fall into a higher-crime area, presenting challenges to active transportation initiatives.

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Parent Surveys and SRTS
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Linda Verde K-8 Dual Language School
With public engagement constrained by the pandemic, it proved challenging to elicit significant feedback from Linda Verde parents. Though several survey opportunities produced only five responses, they provide some insight into parents' concerns and are discussed here. We note that one respondent reported household income of less than $20,000; one reported income between $20,000 to $34,999; one reported income from $35,000 to $49,999, and two reported income between $75,000 and $99,999. Three were English-speaking, and two were Spanish-speaking households, with all respondents identifying as Hispanic.

Three of the five respondents drove their students to school. Another walked, and one took the school bus. All but one parent reported that it was "very unsafe" to walk to school, including the parent of the kindergarten student who walked.

Only two of the five parents indicated they would not allow their child to walk or bike to school without an adult at any grade.

Three of the five parents were unaware of any school efforts to encourage active transportation, while two felt the school was somewhat encouraging of such trips. All five respondents indicated an openness to most of the suggested strategies schools could use to encourage children to walk, bike, skate, scoot, or roll to school; respondents felt slowing traffic would be "helpful" to teach children and parents about walking, biking, and driving safely near schools.

Calm traffic, help provide affordable bikes or helmets, position adults along the way to school, enhance law enforcement presence. Let everyone know about the health and academic benefits of an active lifestyle, and include the neighborhood in weekend/summer events.

Lancaster Boulevard & 5th Street East
• Crosswalk paint is fading.

EXISTING CONDITIONS
Stakeholder and Community Input
Rodin Avenue between Kettering Street & Lancaster Boulevard • Parents double parking during pickup and drop-off periods. • Lack of adequate space to park and/or stop during pickup and drop-off periods. Local residents occupy most parking spaces.

Kettering Street between 5th Street East & Rodin Avenue • Parents double parking during pickup and drop-off periods. 5th Street East south of Kettering Street
• Vehicles speeding.

Rodin Avenue south of Kettering Street
• Vehicles speeding.

Kettering Street & Rodin Avenue
• Vehicles turning too quickly through crosswalks.

Kettering Street & 5th Street East
• Vehicle turning too quickly through crosswalks.

Linda Verde Virtual Walk Audit
Walk audits are used across the nation and were employed here to help the project team understand existing conditions, walking and bicycling patterns, locations of crossing guards, conflicts with traffic, concerns about sidewalks, crosswalks, bicycle facilities, signals, lighting, and social and environmental factors. The Linda Verde virtual walk audit was held on October 15, 2021, via web conference.

Linda Verde campus supervisors Silvia Sahagun and Michael Guillermo, as well as Principal Heather Durant and Vice-Principal Leslie Ruvacaba represented the school; Candice Vander Hyde represented the City. With everyone able to view the SRTS Interactive Map, participants were able to quickly discuss general topics and concerns and identify specific problems.

Walk audit comments in addition to those included previously in the SRTS Interactive Map Input section, are summarized below:
•Even with the change in enrollment area [as Linda Verde Elementary School has transitioned to a K-8 Dual Language School] a majority of our students still live within walking distance.
•A lot of our kids live in the apartments north of Lancaster and 5th Street East, and they cross Lancaster Boulevard, which has faded crosswalk lines. •An estimated 20% of elementary kids walk—maybe more of the middle schoolers. [Note that the 2021 student tallies indicated only 9 % of students walked.]
•Not many bicyclists. Pre-pandemic there were more bicyclists, but now just a few.
•We just found out about Walk to School Day—one day after the event! We need more information.
•There is a lot of speeding in front of the school, where drivers will try to make a right turn and not wait at Kettering Street.
•There are faded yellow lines at the open gate at Rodin Avenue and Kettering Street, where Mr. Mike is positioned. A parent brought this issue up. •We would like the lighted crosswalks at Rodin Avenue and Kettering Street, and 5th Street East and Kettering Street. We have families that arrive at school before the crossing guard is positioned or pick up their student after he leaves. There is a lot of speeding and double parking, and there's no stop sign at that corner.
•The double parking on Kettering Street and Rodin Avenue occurs because residents are already using the available curbside parking. •Parents pick up and drop off their kids all around the school. There are distinct gates and dismissal times for different grades. •Parents were upset about a Piute Middle School student who was hit by a car the previous day, near the middle school, not far from Linda Verde.

SURVEY RESPONSES
"If it was not too far, I would gladly walk or bike with my child if it was safe. People speed too much and there's no real law enforcement."
"It would help to have free bikes or rentals."
"I loved interacting with our crossing guards when I was a kid. They were always so kind."
"I walked to school very young with neighbor kids.

It was fun and we felt safe in a group."
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Linda Verde K-8 Dual Language School
44924 5th Street East | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

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PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
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• Yellow transverse crosswalks on south and west legs.
• ADA-compliant truncated dome curb ramps on southwest
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• Add curb extensions on northwest, southwest and southeast corners. • Realign north end of west leg crosswalk further from driveway and install ADA-compliant truncated dome curb ramps.
• Investigate adding stop sign to south leg.
• Add advance yield lines to east and west approaches.
• Add “SLOW SCHOOL XING” pavement markings to east and
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• Add signs approaching school crosswalk(s) per CA MUTCD guidelines, where missing (as shown).

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POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
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Linda Verde K-8 Dual Language School
44924 5th Street East | Lancaster School District
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PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
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• Rodin Avenue is a 2-way residential street with on-street parking on both sides and a 25 mph speed limit.

Potential Improvements
• Add raised continental crosswalk crossing Rodin Avenue at 5th—8th Grade School Gate.
• Add advance yield lines north and south of driveways adjacent to raised crosswalk.
• Add “SLOW SCHOOL XING” pavement markings north and south of raised crosswalk.
• Shift parent pickup/drop-off areas north and south of advance yield lines. • Add signs approaching school crosswalk per CA MUTCD guidelines, where missing (as shown).

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POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
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PROJECT & PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
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Crossing Improvements
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Mariposa
CSMS
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Mariposa
Computer
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MASTER PLAN
SAFE
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Lancaster School District
Mariposa
Computer
Science
Magnet
School
737 W Avenue H-6
SUMMER 2022

INTRODUCTION
School Facts
Thinkers, Do-ers,
Coders, Leaders
Mariposa teaches skills needed in any job: problem solving, creative thinking, perseverance, patience, organization and collaboration through coding in the classroom.

Teaching methods integrate both Programming and Game
Design, giving students a well-rounded understanding of how to utilize technology to create. This is a paradigm shift for kids, transitioning them from being just players to being creators.

Cycle 1 introduces students to block coding through the Scratch programming language developed by MIT. Cycle 2
combines block coding skills with LEGOs and LEGO Robotics.

In Cycle 3, grades TK-K further develop their Scratch coding skills, while grades 1st–6th learn the behind the scenes action with actual coding of players in Minecraft (as opposed to just playing) with a focus on block coding and JavaScript.

Students at MCSMS use their coding and robotics skills to create projects across the curriculum.

The possibilities are endless!
How are Mariposa students getting to school?

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SURVEYED

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BUS
FAMILY

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93.7% of students eligible for free
or reduced-price meals (FRPM)
Mariposa Monarch's Rule:

Respect others
Understand we are here to learn
Lead by example
Everyone is safe
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Lancaster School District
Mariposa
Computer
Science
Magnet
School
737 W Avenue H-6
SUMMER 2022
Types of Crashes:  Bicycle  Pedestrian
Crash Severity:  Fatal  Severe Injury  Other Visible Injury  Complaint of Pain Years: 2015 - 2019
Summary Statistics
Radius Fatal Severe Injury Visible Injury Complaint of Pain Pedestrian Bicycle Total Mariposa Elementary
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MASTER PLAN
Mariposa Computer Science Magnet School
737 W Avenue H-6 | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

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TO SCHOOL
6 EXISTING CONDITIONS
Stakeholder and Community Input
Engagement Portals
The City of Lancaster met the challenge of eliciting meaningful community input during a pandemic by calling on long-standing relationships between City staff and the schools, as well as professional connections with community-based organizations. The Project Team also utilized proven virtual engagement strategies, in concert with the City’s social network apparatus, electronic newsletters, and flyers, to spark interest in the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Interactive Map housed on the City’s website, along with community and parent surveys. These materials and links were provided to the project’s Stakeholder Advisory Team which included Lancaster’s four school districts. The major school-specific engagement activities are described below.

Lancaster School District
One-on-One Interview
Mariposa Computer Science Magnet School
In order to gain insight into conditions affecting local school districts, and to support the development of an effective SRTS Master Plan update, the City of Lancaster and its consultant team conducted a series of one-on-one interviews with the SRTS Stakeholder Advisory Team. These interviews were focused on the school districts but included other stakeholders as well. Key points from the interview with Lancaster School District are presented here.

Ms. Eutsler and Ms. Sampson noted, however, that Mariposa had a high walking population and is surrounded by residential neighborhoods. (Mariposa’s percent of students walking to school dropped nearly a third, from 24% in 2013–2015 to 17% in 2021.)
SEE AND BE SEEN:

The City’s SRTS Project Manager, Candice Vander Hyde, explained that once distance learning began in 2020, the City worked to develop and post instructional materials adapted for that learning mode on the SEE AND BE SEEN website. Additionally, teacher instructions were provided, along with lessons and lab worksheets for various lessons.

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Mariposa Computer Science Magnet School
737 W Avenue H-6 | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

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7 Parent Surveys and SRTS
Interactive Map Input
Mariposa Computer Science Magnet School
Mariposa Park
•Issues with homelessness common in park prior to COVID-19 pandemic.

Avenue H-4 between Thistle Street & Pennyroyal Street
•Bus signage here needs to be relocated to current bus loading zone in front of school.

Avenue H-6 between Genoa Avenue & Fig Avenue
•Bus Only signage needed at bus loading zone in front of school. •Parents double parking.
•Parents block bus loading zones with vehicles.
•Parents getting into fights.
•Parents ignore crossing guards.
•Parents will speed around double-parked vehicles and students have to be stopped from crossing street.

Avenue H-12 & Genoa Avenue
•Request from public for continental crosswalks and proper signage.

Genoa Avenue & Avenue H-6
•Crosswalk paint is fading.
•Parents block crosswalk during pickup and drop-off periods.

Fig Avenue & Avenue H-6
•Parents block crosswalk during pickup and drop-off periods.

Fig Avenue between Avenue H-4 & Avenue H-6
•Parents double parking.
•Parents getting into fights.
•Parents ignoring crossing guards.

SURVEY RESPONSES
"When I was young, I walked with my sisters, and we lived close to the school."
Mariposa CSMS
Virtual Walk Audit
Walk audits are used across the nation and employed to help the project team understand existing conditions, walking and bicycling patterns, locations of crossing guards, conflicts with traffic, concerns about sidewalks, crosswalks, bicycle facilities, signals, lighting, and social and environmental factors. The Mariposa Computer Science Magnet School virtual walk audit was held on October 7, 2021, via web conference.

Susan Dorst, a campus supervisor, represented the school; Candice Vander Hyde and Matt Simons represented the City.

EXISTING CONDITIONS
Stakeholder and Community Input
Walk audit comments in addition to those included previously in the SRTS Interactive Map Input section, are summarized below:
• The sidewalks are in good condition; there are no issues from Carter Park.
• A group of students from the Fig Avenue direction, our busiest corner.
• We have four bikers, two scooters, and not a whole lot of walkers, except for kids coming from Avenue H-8 by the park, between Avenue H-8, Avenue H-12, Avenue H-14. Students
walking from the south. None of the kids I see are wearing helmets.
• We need repainted crosswalks, red curbs, and a sign for buses only.
• We could use an official "buses-only" sign, and signs for pickup/drop-off only. We have signs and gigantic cones, but parents run them over and park there no matter what.
• We have one crossing guard each at Avenue H-6 and Fig Avenue, and at Avenue H-6 and Genoa Avenue. We have three adults at the front helping special needs students, and four to help kids get off the bus.
• In 12 years, this is the worst it's ever been. Parents are getting into fights and threatening the kids. We need a Sheriff's patrol. When we had it before, parents weren't double parking or arguing.

They were listening to the campus supervisors and crossing guards.
• It's a total nightmare in front of the school—people making U-turns in the middle of the block. Employees are putting their own lives in danger. Parents will literally park within a crossing and wait for their kids.
• Parents speed around double-parked cars, even with the speed humps, which were put in last year.
• Parents are scared—just the whole COVID thing, parents are just swooping in and getting their kids home.

You've described challenges at arrival
time. What is it like at dismissal?
"It's like leaving an amusement park at the
end of the day. Or a Dodger game. Everyone
goes for the exit at the same time."
(Mariposa Campus Supervisor)
Mariposa Computer Science Magnet School
737 W Avenue H-6 | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

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Mariposa Computer Science Magnet School
737 W Avenue H-6 | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

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Potential Improvements
Mariposa
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Mariposa Computer Science Magnet School
737 W Avenue H-6 | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

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10 The City will partner with School
Districts and funders to expand
SEE AND BE SEEN's offerings, and
ensure educators and the general
public can easily access and use its
features. Driver education to improve
the safety of motorists and nonmotorists is included.
• Bike rodeos and clinics
• Pedestrian skills and safety rodeos
• SEE & BE SEEN lesson plans
Programmed and funded events,
public recognition, themed activities,
posters and signage will support
current walkers and rollers, and inspire
others to join them. School-focused
and community-wide events will be
identified and scheduled.
• Promote SRTS Calendar —
Walk & Roll events and challenges
• Walking school bus in nice
weather
Appropriate enforcement strategies
ensure that motorists, bicyclists and
pedestrians obey the rules of the road
near schools, improving safety while
encouraging active transportation.

Community enforcement programs
augment local law enforcement to
establish new norms that respect
student safety and help parents feel
confident as they send their children
to school.
• School Circulation Plans
• Support for crossing guards/
campus supervisors
• Sheriff's Dept. roadway safety talks
At the core of Lancaster's SRTS
is a commitment to deliver highquality and effective projects and programs to all school communities,
especially disadvantaged and lowincome students, students of color, and mobility-impaired students who
face challenges to walking, bicycling,
or rolling to school safely and
comfortably.
• Prioritize high-need schools
• RE-Cycle Bike Donation /
Repair Clinics
Successful, funded SRTS plans result
from ongoing, meaningful engagement
with the students, families, schools and
local community organizations who will
benefit from the projects and programs.

SRTS PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS
The Other 'E's
With City and School District programmatic
support, the principal can set the tone to
encourage and increase students who walk
or bike to school.

See SRTS Master Plan Introduction:

Menu of Best People Strategies

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Mariposa Computer Science Magnet School
737 W Avenue H-6 | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

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11 PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations
Avenue H-4 and
Fig Avenue
Mariposa Elementary
7 --Recommendations--
Proposed
• Restripe continental crosswalks.
• Restripe advance stop lines and markings.

Existing
• T-intersection.
• All-way stop control.
• Continental crosswalks on west and south legs.
• Advance stop lines.
• ADA compliant ramps west and south legs.
• No development to the east.

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
Mariposa Computer Science Magnet School
737 W Avenue H-6 | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

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12 PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations
Avenue H-4 and
Genoa Avenue
Mariposa Elementary
8 --Recommendations--
Existing
• T-intersection.
• All-way stop control.
• Continental crosswalks on west and south legs.
• Advance stop lines.
• ADA compliant ramps west and south legs.

Proposed
• Restripe continental crosswalks.
• Restripe advance stop lines and markings.

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS

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Mariposa Computer Science Magnet School
737 W Avenue H-6 | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

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13 PROJECT & PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
Strategy Packages
Summary of Engineering
Strategies, by Type
Crossing Improvements
• Fig Avenue & Avenue H-4: Pavement markings
• Genoa Avenue & Avenue H-4: Pavement markings
Bikeway
• Sierra Highway between Avenue H & Avenue I: Buffered bike lanes Sidewalks
• 10th Street West Frontage Road between south of Avenue H-6 & north of Holguin Street (east side) • Genoa Avenue between Avenue H-12 & Avenue H-14 (west side) • Avenue H-14 between 10th Street West & Gadsden Avenue (south side) • Avenue H-12 between 10th Street West & east of Date Avenue (south side) Traffic Calming
• Avenue H-4 between Genoa Avenue & Fig Avenue: Speed humps • Avenue H-6 between Genoa Avenue & Fig Avenue: Speed humps • Genoa Avenue between Avenue H-4 & Avenue H-6: Speed humps • Fig Avenue between Avenue H-6 & Avenue H-6: Speed humps SAFE
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John and Jacquelyn Miller
Elementary School
43420 22nd Street West | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022
SAFE
ROUTES
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SCHOOL
Lancaster School District
John and
Jacquelyn
Miller
Elementary
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43420 22nd Street West
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± Elementary School Enrollment Boundaries within City of Lancaster

INTRODUCTION
Location Map
Westside Union
School District
Lancaster
School District
Eastside Union
School District
Miller
Elementary
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ROUTES
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SCHOOL
Lancaster School District
John and
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Elementary
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43420 22nd Street West
SUMMER 2022

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School Enrollment Area
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MASTER PLAN
SAFE
ROUTES
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SCHOOL
Lancaster School District
John and
Jacquelyn
Miller
Elementary
School
43420 22nd Street West
SUMMER 2022

INTRODUCTION
School Facts
Options and
Excellence In
Education
Home of the Jaguars!
We, at Miller, understand that educating our students is not a compartmentalized endeavor. We have each individual student in our care, custody, and under our protection for a finite amount of time each day but we receive the whole child every morning.

We understand and value that every adult on this campus that serves the children on it is in an active relationship with that child's family, caretaker, guardian either directly, as teachers, aids, office personnel, or indirectly, as I.T., Custodial care, food service. We take that reality very seriously. It ought to inform what you can expect from us here at Miller Elementary School as well as what we expect from you and the children in your care that we have the privilege of educating. We all impact one another and therefore have a duty and responsibility to each other and the larger, surrounding neighborhood that houses our educational community. We've got this!
How are Miller Elementary students getting to school?

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83.5% of students eligible for free
or reduced-price meals (FRPM)
Our Mission
Hold high expectations for students and staff.

Offer options and opportunities for students to achieve.

Promote partnerships with families and communities.

Establish safe, supportive learning environments for
students and staff.
4 SAFE
ROUTES
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SCHOOL
Lancaster School District
John and
Jacquelyn
Miller
Elementary
School
43420 22nd Street West
SUMMER 2022
Types of Crashes:  Bicycle  Pedestrian
Crash Severity:  Fatal  Severe Injury  Other Visible Injury  Complaint of Pain Years: 2015 - 2019
Summary Statistics
Radius Fatal Severe Injury Visible Injury Complaint of Pain Pedestrian Bicycle Total John and Jacquelyn Miller Elementary
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EXISTING CONDITIONS
Pedestrian and Bicycle Crashes near Miller Elementary
TIMS, 2015–2019
Fatal

CRASH SEVERITY
Severe Injury
Other Visible Injury
Complaint of Pain

MASTER PLAN
John and Jacquelyn Miller Elementary School
43420 22nd Street West | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

SAFE ROUTES

TO SCHOOL
6 EXISTING CONDITIONS
Stakeholder and Community Input
Engagement Portals
The City of Lancaster met the challenge of eliciting meaningful community input during a pandemic by calling on long-standing relationships between City staff and the schools, as well as professional connections with community-based organizations. The Project Team also utilized proven virtual engagement strategies, in concert with the City’s social network apparatus, electronic newsletters, and flyers, to spark interest in the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Interactive Map housed on the City’s website, along with community and parent surveys. These materials and links were provided to the project’s Stakeholder Advisory Team that included Lancaster’s four School Districts. The major school-specific engagement activities are described below.

August 18, 2021 Interview Summary Interviewees:
•Jullie Eutsler, Director, Pupil Safety and Attendance
•Jennifer Sampson, Coordinator of Climate, School Safety & Emergency Management
Lingering Impacts of COVID-19
Additionally, though the school district and the principals were supportive of SRTS, they did not have staff or resources to attend to it consistently because 12,000 students and sets of parents and guardians were focused on staying safe.

Jullie and Jennifer indicated that Miller Elementary School is located in a hightraffic area, so parents drive their kids to school because it’s not as safe for children to walk.

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John and Jacquelyn Miller Elementary School
43420 22nd Street West | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

SAFE ROUTES

TO SCHOOL
7 Parent Surveys and SRTS
Interactive Map Input
John and Jacquelyn Miller Elementary School
Vacant lot west of School
•Lack of connections in street network leads to students walking along unpaved paths through vacant lot.
•Vehicles also use these unpaved paths, putting students walking along the same paths at risk.
•Issues with homeless individuals.

Vacant lot west of School
•Issue with homeless individuals.

Avenue K-4 between 22nd Street West & 21st Street West
•Students crossing street outside of marked crosswalk.

Avenue K-8 & 22nd Street West
•Vehicles speeding along avenue Avenue K-8.
•Flashing pedestrian beacon often does not work.

Avenue K-4 between 22nd Street West & 21st Street West
•Parents double parking during pickup and drop-off periods. •Parents will perpendicularly park to facilitate illegal U-turns. 22nd Street West between Avenue K & Avenue K-4
•Parents and school staff will stop in middle of street to north, causing traffic conflicts.
•Private school to the north also uses this section of the street for pickup and drop-off, which can conflict with Miller Elementary operations.

Avenue K-4 & 22nd Street West
•Vehicles speeding
20th Street West & Avenue K-4
• Vehicles speeding

SURVEY RESPONSES
Four parents responded to the survey. Three of them dropped their child off in the family car, but two of the three indicated that if issues of speeding, crime, and safety were solved, they would permit their child to walk or bike to school. The presence of an adult for the trip to school would encourage more walking and rolling, according to all respondents, and more law enforcement was generally desired.

Miller Elementary
Virtual Walk Audit
Walk audits are used across the nation and were employed here to help the project team understand existing conditions, walking and bicycling patterns, locations of crossing guards, conflicts with traffic, concerns about sidewalks, crosswalks, bicycle facilities, signals, lighting, and social and environmental factors. The Miller Elementary School virtual walk audit was held on October 18, 2021, via web conference.

Campus Supervisors Sheryl Hutnick and Julio Gutierrez represented the school; Candice Vander Hyde represented the City. With everyone able to view the SRTS Interactive Map, participants were able to quickly discuss general topics and concerns and identify specific problems. Walk audit comments in addition to those included previously in the SRTS Interactive Map Input section, are summarized below:
• Crossing guards are positioned at 20th Street West and Avenue K-4, 22nd Street West and Avenue K-8, and at the front of the school on Avenue K-4.

Kindergarteners and 1st graders are dropped off at the front door, inside the campus near the solar panels.

EXISTING CONDITIONS
Stakeholder and Community Input
Walking clears the head and energizes.

It’s healthy and safe in an environment that is built for pedestrians. It teaches spatial orientation, independence, problem-solving, resistance, confidence, and so many skills that help kids in school and beyond.

Besides, walking is a normal human activity, as natural as breathing.

It seems insane that we need to advocate for a normal human activity. • 2nd through 6th grade is released on Avenue K-4 at the zigzag gate. Dropoff and pickup are the same locations for two different sets of grades. • Parents will flip U-turns along Avenue K-4, especially in the afternoon. In the morning, parents seem to know how to queue up, but the afternoons are more difficult.
• Miller uses the inlet on the west, in front of the school, but it’s hard with conflicting traffic from KinderCare (a private school). Some of the gentlemen from KinderCare act as traffic cops, stopping traffic so the KinderCare parents can go in and leave the vacant lot to the north of Miller Elementary. • We have no general education buses, but we have 3–4 special education buses, and they drop off in the back parking lot.
• Depending on the day—if it’s cloudy or rainy—most parents drop their kids off, unless they live in the neighborhood. Probably about 75% of students are dropped off by parents in their cars. [In 2021, 77% of students reported being dropped off via the family car, up from 67% in 2013–2015. Conversely, walking dropped from 17% at that time to 11% in Fall 2021.] • Walkers could come from an apartment complex next to Kaiser. Only about two or three bikes have been observed so far in Fall 2021. A lot of kids want to bike, but if they don’t have helmets, the school doesn’t let them go home on their bikes.
• The solar-powered beacon at 22nd Street West and Avenue K-8 doesn’t always work. Neighbors and the school have complained about it. Walkers would appreciate it being fixed. And the crossing guards have to move their stop signs up and down to slow the traffic at that location. • Biggest problem is at the zigzag gate: double-parking, even triple-parking occurs there. It’s difficult, risky, and unsafe as all these cars are waiting for their kids. And some parents park on the opposite side, calling their kids across. • Parents are parking next to fire hydrants.
• The school has considered doing a valet parking operation. • Enforcement has a short-term impact—if people get ticketed, the U-turns and double-parking is diminished for a bit.
• There’s support for the idea of the multipurpose trail through the nearby vacant lot. If people were on the trail, it’d be easier for staff to identify the non-students. There’s been some inebriated people, homeless people, and cars driving through the area.

John and Jacquelyn Miller Elementary School
43420 22nd Street West | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

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EXISTING CONDITIONS
Suggested Routes,
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John and Jacquelyn Miller Elementary School
43420 22nd Street West | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

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SRTS RECOMMENDATIONS
Suggested Routes
and Recommended
Improvements
John and Jacquelyn Miller Elementary School
43420 22nd Street West | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

SAFE ROUTES

SRTS PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS
The Other 'E's
With City and School District programmatic
support, the principal can set the tone to
encourage and increase students who
walk or bike to school.

See SRTS Master Plan Introduction:

Menu of Best People Strategies

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John and Jacquelyn Miller Elementary School
43420 22nd Street West | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

SAFE ROUTES

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11 PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
Mid-block Crosswalk along
Avenue K-4 connecting
to Sunny Lane
Miller Elementary
1 --Recommendations--
Existing
• Yellow continental midblock crosswalk.
• Perpendicular ADA curb ramps with truncated domes.
• Crossing guard.

Potential Improvements
• Add raised crosswalk.
• Add curb extensions with ADA ramps at crosswalk.
• Add advanced yield lines to both approaches of the crosswalk. • Add signs approaching crosswalk(s) per CA MUTCD guidelines.

John and Jacquelyn Miller Elementary School
43420 22nd Street West | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

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12 Miller Elementary
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21st Street West
Existing
• Uncontrolled T- Intersection.
• Yellow transverse-line crosswalk on south leg.

Potential Improvements
• Add yellow continental crosswalk to the south leg.
• Add curb extensions with ADA ramps to the south leg.
• Investigate adding stop control to 21st Street West approach.

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS

PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations

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John and Jacquelyn Miller Elementary School
43420 22nd Street West | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

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13 Miller Elementary
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25th Street West
Existing
• All-way stop control.
• Northeast and northwest corners undeveloped with no sidewalks.

Potential Improvements
• Add white continental crosswalk to north, east, and west legs. • Add curb extensions with ADA curb ramps to all corners. • Investigate replacing the all-way stop with a modern
roundabout.
• Investigate narrowing intersection width (by reducing number of approach lanes) as part of the Lancaster Local Road
Safety Plan (LRSP) Project.

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS

PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations
John and Jacquelyn Miller Elementary School
43420 22nd Street West | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

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14 PROJECT & PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
Strategy Packages
Summary of Engineering
Strategies, by Type
Crossing Improvements
•Avenue K-4 at Sunny Lane: Pavement markings & signage; curb extensions/ramps; raised crosswalk
•Avenue K-4 & 21st Street West: Pavement markings & signage; curb extensions/ramps •Avenue K-8 & 20th Street West: Pavement markings
•Avenue K-8 & 25th Street West: Pavement markings; curb extensions/ramps Bikeways
•Avenue K-8 between 15th Street West & 20th Street West:

Lane reductions & Class II buffered bike lanes
•Avenue K-8 between 25th Street West & 30th Street West:

Lane reductions & Class II buffered bike lanes
•22nd Street West between Avenue K & Avenue K-8: Class III bike route •Avenue K-4 between 20th Street West & 22nd Street West: Class III bike route Multipurpose Path
•Between 25th Street Wst & Avenue K-4 and 22nd Street West & Avenue K-4 Sidewalks
•Avenue K-4 between 17th Street West & 20th Street West (both sides) •Avenue K-8 between 22nd Street West & existing sidewalk west of 25th Street West (north side) •Avenue K-8 between Fanchon Avenue & Echard Avenue (south side) •Avenue K-8 between 27th Street West & existing sidewalk east of 28th Street West (south side) •18th Street West between existing sidewalk south of Avenue K & Avenue K-8 (both sides) •22nd Street West between Avenue K & existing sidewalk (west side) •22nd Street West between Avenue K-4 & Avenue K-8 (west side) •25th Street West between Avenue K-4 & Avenue K-8 (east side) •25th Street West between existing sidewalk north of Avenue K-8 & Avenue K-8 (west side) Traffic Calming
•Sunny Lane between Avenue K-4 & Krystal Avenue: Speed humps and/or chicanes

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Monte Vista Elementary School
1235 W Kettering Street | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022
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Monte Vista
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1235 W Kettering Street
SUMMER 2022

INTRODUCTION
School Facts
Home of the
Mustangs!
Monte Vista Elementary School is striving to inspire all students to achieve their greatest potential! The Monte Vista community promotes a positive school environment where everyone feels respected, understands their responsibilities, and experiences success in their learning environment.

How are Monte Vista students getting to school?

YEAR STUDENT TALLIES

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STUDENTS

SURVEYED

WALK BIKE SCHOOL
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89.4% of students eligible for free
or reduced-price meals (FRPM)
Monte Vista Elementary is
a Capturing Kids' Hearts
Showcase School!
Capturing Kids’ Hearts National Showcase Schools are
recognized for their excellence in creating safe and welcoming environments where students are relationally connected and eager to learn.

Because of the everyday efforts of Monte Vista Elementary students and staff, Monte Vista has been recognized by the Flippen Group as a National Showcase School. Monte Vista has worked hard to foster a culture of kindness and understanding, and we are proud to set an example of how to show staff, and especially students, that they matter and their choices matter. 4 SAFE
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Types of Crashes:  Bicycle  Pedestrian
Crash Severity:  Fatal  Severe Injury  Other Visible Injury  Complaint of Pain Years: 2015 - 2019
Summary Statistics
Radius Fatal Severe Injury Visible Injury Complaint of Pain Pedestrian Bicycle Total Monte Vista Elementary
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EXISTING CONDITIONS
Pedestrian and Bicycle Crashes near Monte Vista
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Monte Vista Elementary School
1235 W Kettering Street | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

SAFE ROUTES

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6 EXISTING CONDITIONS
Stakeholder and Community Input
Engagement Portals
The City of Lancaster met the challenge of eliciting meaningful community input during a pandemic by calling on long-standing relationships between City staff and the schools, as well as professional connections with community-based organizations. The Project Team also utilized proven virtual engagement strategies, in concert with the City’s social network apparatus, electronic newsletters, and flyers, to spark interest in the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Interactive Map housed on the City’s website, along with community and parent surveys. These materials and links were provided to the project’s Stakeholder Advisory Team that included Lancaster’s four School Districts. The major school-specific engagement activities are described below.

Jullie and Jennifer indicated that Monte Vista Elementary is, or was, an allwalking school, with the enrollment area drawn from the densely populated City block surrounding it. In fact, in 2013–2015, the school saw only 14% of students walking and 1% bicycling to school. However, in 2021, Student Tallies showed no bicyclists, and walking participation had fallen to 8%.

SEE AND BE SEEN
Note that SEE AND BE SEEN started as an awareness campaign, to address the fact that at the time, 60% of the bike/ped crashes occurred within 1.5 miles of Monte Vista Elementary School. The City targeted that area with a grant from Caltrans’ Office of Traffic Safety, which originally focused on the following four safety messages:
• Eyes Up, Phone Down
• Make Eye Contact
• Ride Right in the Bike Lane
• Cross between the Lines
The City’s SRTS Project Manager, Candice Vander Hyde that the program was so well received that it was expanded from that safety awareness program to the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) plus Physical Education distance learning-friendly curriculum now found on the City’s website.

She informed Lancaster School District staff that once distance learning began in 2020, the City worked to develop and post instructional materials adapted for that learning mode on the SEE AND BE SEEN website. Additionally, teacher instructions were provided, along with lessons and lab worksheets for various lessons.

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Monte Vista Elementary School
1235 W Kettering Street | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

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7 Parent Surveys and SRTS
Interactive Map Input
Monte Vista Elementary School
Kettering Street between 13th Street West & Loneoak Avenue • Parents and students crossing street outside marked crosswalks, despite presence of crossing guard.

Kettering Street & 12th Street West
• Parents and students crossing street outside marked crosswalks, despite presence of crossing guard.
• Parents illegally parking and double parking in front of kindergarten area along Kettering Street near 13th Street West.
13th Street West between Jackman Street & Kettering Street • Parents and students crossing street outside marked crosswalks.

Kettering Street west of School
• Lack of sidewalks on north side of street.
• Vehicles speeding on approach to school crossings.

SURVEY RESPONSES
Two parents responded to the survey and indicated that their child walked to Monte Vista. One indicated that they felt it was very unsafe.

Monte Vista Elementary
Virtual Walk Audit
Walk audits are used across the nation and were employed here to help the project team understand existing conditions, walking and bicycling patterns, locations of crossing guards, conflicts with traffic, concerns about sidewalks, crosswalks, bicycle facilities, signals, lighting, and social and environmental factors. The Monte Vista Elementary School virtual walk audit was held on October 14, 2021, via web conference.

Campus Supervisors Luz Briseno and Shannon Spalla represented the school; Matt Simons represented the City. With everyone able to view the SRTS Interactive Map, participants were able to quickly discuss general topics and concerns and identify specific problems.

EXISTING CONDITIONS
Stakeholder and Community Input
Walk audit comments in addition to those included previously in the SRTS Interactive Map Input section, are summarized below:
• Speed is a major problem here—cars just don’t slow down. Speeding near the kindergarten gates makes it chaotic for crossing the kids. People won’t stop for stop signs or the yellow vest. Perhaps some speed humps would help.
• Didn’t see a lot of walkers, even before COVID—but walkers generally come from Kettering Street, from the back of the school (13th Street West and Jackman Street).
• There were just a handful of bikers before the pandemic, but not now.

Like the walkers, they came from the west, from Kettering Street. • Special education buses drop children off on 13th Street West; general education buses drop off on Kingtree Avenue, maybe 12–15 students on that one bus.
• Most parents drive their kids to school. Some students lost their bus transportation because of distancing mandates on the buses, and a lot of parents were still not working or were working from home, so they had the time to drive their kids to school. [In fact, drop-offs via the family vehicle increased from 52% in 2013–2015 to 77% in Fall 2021.]
• The neighborhood is pretty safe, with crime limited to occasional graffiti. • Crossing guards work hard to try to get folks not to double-park, because that further impedes traffic flow. Campus supervisors would like more enforcement to help with this.
• Staff park in the lot (with limited spaces) and around the school on the street, as well as in the turnout area in front of the school. The staff parking narrows the streets further. Neighborhood residents also park on the street.

Monte Vista Elementary School
1235 W Kettering Street | Lancaster School District
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Suggested Routes,
Traffic Control,
and School Access
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Lancaster Blvd
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Milling St
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Monte Vista Elementary School
1235 W Kettering Street | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

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Monte Vista Elementary School
1235 W Kettering Street | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

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The Other 'E's
With City and School District programmatic
support, the principal can set the tone to
encourage and increase students who
walk or bike to school.

See SRTS Master Plan Introduction:

Menu of Best People Strategies

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Monte Vista Elementary School
1235 W Kettering Street | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

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Strategy Packages
Summary of Engineering
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Sidewalks
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•Kettering Street between 13th Street West & 15th Street West: Speed humps •Jackman Street between Kingtree Avenue & 13th Street West: Speed humps •Kingtree Avenue between Jackman Street & Kettering Street: Speed humps •13th Street Wst between Jackman Street & Kettering Street: Speed humps SAFE
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Nancy Cory Elementary School
3540 W Avenue K-4 | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022
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Location Map
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INTRODUCTION
School Facts
Coyotes Howl!
Academy of Visual
and Performing Arts
Nancy Cory School strives to create a positive and safe community by developing high expectations and nurturing relationships. Nancy Cory Coyotes show respect, understand their responsibilities, and experience personal and academic success.

Nancy Cory Elementary is a family and community friendly school where students are given the opportunity to explore their education and become lifelong learners as they endeavor into the 21st Century!
How are Nancy Cory students getting to school?

YEAR STUDENT TALLIES

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SURVEYED

WALK BIKE SCHOOL
BUS
FAMILY

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2013–2015 N/A N/A 14% 1% 0% 71% 8% 0% 0%
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81.1% of students eligible for free
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We Believe…

EVERYONE IS IMPORTANT
No one stands alone; we are all part of the team and we treat each other and ourselves with respect and dignity.

EVERYONE BELONGS
Friends are the family we make.

EVERYONE CONTRIBUTES
Students, staff, and families work together to create
a foundation for student learning.

EVERYONE LEARNS
We learn something new every day and always strive
to do our best.

EVERYONE SUCCEEDS
Everyone will experience some success every day.
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Nancy Cory
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3540 W Avenue K-4
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Types of Crashes:  Bicycle  Pedestrian
Crash Severity:  Fatal  Severe Injury  Other Visible Injury  Complaint of Pain Years: 2015 - 2019
Summary Statistics
Radius Fatal Severe Injury Visible Injury Complaint of Pain Pedestrian Bicycle Total Nancy Cory Elementary
3540 West Avenue K-4 | Lancaster | Los Angeles County | CDS: 19646676108393 Repor Map data ©2022 t a map error

EXISTING CONDITIONS
Pedestrian and Bicycle Crashes near Nancy Cory
TIMS, 2015–2019
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CRASH SEVERITY
Severe Injury
Other Visible Injury
Complaint of Pain

MASTER PLAN
Nancy Cory Elementary School
3540 W Avenue K-4 | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

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6 EXISTING CONDITIONS
Stakeholder and Community Input
Engagement Portals
The City of Lancaster met the challenge of eliciting meaningful community input during a pandemic by calling on long-standing relationships between City staff and the schools, as well as professional connections with community-based organizations. The Project Team also utilized proven virtual engagement strategies, in concert with the City’s social network apparatus, electronic newsletters, and flyers, to spark interest in the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Interactive Map housed on the City’s website, along with community and parent surveys. These materials and links were provided to the project’s Stakeholder Advisory Team that included Lancaster’s four School Districts. The major school-specific engagement activities are described below.

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Nancy Cory Elementary School
3540 W Avenue K-4 | Lancaster School District
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7 Parent Surveys and SRTS
Interactive Map Input
Nancy Cory Elementary School
Avenue K-4 east of Alep Street
• Parents and students crossing the street outside marked crosswalks. • Faded curb paint in “No Parking” zones.
• Parents illegally parking on the north side of the street east of the school, blocking the lane and causing congestion.
• Parents illegally park on the south side of the street and sometimes interfere with the crossing guard at Alep Street.

Avenue K-4 at School driveway
• School driveway is a right-turn-in/right-turn-out circulation pattern. Parents will sometimes enter school property, utilize the staff parking lot to turn around, and incorrectly exit through the west entrance.

Avenue K-8 & 32nd Street West
• Vehicles speeding.

SURVEY RESPONSES
Four Nancy Cory Elementary School parents of students who walked (1) or took the family car (3) to make the trip to/from school. All agreed the trip was somewhat to very unsafe. Most were supportive of or interested in, a range of proposed education and encouragement activities.

What good memories of walking or biking to school
would you like your child to enjoy as well?
"The ability to be responsible enough to get myself to and from school and walk with my friends."
"For me, it was a necessity. I didn't get to school unless I walked." "Honestly when I was little, I went to school walking every day, but I enjoyed the most when my dad would go to pick me up in a pickup truck!"
What other projects or programs would you like to see?
"More crossing guards at surrounding intersections of the school.

More police presence to control the speed and grab the attention of drivers."
"Make appropriate boundaries for your schools. We live within walking distance to a school but it's not what we are zoned for."

EXISTING CONDITIONS
Stakeholder and Community Input
"Honestly, I just do believe it is important to make walking safe, because I see a lot of kids walking and crossing alone without supervision, and many cars do not even stop!!!"
"The weather in the Antelope Valley makes it very hard to get people biking. Our weather conditions don't support doing this activity throughout the year."
Nancy Cory Elementary
Virtual Walk Audit
Walk audits are used across the nation and were employed here to help the project team understand existing conditions, walking and bicycling patterns, locations of crossing guards, conflicts with traffic, concerns about sidewalks, crosswalks, bicycle facilities, signals, lighting, and social and environmental factors. The Nancy Cory Elementary School virtual walk audit was held on October 8, 2021, via web conference.

Campus Supervisor Mary-Frances Wilson represented the school; Candice Vander Hyde represented the City. With everyone able to view the SRTS Interactive Map, participants were able to quickly discuss general topics and concerns and identify specific problems, summarized below:
• There has been some unruly parent behavior. One campus supervisor was struck in the face.
• The sidewalk on Avenue K-4 is very nice—they don’t have to worry so much about children walking there.
• Before COVID, there were maybe five bicyclists. About 25–30 students walked from the apartments. Now there are very few. [In 2013–2015, 14% of students reported walking, but the share of walkers had declined to 6% in Fall 2021.]
Nancy Cory Elementary School
3540 W Avenue K-4 | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

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8 EXISTING CONDITIONS
Suggested Routes,
Traffic Control,
and School Access
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Sachs Dr
Cherbourg Ln
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Traffic Control & School Access 0 0.125 0.25 0.5
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Nancy Cory
Elementary
School
Prime Desert Woodland Preserve
Rawley
Duntley
Park

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Nancy Cory Elementary School
3540 W Avenue K-4 | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

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9 SRTS RECOMMENDATIONS
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Nancy Cory Elementary School
3540 W Avenue K-4 | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

SAFE ROUTES

SRTS PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS
The Other 'E's
With City and School District programmatic
support, the principal can set the tone to
encourage and increase students who
walk or bike to school.

See SRTS Master Plan Introduction:

Menu of Best People Strategies

VIEW SRTS MASTER PLAN
Nancy Cory Elementary School
3540 W Avenue K-4 | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

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11 PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
Nancy Cory Elementary
5 --Recommendations--
• All-way stop control.
• All stop signs have LED lights.
• Yellow transverse crosswalks on north, south, and west legs.

Potential Improvements
• Add yellow continental crosswalks to all legs.
• Add advanced stop lines to all legs.
• Add curb extensions with ADA ramps to all corners.

Avenue K-4 and
32nd Street West
Existing
Nancy Cory Elementary School
3540 W Avenue K-4 | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

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12 PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
Nancy Cory Elementary
6 --Recommendations--
Existing
• T-intersection.
• All-way stop control.
• Yellow continental crosswalks on north and west legs.

Potential Improvements
• Refresh continental crosswalks, advanced stop line and legend striping.
• Add truncated dome to northeast corner curb ramp.
• Repaint red curb to enforce no stopping zone on the south side of Avenue K-4.
• Add pavement marking arrows and legend for entrance
only driveway.

Avenue K-4 and
Alep Street

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Nancy Cory Elementary School
3540 W Avenue K-4 | Lancaster School District
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13 PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations
Nancy Cory Elementary
7 --Recommendations--
• Stop control on 32nd Street West approaches.
• Yellow continental crosswalk on west leg.
• Yellow transverse crosswalks on north and south legs.

Potential Improvements
• Refresh continental crosswalk, yield lines and advance stop bar and legend striping.
• Add continental crosswalks on north and south legs.
• Add curb extensions and ADA curb ramps at all corners. • Refresh “SLOW SCHOOL XING” pavement markings on
east and west approaches.

Avenue K-8 and
32nd Street West
Existing

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
Nancy Cory Elementary School
3540 W Avenue K-4 | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

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14 PROJECT & PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
Strategy Packages
Summary of Engineering
Strategies, by Type
Crossing Improvements
• Avenue K-4 & 32nd Street West: Pavement markings; curb extensions/ramps • Avenue K-4 & Alep Street: Pavement markings; curb ramp • Avenue K-8 & 32nd Street West: Pavement markings; curb extensions/ramps Bikeways
• Avenue K-4 between 30th Street West & 40th Street West: Class III bike route • 32nd Street West between Avenue K-4 & Avenue K-8: Class III bike route Sidewalks
• Avenue K-4 between 32nd Street West & existing sidewalk east of 32nd Street West (south side) • Avenue K-4 between existing sidewalks east of School (both sides) • Avenue K-4 between Alep Street & Buena Vista Way (north side) • 32nd Street West between Avenue K-4 & existing sidewalk south of Avenue K-4 (east side) Traffic Calming
• Avenue K-4 between 32nd Street West & 40th Street West: Speed humps

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New Vista Middle School
753 E Avenue K-2 | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022
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INTRODUCTION
Location Map
New Vista
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New Vista
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753 E Avenue K-2
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School Facts
New Vista Tigers Roar!
Teachers and staff work hard to continue the legacy of success established by New Vista by building strong relationships with parents, students, and community partners. We focus on character education initiatives such as Capturing Kids’ Hearts (CKH), Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS), a focus on high priority standards, the use of data to drive instruction, and to provide consistent implementation of the curriculum in a rigorous manner so that we can
continue to increase all of the students' achievement.

At New Vista we promote being:

R = Respectful
O = On Time
A = Accountable
R = Responsible
We are here to serve our parents, our students,
the community and each other.

How are New Vista students getting to school?

YEAR STUDENT TALLIES

COLLECTED
# OF

TALLIES
# OF

STUDENTS

SURVEYED

WALK BIKE SCHOOL
BUS
FAMILY

VEHICLE CARPOOL TRANSIT OTHER
2021 28 589 19% 0% 0% 72% 3% 2% 1%
2013–2015 N/A N/A 16% 1% 0% 65% 5% 0% 3%
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Palmdale Regional Airport
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93.5% of students eligible for free
or reduced-price meals (FRPM)
New Vista Middle School
is a Capturing Kids' Hearts
Showcase School!
Because of the everyday efforts of New Vista students and staff, New Vista Middle School has been recognized by the Flippen Group as a National Showcase School. New Vista has worked hard to foster a culture of kindness and understanding, and we are proud to set an example of how to show staff, and especially students, that they matter and their choices matter.

Positive Behavior
Interventions and
Supports (PBIS) is a proactive
approach that we use at New
Vista Middle School to address school safety and climate, promote and teach positive behavior, and acknowledge
students for their accomplishments. We teach and reinforce appropriate behaviors at school by incorporating our schoolwide behavior expectations into everything we do. 4 SAFE
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Types of Crashes:  Bicycle  Pedestrian
Crash Severity:  Fatal  Severe Injury  Other Visible Injury  Complaint of Pain Years: 2015 - 2019
Summary Statistics
Radius Fatal Severe Injury Visible Injury Complaint of Pain Pedestrian Bicycle Total New Vista Middle
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EXISTING CONDITIONS
Pedestrian and Bicycle Crashes near New Vista
TIMS, 2015–2019
Radius Fatal Severe
Injury
Visible
Injury
Complaint
of Pain Pedestrian Bicycle Total
<1/4 mi. 0 2 1 3 4 2 6
1/4-1/2 mi. 0 1 2 2 2 3 5
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CRASH SEVERITY
Severe Injury
Other Visible Injury
Complaint of Pain

TYPES OF CRASHES
Pedestrian
Bicycle
YEARS 2015–2019
Interactive Map data
summaries of bicycle
and/or pedestrian
crashes around school
(1/4 and 1/2 mile)
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New Vista Middle School
753 E Avenue K-2 | Lancaster School District
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EXISTING CONDITIONS
Stakeholders and Community Input
Engagement Portals
The City of Lancaster met the challenge of eliciting meaningful community input during a pandemic by calling on long-standing relationships between City staff and the schools, as well as professional connections with communitybased organizations. The Project Team also utilized proven virtual engagement strategies, in concert with the City’s social network apparatus, electronic newsletters, and flyers, to spark interest in the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Interactive Map housed on the City’s website, along with community and parent surveys. These materials and links were provided to the project’s Stakeholder Advisory Team that included Lancaster’s four School Districts. The major school-specific engagement activities are described below.

School Resources Spread Thin
Additionally, though the school district and the principals were supportive of SRTS, they did not have staff or resources to attend to it consistently because 12,000 students and sets of parents and guardians were focused on staying safe. Student welfare and the need to respond to behavioral issues took precedence over longer-term considerations such as SRTS. The interviewees noted how thinly stretched school resources were and indicated that their own department of only three people was responsible for district-wide safety.

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EXISTING CONDITIONS
Stakeholders and Community Input
Parent Surveys and
SRTS Interactive Map Input
Note that this location has three schools adjacent to each other: New Vista Middle School, Jack Northrop Elementary School, and Fulton and Alsbury Academy of Arts and Engineering, which creates an arrival/ dismissal congestion problem for everyone. Access for all three schools is primarily from Challenger Way and Avenue K-2, and secondarily via 1st View Street and Avenue K-4. The SRTS update conducted separate walk audits for New Vista and Jack Northrop, with observations that apply to all three schools. The School District has discussed a circulation plan involving one-way streets, which would require City of Lancaster assistance to develop and refine, and ultimately City approval to implement.

New Vista Middle School &
Jack Northrop Elementary School
Avenue K between Challenger & 20th Street East
•Vehicles speeding.
•Sidewalks are narrow with no buffer from vehicle traffic.

Avenue K between Challenger & 30th Street East
•Lack of dedicated bike lanes.

Avenue K-4 between 1st View Street & Challenger Way
•Lack of parking leads to parents parking in the bus zone. 8th Street East & Avenue K-4
•Vehicles speed along Avenue K-4.
•Vehicles drive through crosswalk despite the presence
of a crossing guard and pedestrians.
o Request from school staff for stop signs or a flashing beacon. •Crosswalk lines are faded and need repainting.
•Parents double park during pickup and drop-off periods. •Parents block crosswalks during pickup and drop-off periods.

Avenue K-2 at Jack Northrop Elementary School
•Lack of shade/trees.

Avenue K-4 at Jack Northrop Elementary School
•Lack of shade/trees.
o School has put up canopies to provide shade for waiting students/parents.
•Designated "No Parking" zone makes it difficult for parents and drop-off during.

Avenue K-2 crossing at New Vista Middle School
•Crosswalk lacks curb ramps.

Avenue K-4 between School Alley & 8th Street East
•Students cross street outside marked crosswalk.

Challenger Way & Avenue K-2
•Marked Crosswalk suggested across Challenger Way in 2016 SRTS Master Plan.
o School staff expressed they don’t want and don’t have the staff for this suggested crosswalk.
o Vehicle speeds make uncontrolled crossing untenable
on Challenger Way.
1st View Street between Avenue K-2 & Avenue K-4
•School reiterates support for sidewalk along west side of 1st View Street.

Avenue K & 1st View Street
•Marked Crosswalk suggested across Challenger Way in 2016 SRTS Master Plan.
o School staff expressed they don’t want and don’t have the staff for this suggested crosswalk.
o Gate at 1st View Street is currently unused.

School Alley between Avenue K-2 & Avenue K-4
•Vehicles stopped here during pickup/drop-off
periods block lanes and cause congestion.

Avenue K-2 between 1st View Street & Challenger Way
•Issues with congestion on Tuesdays when all three schools release simultaneously.
•Vehicles speeding.
•Curbs by fire hydrants lack curb paint.

Avenue K-4 between School Alley & 8th Street East
•Vehicles speeding.
o Request from school staff for traffic calming measures (speed humps).

Challenger Way & Avenue K-8
•City implementing roundabout here in traffic calming effort.

Avenue K & Challenger Way
•Vehicles turn quickly through crosswalks.
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753 E Avenue K-2 | Lancaster School District
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SURVEY RESPONSES
Four New Vista Middle School parents of students who walked (1), bicycled (1), or took the family car (2) to make the trip to/from school.

The parent of the walker described the journey as very safe and somewhat fun. All four respondents were supportive of or interested in, a range of proposed education and encouragement activities.

What are some good memories of walking
or biking to school that you would like
your child to enjoy as well?
"I liked walking in the springtime. The weather was great, and the kids were not so mean."
What other ideas, programs or projects
would you like to see?
"Volunteering at the schools, so parents could see
what actually goes on, on the campuses. Parents don't
believe their kid could be doing bad things."
New Vista Middle School
Virtual Walk Audit
Walk audits are used across the nation and were employed here to help the project team understand existing conditions, walking and bicycling patterns, locations of crossing guards, conflicts with traffic, concerns about sidewalks, crosswalks, bicycle facilities, signals, lighting, and social and environmental factors. The New Vista Middle School virtual walk audit was held on October 7, 2021, via web conference.

Principal Traci Curtis and Campus Supervisor Charles Schumacher represented the school; Candice Vander Hyde and Matt Simons represented the City. With everyone able to view the SRTS Interactive Map, participants were able to quickly discuss general topics and concerns and identify specific problems. Walk audit comments in addition to those included previously in the SRTS Interactive Map Input section, are summarized below:
•The concentration of schools in this location is a challenge. •There is a need for ADA upgrades near the school, and wider sidewalks. With bike lanes and buffering, it gets safer. •Sidewalks are needed on 1st View Street, near the residential area. •There are two crossing guards, at Avenue K and Challenger Way, and one by the school. There are fights, and it’s hard for the school to monitor.

We need to channel the kids to where they can be safely managed. •At Challenger Way and Avenue K-2, there should be no crossing because there’s no signal or stop sign. The school does not want the crossing at Avenue K-2 and Challenger Way unless we can staff that crossing. We have 10 positions, and only 3 or 4 are filled. The pay and hours aren’t good, and the job is difficult. •Going the other direction, toward 1st View Street, it would be great if we could split up the flow of students, but the draw of the stores to the northeast will prevail—kids want to walk to Avenue K and Challenger Way and hit the doughnut shop and the grab drinks and chips from the liquor store or Starbucks.

EXISTING CONDITIONS
Stakeholders and Community Input
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New Vista Middle School
753 E Avenue K-2 | Lancaster School District
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753 E Avenue K-2 | Lancaster School District
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New Vista Middle School
753 E Avenue K-2 | Lancaster School District
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The City will partner with School
Districts and funders to expand
SEE AND BE SEEN's offerings, and
ensure educators and the general
public can easily access and use
its features. Driver education to
improve the safety of motorists
and non-motorists is included.
• Bike rodeos and clinics
• Pedestrian skills and safety rodeos
• SEE & BE SEEN lesson plans
Programmed and funded events,
public recognition, themed activities,
posters and signage will support
current walkers and rollers, and
inspire others to join them. Schoolfocused and community-wide events will be identified and scheduled.
• Promote SRTS Calendar —
Walk & Roll events and challenges
• Walking school bus in nice
weather
Appropriate enforcement strategies
ensure that motorists, bicyclists and
pedestrians obey the rules of the road
near schools, improving safety while
encouraging active transportation.

At the core of Lancaster's SRTS
is a commitment to deliver highquality and effective projects and programs to all school communities,
especially disadvantaged and
low-income students, students
of color, and mobility-impaired
students who face challenges to
walking, bicycling, or rolling to
school safely and comfortably.
• Prioritize high-need schools
• RE-Cycle Bike Donation /
Repair Clinics
Successful, funded SRTS plans result
from ongoing, meaningful engagement
with the students, families, schools and
local community organizations who will
benefit from the projects and programs.

SRTS PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS
The Other 'E's
With City and School District programmatic
support, the principal can set the tone to
encourage and increase students who
walk or bike to school.

See SRTS Master Plan Introduction:

Menu of Best People Strategies
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753 E Avenue K-2 | Lancaster School District
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PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
Avenue K and Challenger Way
1 --Recommendations--
Existing
• Signalized intersection.
• Continental crosswalks on all legs.
• Advance stop lines on all legs.
• ADA compliant ramps.

Potential Improvements
• Restripe continental crosswalks.
• Restripe advance stop lines.
• Add a leading pedestrian interval (LPI) to cross all legs. • Add accessible pedestrian signal (APS) push buttons to cross all legs. • Investigate intersection restriping and other enhancements as part of Lancaster Local Road Safety Plan (LRSP) Project.

Jack Northrop Elementary & New Vista Middle School
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New Vista Middle School
753 E Avenue K-2 | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

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PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations
Avenue K-2 / 1st View Street
2 --Recommendations--
Existing
• 40’ width – curb to curb.
• Six crosswalks along K-2 between 1st View Street
and Challenger Way.
• On street parking available.
• Schools do not want a crosswalk across Challenger Way at Avenue K-2.

Potential Improvements
• Assess converting Avenue K-2 and 1st View Street into one-way, and alley to multi-use path (as shown).
• Add continental and raised crosswalks.
• Add red curb in front of fire hydrants.
• Add perpendicular ADA compliant curb ramps.
• Add signs approaching crosswalk(s) per CA MUTCD guidelines. • Stagger school dismissals.

Jack Northrop Elementary & New Vista Middle School

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
13 New Vista Middle School
753 E Avenue K-2 | Lancaster School District
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PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
Avenue K-4 and
Challenger Way
3 --Recommendations--
Existing
• Signalized T-intersection.
• Continental crosswalks on west leg, standard crosswalk on south leg. • Advance stop line on west leg.
• ADA compliant ramps.

Potential Improvements
• Install continental crosswalks and advance stop lines. • Stripe left and right-turn lanes on Avenue K-4
(remove parking 100' from the intersection).
• Add a leading pedestrian interval to cross west and south legs. • Add accessible pedestrian signal (APS) push buttons
to cross west and south legs.
• Add green bike lane markings to indicate shift in bike lane along southbound Challenger Way.
• Stripe buffer to bike lane along northbound Challenger Way.

Jack Northrop Elementary & New Vista Middle School
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New Vista Middle School
753 E Avenue K-2 | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

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PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations
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8th Street East
Existing
• T-intersection.
• Stop control on 8th Street East.
• Continental crosswalks on west and south legs.
• Advance stop line on south leg.

Potential Improvements
• Restripe continental crosswalks on south leg.
• Restripe advance stop line on south leg.
• Add curb extension and ADA compliant ramps.
• Add raised crosswalk on west leg.
• Advance yield lines to the east and west legs.
• Add signs approaching crosswalk(s) per CA MUTCD guidelines.

Jack Northrop Elementary & New Vista Middle School

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
15 New Vista Middle School
753 E Avenue K-2 | Lancaster School District
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PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations
5 --Recommendations--
• T-intersection.
• Stop control on 1st View Street approaches.

Potential Improvements
• Restripe southbound 1st View Street approach to one-way and include three lanes.
• Add curb extension and ADA compliant ramps.
• Add “SLOW SCHOOL XING” pavement marking.
• Add continental crosswalks with advance stop line and legend on north and south legs.
• Add raised crosswalk on east leg.
• Advance yield lines to the east and west legs.
• Add signs approaching crosswalk(s) per
CA MUTCD guidelines.

Avenue K-4 and
1st View Street
Existing
Jack Northrop Elementary & New Vista Middle School

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
16 VIEW SRTS MASTER PLAN
New Vista Middle School
753 E Avenue K-2 | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

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PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations
6 --Recommendations--
Existing
• Uncontrolled T-intersection.

Potential Improvements
• Assess converting alley to multi-use bike/pedestrian path. • Add curb extension and ADA compliant ramps.
• Add continental crosswalks on north leg.
• Add raised crosswalk on west leg.
• Advance yield lines to the east and west legs.
• Add signs approaching crosswalk(s) per CA MUTCD guidelines.

Avenue K-4 and Alley
Jack Northrop Elementary & New Vista Middle School

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
17 New Vista Middle School
753 E Avenue K-2 | Lancaster School District
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PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations
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7th Street East
Existing
• All-way stop control.
• Continental crosswalks on north, south, and east legs. • Advance stop lines on north, south, and east legs.

Potential Improvements
• Add curb extension and ADA compliant ramps.
• Refresh continental crosswalks.
• Refresh advance stop line.

Jack Northrop Elementary & New Vista Middle School

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
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753 E Avenue K-2 | Lancaster School District
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PROJECT & PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
Strategy Packages
Summary of Engineering
Strategies, by Type
Crossing Improvements
•Avenue K & Challenger Way: Pavement markings, APS push buttons and leading pedestrian intervals •Avenue K-2/First View Street between Challenger Way & Avenue K-4: One-way street conversion; pavement markings & signage; curb extensions/ramps; raised crosswalks •Avenue K-2 & Challenger Way: Pavement markings
•Avenue K-4 & Challenger Way: Pavement markings, APS push buttons and leading pedestrian intervals •Avenue K-4 & 8th Street East: Pavement markings; curb extensions/ramps •Avenue K-4 & First View Street: Pavement markings & signage; curb extensions/ramps •Avenue K-4 & School Alley: Pavement markings & signage; curb extensions/ramps •Avenue K-4 & 7th Street East: Pavement markings; curb extensions/ramps Bikeways
•Avenue K between Challenger Way & 20th Street East: Lane reduction & buffered bike lanes •Challenger Way between Avenue J-8 & Avenue K-4: Buffered bike lanes •Avenue K-8 between 5th Street East & First View Street: Class II bike lanes (roadway will require widening/resurfacing) Sidewalks
•First View Street between Avenue K-2 & Avenue K-8 (west side) •Avenue K-8 between 5th Street East & First View Street (both sides) •Avenue K-8 between Carol Drive & Existing Sidewalk (north side) Traffic Calming
•Avenue K-4 between First View Street & Challenger Way: Speed humps 19 Piute Middle School
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Location Map
Piute
Middle
School
15 Westside Union
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INTRODUCTION
School Facts
Home of the
Warriors!
Piute Middle School and the Lancaster School District's vision is to create options and excellence in education, empowering all students to reach their full potential. To ensure student success, the core philosophy of the Piute staff is to set high expectations for staff and students. Good First Instruction, Multi-Tiered Systems of Support, and technology for students, as well as teacher collaboration are the cornerstones at Piute to provide a relevant, high quality education within an inclusive and culturally respectful environment, preparing all students for personal and professional success. With these foundations, we will ensure educational opportunities and improve learning for all students.

The mission of the Lancaster School District, a group of dedicated and caring professionals, is, with the support of the community, to develop academic and personal excellence in all students through a rigorous curriculum infused with high expectations within a safe and secure environment fostering socially responsible citizens who enrich our diverse community.

How are Piute students getting to school?

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COLLECTED
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SURVEYED

WALK BIKE SCHOOL
BUS
FAMILY

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Types of Crashes:  Bicycle  Pedestrian
Crash Severity:  Fatal  Severe Injury  Other Visible Injury  Complaint of Pain Years: 2015 - 2019
Summary Statistics
Radius Fatal Severe Injury Visible Injury Complaint of Pain Pedestrian Bicycle Total Piute Middle
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EXISTING CONDITIONS
Pedestrian and Bicycle Crashes near Piute
TIMS, 2015–2019
Fatal

CRASH SEVERITY
Severe Injury
Other Visible Injury
Complaint of Pain

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Piute
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425 E Avenue H -11
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EXISTING CONDITIONS
School Area Photographs
Avenue I & 3rd Street East NB
Lack of high visibility crosswalks
and advance yield lines
Avenue I & 5th Street East N/B
Lack of high visibility crosswalks and
advance yield lines.

Avenue H11 & Gingham Avenue EB
Lack of high visibility crosswalks,
stop sign, stop line, advance yield
line, and sidewalk
Avenue I & 3rd Street East eastbound
Lack of high visibility crosswalks and advance yield lines.

Avenue I & 5th Street East northbound
Lack of high visibility crosswalks and advance yield lines.

Avenue H11 & Gingham Avenue eastbound
Lack of high visibility crosswalks, stop sign, stop line, advance yield line, and sidewalk.

Avenue H11 & Foxton Avenue NB
Lack of high visibility crosswalks,
stop sign, stop line, and advance
yield lines
Avenue H11 & Foxton Avenue northbound
Lack of high visibility crosswalks, stop sign, stop line, advance yield lines. 6 VIEW SRTS

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425 E Avenue H-11 | Lancaster School District
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EXISTING CONDITIONS
Stakeholder and Community Input
Engagement Portals
The City of Lancaster met the challenge of eliciting meaningful community input during a pandemic by calling on long-standing relationships between City staff and the schools, as well as professional connections with community-based organizations. The Project Team also utilized proven virtual engagement strategies, in concert with the City’s social network apparatus, electronic newsletters, and flyers, to spark interest in the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Interactive Map housed on the City’s website, along with community and parent surveys. These materials and links were provided to the project’s Stakeholder Advisory Team that included Lancaster’s four School Districts. The major school-specific engagement activities are described below.

Ms. Eutsler and Ms. Sampson noted, however, that Piute Middle School is one of the few middle schools where parents have their kids walk to and from school, as it is surrounded by residential neighborhoods. [Piute’s 22% walkers dropped only slightly from 2013–2015 to 2021, when 17% still reported walking to school.] A concern for the 5th Street corridor schools (including El Dorado Elementary, Linda Verde Dual Language, Joshua Elementary, and Piute Middle School) is that they fall into a higher-crime area, presenting challenges to active transportation initiatives.

Neither Ms. Eutsler nor Ms. Sampson was aware of the curriculum components that had been added. They were certain that the teachers were similarly unaware of the resources. They
thought the lessons were
practical and could be
useful for independent study
activities as well. The District
committed to providing links
to the SEE AND BE SEEN
activities to the Curriculum
and Instruction Department
and posting it on the teacher
resources website.
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Parent Surveys and SRTS
Interactive Map Input
Piute Middle School
Avenue H-11 between Foxton Avenue & 5th Street East
• Students crossing street outside marked crosswalks.
• Parents park along Avenue H-11 during pickup and drop-off periods instead of using designated location.

Avenue H-8 east of School
• Suggestion to install a multipurpose path to provide pedestrian and bike access to Piute Middle from points east.
5th Street East north of Avenue H-11
• Congestion during dismissal period.

Avenue H-11 & Foxton Avenue – parking lot on School grounds • Lack of capacity dissuades parents from using.

Avenue I Frontage Roads between
10th Street East & 20th Street East
• The frontage roads could provide an alternative bike route to Avenue I, though there is a gap at this location.
• Curbs and lack of pavement prevent easy cycling from one frontage road to the other.

Avenue H-8 & Sierra Hwy
• Request for a pedestrian/bike overpass over Sierra Highway and the railroad tracks to support suggested bike infrastructure connecting Piute Middle School to points west.

Avenue H-8 & 10th Street West
• Request for intersection upgrades in the form of traffic calming measures, a traffic circle, or signalization, to support suggested bike infrastructure connecting Piute Middle School to points west.

Avenue H-8 & 20th Street West
• Request for intersection upgrades in the form of traffic calming measures, a traffic circle, or signalization, to support suggested bike infrastructure connecting Piute Middle School to points west.

EXISTING CONDITIONS
Stakeholder and Community Input
Piute Middle School
Virtual Walk Audit
Walk audits are used across the nation and were employed here to help the project team understand existing conditions, walking and bicycling patterns, locations of crossing guards, conflicts with traffic, concerns about sidewalks, crosswalks, bicycle facilities, signals, lighting, and social and environmental factors. The Piute Middle School virtual walk audit was held on October 8, 2021, via web conference.

Kim Porter, the new Principal of Piute Middle School represented the school; Candice Vander Hyde and Matt Simons represented the City. With everyone able to view the SRTS Interactive Map, participants were able to quickly discuss general topics and concerns and identify specific problems. With everyone able to view the SRTS Interactive Map, participants were able to quickly discuss general topics and concerns and identify specific problems. Walk audit comments in addition to those included previously in the SRTS Interactive Map Input section, are summarized below:
• Dismissal is the biggest concern—all students exit via the east gate, the walkers travel north on 5th Street East and then veer off. • The entrance is on Avenue H-11, but with 700 students, it's difficult. Kids are on corners, horns are honking. We're short-staffed. It's just 5–10 minutes of chaos!
• The school is considering opening an exit gate on Foxton Avenue for parents who drive and then walkers on the east side.
• Students also ride bikes, skateboard on the street, in and out of traffic, primarily on the east side.
• Our crossing guard is posted at the southeast corner of the school, 5th Street East and Avenue H -11.
• There is a little bullying problem, east on Avenue H -11. We hear from other kids where they're going.
• We have one resource deputy, but his presence isn't something we can count on every day.

Lancaster Safe Routes to School "Refresh" Feedback Map
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The City will partner with School
Districts and funders to expand
SEE AND BE SEEN's offerings,
and ensure educators and the general
public can easily access and use its
features. Driver education to improve
the safety of motorists and nonmotorists is included.
• Bike rodeos and clinics
• Pedestrian skills and safety rodeos
• SEE & BE SEEN lesson plans
Programmed and funded events,
public recognition, themed activities,
posters and signage will support
current walkers and rollers, and inspire
others to join them. School-focused
and community-wide events will be
identified and scheduled.
• Promote SRTS Calendar —
Walk & Roll events and challenges
• Walking school bus in nice
weather
Appropriate enforcement strategies
ensure that motorists, bicyclists and
pedestrians obey the rules of the road
near schools, improving safety while
encouraging active transportation.

SRTS PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS
The Other 'E's
With City and School District programmatic
support, the principal can set the tone to
encourage and increase students who
walk or bike to school.

See SRTS Master Plan Introduction:

Menu of Best People Strategies
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PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations
Foxton Avenue
and Avenue H-11
Existing
• Uncontrolled Intersection.
• Yellow transverse crosswalks on north and east legs.
• Out-of-compliance School Xing sign on approach to east leg crosswalk and southbound approach to north leg crosswalk. • Lacking “SLOW SCHOOL XING” pavement markings on
north and south approaches.

Potential Improvements
• Add curb extensions to northeast and southeast corners. • Add ADA-compliant truncated dome curb ramps to each corner. • Add yellow continental crosswalks to north and east legs. • Investigate adding stop sign at westbound approach.
• Add advance yield lines to north and south approaches. • Add “SLOW SCHOOL XING” pavement markings
approaching north leg crosswalk.
• Add signs approaching school crosswalk(s) per CA MUTCD guidelines, as shown.
9 --Recommendations--
Piute Middle

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
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PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations
Gingham Avenue
and Avenue H-11
Existing
• Uncontrolled Intersection.
• Yellow transverse crosswalks on south and west legs.
• Out-of-compliance School Xing signage on all approaches.

Potential Improvements
• Add curb extensions southwest corner.
• Add ADA-compliant truncated dome curb ramps
to each corner.
• Add yellow continental crosswalks to south and west legs. • Investigate adding stop sign at northbound approach.
• Add advance yield lines to west leg crosswalk approaches. • Refresh “SLOW SCHOOL XING” pavement markings
approaching west leg crosswalk.
• Add signs approaching school crosswalk(s) per CA MUTCD guidelines, as shown.
10 --Recommendations--
Piute Middle

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
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PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations
3rd Street East
and Avenue H-13
Existing
• TWSC Intersection.
• Stop-controlled at Avenue H-13.
• No marked crosswalks.
• ADA-compliant truncated dome curb ramps for crossings at east and south legs of intersection.

Potential Improvements
• Add white continental crosswalks to east and south legs. • Add advance stop line to east leg approach.
• Add advance yield lines upstream from south leg crosswalk. • Add signs approaching crosswalk(s) per CA
MUTCD guidelines, as shown.
11 --Recommendations--
Piute Middle

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
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Piute Middle School
425 E Avenue H-11 | Lancaster School District
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PROJECT & PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
Strategy Packages
Summary of Engineering
Strategies, by Type
Crossing Improvements
•Foxton Avenue & Avenue H-11: Pavement markings & signage; curb extensions/ramps •Gingham Avenue & Avenue H-11: Pavement markings & signage; curb extensions/ramps •3rd Street East & Avenue H-13: Pavement markings & signage Bikeway
•Avenue I between 5th Street East & Challenger Way: Lane reductions & Class II buffered bike lanes Sidewalks
•Raysack Avenue between Avenue H-11 & 4th Street East (west side) •Gingham Avenue between Avenue H-11 & 4th Street East (east side) •Avenue I between Cabree Court & existing sidewalk (south side) •4th Street East between Avenue H-11 & Avenue H-14 (both sides) Traffic Calming
•5th Street East between Avenue H-8 & Avenue I: Speed feedback signs •Foxton Avenue between Avenue H-8 & east of 3rd Street East: Speed humps •Gingham Avenue between Avenue H-11 & 4th Street East: Speed humps 15 SAFE
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INTRODUCTION
School Facts
Home of the
Roadrunners!
Be Safe, Be Respectful,
Be Responsible!
At Sierra, we believe in family. Our goal is provide a welcoming environment in which our families feel encouraged to collaborate alongside us, working together to help ensure their students’ success.

Sierra has outstanding educators who come to work each
day determined to see our students reach their potential. We are committed to providing students with relevant, engaging, standards-based instruction on a daily basis. We believe that ALL students have the potential to learn and that it is our responsibility to provide each and every student with the unique support and encouragement needed to achieve success.

Our goal is to provide a physical environment that overcomes obstacles to learning. We strive to provide our students with a safe, clean, and orderly campus with inviting classrooms How are Sierra students getting to school?

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92.3% of students eligible for free
or reduced-price meals (FRPM)
designed to facilitate 21st Century learning. Students are orchestrated in ways that promote communication and
collaboration. Our technology, resources, and curriculum are carefully selected to ensure that we're preparing students for college and career. Our procedures, policies, and practices are designed with student’s safety and security as the number one priority.

Education is one of life’s greatest journeys. We are blessed with immense joy each time we help students to discover the endless opportunities that await them.
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Lancaster School District
Sierra
Elementary
School
747 W Avenue J-12
SUMMER 2022
Types of Crashes:  Bicycle  Pedestrian
Crash Severity:  Fatal  Severe Injury  Other Visible Injury  Complaint of Pain Years: 2015 - 2019
Summary Statistics
Radius Fatal Severe Injury Visible Injury Complaint of Pain Pedestrian Bicycle Total Sierra Elementary
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EXISTING CONDITIONS
Pedestrian and Bicycle Crashes near Sierra
TIMS, 2015–2019
Fatal

CRASH SEVERITY
Severe Injury
Other Visible Injury
Complaint of Pain

TYPES OF CRASHES
Pedestrian
Bicycle
YEARS 2015–2019
Interactive Map data
summaries of bicycle
and/or pedestrian
crashes around school
(1/4 and 1/2 mile)
Radius Fatal Severe
Injury
Visible
Injury
Complaint
of Pain Pedestrian Bicycle Total
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MASTER PLAN
Sierra Elementary School
747 W Avenue J-12 | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

SAFE ROUTES

TO SCHOOL
6 EXISTING CONDITIONS
Stakeholder and Community Input
Engagement Portals
The City of Lancaster met the challenge of eliciting meaningful community input during a pandemic by calling on long-standing relationships between City staff and the schools, as well as professional connections with communitybased organizations. The Project Team also utilized proven virtual engagement strategies, in concert with the City’s social network apparatus, electronic newsletters, and flyers, to spark interest in the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Interactive Map housed on the City’s website, along with community and parent surveys. These materials and links were provided to the project’s Stakeholder Advisory Team which included Lancaster’s four school districts. The major schoolspecific engagement activities are described below.

Lancaster School District
One-on-One Interview
In order to gain insight into conditions affecting local School Districts, and to support the development of an effective SRTS Master Plan update, the City of Lancaster and its consultant team conducted a series of one-on-one interviews with the SRTS Stakeholder Advisory Team. These interviews were focused on the school districts but included other stakeholders as well. Key points from the interview with Lancaster School District are presented here.

School District staff believed that Sierra Elementary had been a school with a relatively high walking population. [Student tallies from 2013–2015 showed 14% of students walking and 1% biking; in Fall 2021 walking had declined to 9%.]

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Sierra Elementary School
747 W Avenue J-12 | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

SAFE ROUTES

TO SCHOOL
7 Parent Surveys and SRTS
Interactive Map Input
Sierra Elementary School
Heaton Avenue north of Avenue J-10
•Lack of dedicated bike facilities.

Avenue J-12 & Heaton Avenue
•Lack of shade/trees where teachers wait with students during pickup and drop-off periods.

Avenue J-12 between Heaton Avenue & Gadsden Avenue
•Lack of shade/trees where teachers wait with students during pickup and drop-off periods.
•Students crossing the street outside of marked crosswalks. •Congestion and delays caused by the length of time needed to check students in due to COVID-19 protocols.
•Vehicles speeding.
•Vehicles disobeying stop signs.

Heaton Avenue north of Avenue J-12
•Students crossing the street outside of marked crosswalks. •Conflict between parents and special needs bus loading zone during pickup and drop-off periods.

Avenue K & Gadsden Avenue
•Vehicles speeding.
•Vehicles running red lights or accelerating to make yellow lights.

Heaton Avenue & Avenue J-10
•Vehicles speeding.
•Vehicles disobeying stop signs.

SURVEY RESPONSES
One Sierra Elementary School parent responded to the survey, noting that their student took the family car to make the trip to/ from school. This student lived between one and two miles from the school, and the parent felt the journey was somewhat unsafe.

EXISTING CONDITIONS
Stakeholder and Community Input
Sierra Elementary
Virtual Walk Audit
Walk audits are used across the nation and were employed here to help the project team understand existing conditions, walking and bicycling patterns, locations of crossing guards, conflicts with traffic, concerns about sidewalks, crosswalks, bicycle facilities, signals, lighting, and social and environmental factors. The Sierra Elementary School virtual walk audit was held on October 7, 2021, via web conference.

Campus Supervisor LaTanya Coleman represented the school; Candice Vander Hyde and Matt Simons represented the City. With everyone able to view the SRTS Interactive Map, participants were able to quickly discuss general topics and concerns and identify specific problems. Walk audit comments in addition to those summarized in the SRTS Interactive Map Input section, prior, are summarized below:
• There are crossings guards on Avenue K and at the corner of Avenue J-8 and Heaton Avenue. There are not a lot of students crossing at that location.
• There used to be more walkers. Currently, there’s just one bicyclist, and she rides with her mother, coming from the north down Heaton Avenue.
• The crossing guard/campus supervisors are all about kindness, getting to know the parents, establishing relationships, and expressing our care about their kids’ safety. It’s also good to have the teachers communicate with the parents.

Sierra Elementary School
747 W Avenue J-12 | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

SAFE ROUTES

TO SCHOOL
8 EXISTING CONDITIONS
Suggested Routes,
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and School Access
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Sierra Elementary School
747 W Avenue J-12 | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

SAFE ROUTES

TO SCHOOL
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Sierra Elementary School
747 W Avenue J-12 | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

SAFE ROUTES

SRTS PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS
The Other 'E's
With City and School District programmatic
support, the principal can set the tone to
encourage and increase students who
walk or bike to school.

See SRTS Master Plan Introduction:

Menu of Best People Strategies

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Sierra Elementary School
747 W Avenue J-12 | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

SAFE ROUTES

TO SCHOOL
11 PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
Sierra Elementary School
1 --Recommendations--
Heaton Avenue and
Avenue J-8
Existing
• Offset intersection.
• Stop control on southbound Heaton Avenue (north leg). • Northbound Heaton Avenue and Avenue J-8
approaches are uncontrolled.
• Yellow continental crosswalks on west and north legs. • Pedestrian flashing beacon with Assembly D signs.
• Curb extension at west leg.

Potential Improvements
• Refresh continental crosswalks, advanced yield lines, “STOP” pavement marking, and advanced stop line.
• Investigate adding stop control to northbound
Heaton Avenue approach.

Sierra Elementary School
747 W Avenue J-12 | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

SAFE ROUTES

TO SCHOOL
12 PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
Sierra Elementary School
2 --Recommendations--
Gadsden Avenue
and Avenue J-10
Existing
• All-way stop control.
• All stop signs have LED lights.
• Yellow continental crosswalks on all legs.
• Advanced stop lines on all legs.
• Curb extensions at northwest, southwest and
southeast corners.

Potential Improvements
• Refresh continental crosswalks, advanced stop lines,
and “STOP” pavement markings.

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Sierra Elementary School
747 W Avenue J-12 | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

SAFE ROUTES

TO SCHOOL
13 PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
Sierra Elementary School
3 --Recommendations--
Gadsden Avenue
and Avenue J-12
Existing
• All-way stop control.
• All stop signs have LED lights.
• Yellow continental crosswalks on all legs.
• Advanced stop lines on all legs.
• Curb extensions at northwest, southwest and southeast corners.

Potential Improvements
• Refresh continental crosswalks, advanced stop lines,
and “STOP” pavement markings.

Sierra Elementary School
747 W Avenue J-12 | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

SAFE ROUTES

TO SCHOOL
14 PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
Sierra Elementary School
4 --Recommendations--
Heaton Avenue
and Avenue J-12
Existing
• T-intersection.
• All-way stop control.
• All stop signs have LED lights.
• Yellow continental crosswalks on all legs.
• Advanced stop lines on all legs.
• Curb extensions on all corners of the intersection.

Potential Improvements
• Refresh continental crosswalks, advanced stop lines,
and “STOP” pavement markings.

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Sierra Elementary School
747 W Avenue J-12 | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

SAFE ROUTES

TO SCHOOL
15 PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
Sierra Elementary School
5 --Recommendations--
Gadsden Avenue
and Avenue K
Existing
• Signalized intersection.
• Yellow continental crosswalks on all legs.
• Protected left-turn signals phasing along Avenue K.
• Advanced stop lines on all legs.

Potential Improvements
• Refresh continental crosswalks and advanced stop lines. • Add a leading pedestrian interval to cross all legs.
• Add accessible pedestrian signal (APS) push buttons
to cross all legs.

Sierra Elementary School
747 W Avenue J-12 | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

SAFE ROUTES

TO SCHOOL
16 PROJECT & PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
Strategy Packages
Summary of Engineering
Strategies, by Type
Crossing Improvements
•Heaton Avenue & Avenue J-8: Pavement markings
•Gadsden Avenue & Avenue J-10: Pavement markings
•Gadsden Avenue & Avenue J-12: Pavement markings
•Heaton Avenue & Avenue J-12: Pavement markings
•Gadsden Avenue & Avenue K: Pavement markings; APS push buttons and leading pedestrian intervals Bikeways
•Avenue K between Sierra Highway & Gadsden Avenue: Lane reductions & Class II buffered bike lanes •Avenue J-8 between Heaton Avenue & 10th Street West: Class III bike route •Heaton Avenue between Avenue J-8 & Avenue J-10: Class III bike route •Avenue J-10 between Gadsden Avenue & Heaton Avenue: Class III bike route •Gadsden Avenue between Avenue J-10 & Avenue K: Class III bike route Sidewalks
•Avenue J-10 between Beech Avenue & Cedar Avenue (north side) •Avenue J-12 between Fig Avenue & Gadsden Avenue (north side) •Beech Avenue between Avenue J-4 & Avenue J-10 (east side) •Heaton Avenue between Avenue J-4 & Avenue J-8 (west side) •Gadsden Avenue between Avenue J-12 & Poston Street (west side) Traffic Calming
•Heaton Avenue between Avenue J-8 & Avenue J-12: Speed humps •Gadsden Avenue between Avenue J-10 & Avenue K: Speed humps

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Sunnydale Elementary School
1233 W Avenue J-8 | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022
SAFE
ROUTES
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SCHOOL
SAFE
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SCHOOL
Lancaster School District
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1233 W Avenue J-8
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INTRODUCTION
Location Map
Westside Union
School District
Lancaster
School District
Eastside Union
School District
Sunnydale
Elementary
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SAFE
ROUTES
TO
SCHOOL
Lancaster School District
Sunnydale
Elementary
School
1233 W Avenue J-8
SUMMER 2022

INTRODUCTION
School Enrollment Area
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MASTER PLAN
SAFE
ROUTES
TO
SCHOOL
Lancaster School District
Sunnydale
Elementary
School
1233 W Avenue J-8
SUMMER 2022

INTRODUCTION
School Facts
Skyhawks believe
we can achieve
ANYTHING!
Sunnydale has a reputation for being a place where children, families, and teachers fall in love with school every day.

Sunnydale staff are dedicated, and Sunnydale families
are involved and supportive. We continue to learn from our challenges and rise as a community, stronger, bolder, and better than ever.

Vision
We empower each child to discover the excitement of life.

Mission
We are a community dedicated to education and meeting the needs of every child.

How are Sunnydale students getting to school?

YEAR STUDENT TALLIES

COLLECTED
# OF

TALLIES
# OF

STUDENTS

SURVEYED

WALK BIKE SCHOOL
BUS
FAMILY

VEHICLE CARPOOL TRANSIT OTHER
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Palmdale Regional Airport
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91.8% of students eligible for free
or reduced-price meals (FRPM)
Sunnydale continues to be
dedicated to expanding
AVID. Here, students learn
to think critically. They learn
self-advocating skills. They
learn study skills that lead to
continued success. With AVID, there is an emphasis on goal setting to show students how to make dreams come true. All Sunnydale teachers have either been trained in AVID or are scheduled to be trained in AVID. This is because AVID strategies have proven to be effective in closing opportunity gaps for students after high school, which is right in line with Team Sunnydale’s beliefs and vision: Inspire all students to achieve their greatest potential in Education.
4 SAFE
ROUTES
TO
SCHOOL
Lancaster School District
Sunnydale
Elementary
School
1233 W Avenue J-8
SUMMER 2022
Types of Crashes:  Bicycle  Pedestrian
Crash Severity:  Fatal  Severe Injury  Other Visible Injury  Complaint of Pain Years: 2015 - 2019
Summary Statistics
Radius Fatal Severe Injury Visible Injury Complaint of Pain Pedestrian Bicycle Total Sunnydale Elementary
1233 West Avenue J-8 | Lancaster | Los Angeles County | CDS: 19646676014765 Repor Map data ©2022 t a map error

EXISTING CONDITIONS
Pedestrian and Bicycle Crashes near Sunnydale
TIMS, 2015–2019
Fatal

CRASH SEVERITY
Severe Injury
Other Visible Injury
Complaint of Pain

TYPES OF CRASHES
Pedestrian
Bicycle
YEARS 2015–2019
Interactive Map data
summaries of bicycle
and/or pedestrian
crashes around school
(1/4 and 1/2 mile)
Radius Fatal Severe
Injury
Visible
Injury
Complaint
of Pain Pedestrian Bicycle Total
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MASTER PLAN
Sunnydale Elementary School
1233 W Avenue J-8 | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

SAFE ROUTES

School District staff believed that Sunnydale Elementary had been a school with a relatively high walking population. [Student tallies from 2013–2015 showed 15% of students walking and 1% biking; in Fall 2021 walking had declined to 8% and bicycling had declined to under 1%. Conversely, students taking the family vehicle to/from school had increased from 59% to 78% over the same period.]

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Sunnydale Elementary School
1233 W Avenue J-8 | Lancaster School District
SUMMER 2022

SAFE ROUTES

TO SCHOOL
7 Parent Surveys and SRTS
Interactive Map Input
Sunnydale Elementary School
13th Street West between Avenue J-5 & Avenue J-8
• Parents double parking across the street from the school, blocking traffic. • Parents pull around parked vehicles and into oncoming traffic. • Students crossing the street outside of marked crosswalks. 13th Street West between Avenue J-5 & Avenue J-8; Avenue J-5 between 13th Street West & 12th Street West
• Suggestion from school staff to designate these streets as one-way roadways with dismissal in the rear of school grounds.

SURVEY RESPONSES
Four Sunnydale Elementary School parents responded to the survey, noting that their student took the family car to make the trip to/from school, although three lived within ¼ mile from the school, and the fourth lived within ½ mile of the school. Parents indicated they felt the journey to school was somewhat unsafe, and that it would help if adults walked or biked alongside students, or if there were continuous sidewalks or safer intersections and crossings.

What good memories of walking or biking to school
would you like your child to enjoy as well?
"My neighborhood at that time was safe and I could go to school biking or walking without any adult supervision."
"Getting to know people in the neighborhood and creating connections. Walking with my parent and talking to them. " What other projects or programs would you like to see?
"Drop our kids off at school at different gates like now but adding a drive-thru option to be faster."
"Perhaps a dedicated parking area—there is so much extra land near the school, if all cars had a specific route for pick up and drop off could ease traffic or make a park there with plenty of green space and parking. Could make Avenue J easier to navigate at certain times of the day."

EXISTING CONDITIONS
Stakeholder and Community Input
Sunnydale Elementary
Virtual Walk Audit
Walk audits are used across the nation and were employed here to help the project team understand existing conditions, walking and bicycling patterns, locations of crossing guards, conflicts with traffic, concerns about sidewalks, crosswalks, bicycle facilities, signals, lighting, and social and environmental factors. The Sunnydale Elementary School virtual walk audit was held on October 15, 2021, via web conference.

Campus Supervisor Robin Nelson represented the school; the consultant team represented the City. With everyone able to view the SRTS Interactive Map, participants were able to quickly discuss general topics and concerns and identify specific problems. Walk audit comments in addition to those included previously in the SRTS Interactive Map Input section, are summarized below:
• A bike lane has been put in and updated, and the crosswalk by the kindergarten gate on 12th Street West was installed. This has been especially helpful. There’s no crossing guard, but the supervision aide at the kinder gate looks over and keeps watch on the crosswalk as much as possible.
• A concern is that kids are exiting out the back gate, on 13th Street West and around the corner, and there would be an ideal place to designate a one-way street. [Note that this area abuts the Lancaster Health District, and circulation plans are being developed.]
• Walkers generally travel in a group with adults. The walkers that arrive without adults are within view of the crossing guard, as their homes are just across the street.
• Before COVID, there were about 5 bicyclists; in Fall 2021, none have been observed. The school still has some bike racks, but they’re not being used. • There is a lot of speeding on 13th Street West. The school has one deputy, and they’d like to see them at least once a week. There’s an officer that comes through on the motorcycle in the mornings, but we need them in the afternoon—especially on Avenue J-5.
• Parents park in the dirt along 13th Street West and Avenue J-5. • The path on 12th Street West, which is the major route, is pretty good in terms of safety. Some kids cross the vacant lot to the west, but parents typically accompany them. Kids have to cross the street to connect to the path on Avenue J-8.

Sunnydale Elementary School
1233 W Avenue J-8 | Lancaster School District
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Sunnydale Elementary School
1233 W Avenue J-8 | Lancaster School District
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Sunnydale Elementary School
1233 W Avenue J-8 | Lancaster School District
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SRTS PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS
The Other 'E's
With City and School District programmatic
support, the principal can set the tone to
encourage and increase students who
walk or bike to school.

See SRTS Master Plan Introduction:

Menu of Best People Strategies

VIEW SRTS MASTER PLAN
Sunnydale Elementary School
1233 W Avenue J-8 | Lancaster School District
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11 PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
Avenue J-8 and
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Sunnydale Elementary
1 --Recommendations--
Existing
• All-way stop control.
• Yellow continental crosswalks on the north, south and west legs. • Advanced stop line to the north, south and west legs. • Crossing guard.

Potential Improvements
• Add curb extensions with ADA curb ramps to west leg crosswalk. • Add yellow continental crosswalk to the east leg.
• Add advanced stop line to the east leg.
• Refresh yellow continental crosswalks on the north,
south and west legs.

Sunnydale Elementary School
1233 W Avenue J-8 | Lancaster School District
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12 PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
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POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
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• T – intersection.
• Stop control on Avenue J-7
• Curb extension on the south leg.
• Yellow continental crosswalks on south and east legs. • Advanced yield lines on both approaches to the
south leg crosswalk.
• Advanced stop line to the east leg.

Potential Improvements
• Refresh yellow continental crosswalks on the south
and east legs.
• Refresh advanced yield lines on both approaches to the south leg crosswalk.
• Refresh advanced stop line on the east leg.

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Sunnydale Elementary School
1233 W Avenue J-8 | Lancaster School District
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13 PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
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• TWSC intersection.
• Stop control on Avenue J-5.
• Curb extensions on the south leg.
• Yellow continental crosswalks on south and east legs. • Advanced yield lines on both approaches
to the south leg crosswalk.
• Advanced stop line on east leg.

Potential Improvements
• Refresh crosswalk striping to the south and east legs. • Refresh advanced yield lines to both approaches
to the south leg crosswalk.
• Refresh advanced stop line to the east leg.

Sunnydale Elementary School
1233 W Avenue J-8 | Lancaster School District
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14 PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
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4 --Recommendations--
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Existing
• T – intersection.
• Stop control on 3rd Street West.
• Yellow continental crosswalk on the north leg.
• Advanced stop line on the north leg.

Potential Improvements
• Install a new ADA curb ramp with truncated domes
in conjunction with sidewalk installation along the west curb of 13th Street West and north of Avenue J-8.
• Refresh advanced stop line to the north leg.
• Refresh continental crosswalk striping to the north leg.

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Sunnydale Elementary School
1233 W Avenue J-8 | Lancaster School District
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Summary of Engineering
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Crossing Improvements
•Avenue J-8 & 12th Street West: Pavement markings; curb extensions/ramps •Avenue J-7 & 12th Street West: Pavement markings
•Avenue J-5 & 12th Street West: Pavement markings
•Avenue J-8 & 13th Street West: Pavement markings; curb ramp Bikeways
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West Wind
Computer Science Magnet School
44044 36th Street West | Lancaster School District
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School Enrollment Area
18 West Wind Computer Science Magnet School Enrollment Area 3 VIEW SRTS

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West Wind
Computer
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Magnet School
44044 36th Street West
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INTRODUCTION
School Facts
Home of the
Wildcats!
West Wind Elementary School is committed to educational excellence, empowering all young people to reach their full potential. Our school, in partnership with the community, will prepare students for the future as responsible citizens and lifelong learners.

Charting Our Course
West Wind Programs:

AVID Advancement Via
Individual Determination
Regardless of their life
circumstances, AVID students
overcome obstacles and
achieve success. They graduate
and attend college at higher
rates, but more importantly,
they can think critically, collaborative, and set high expectations to confidently conquer the challenges that await them.

How are West Wind students getting to school?

YEAR STUDENT TALLIES

COLLECTED
# OF

TALLIES
# OF

STUDENTS

SURVEYED

WALK BIKE SCHOOL
BUS
FAMILY

VEHICLE CARPOOL TRANSIT OTHER
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Gifted and Talented Education (GATE)
Education is provided for all identified students beginning in fourth grade. The GATE program is delivered by specially trained classroom teachers at all elementary schools in the district.

GATE Program Goals—Students will:

1. Become critical thinkers and problem solvers.

2. Use increasingly complex levels of thinking and production.

3. Accept greater responsibility for their own learning.

4. Develop civic responsibility and an open-minded
perspective towards a universal citizenship.
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Types of Crashes:  Bicycle  Pedestrian
Crash Severity:  Fatal  Severe Injury  Other Visible Injury  Complaint of Pain Years: 2015 - 2019
Summary Statistics
Radius Fatal Severe Injury Visible Injury Complaint of Pain Pedestrian Bicycle Total West Wnd Elementary
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EXISTING CONDITIONS
Pedestrian and Bicycle Crashes near West Wind
TIMS, 2015–2019
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CRASH SEVERITY
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West Wind Computer Science Magnet School
44044 36th Street West | Lancaster School District
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44044 36th Street West | Lancaster School District
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7 Parent Surveys and SRTS
Interactive Map Input
West Wind Elementary School
Avenue J-6 & School Driveway
• Driveway is signed as right turn-only for exiting vehicles. Without enforcement, parents disobey signage, causing congestion. 36th Street West & Avenue J-8
• Vehicles on 35th Street West queue onto Avenue J-8, causing congestion.

SURVEY RESPONSES
Of the 12 West Wind Elementary School parents who responded to the survey, only 1 of their children walked to school, with the other 11 of them being dropped off and picked up via the family car. Notably, five lived within ¼ mile from the school, and another three lived within ½ mile of the school. Seven of the parents indicated they felt the journey to school was somewhat unsafe, and two others felt it was very unsafe. Getting traffic to slow down, and that it would help if adults walked or biked alongside students, or if there were continuous sidewalks or safer intersections and crossings.

What good memories of walking or biking to school
would you like your child to enjoy as well?
"Going home with friends and bonding with them on the way." "Meeting with friends that you don't often get to see during school time due to different lunches and or recess periods."
"Walking to school and back home with neighbors of mine made things much more enjoyable."
"I had horrible and traumatic experiences walking to and from school starting at a young age with no adult supervision." "It will help them to make friends outside school so they can ride with those new friends to school."
What other projects or programs would you like to see?
"A traffic aide on Avenue J-8 and 40th Street West (which does not have a stoplight or crosswalk) will be of GREAT HELP."
"The speed limit on Avenue J-8 needs to be 25 mph."
"Actual sidewalks on both sides of the street. (Near the desert area, it's very unsafe for pedestrians to walk along.) This is seen on busy streets, for example, Avenue J and 45th Street West."
"To improve the safety with the traffic because people drive like no one else is around them. Also, to support some activities using their bikes or scooter."
"We need more parent volunteers to assist with such matters. Adult supervision is a must for me to consider my son walking to school on his own at such a young age."

EXISTING CONDITIONS
Stakeholder and Community Input
West Wind Elementary
Virtual Walk Audit
Walk audits are used across the nation and were employed here to help the project team understand existing conditions, walking and bicycling patterns, locations of crossing guards, conflicts with traffic, concerns about sidewalks, crosswalks, bicycle facilities, signals, lighting, and social and environmental factors. The Westwind Elementary School virtual walk audit was held on October 14, 2021, via web conference.

Campus Supervisor Jackie Duggins represented the school; Candice Vander Hyde and Matt Simons represented the City. With everyone able to view the SRTS Interactive Map, participants were able to quickly discuss general topics and concerns and identify specific problems. Walk audit comments in addition to those included previously in the SRTS Interactive Map Input section, are summarized below:
• Right now (Fall 2021) it’s difficult because we’re short-staffed. Some of our crosswalks aren’t staffed. We’re supposed to have crossing guards on 35th Street West and Avenue J-6, right across from the apartment complex, another in front of the school, and at 40th Street West and Avenue J-8. It’s not a funding issue, it’s a staffing issue. • Where the City has placed blinking lights–they should be in the middle, not on the side. If you’re not paying attention, you can’t see the lights because trees are blocking them.
• There’s a lot of frustration in the parking lot. We had to put up a "right-turnonly” sign out of the exit because if people try to turn left, it causes a lot of congestion. But if there’s no school staff present, people don’t obey the sign. • There’s not a high percentage of biking or walking—maybe 5%? Walkers are coming from a nearby apartment complex. [Student tallies show that there were 11% walking and 2% biking in 2013–2015. This had declined to 7% walking and 1% biking in Fall 2021.]
• Parents are skittish about what they hear on the news—COVID and crime.

But there aren’t really issues with criminal activity near this school.

West Wind Computer Science Magnet School
44044 36th Street West | Lancaster School District
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West Wind Computer Science Magnet School
44044 36th Street West | Lancaster School District
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West Wind Computer Science Magnet School
Potential Improvements
West Wind Computer Science Magnet School
44044 36th Street West | Lancaster School District
SPRING 2022

SAFE ROUTES

SRTS PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS
The Other 'E's
With City and School District programmatic
support, the principal can set the tone to
encourage and increase students who
walk or bike to school.

See SRTS Master Plan Introduction:

Menu of Best People Strategies

VIEW SRTS MASTER PLAN
West Wind Computer Science Magnet School
44044 36th Street West | Lancaster School District
SPRING 2022

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Recommendations

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West Wind Elementary
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Avenue J-8 and
36th Street West
Existing
• T-intersection.
• Stop control on 36th Street West.
• Yellow transverse-line crosswalk on the north leg.

Potential Improvements
• Add curb extensions with ADA curb ramps at north leg crosswalk. • Add advanced stop line to the north leg.
• Add yellow continental crosswalk to the north leg.
• Add painted 45-degree diagonal crosshatch markings to the median on the east leg.

West Wind Computer Science Magnet School
44044 36th Street West | Lancaster School District
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12 PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
West Wind Elementary
2 --Recommendations--
Avenue J-6 and
36th Street West
Existing
• T – intersection.
• Stop control on 36th Street West.
• Yellow transverse-line crosswalks on the east and south legs. • Assembly B signs on the east leg crosswalk.

Potential Improvements
• Investigate installing curb extensions on the northeast, southeast, and southwest corners.
• Add advanced stop line on the south leg.
• Add yellow continental crosswalks on the south and east legs. • Add advanced yield lines to both approaches to the
east leg crosswalk.
• Add signs approaching crosswalk(s) per CA MUTCD guidelines.

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44044 36th Street West | Lancaster School District
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West Wind Elementary
3 --Recommendations--
35th Street West
and Avenue J-5
Existing
• T – intersection.
• Stop control on Avenue J-5.
• No marked crosswalks.

Potential Improvements
• Add curb extensions with ADA curb ramps to west leg crossing. • Add advanced stop line to the west leg.
• Add yellow continental crosswalk to the west leg.

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44044 36th Street West | Lancaster School District
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West Wind Elementary
4 --Recommendations--
35th Street West
and Avenue J-6
Existing
• T – intersection.
• All-way stop control.
• All stop signs have LED lights.
• Yellow transverse-line crosswalk on the north leg.

Potential Improvements
• Add curb extensions with ADA curb ramps to north leg crosswalk. • Add advanced stop line to the north leg.
• Add yellow continental crosswalk to the north leg.

PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations

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44044 36th Street West | Lancaster School District
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15 PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
West Wind Elementary
5 --Recommendations--
Avenue J-8 and
35th Street West
Existing
• All-way stop control.
• All stop signs have LED lights, except the stop sign within travel way on the south leg.
• Yellow transverse-line crosswalks on all legs.
• No sidewalks on the northeast and southwest corners.

Potential Improvements
• Add curb extensions with ADA curb ramps to all corners. • Add yellow continental crosswalk to all legs.
• Investigate replacing all-way stop with roundabout.
• Investigate narrowing intersection width (by reducing number of approach lanes) as part of Lancaster Local Road Safety Plan (LRSP) Project.

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Strategy Packages
Summary of Engineering
Strategies, by Type
Crossing Improvements
•Avenue J-8 & 36th Street West: Pavement markings; curb extensions/ramps •Avenue J-6 & 36th Street West: Pavement markings & signage; curb extensions/ramps •Avenue J-5 & 35th Street West: Pavement markings; curb extensions/ramps •Avenue J-6 & 35th Street West: Pavement markings; curb extensions/ramps •Avenue J-8 & 35th Street West: Pavement markings; curb extensions/ramps Bikeways
•Avenue J between 35th Street West & 40th Street West: Lane reduction & Class II buffered bike lanes
•40th Street West between Avenue J & Avenue J-8: Lane reduction & Class II buffered bike lanes
•Avenue J-8 between 30th Street West & 45th Street West:

Class II bike lane improvements
•35th Street West between Avenue J-6 & Avenue J-8: Class II bike lanes (roadway may require widening)
Multipurpose Path
•Between Avenue J-12 & 35th Street West
Sidewalks
•Avenue J-4 between 36th Street West & 37th Street West (north side) •Avenue J-6 between 35th Street West & existing sidewalk east of 35th Street West (south side) •Avenue J-8 between 35th Street West & existing sidewalk east of 35th Street West (north side) •Avenue J-8 between 35th Street West & 40th Street West (south side) •35th Street West between Avenue J-6 & Avenue J-8 (east side) •35th Street West between Avenue J-8 & Avenue J-12 (west side) •40th Street West between Avenue J-8 & existing sidewalk south of Avenue J-8 (east side) Additional Improvements
•Avenue J-6 at Pedestrian Entrance to School: Red curb paint west of pedestrian entrance (south side)

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Columbia Elementary School
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INTRODUCTION
Location Map
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Columbia
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INTRODUCTION
School Facts
How are Columbia students getting to school?

YEAR STUDENT TALLIES

COLLECTED
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STUDENTS

SURVEYED

WALK BIKE SCHOOL
BUS
FAMILY

VEHICLE CARPOOL TRANSIT OTHER
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88.9% of students eligible for free
or reduced-price meals (FRPM)
Columbia
Astronauts, Reach
for the Stars!
With a vision toward the future and a commitment to excellence, Columbia Elementary School, a dynamic and nurturing institute of learning, strives to provide quality educational experiences.

We work to ensure that all students become responsible citizens who possess the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in an ever-changing, multicultural, interdependent world. We believe that through creating a nurturing and safe environment, students will develop a sense of excitement and positive selfexpectation about learning. 4 SAFE
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Types of Crashes:  Bicycle  Pedestrian
Crash Severity:  Fatal  Severe Injury  Other Visible Injury  Complaint of Pain Years: 2015 - 2019
Summary Statistics
Radius Fatal Severe Injury Visible Injury Complaint of Pain Pedestrian Bicycle Total Columbia Elemetary
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EXISTING CONDITIONS
Pedestrian and Bicycle Crashes near Columbia
TIMS, 2015–2019
Fatal

CRASH SEVERITY
Severe Injury
Other Visible Injury
Complaint of Pain

MASTER PLAN
Columbia Elementary School
2640 E Avenue J-4 | Eastside Union School District
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6 EXISTING CONDITIONS
Stakeholder and Community Input
Engagement Portals
The City of Lancaster met the challenge of eliciting meaningful community input during a pandemic by calling on long-standing relationships between City staff and the schools, as well as professional connections with community-based organizations. The Project Team also utilized proven virtual engagement strategies, in concert with the City’s social network apparatus, electronic newsletters, and flyers, to spark interest in the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Interactive Map housed on the City’s website, along with community and parent surveys. These materials and links were provided to the project’s Stakeholder Advisory Team that included Lancaster’s four School Districts. The major school-specific engagement activities are described below.

August 17, 2021 Interview Summary
Eastside Union School District Interviewees:
•Daryl Bell, Director of Instructional Facilities, Risk Management and Safety •Shanna Robinson, Director Risk Management
Five Eastside Union School District (EUSD) schools were included in the 2022 update, including one school that had not been included in the 2016 plan (Eastside Elementary School.)
The district-level perspective on the potential for active transportation at the five schools included in the SRTS Master Plan update is as follows:
• Mr. Bell noted that Columbia ES and Tierra Bonita ES hold good potential for increased walking, and perhaps some bicycling. Currently, however, there’s a lot of parent drop-offs, making it very chaotic.
• Safety assessments may be most helpful at Tierra Bonita and Columbia elementary schools, because neither has bus routes, as the school enrollment boundary is tight.
• Tierra Bonita has a drop-off issue that the school is looking into right now.

Parents who had been there for a while knew what to do during drop-off, but many were going “here, there, and everywhere.”
• All students at Tierra Bonita could walk, but it’s not the safest environment.

The enrollment area is within a small radius, and kids who are being dropped off could walk or bike. They don’t need to be dropped off by their parents. • Mr. Bell assumed that the reason for the drop-offs might be because the neighborhood isn’t the safest. High levels of crime occur (and are reported) throughout the Antelope Valley and there is a significant transient population near the schools.
• Ms. Robinson suggested parents of the youngest – the six-year-olds – would not be comfortable allowing them to walk alone, but that perhaps “walking school bus” concepts could work in some locations.
• There’s a geographical obstacle to active transportation at a couple of the schools, e.g., Eastside ES—I and 20th Street East to Avenue H and 90th Street East—is approximately 8 miles. The District has students who are living at the end of town, and the elementary school is in an isolated spot, with few homes near it. • Eastside ES can only be accessed via school bus or parent drop-off. Safety here will mean traffic safety. The school is on a two-lane rural road, but people speed in that area. The school is proposing a new parking lot behind the old baseball field. They are moving some portables out to make room for parking.

Have the kids come and do Legos and host community booths. • Parent University—school sites hold these at their own schools and provide activities. Communities can attend events at any school in the District. Activities include a range of community programs, including immunizations for children, College University, and a women’s shelter group is there. • Community center for receiving food—sent out a message to every kid that they were having a food giveaway on Saturday. Christmas donations for jackets, and toys. Food drives—pickup on Wednesday. Lines were wrapped around the schools, especially during the beginning of COVID. Anyone can pick up food—not just parents or district residents. The District partnered with the Antelope Valley Dream Center.

Lingering Impacts of COVID-19
At the time of the interview, Eastside Union School District had been reopened for about a week and was experiencing a challenging start due to COVID-19, which impacted the trip to school in several ways. The district is trying to make the schools very community-centered, though the pandemic has made this difficult.

SEE AND BE SEEN
The City’s SRTS Project Manager, Candice Vander
Hyde, explained that the initial S&BS program
began as a safety awareness program, with safety-themed traffic signal wraps designed by young student artists. That program was expanded through a second grant from the Caltrans Office of Traffic Safety. The original idea had been to develop in-person training, but with COVID-19, this was converted to online STEAM lessons and Physical Education (P.E.), in a distance-friendly format. The P.E. request was from Lancaster School District staff who said it was proving difficult to provide P.E. in a distance format.
"EUSD is working toward a vision where school becomes a touchstone for all kinds of community needs. This is the district-wide vision of Dr. Lightle and Dr. Smith.”

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7 Community rides on the weekends and a
May 2021 scavenger hunt were wellreceived by the community, as was a Walk and Roll Fest at Tierra Bonita Park.

Once distance learning began in 2020,
the City worked to develop and post
instructional materials adapted for that
learning mode on the SEE AND BE SEEN
website. Additionally, teacher instructions
were provided, along with lessons and lab worksheets for various lessons.

Mr. Bell was not familiar with the program. Ms. Robinson was aware of the traffic signal cabinet wraps that had initiated the program. The evolution and effective utilization of S&BS programming is an area for further development, communication, and collaboration between the City and the School District.

Parent Surveys and SRTS
Interactive Map Input
Columbia Elementary School
Vacant Lots west of and south of School
•Lack of connections in street network and bike facilities southwest of school leads to students walking, biking, and driving along unpaved paths through vacant lots to access the school from these neighborhoods. •Vehicles tend to speed along these unpaved paths, putting students walking and biking along the same paths at risk.
•Issues with students encountering homeless individuals, trash and illegally dumped items, and hypodermic needles along unpaved routes through vacant lots.
o There have been past campus cleanup events focused on these lots. •Lots are private property, complicating potential improvements. 27th Street East & Avenue J-10
•Uncontrolled nature of intersection leads to vehicles turning suddenly onto 27th Street East from Avenue J-10 at high speeds without looking for oncoming vehicles.
25th Street East & Avenue K
•Vehicles speed along Avenue K.
•Unsignalized nature of intersection makes it difficult for vehicles to make southbound left turns, leading to congestion along 25th Street East. o Vehicles will instead sometimes make southbound right turns to make U-turns to head east on Avenue K.

Avenue J-8 between 22nd Street East & 25th Street East
•Lack of sidewalks on the north side of the street.
•Narrow and broken sidewalks on the south side of the street will sometimes force students into the street.

Avenue J-4 between 26th Street East & 27th Street East
•Students cross the street outside of marked crosswalks and parents illegally park in front of the school.
o Crossing guard deters parents from encouraging students to cross outside marked crosswalks.
o Traffic safety officers will speak with offenders.
o The City erected a berm to discourage illegal parking, but it still occurs. •Congestion during pickup and drop-off periods causes queuing back to 26th Street East.
•Vehicles and kids on dirt bikes speed along Avenue J-4. •Request from school staff for traffic calming measures (speed humps). •Request from school staff for better signage indicating the school zone.

Avenue J-4 in front of the School
•Issues with illegal dumping and litter in the vacant lot across the street from the school.
•Issues with traffic circulation during pickup and drop-off periods. 26th Street East & Avenue J-4
•Suggestion from school staff to utilize this area for pickup and drop-off for Grade 4–6 students and posting a crossing guard to direct them to school.

Avenue J-8 between 20th Street East & 25th Street East
•Vehicles speed along Avenue J-8.
27th Street East & Avenue J-4
•Vehicles turn too quickly through crosswalks. Parents have disobeyed crossing guard and posted signage.

EXISTING CONDITIONS
Stakeholder and Community Input
Columbia Elementary School
Virtual Walk Audit
Walk audits are used across the nation and were employed here to help the project team understand existing conditions, walking and bicycling patterns, locations of crossing guards, conflicts with traffic, concerns about sidewalks, crosswalks, bicycle facilities, signals, lighting, and social and environmental factors. The Columbia Elementary School virtual walk audit was held on September 30, 2021, via web conference.

Ed Beleno, Principal, and Carolyn Day, Office Manager represented the school; Candice Vander Hyde and Matt Simons represented the City. With everyone able to view the SRTS Interactive Map, participants were able to quickly discuss general topics and concerns and identify specific problems. Note also that In April 2022, a follow-up interview with Mr. Greg Moore, who oversees safety and preparedness at the District. Mr. Moore’s concerns and suggestions have been included in the SRTS Interactive Map Input, above. Walk audit comments in addition to those included previously in the SRTS Interactive Map Input section, are summarized below:
• Kids walk in groups or with siblings. Parents with strollers. • Normally, they’ve had about 20 bicyclists, but now only about 6 are riding.

Most don’t wear bike helmets.
• The school does give out a site map on the first day, to tell parents how to manage drop-off and pick-up. Going forward, they plan to develop a video explaining traffic circulation.
• The amount of illegal dumping in the desert is significant—we’ve had campus cleanup events, and we had to focus on the desert lot. People dump couches, televisions, etc. The City helped out with a roll-up container. • The school is starting Saturday enrichment. We could fold in some active transportation safety education. The school deputy has done safe riding to school events.
• One of the nearby mobile homes—Rancho Mirage—has a community center, and the school has delivered some workshops there.

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2640 E Avenue J-4 | Eastside Union School District
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The Other 'E's
With City and School District programmatic
support, the principal can set the tone to
encourage and increase students who
walk or bike to school.

See SRTS Master Plan Introduction:

Menu of Best People Strategies

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Recommendations

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
Columbia Elementary School
6 --Recommendations--
26th Street East
and Avenue J-4
Existing
• T-intersection.
• All-way stop control.
• Yellow transverse-line crosswalk on the west leg.
• ADA compliant curb ramp in the southwest corner.

Potential Improvements
• Add yellow continental crosswalk on the west leg.
• Add an advanced stop line on the west leg.
• Add “STOP” pavement markings to all legs.
• Add curb extensions with ADA curb ramps to west leg crosswalk. • Refresh stop line striping.

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POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
Columbia Elementary School
7 --Recommendations--
27th Street East
and Avenue J-4
Existing
• T-intersection.
• All-way stop control.
• Yellow transverse-line crosswalks on south and east legs.

Potential Improvements
• Add yellow continental crosswalks to south and east legs. • Add advanced stop lines to south and east legs.
• Add “STOP” pavement markings to all legs.
• Add curb extension with ADA curb ramps to south
and east legs.

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POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
Columbia Elementary School
8 --Recommendations--
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and Avenue J-8
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• T-intersection.
• TWSC intersection.
• Stop control on 27th Street East approaches.
• No marked crosswalks.

Potential Improvements
• Add curb extensions with ADA curb ramps to north and east leg crosswalks.
• Add yellow continental crosswalks to the north and east legs. • Add advanced stop lines to the north and east legs.
• Investigate adding a stop sign to the east leg.

Columbia Elementary School
2640 E Avenue J-4 | Eastside Union School District
SUMMER 2022

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14 PROJECT & PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
Strategy Packages
Summary of Engineering
Strategies, by Type
Crossing Improvements
•26th Street East & Avenue J-4: Pavement markings; curb extension/ramps •27th Street East & Avenue J-4: Pavement markings; curb extensions/ramps •27th Street East & Avenue J-8: Pavement markings & signage; curb extensions/ramps Bikeways
•Avenue J-8 between 22nd Street East & 25th Street East: Class II bike lanes •Avenue J-8 between 27th Street East & 30th Street East: Class II bike lanes •27th Street East between Avenue J-4 & Avenue J-8: Class III bike route Multipurpose Trails
•25th Street East between Avenue J-4 & Avenue J-8
•Avenue J-8 between 25th Street East & 27th Street East Sidewalks
•Avenue J-4 between 25th Street East & 26th Street East (south side) •Avenue J-4 between 26th Street East & 27th Street East (north side) •Avenue J-8 between 22nd Street East & 25th Street East (north side) •27th Street East between Avenue J-6 & Avenue J-8 (west side) Traffic Calming
•27th Street East between Avenue J-4 & Avenue J-8: Speed humps

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Eastside Elementary School
6742 E Avenue H | Eastside Union School District
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Location Map
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School District
Lancaster
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Eastside
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INTRODUCTION
School Facts
Everyone
Contributes, Every
Student Achieves
An education at Eastside Elementary provides a positive and productive environment for all students. Each school year's journey comes with our pledge to you; our students and parents, to provide a year of engaging, meaningful, and rigorous work.

We highly encourage daily attendance as attending school regularly helps children feel better about school and themselves.

Going to school on time, every day is important, as good attendance will help children do well in high school, college and at work. We want and value your involvement and support in your child’s education!
We view parents/guardians as equal partners in providing our children with meaningful educational experiences and encourage you to become active participants in school
programs and classroom activities.

How are Eastside Elementary students getting to school?

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COLLECTED
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TALLIES
# OF

STUDENTS

SURVEYED

WALK BIKE SCHOOL
BUS
FAMILY

VEHICLE CARPOOL TRANSIT OTHER
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Sierra Hwy
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Avenue J
70th St E
40th St E
110th St W
90th St W
45th St W
35th St E
Edwards Air Force Base
Palmdale Regional Airport
General William
J. Fox Airfield
Avenue G
Avenue E
Avenue F
Avenue H
Avenue I
Avenue M
Avenue N
Sierra Hwy
Avenue D
Avenue N-8
Avenue O
30th St W
50th St W
60th St W
Elizabeth Lake Rd
D vi si oi n St
Challenger Way
20th St E
30th St E
40th St E
50th St E 50th St E
60th St E
70th St E 70th St E
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93.5% of students eligible for free
or reduced-price meals (FRPM)
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Types of Crashes:  Bicycle  Pedestrian
Crash Severity:  Fatal  Severe Injury  Other Visible Injury  Complaint of Pain Years: 2015 - 2019
Summary Statistics
Radius Fatal Severe Injury Visible Injury Complaint of Pain Pedestrian Bicycle Total Eastside Elementary
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EXISTING CONDITIONS
Pedestrian and Bicycle Crashes near Eastside
TIMS, 2015–2019
Fatal

CRASH SEVERITY
Severe Injury
Other Visible Injury
Complaint of Pain

MASTER PLAN
Eastside Elementary School
6742 E Avenue H | Eastside Union School District
SUMMER 2022

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6 EXISTING CONDITIONS
Stakeholder and Community Input
Engagement Portals
The City of Lancaster met the challenge of eliciting meaningful community input during a pandemic by calling on long-standing relationships between City staff and the schools, as well as professional connections with community-based organizations. The Project Team also utilized proven virtual engagement strategies, in concert with the City’s social network apparatus, electronic newsletters, and flyers, to spark interest in the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Interactive Map housed on the City’s website, along with community and parent surveys. These materials and links were provided to the project’s Stakeholder Advisory Team that included Lancaster’s four School Districts. The major school-specific engagement activities are described below.

August 17, 2021 Interview Summary
Eastside Union School District Interviewees:
•Daryl Bell, Director of Instructional Facilities, Risk Management and Safety •Shanna Robinson, Director Risk Management
Five Eastside Union School District (EUSD) schools were included in the 2022 update, including one school that had not been included in the 2016 plan (Eastside Elementary School.)
The district-level perspective on the potential for active transportation at the five schools included in the SRTS Master Plan update is as follows:
•Mr. Bell noted that Columbia ES and Tierra Bonita ES hold good potential for increased walking, and perhaps some bicycling. Currently, however, there’s a lot of parent drop-offs, making it very chaotic.
•Safety assessments may be most helpful at Tierra Bonita and Columbia elementary schools, because neither has bus routes, as the school enrollment boundary is tight.
•Tierra Bonita has a drop-off issue that the school is looking into right now.

Parents who had been there for a while knew what to do during drop-off, but many were going “here, there, and everywhere.”
•All students at Tierra Bonita could walk, but it’s not the safest environment.

The District has students who are living at the end of town, and the elementary school is in an isolated spot, with few homes near it.
•Eastside ES can only be accessed via school bus or parent drop-off. Safety here will mean traffic safety. The school is on a two-lane rural road, but people speed in that area. The school is proposing a new parking lot behind the old baseball field. They are moving some portables out to make room for parking.

Have the kids come and do Legos and host community booths. •Parent University—school sites hold these at their own schools and provide activities. Communities can attend events at any school in the District. Activities include a range of community programs, including immunizations for children, College University, and a women’s shelter group is there. •Community center for receiving food—sent out a message to every kid that they were having a food giveaway on Saturday. Christmas donations for jackets, and toys. Food drives—pickup on Wednesday. Lines were wrapped around the schools, especially during the beginning of COVID. Anyone can pick up food— not just parents or district residents. The District partnered with the Antelope Valley Dream Center.

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Eastside Elementary School
6742 E Avenue H | Eastside Union School District
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7 Lingering Impacts of COVID-19
At the time of the interview, Eastside Union School District had been reopened for about a week and was experiencing a challenging start due to COVID-19, which impacted the trip to school in several ways. The district is trying to make the schools very community-centered, though the pandemic has made this difficult.

The original idea had been to develop in-person training, but with COVID-19, this was converted to online STEAM lessons and Physical Education (P.E.), in a distance-friendly format. The P.E. request was from Lancaster School District staff who said it was proving difficult to provide P.E. in a distance format.

Community rides on the weekends and a May 2021 scavenger hunt were wellreceived by the community, as was a Walk and Roll Fest at Tierra Bonita Park. once distance learning began in 2020, the City worked to develop and post instructional materials adapted for that learning mode on the SEE AND BE SEEN website. Additionally, teacher instructions were provided, along with lessons and lab worksheets for various lessons.

Parent Surveys and
SRTS Interactive Map Input
Eastside Elementary School
70th Street East south of Avenue H
• Students crossing the street outside of marked crosswalks to and from parents parked across 70th Street East.
• No sidewalks. Lack of cement results in muddy conditions during inclement weather.
o The school has to divert the pickup and drop-off area to Avenue H.

Avenue H in front of the School
• Parents who park along Avenue H have to back up into oncoming traffic, coming into conflict with speeding vehicles.

Avenue H between 65th Street East & 70th Street East
• No sidewalks. Lack of cement results in muddy conditions during inclement weather.

Avenue H between 65th Street East & 70th Street East
• Vehicles speed on Avenue H.
o Request from school staff for traffic calming measures (speed humps).

Avenue H & 70th Street East
• Vehicles disobey stop signs.
o Request from school staff for LED stop signs.

Avenue H west of 70th Street East
• Lack of pavement in the staff parking lot leads to problems in inclement weather.
• No marked crosswalk for staff to cross Avenue H between the parking lot and school.

Avenue I & 70th Street East
• Hotspot for vehicle collisions—speeding and lack of adherence to stop signs.

There’s a high speed limit (55 mph) on Avenue I.

EXISTING CONDITIONS
Stakeholder and Community Input
Eastside Elementary School
Virtual Walk Audit
Walk audits are used across the nation and were employed here to help the project team understand existing conditions, walking and bicycling patterns, locations of crossing guards, conflicts with traffic, concerns about sidewalks, crosswalks, bicycle facilities, signals, lighting, and social and environmental factors. The Eastside Elementary School virtual walk audit was held on September 30, 2021, via web conference.

Christa Waldvogel, Principal, Alicia Arroyo, Office Manager, and Sandra Garcia, Community Liaison, represented the school; Matt Simons and Rosa Orellana represented the City. With everyone able to view the SRTS Interactive Map, participants were able to quickly discuss general topics and concerns and identify specific problems. Note also that In April 2022, a follow-up interview with Mr. Greg Moore, who oversees safety and preparedness at the District.

Mr. Moore’s concerns and suggestions have been included in the SRTS Interactive Map Input, above. Walk audit comments in addition to those included previously in the SRTS Interactive Map Input section, are summarized below:
• This is a very rural area. Most of our students are bused to the school. [In fact, in 2021, 60% of students arrived by school bus, with the remainder being driven in family vehicles or carpools.]
• The County of Los Angeles would implement any physical projects, even though many of the students attending Eastside Elementary are residents of the City of Lancaster.
• There’s an Academy for the Advancement of Children with Autism to our east, so investments here would help two schools.

Eastside Elementary School
6742 E Avenue H | Eastside Union School District
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Suggested Routes,
Traffic Control,
and School Access
Eastside Elementary School
Traffic Control & School Access
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6742 E Avenue H | Eastside Union School District
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Suggested Routes
and Recommended
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Eastside Elementary School
6742 E Avenue H | Eastside Union School District
SUMMER 2022

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SRTS PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS
The Other 'E's
With City and School District programmatic
support, the principal can set the tone to
encourage and increase students who
walk or bike to school.

See SRTS Master Plan Introduction:

Menu of Best People Strategies

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11 PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
Eastside Elementary
5 --Recommendations--
70th Street East
and Avenue H
Existing
• All-way stop control.
• No curb ramps/sidewalks.

Potential Improvements
• Refresh stop line striping and “STOP” pavement markings. • Intersection improvements on such rural intersections to be addressed as part of Lancaster Local Road Safety Plan (LRSP) Project.

Eastside Elementary School
6742 E Avenue H | Eastside Union School District
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12 PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
Eastside Elementary
6 --Recommendations--
70th Street East
and Avenue I
Existing
• All-way stop control.
• No curb ramps/sidewalks.

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Eastside Elementary School
6742 E Avenue H | Eastside Union School District
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13 PROJECT & PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
Strategy Packages
Summary of Engineering
Strategies, by Type
Crossing Improvements
•70th Street East & Avenue H: Pavement markings
•70th Street East & Avenue I: Pavement Markings
Sidewalks
•Avenue H along school boundary west of 70th Street East (south side) •70th Street East along school boundary south of Avenue H (west side) Traffic Calming
•Avenue H between west of 65th Street East & east of 70th Street East: Speed feedback signs •70th Street East between north of Avenue H & north of Avenue H-8: Speed feedback signs Additional Improvement
•Expand Parking for visitors and staff on the south side of Avenue H on or adjacent to school grounds to minimize illegal and unsafe crossings on Avenue H.

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Enterprise Elementary School
3730 E Avenue J-4 | Eastside Union School District
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INTRODUCTION
Location Map
Westside Union
School District Westside Union
School District
Lancaster
School District
Eastside Union
School District
Enterprise
Elementary
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INTRODUCTION
School Facts
We Are Explorers!
Every Student
Contributes, Every
Student Achieves
At Enterprise Elementary we embody our missions statement:

Inspiring, empowering, guiding, and motivating for a better future.

Vision
A thriving community of successful learners.

Mission
Enterprise Elementary School is a TK-6th grade community who collaborates with teachers, students, parents, administrators, and the community to provide academic excellence in a safe and nurturing environment and continually challenges every member of the community to be lifelong learners.

How are Enterprise students getting to school?

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STUDENTS

SURVEYED

WALK BIKE SCHOOL
BUS
FAMILY

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70th St E
40th St E
110th St W
90th St W
45th St W
35th St E
Edwards Air Force Base
Palmdale Regional Airport
General William
J. Fox Airfield
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Avenue E
Avenue F
Avenue H
Avenue I
Avenue M
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Sierra Hwy
Avenue D
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Avenue O
30th St W
50th St W
60th St W
Elizabeth Lake Rd
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Lancaster Blvd
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25th St W
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Lancaster Blvd
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737 Student enrollment

82.5% of students eligible for free
or reduced-price meals (FRPM)
Enterprise Explorers
are STARS!
We are . . .

Successful Learners
Teamwork
A+ Attitude
Respect Self and Others
Safe at All Times
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Eastside Union School District
Enterprise
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3730 E Avenue J-4
SUMMER 2022
Types of Crashes:  Bicycle  Pedestrian
Crash Severity:  Fatal  Severe Injury  Other Visible Injury  Complaint of Pain Years: 2015 - 2019
Summary Statistics
Radius Fatal Severe Injury Visible Injury Complaint of Pain Pedestrian Bicycle Total Enterprise Elementary
3730 East Avenue J-4 | Lancaster | Los Angeles County | CDS: 19644770129197 Repor Map data ©2022 t a map error

EXISTING CONDITIONS
Pedestrian and Bicycle Crashes near Enterprise
TIMS, 2015–2019
Fatal

CRASH SEVERITY
Severe Injury
Other Visible Injury
Complaint of Pain

TYPES OF CRASHES
Pedestrian
Bicycle
YEARS 201–2019
Interactive Map data
summaries of bicycle
and/or pedestrian
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(1/4 and 1/2 mile)
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Injury
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Injury
Complaint
of Pain Pedestrian Bicycle Total
<1/4 mi. 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
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MASTER PLAN
Enterprise Elementary School
3730 E Avenue J-4 | Eastside Union School District
SUMMER 2022

SAFE ROUTES

TO SCHOOL
6 EXISTING CONDITIONS
Stakeholder and Community Input
Engagement Portals
The City of Lancaster met the challenge of eliciting meaningful community input during a pandemic by calling on long-standing relationships between city staff and the schools, as well as professional connections with community-based organizations. The Project Team also utilized proven virtual engagement strategies, in concert with the City’s social network apparatus, electronic newsletters, and flyers, to spark interest in the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) interactive map housed on the City’s website, along with community and parent surveys. These materials and links were provided to the project’s Stakeholder Advisory Team that included Lancaster’s four School Districts. The major school-specific engagement activities are described below.

August 17, 2021 Interview Summary
Eastside Union School District Interviewees:
•Daryl Bell, Director of Instructional Facilities, Risk Management and Safety •Shanna Robinson, Director Risk Management
Five Eastside Union School District (EUSD) schools were included in the 2022update, including one school that had not been included in the 2016 plan (Eastside Elementary School.)
The district-level perspective on the potential for active transportation at the five schools included in the SRTS Master Plan update is as follows:
• Mr. Bell noted that Columbia ES and Tierra Bonita ES hold good potential for increased walking, and perhaps some bicycling. Currently, however, there’s a lot of parent drop-offs, making it very chaotic.
• Safety assessments may be most helpful at Tierra Bonita and Columbia elementary schools, because neither has bus routes, as the school enrollment boundary is tight.
• Tierra Bonita has a drop-off issue that the school is looking into right now.

Parents who had been there for a while knew what to do during drop-off, but many were going "here, there, and everywhere.”
• All students at Tierra Bonita could walk, but it’s not the safest environment. The enrollment area is within a small radius, and kids who are being dropped off could walk or bike. They don’t need to be dropped off by their parents. • Mr. Bell assumed that the reason for the drop-offs might be because the neighborhood isn’t the safest. High levels of crime occur (and are reported) throughout the Antelope Valley and there is a significant transient population near the schools.
• Ms. Robinson suggested parents of the youngest—the six-year-olds—would not be comfortable allowing them to walk alone, but that perhaps “walking school bus” concepts could work in some locations.
• There’s a geographical obstacle to active transportation at a couple of the schools, e.g., Eastside ES—Avenue I and 20th Street East to Avenue H and 90th Street East—is approximately 8 miles. The District has students who are living at the end of town, and the elementary school is in an isolated spot, with few homes near it.
• Eastside ES can only be accessed via school bus or parent drop-off. Safety here will mean traffic safety. The school is on a two-lane rural road, but people speed in that area. The school is proposing a new parking lot behind the old baseball field. They are moving some portables out to make room for parking.

Parent and Community Involvement
• Eastside has both Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) and Parent Teacher Organizations (PTOs). PTAs require school funding in order to access the programs. Now all elementary schools have a PTA.
• Mr. Bell has been at the District for four years (as of 2021). One school had an official PTA, with good parent involvement—this was Columbia ES. • Cole Middle School had good organization around sports teams fundraising activities.
• EUSD has a community liaison at the District office, and school site liaisons at each school to work with the families and the school communities. • Saturday events—started before the pandemic. Lego day, for example. Have the kids come and do Legos and host community booths.
• Parent University—school sites hold these at their own schools and provide activities. Communities can attend events at any school in the District. Activities include a range of community programs, including immunizations for children, College University, and a women’s shelter group is there. • Community center for receiving food—sent out a message to every kid that they were having a food giveaway on Saturday. Christmas donations for jackets, and toys. Food drives—pickup on Wednesday. Lines were wrapped around the schools, especially during the beginning of COVID. Anyone can pick up food—not just parents or district residents. The District partnered with the Antelope Valley Dream Center.

EUSD is working toward a vision where school becomes
a touchstone for all kinds of community needs. This is the district-wide vision of Dr. Lightle and Dr. Smith.

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Enterprise Elementary School
3730 E Avenue J-4 | Eastside Union School District
SUMMER 2022

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7 SEE AND BE SEEN
The City’s SRTS Project Manager,
Candice Vander Hyde, explained that the
initial S&BS program began as a safety
awareness program, with safety-themed traffic signal wraps designed by young student artists. That program was expanded through a second grant from the Caltrans Office of Traffic Safety. The original idea had been to develop in-person training, but with COVID-19, this was converted to online STEAM lessons and Physical Education (P.E.), in a distance-friendly format. The P.E. request was from Lancaster School District staff who said it was proving difficult to provide P.E. in a distance format.

EXISTING CONDITIONS
Stakeholder and Community Input
Parent Surveys and SRTS
Interactive Map Input
Enterprise Elementary School
Avenue J-4 in front of the School
• Parents parking illegally despite the presence of "No Parking” signage. o Currently, no deputy is available to enforce parking restrictions. • Students crossing the street outside marked crosswalk to reach parents parked illegally.
• Issues with traffic circulation during pickup and drop-off periods. • Vehicles speeding.
• Request for crosswalk east of school driveway.
• Issues with illegal dumping and litter in the vacant lot across the street from the school.

Avenue J-8 between 30th Street East & 35th Street East
• Lack of sidewalks along the north side of Avenue J-8.

Avenue J-8 & 37th Street East
• Lack of dedicated crossing to cross Avenue J-8.

Avenue J-4 west of 37th Street East
• Parents heading eastbound on Avenue J-4 make U-turns in the residential neighborhood to access the school pickup/drop-off area. o School staff remarked this could possibly conflict with walking students. 37th Street East between Avenue J & Avenue J-4
• Lack of connection in the street network leads to vehicles utilizing unpaved path to access the school.

Avenue J-4 at School Driveway
• Despite the pickup/drop-off area being right-in/right-out only, some parents still make left turns into the entrance driveway.

Avenue J-8 & 37th Street East
• Vehicles illegally turn into channelized southbound right turn lane of 37th Street East from eastbound Avenue J-8 lanes.
37th Street East between Avenue J-4 & Avenue J-8
• Vehicles speeding.

Avenue J-4 between 37th Street East & 40th Street East
• Vehicles speeding.
40th Street East between Avenue J & Avenue J-8
• Vehicles speeding.

Enterprise Elementary School
Virtual Walk Audit
Walk audits are used across the nation and were employed here to help the project team understand existing conditions, walking and bicycling patterns, locations of crossing guards, conflicts with traffic, concerns about sidewalks, crosswalks, bicycle facilities, signals, lighting, and social and environmental factors. The Enterprise Elementary School virtual walk audit was held on September 30, 2021, via web conference.

Theresa Voeltz, Principal, Breanna Bland, Assistant Principal, Sandra Ruelas, Office Manager, and Crystal Montoya, Parent Liaison, represented the school; Matt Simons represented the City. With everyone able to view the SRTS interactive map, participants were able to quickly discuss general topics and concerns and identify specific problems. Note also that In April 2022, a follow-up interview with Mr.

Greg Moore, who oversees safety and preparedness at the District. Mr. Moore’s concerns and suggestions have been included in the SRTS Interactive Map Input, above. Walk audit comments in addition to those included previously in the SRTS Interactive Map Input section, are summarized below:
• This is a very rural area. Most of our students are bused to the school. [In fact, in 2021, 60% of students arrived by school bus, with the remainder being driven in family vehicles or carpools.]
• The County of Los Angeles would be the agency to implement any physical projects, even though many of the students attending Eastside Elementary are residents of the City of Lancaster. The City will forward these recommendations to the County.
• There’s an Academy for the Advancement of Children with Autism to our east, so investments here would help two schools.
• We did have a handful of students who’d ride bikes in the past, but mostly in the area around Eastside High School. The bike lanes stop at 35th Street East and Avenue J-8.

Enterprise Elementary School
3730 E Avenue J-4 | Eastside Union School District
SUMMER 2022

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Enterprise Elementary School
3730 E Avenue J-4 | Eastside Union School District
SUMMER 2022

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Enterprise Elementary School
3730 E Avenue J-4 | Eastside Union School District
SUMMER 2022

SAFE ROUTES

SRTS PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS
The Other 'E's
With City and School District programmatic
support, the principal can set the tone to
encourage and increase students who
walk or bike to school.

See SRTS Master Plan Introduction:

Menu of Best People Strategies

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Enterprise Elementary School
3730 E Avenue J-4 | Eastside Union School District
SUMMER 2022

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TO SCHOOL
11 PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
Enterprise Elementary School
1 --Recommendations--
37th Street East
and Avenue J-4
Existing
• T-intersection.
• All-way stop control.
• Yellow continental crosswalk on the south and east legs. • Stop lines on the south, east and west legs.

Potential Improvements
• Refresh yellow continental crosswalks and advanced
stop lines on south and east legs.
• Add “STOP” pavement markings to all legs.
• Extend sidewalk and install ADA curb ramp with truncated domes in the northeast corner.

Enterprise Elementary School
3730 E Avenue J-4 | Eastside Union School District
SUMMER 2022

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12 PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations
37th Street East/Ryckebosch Lane and Avenue J-8
Enterprise Elementary School
2 --Recommendations--
Existing
• Two-way stop control intersection.
• Stop control on 37th Street East/Ryckebosch Lane
approaches.
• Yellow continental crosswalk on the north leg.
• Raised island on the north leg allowing right-in-right-out movement only.
• Crossing guard.

Potential Improvements
• Add yellow continental crosswalk to the east leg.
• Add advance yield lines to both approaches to the
east leg crosswalk.
• Install ADA curb ramp with truncated domes to both
crossing faces of the east leg.
• Investigate installing pedestrian-activated rapid-flashing beacons to the east leg crosswalk.
• Add signs approaching crosswalk(s) per CA MUTCD
guidelines.

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS

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Enterprise Elementary School
3730 E Avenue J-4 | Eastside Union School District
SUMMER 2022

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13 PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
35th Street East
and Avenue J-8
Enterprise Elementary School
3 --Recommendations--
Existing
• T – intersection.
• All-way stop control.
• All stop signs have flashing LED lights.
• Yellow standard crosswalks on the west and south legs.

Potential Improvements
• Add yellow continental crosswalks to the east, west
and south legs.
• Add advance stop lines to the east, west and south legs. • Install ADA curb ramp with truncated domes to the
northeast, southeast and southwest corners.

Enterprise Elementary School
3730 E Avenue J-4 | Eastside Union School District
SUMMER 2022

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14 PROJECT & PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
Strategy Packages
Summary of Engineering
Strategies, by Type
Crossing Improvements
•37th Street East & Avenue J-4: Pavement markings; curb ramp •37th Street East/Ryckebosch Lane & Avenue J-8: Pavement markings & signage; curb ramps; rectangular rapid-flashing beacons (RRFBs)
•35th Street East & Avenue J-8: Pavement markings & signage; curb ramps Multipurpose Trails
•37th Street East between Emerald Lane & Avenue J-4
•Avenue J-4 between 35th Street East & 37th Street East Sidewalks
•Avenue J between existing sidewalk east of 30th Street East & 35th Street East (south side) •Avenue J-4 between existing sidewalk east of Ryckebosch Lane & crosswalk (north side) •Avenue J-8 between 37th Street East & 40th Street East (north side) •Avenue J-8 between 35th Street East & 40th Street East (south side) •35th Street East between Avenue J-8 & Avenue K (east side) •37th Street East between Avenue J-4 & Avenue J-8 (west side) •Ryckebosch Lane between Avenue J-8 & Shiloh Lane (both sides) Traffic Calming
•Avenue J-4 between 37th Street East & 40th Street East: Speed humps •37th Street East between Avenue J-4 & Avenue J-8: Speed humps

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Gifford C. Cole Middle School
3126 E Avenue I | Eastside Union School District
SUMMER 2022
2 SAFE
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Eastside Union School District
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SUMMER 2022
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INTRODUCTION
Location Map
Gifford C. Cole
Middle School
22 Westside Union
School District
Lancaster
School District
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School District
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3 SAFE
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Eastside Union School District
Gifford C. Cole
Middle School
3126 E Avenue I
SUMMER 2022

INTRODUCTION
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Eastside Union School District
Gifford C. Cole
Middle School
3126 E Avenue I
SUMMER 2022

INTRODUCTION
School Facts
We Are Crusaders!
Everyone Contributes,
Every Student Achieves
We promote a safe and caring learning environment that
supports successful academic outcomes for all students.

We are here to inspire a love for
learning and cultivate productive
members of society.

Our focus is to ensure that our students and staff
LEAD in all we do:

Learn with a growth mindset.

Engage in the Cole Community.

Act responsibly.

Develop positive relationships.

How are Gifford C. Cole students getting to school?

YEAR STUDENT TALLIES

COLLECTED
# OF

TALLIES
# OF

STUDENTS

SURVEYED

WALK BIKE SCHOOL
BUS
FAMILY

VEHICLE CARPOOL TRANSIT OTHER
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661 Student enrollment

89.1% of students eligible for free
or reduced-price meals (FRPM)
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ROUTES
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Eastside Union School District
Gifford C. Cole
Middle School
3126 E Avenue I
SUMMER 2022
Types of Crashes:  Bicycle  Pedestrian
Crash Severity:  Fatal  Severe Injury  Other Visible Injury  Complaint of Pain Years: 2015 - 2019
Summary Statistics
Radius Fatal Severe Injury Visible Injury Complaint of Pain Pedestrian Bicycle Total Gifford C. Cole Middle
3126 East Avenue I | Lancaster | Los Angeles County | CDS: 19644776108294 Repor Map data ©2022 t a map error

EXISTING CONDITIONS
Pedestrian and Bicycle Crashes near Gifford C. Cole
TIMS, 2015–2019
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CRASH SEVERITY
Severe Injury
Other Visible Injury
Complaint of Pain

TYPES OF CRASHES
Pedestrian
Bicycle
YEARS 2015–2019
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Complaint
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Gifford C. Cole Middle School
3126 East Avenue I | Eastside Union School District
SUMMER 2022

SAFE ROUTES

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EXISTING CONDITIONS
Stakeholder and Community Input
Engagement Portals
The City of Lancaster met the challenge of eliciting meaningful community input during a pandemic by calling on long-standing relationships between City staff and the schools, as well as professional connections with communitybased organizations. The Project Team also utilized proven virtual engagement strategies, in concert with the City’s social network apparatus, electronic newsletters, and flyers, to spark interest in the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Interactive Map housed on the City’s website, along with community and parent surveys. These materials and links were provided to the project’s Stakeholder Advisory Team that included Lancaster’s four School Districts. The major schoolspecific engagement activities are described below.

August 17, 2021 Interview Summary
Eastside Union School District Interviewees:
•Daryl Bell, Director of Instructional Facilities, Risk Management and Safety •Shanna Robinson, Director Risk Management
Five Eastside Union School District (EUSD) schools were included in the 2022 update, including one school that had not been included in the 2016 plan (Eastside Elementary School.)
The district-level perspective on the potential for active transportation at the five schools included in the SRTS Master Plan update is as follows:
• Mr. Bell noted that Columbia ES and Tierra Bonita ES hold good potential for increased walking, and perhaps some bicycling. Currently, however, there’s a lot of parent drop-offs, making it very chaotic. • Safety assessments may be most helpful at Tierra Bonita and Columbia elementary schools, because neither has bus routes, as the school enrollment boundary is tight.
• Tierra Bonita has a drop-off issue that the school is looking into right now.

The enrollment area is within a small radius, and kids who are being dropped off could walk or bike. They don’t need to be dropped off by their parents.
• Mr. Bell assumed that the reason for the drop-offs might be because the neighborhood isn’t the safest. High levels of crime occur (and are reported) throughout the Antelope Valley and there is a significant transient population near the schools.
• Ms. Robinson suggested parents of the youngest—the six-year-old— would not be comfortable allowing them to walk alone, but that perhaps "walking school bus” concepts could work in some locations. • There’s a geographical obstacle to active transportation at a couple of the schools, e.g., Eastside ES—I and 20th Street East to Avenue H and 90th Street East—is approximately 8 miles. The District has students who are living at the end of town, and the elementary school is in an isolated spot, with few homes near it.
• Eastside ES can only be accessed via school bus or parent drop-off.

Safety here will mean traffic safety. The school is on a two-lane rural road, but people speed in that area. The school is proposing a new parking lot behind the old baseball field. They are moving some portables out to make room for parking.

Have the kids come and do Legos and host community booths. • Parent University—school sites hold these at their own schools and provide activities. Communities can attend events at any school in the District. Activities include a range of community programs, including immunizations for children, College University, and a women’s shelter group is there.
• Community center for receiving food—sent out a message to every kid that they were having a food giveaway on Saturday. Christmas donations for jackets, and toys. Food drives—pickup on Wednesday. Lines were wrapped around the schools, especially during the beginning of COVID.

Anyone can pick up food—not just parents or district residents. The District partnered with the Antelope Valley Dream Center. EUSD is working toward a vision where school becomes a touchstone for all kinds of community needs. This is the district-wide vision of Dr. Lightle and Dr. Smith.
7 Gifford C. Cole Middle School
3126 East Avenue I | Eastside Union School District
SUMMER 2022

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Lingering Impacts of COVID-19
At the time of the interview, Eastside Union School District had been reopened for about a week and was experiencing a challenging start due to COVID-19, which impacted the trip to school in several ways. The district is trying to make the schools very community-centered, though the pandemic has made this difficult.

Community rides on the weekends and
a May 2021 scavenger hunt were wellreceived by the community, as was a Walk and Roll Fest at Tierra Bonita Park.
once distance learning began in 2020,
the City worked to develop and post
instructional materials adapted for that
learning mode on the SEE AND BE SEEN
website. Additionally, teacher instructions
were provided, along with lessons and lab worksheets for various lessons.

EXISTING CONDITIONS
Stakeholder and Community Input
Parent Surveys and SRTS
Interactive Map Input
Gifford C. Cole Middle School
35th Street East & Avenue I
• City noted that planned bus stop improvements on the south side of Avenue I at 35th Street East are resulting in sidewalk gap closures and street lighting improvements along Avenue I between this location and the school.

Tierra Bonita Park
• Incidents of students fighting at the park, including conflict with high school students.

Avenue I, west of and east of School
• Lack of school zone signage.
• Lack of sidewalks.
30th Street E south of School
• Lack of school zone signage.

School Driveway at Avenue I
• Lack of sidewalk along the driveway.
• Lack of dedicated crossing to cross Avenue I.
o Request for a marked crosswalk at this location.
30th Street East between Avenue I & Kettering Street
• Students crossing street outside of marked crosswalk from mobile home park west of 30th Street East.
30th Street East & Avenue I
• Recent accident at this location involving students hit by pickup trucks in south leg crosswalk while crossing without right-of-way.

Avenue I, west of School Driveway
• Parents illegally park in hatch marks and block bike lane during pickup and drop-off periods.
o Request for traffic control.
35th Street East & Avenue I
• Request for a traffic signal at this intersection.
• Request for a marked, controlled crosswalk at this location.

Gifford C. Cole Middle School
Virtual Walk Audit
Walk audits are used across the nation and were employed here to help the project team understand existing conditions, walking and bicycling patterns, locations of crossing guards, conflicts with traffic, concerns about sidewalks, crosswalks, bicycle facilities, signals, lighting, and social and environmental factors. The Gifford C. Cole Middle School virtual walk audit was held on September 30, 2021, via web conference.

Anasa Evans, Assistant Principal, represented the school; the consultant team represented the City. With everyone able to view the SRTS interactive map, participants were able to quickly discuss general topics and concerns and identify specific problems. Note also that In April 2022, a follow-up interview with Mr. Greg Moore, who oversees safety and preparedness at the District. Mr. Moore’s concerns and suggestions have been included in the SRTS Interactive Map Input, above. Walk audit comments in addition to those included previously in the SRTS Interactive Map Input section, are summarized below:
• We just had a student at Avenue I and 30th Street East get hit at a crosswalk, with a signal. There’s a store right there, and a pickup truck hit the girl.

A group of three students was most likely running against the light, and two of them hesitated midway across.
• We have quite a few walkers, but a lot of kids walk to Tierra Bonita Park and get picked up there.
• There have been some fights, and instances where high school kids were confronting our Cole Middle School students. Parents have called to report a kid stealing another kid’s phone in the park.
• We have a program, Safe Passage, run by Mr. Muhammed, and there is a lady in the park on certain days to help kids get safely home. • Our campus supervisors will help kids cross by the Park, where there’s no light. But parents want more crossing guards.
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SRTS RECOMMENDATIONS
Suggested Routes
and Recommended
Improvements
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3126 East Avenue I | Eastside Union School District
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The City will partner with School Districts and funders to expand SEE AND BE SEEN's offerings, and ensure educators and the general public can easily access and use its features.

Driver education to improve the safety
of motorists and non-motorists is included.
• Bike rodeos and clinics
• Pedestrian skills and safety rodeos
• SEE & BE SEEN lesson plans
Programmed and funded events, public
recognition, themed activities, posters
and signage will support current walkers and rollers, and inspire others to join them. School-focused and community-wide events will be identified and scheduled.
• Promote SRTS Calendar —
Walk & Roll events and challenges
• Walking school bus in nice
weather
Appropriate enforcement strategies
ensure that motorists, bicyclists and
pedestrians obey the rules of the road
near schools, improving safety while
encouraging active transportation.

At the core of Lancaster's SRTS
is a commitment to deliver high-quality
and effective projects and programs to
all school communities, especially disadvantaged and low-income students, students of color, and mobility-impaired
students who face challenges to walking, bicycling, or rolling to school safely and comfortably.
• Prioritize high-need schools
• RE-Cycle Bike Donation /
Repair Clinics
Successful, funded SRTS plans result
from ongoing, meaningful engagement
with the students, families, schools and
local community organizations who will
benefit from the projects and programs.

Community engagement that continues
beyond plan adoption ensures that the
SRTS is a living document and that implementation of the plan is responsive to intergenerational needs for bicycle
and pedestrian facilities and programs
as they change over time.
• Community events, family fun days
• Annual parent/guardian surveys
Clearly identified periodic
reporting allows schools and the
City to document progress, make
modifications, request needed
funding, and celebrate success.
• Annual student tallies

SRTS PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS
The Other 'E's
With City and School District programmatic
support, the principal can set the tone to
encourage and increase students who
walk or bike to school.

See SRTS Master Plan Introduction:

Menu of Best People Strategies
Education - Speed Feedback Sign
Description: Pole mounted display advises motorists of their speed.

Advantages Disadvantages
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• Very good public relations tool.
• Particularly useful in school zones where
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• Effective for limited duration.
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PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
Gifford C. Cole Middle School
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30th Street East and
Lancaster Boulevard
Existing
• All-way stop intersection.
• Yellow transverse-line crosswalks on east, south, west legs. • Red flashing LED lights on all stop signs.
• One truncated dome ramp at southeast corner.
• No truncated domes on other ramps.
• No sidewalk on the east side of 30th Street East
north of Lancaster Boulevard.

Potential Improvements
• Add yellow continental crosswalk to all legs.
• Add advanced stop lines to all legs.
• Add ADA ramps with truncated domes at northeast,
northwest, southwest corners.
• Investigate narrowing intersection width (by reducing number of approach lanes) as part of Lancaster
Local Road Safety Plan (LRSP) Project.
12 Gifford C. Cole Middle School
3126 East Avenue I | Eastside Union School District
SUMMER 2022

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PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
Gifford C. Cole Middle School
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School Driveway
Existing
• Uncontrolled T-intersection.
• Avenue I is 3-lane major arterial divided by striped median with Class II bike lanes.
• Large eastbound right turn pocket approaching school driveway. • Several driveways along north side of Avenue I.
• No marked crosswalk.

Potential Improvements
• Investigate installing pedestrian-activated HAWK signal. • Add a yellow continental crosswalk across Avenue I just west of the school driveway.
• Add refuge islands/median at the new west leg crosswalk. • Add advanced limit lines to both approaches of the new crosswalk. • Add ADA ramps with truncated domes.
• Add signs approaching crosswalk(s) per CA MUTCD
guidelines, as shown.
13 Gifford C. Cole Middle School
3126 East Avenue I | Eastside Union School District
SUMMER 2022

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PROJECT & PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
Strategy Packages
Summary of Engineering
Strategies, by Type
Crossing Improvements
•30th Street East & Lancaster Boulevard: Pavement markings; curb extensions/ramps •School Driveway & Avenue I: Pavement markings & signage; pedestrian refuge island; pedestrian HAWK signal, curb ramps
Bikeway
•30th Street East between Lancaster Boulevard & Nugent Street: Class II buffered bike lanes
Sidewalks
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44820 27th Street East | Eastside Union School District SUMMER 2022
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INTRODUCTION
Location Map
Tierra Bonita
Elementary
23 Westside Union
School District
Lancaster
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School District
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Tierra Bonita
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44820 27th Street East
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INTRODUCTION
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INTRODUCTION
School Facts
Tigers Roar!
Everyone Contributes,
Every Student
Achieves
Our motto for this school year is that "Transformation Happens Here” We have transformed and will continue to transform.

Our students will be empowered, our families will reconnect and learning will continue. We strive to grow together and keep our students our top priority.

Tierra Bonita students come to school each day ready to learn and challenge themselves to be the best they can be while encouraging each other in the process.

With everything going on in the world, one thing stands true; Eastside Union School District is dedicated to its students and families.

How are Tierra Bonita students getting to school?

YEAR STUDENT TALLIES

COLLECTED
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TALLIES
# OF

STUDENTS

SURVEYED

WALK BIKE SCHOOL
BUS
FAMILY

VEHICLE CARPOOL TRANSIT OTHER
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Types of Crashes:  Bicycle  Pedestrian
Crash Severity:  Fatal  Severe Injury  Other Visible Injury  Complaint of Pain Years: 2015 - 2019
Summary Statistics
Radius Fatal Severe Injury Visible Injury Complaint of Pain Pedestrian Bicycle Total Tierra Bonita Elementary
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Pedestrian and Bicycle Crashes near Tierra Bonita
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EXISTING CONDITIONS
Stakeholder and Community Input
Engagement Portals
The City of Lancaster met the challenge of eliciting meaningful community input during a pandemic by calling on long-standing relationships between City staff and the schools, as well as professional connections with communitybased organizations. The Project Team also utilized proven virtual engagement strategies, in concert with the City’s social network apparatus, electronic newsletters, and flyers, to spark interest in the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Interactive Map housed on the City’s website, along with community and parent surveys. These materials and links were provided to the project’s Stakeholder Advisory Team that included Lancaster’s four School Districts. The major schoolspecific engagement activities are described below.

The enrollment area is within a small radius, and kids who are being dropped off could walk or bike. They don’t need to be dropped off by their parents. • Mr. Bell assumed that the reason for the drop-offs might be because the neighborhood isn’t the safest. High levels of crime occur (and are reported) throughout the Antelope Valley and there is a significant transient population near the schools.
• Ms. Robinson suggested parents of the youngest—the six-year-olds—would not be comfortable allowing them to walk alone, but that perhaps “walking school bus” concepts could work in some locations.
• There’s a geographical obstacle to active transportation at a couple of the schools, e.g., Eastside ES—Avenue I and 20th Street East to Avenue H and 90th Street East—is approximately 8 miles. The District has students who are living at the end of town, and the elementary school is in an isolated spot, with few homes near it.
• Eastside ES can only be accessed via school bus or parent drop-off. Safety here will mean traffic safety. The school is on a two-lane rural road, but people speed in that area. The school is proposing a new parking lot behind the old baseball field. They are moving some portables out to make room for parking.

Parent and Community Involvement
• Eastside has both Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) and Parent Teacher Organizations (PTOs). PTAs require school funding in order to access the programs. Now all elementary schools have a PTA.
• Mr. Bell has been at the District for four years (as of 2021). One school had an official PTA, with good parent involvement—this was Columbia ES. • Cole Middle School had good organization around sports teams fundraising activities.
• EUSD has a community liaison at the District office, and school site liaisons at each school to work with the families and the school communities. • Saturday events—started before the pandemic. Lego day, for example. Have the kids come and do Legos and host community booths.
• Parent University—school sites hold these at their own schools and provide activities. Communities can attend events at any school in the District. Activities include a range of community programs, including immunizations for children, College University, and a women’s shelter group is there. • Community center for receiving food—sent out a message to every kid that they were having a food giveaway on Saturday. Christmas donations for jackets, and toys. Food drives—pickup on Wednesday. Lines were wrapped around the schools, especially during the beginning of COVID. Anyone can pick up food – not just parents or district residents. The District partnered with the Antelope Valley Dream Center.

EUSD is working toward a vision where school
becomes a touchstone for all kinds of community
needs. This is the district-wide vision of Dr. Lightle
and Dr. Smith.
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Tierra Bonita Elementary School
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EXISTING CONDITIONS
Stakeholder and Community Input

SEE AND BE SEEN (S&BS)
The City’s SRTS Project Manager, Candice
Vander Hyde, explained that the initial S&BS
program began as a safety awareness program,
with safety-themed traffic signal wraps designed by young student artists. That program was expanded through a second grant from the Caltrans Office of Traffic Safety. The original idea had been to develop in-person training, but with COVID-19, this was converted to online STEAM lessons and Physical Education (P.E.), in a distance-friendly format. The P.E. request was from Lancaster School District staff who said it was proving difficult to provide P.E. in a distance format.

Community rides on the weekends and a May 2021 scavenger hunt were wellreceived by the community, as was a Walk and Roll Fest at Tierra Bonita Park.

Once distance learning began in 2020, the City worked to develop and post instructional materials adapted for that learning mode on the SEE AND BE SEEN website. Additionally, teacher instructions were provided, along with lessons and lab worksheets for various lessons.

Parent Surveys and SRTS
Interactive Map Input
Tierra Bonita Elementary School
School Grounds
•Request for additional bike racks.
•Issue with students engaging in vandalism (graffiti) of school buildings. •Wind will blow litter from vacant lot west of school onto school property.

Lancaster Boulevard west of 27th Street East
•Lack of sidewalks along the north side of the street forces students to cross Lancaster Boulevard at 27th Street East.
27th Street East between Kettering Street & Lancaster Boulevard •Parents illegally parking along a dirt lot across the street from the school. •Students crossing the street outside of marked crosswalks.

Lancaster Boulevard & 30th Street East
•No crossing guard was posted despite students crossing at this location. •Parents will drop off Tierra Bonita Elementary students at this location while on the way to Gifford C. Cole Middle School.

Lancaster Boulevard between 25th Street East & 30th Street East •Vehicles speeding.
•Multiple schools in close proximity lead to increased traffic volumes during pickup and drop-off periods.

Lancaster Boulevard & 27th Street East
•Vehicles turning through crosswalks despite the presence of crossing guards and students.
27th Street East at Tierra Bonita Park Lot Driveway
•Parents will utilize the parking lot driveway for pickup and drop-off and students will cross to the side gate of the school, bringing students in conflict with parents leaving the school parking lot.
27th Street East between Kettering Street & Lancaster Boulevard •Vehicles speeding.
•Request for crosswalk approximately halfway between school parking lot entrance and Tierra Bonita Park lot driveway.

Lancaster Boulevard & 27th Street East
•Request for crosswalk improvements.

Tierra Bonita Elementary School
Virtual Walk Audit
Walk audits are used across the nation and were employed here to help the project team understand existing conditions, walking and bicycling patterns, locations of crossing guards, conflicts with traffic, concerns about sidewalks, crosswalks, bicycle facilities, signals, lighting, and social and environmental factors. The Tierra Bonita Elementary School virtual walk audit was held on October 8, 2021, via web conference.

Principal Aykesha Allen Goods represented the school; Candice Vander Hyde and Matt Simons represented the City. With everyone able to view the SRTS Interactive Map, participants were able to quickly discuss general topics and concerns and identify specific problems. Note also that in April 2022, a follow-up interview with Mr. Greg Moore, who oversees safety and preparedness at the District. Mr. Moore’s concerns and suggestions have been included in the SRTS Interactive Map Input, prior. Walk audit comments in addition to those included previously in the SRTS Interactive Map Input section, are summarized below:
• Lancaster Boulevard is the hot spot, anyone dropping off and going on to Cole or other schools, as parents are speeding to drop multiple kids off. • Dismissal is a bigger problem. In the morning, we have early birds, ontimers, and late arrivals which allow for a staggered flow. However, in the PM, everyone wants to pick up their kids at the same time. Staggering in the PM would have to be a district-level decision, as it would impact the mandated school instruction day.
• We need a bridge over the ditch that separates the school from the Park’s parking lot.
• It would be nice to have officially trained crossing guards. • Walkers come from all directions, quite a few of them. We have kids deep in the community who walk. [In fact, 12% of students reported walking to school in 2021, down from 16% in 2013–2015.] • There was a problem with bikes being stolen, so now they’re put in the office.
7 Tierra Bonita Elementary School
44820 27th Street East | Eastside Union School District SUMMER 2022

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44820 27th Street East | Eastside Union School District SUMMER 2022

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9 Tierra Bonita Elementary School
44820 North 27th Street East | Eastside Union School District SPRING 2022

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SRTS PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS
The Other 'E's
With City and School District programmatic
support, the principal can set the tone to
encourage and increase students who
walk or bike to school.

See SRTS Master Plan Introduction:

Menu of Best People Strategies
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Tierra Bonita Elementary School
44820 27th Street East | Eastside Union School District SUMMER 2022

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PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations

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Tierra Bonita Elementary
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Existing
• All-way stop control.
• All stop signs have flashing LED lights.

Potential Improvements
• Refresh continental crosswalks.
• Add curb extensions with ADA curb ramps to all corners. • Refresh “STOP” pavement markings.
• Investigate narrowing intersection width (by reducing number of approach lanes) as part of Lancaster Local Road Safety Plan (LRSP) Project.
11 Tierra Bonita Elementary School
44820 27th Street East | Eastside Union School District SUMMER 2022

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Recommendations

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
Tierra Bonita Elementary
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Existing
• Two-way stop control.
• Stop control on Kettering Street approaches.
• No marked crosswalk.
• No curb ramps/sidewalk on southwest corner.

Potential Improvements
• Add yellow continental crosswalks on north, west, and east legs. • Add advance yield lines to both approaches to the north leg crosswalk.
• Add curb extensions and ADA compliant ramps at all corners. • Add signs approaching crosswalk(s) per CA MUTCD guidelines. 12 VIEW SRTS MASTER PLAN
Tierra Bonita Elementary School
44820 27th Street East | Eastside Union School District SUMMER 2022

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PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
Tierra Bonita Elementary
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South of School Driveway
Existing
• Mid-block location.
• No sidewalk on west side of the street.

Potential Improvements
• Add yellow continental crosswalk mid-block at the existing pedestrian walkway into school.
• Add curb extensions and ADA curb ramps.
• Add advanced yield lines to both approaches to the
mid-block crosswalk.
• Add “SLOW SCHOOL XING” pavement markings.
• Add signs approaching crosswalk(s) per CA
MUTCD guidelines.
13 Tierra Bonita Elementary School
44820 27th Street East | Eastside Union School District SUMMER 2022

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PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
Tierra Bonita Elementary
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Existing
• Two-way stop control intersection.
• No marked crosswalks.

Potential Improvements
• Add curb extensions and ADA compliant ramps at all corners. • Add yellow continental crosswalks on north and south legs. • Investigate either narrowing intersection width (by reducing number of approach lanes) or installing a roundabout as part of Lancaster Local Road Safety Plan (LRSP) Project. 14 VIEW SRTS MASTER PLAN
Tierra Bonita Elementary School
44820 27th Street East | Eastside Union School District SUMMER 2022

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PROJECT & PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
Strategy Packages
Summary of Engineering
Strategies, by Type
Crossing Improvements
•27th Street East & Lancaster Boulevard: Pavement markings & signage; curb extensions/ramps; investigate narrowing intersection
•27th Street East & Kettering Street: Pavement markings & Signage; curb extensions/ramps •27th Street East & south of School Driveway: Pavement markings & signage •25th Street East & Lancaster Boulevard: Pavement markings; curb extensions/ramps; investigate narrowing intersection or installing roundabout
Bikeways
•Lancaster Boulevard between 23rd Street East & 25th Street East: Lane reductions & Class II buffered bike lanes •Lancaster Boulevard between 25th Street East & 27th Street East: Class II bike lane improvements •Lancaster Boulevard between 27th Street East & 30th Street East: Lane reductions & Class II buffered bike lanes •27th Street East between Avenue I & Lancaster Boulevard: Class III bike route sidewalks •Lancaster Boulevard between existing sidewalk west of 25th Street East & 25th Street East (south side) •Lancaster Boulevard between 25th Street East & 27th Street East (north side) •Nugent Street between Poplar Court & 25th Street East (north side) •25th Street East between Avenue I & Lancaster Boulevard (east side) •25th Street East between Lancaster Boulevard & Nugent Street (west side) •27th Street East between Kettering Street & Lancaster Boulevard (west side) Traffic Calming
•27th Street East between Avenue I & Lancaster Boulevard: Speed humps 15 SAFE
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9023 W Avenue H | Westside Union School District
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INTRODUCTION
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Westside Union School District
Del Sur
K-8 School
9023 W Avenue H
SUMMER 2022

INTRODUCTION
School Facts
We Are Dragons!
Pointing the Way and
Providing the Path.

Determined
Relationship builders
AVID in and across all grade levels
Goal setters
Organized
Nurturers
Student focused
Del Sur School is a dynamic learning community committed to preparing students socially and academically, to be college and career ready.

Clubs & Groups
• AVID: Advancement Via Individual Determination
• CJSF: California Junior Scholarship Federation
• Interact Club: A service group that gives back
to the school and greater community
• ASB: Associated Student Body
• Sports Team Grades 6-8: Cross Country, Volleyball,
Basketball, Soccer and Track. Boys and Girls Teams
• Dancing Feet: Competitive Dance team for Grades: 5–8
• Garden Club: Students and staff create and maintain
a school-wide garden
• Big Brother and Big Sister Club
• Robotics Team
How are Del Sur students getting to school?

YEAR STUDENT TALLIES

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BUS
FAMILY

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Dancing Feet & VEX
Robotics Team
We offer a tryout for the VEX robotcis
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develop introductory robotic skills prior
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2021–22
School Snapshot
711Student enrollment

54.9% of students eligible for free
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9023 W Avenue H
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Types of Crashes:  Bicycle  Pedestrian
Crash Severity:  Fatal  Severe Injury  Other Visible Injury  Complaint of Pain Years: 2015 - 2019
Summary Statistics
Radius Fatal Severe Injury Visible Injury Complaint of Pain Pedestrian Bicycle Total Del Sur Senior Elementary
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MASTER PLAN
Del Sur K-8 School
9023 W Avenue H | Westside Union School District
SUMMER 2022

SAFE ROUTES

August 19, 2021 Interview Summary
Westside Union School District Interviewees:
•Shelly Dearinger, Director of Instructional Facilities, Risk Management and Safety
•Rhonda Hanson, Director, Risk Management
The district-level perspective on the potential for active transportation at the five schools included in the SRTS Master Plan update is as follows:
•Quartz Hill Elementary School—has walking/biking school potential, as there are no school buses.
•Sundown Elementary School—has some buses, but also quite a few walkers. •Valley View Elementary School—has students who walk.
•Del Sur K-8 School—is located in a more rural, less dense area, and is more of a bus school, in the middle of busy roads, so parents don’t let their children walk or bike to school. The distance is too great for biking/walking for most students, as well. Del Sur Acres is more than a mile and a half away. Although no one is biking to this school, it could conceivably occur if there were safe bike facilities. •Joe Walker Middle School—has a higher share of students walking than other district schools.

Anti-Bullying Campaign
Ms. Dearinger and Ms. Hanson noted that one of the Westside Union School District counselors had developed a very successful anti-bullying program that included lessons for use in the lower grades.

Lingering Impacts of COVID-19
At the time of the interview, Westside Union School District had just reopened and was experiencing a challenging start due to COVID-19, which impacted the trip to school in several ways. School had just reopened on August 4, and it was not clear at the time of the interview whether volunteers would be coming back to campus.

It was noted generally that for school children walking alone, the youngest would be in 4th grade.

SEE AND BE SEEN
The City’s SRTS Project Manager, Candice Vander Hyde, explained that once distance learning began in 2020, the City worked to develop and post instructional materials adapted for that learning mode on the SEE AND BE SEEN website. Additionally, teacher
instructions were provided,
along with lessons and lab
worksheets for various lessons.

Ms. Dearinger and Ms.

Hanson indicated that none of
the schools were using the SEE
AND BE SEEN materials and
that it is likely that teachers
were unaware of the resource.

Future use of the lessons
would be based on the
needs of each school. This is an area for further development, communication, and collaboration between the City and the School District.

Source: Westside Union School District, Lancaster, CA

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Del Sur K-8 School
9023 W Avenue H | Westside Union School District
SUMMER 2022

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7 Parent Surveys and
SRTS Interactive Map Input
Del Sur School K-8 School
Avenue H & 90th Street West
• Vehicles speed along 90th Street West and along Avenue H approaching the intersection.
• Vehicles frequently block crosswalks during pickup and drop-off periods. 90th Street West, North of Avenue H
• Student cross street outside of marked crosswalks to reach parents illegally parked across from the school.
• Lack of adequate space for vehicles to park and/or stop during pickup and drop-off periods.
o Even as pickup and drop-off period traffic eases, parents still use this area instead of Avenue H.
o Not enough dedicated parking spaces for parents.
o Suggestion from school staff to designate separate pickup and drop-off locations based on where parents and students live.

West & North Lot Lines of School
• Illegal parking by parents along the north lot line driveway to the school gymnasium.
• Suggestion from school staff to driveway along north lot line and convert to designated turnaround for parents to utilize during pickup and drop-off periods.
• Suggestion from school staff to connect driveway along north lot line to Avenue H along west lot line between school and solar farm and use for pickup and drop-off periods.

Avenue H, West of 90th Street West
• Vehicle queuing during pickup and drop-off periods backs up through the intersection and southbound lanes of 90th Street West, blocking teacher parking.
o Suggestion from school staff to designate separate pickup and drop-off locations based on where parents and students live.

Avenue H, East of 90th Street West
• Vehicles speeding, not paying heed to LED flashing stop signs.

SURVEY RESPONSES
The children of the two Del Sur Elementary School parents who responded to the online survey both lived more than two miles from the school and took the school bus to get to and from school.

For these students, the distance from school precluded active transportation options, but parents agreed that additional signage placed to show safe routes, walking/biking safety education, organized groups of children to walk or bike together, and adding more and safer bicycle storage on campus, would generally encourage walking and cycling. Knowing more about the health and academic benefits of active transportation would also be helpful.

Del Sur K-8 School
Virtual Walk Audit
Walk audits are used across the nation and were employed here to help the project team understand existing conditions, walking and bicycling patterns, locations of crossing guards, conflicts with traffic, concerns about sidewalks, crosswalks, bicycle facilities, signals, lighting, and social and environmental factors. The Del Sur Elementary School virtual walk audit was held on September 23, 2021, via web conference.

Representing the school and school district were Justin Holtfreter, Co-Principle; Christy Lagos, School Counselor; Hope Ausby, Resource Support Specialist, Patricia Terrell, PTSA President, Ms. Crews and Mrs. Yaw; Shelly Dearinger, Director of Instructional Facilities, Risk Management and Safety; and Rhonda Hanson, Director, Risk Management.

Candice Vander Hyde and Matt Simons represented the City. With everyone able to view the SRTS Interactive Map, participants were able to quickly discuss general topics and concerns and identify specific problems. Walk audit comments in addition to those included previously in the SRTS Interactive Map Input section, are summarized below:
• For Del Sur, the distance between home and school is too great for there to be much or any, active transportation trip-making. Additionally, the school is in a very rural area and generally, there are no sidewalks in the area, further discouraging walking.

EXISTING CONDITIONS
Stakeholder and Community Input
• The school’s goal for afternoon pick-up was to require parents to get out of the car and come to the gate to retrieve their student. For the younger kids, parents do abide by that directive, but starting in about 4th grade, the kids wiggle away and cross the street by themselves as soon as they see their parents, and they dash out between the cars. Later, when the crowd dissipates, parents in their cars assume they can just drive up, rather than park and retrieve their child, which then mixes students and cars, making it dangerous even though there are fewer cars by then.
• There’s a lot of jaywalking, as no one wants to walk all the way up to the crosswalk twice to get across and back.
• There’s not enough parking for the parents, so parents are rushing and in conflict to find a spot, and even just the crosswalk itself—it’s not that safe.

And parents don’t know where to park—it’s literally dirt lots on the side— it's the wild wild west. The crosswalk guard recently had to call the Sherriff’s Department to come and observe.
• There have been car accidents—there’s a flashing beacon but people ignore it. People approaching that intersection, and cars are trying to turn into the dirt road, and there have been car crashes because people aren’t paying attention.
• On the southwest where the crosswalk is, parents are stopping in the crosswalk, not behind it, thus not blocking the crosswalk. They’re also coming in from the south, and because they want to get in line, they stop right in the middle of the crosswalk.
• The school representatives had a number of ideas for solving these problems, identifying different or additional turn-around areas, and directing traffic as it leaves the pick-up locations. There needs to be more of a plan for parent pickup and drop-off to create more delineation. There was a suggestion to make an island, or a secondary turnaround, and road widening associated with relocating the buses and the pick-up areas. For example, if the school could turn 90th street into another turnaround area, we might have some conflict with the existing turnaround but if the folks on Avenue H stayed on Avenue H, and then 90th Street West stay on 90th Street West, that would help resolve the conflicts.
• Desired improvements may involve roadways within unincorporated Los Angeles County. Candice Vander Hyde stressed that there was a very good relationship between the City of Lancaster and the County and that solutions could be found, with coordination and planning.

Del Sur K-8 School
9023 W Avenue H | Westside Union School District
SUMMER 2022

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Del Sur K-8 School
9023 W Avenue H | Westside Union School District
SUMMER 2022

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The Other 'E's
With City and School District programmatic
support, the principal can set the tone to
encourage and increase students who
walk or bike to school.

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• All-way stop control.
• Yellow continental crosswalks on all legs.
• Advanced stop line on all legs.
• All stop signs have flashing LED lights.

Potential Improvements
• Investigate installing modern roundabout.
• Refresh yellow continental crosswalks on all legs.
• Add ADA curb ramp with truncated domes on all corners. • Add curb extension on northwest corner.

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12 PROJECT & PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
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Summary of Engineering
Strategies, by Type
Crossing Improvement
•90th Street West & Avenue H: Pavement markings; curb ramps; investigate installing roundabout
Sidewalks
•Avenue H in front of School (north side)
•90th Street West in front of School (west side)
Traffic Calming
•Avenue H east of 90th Street West: Speed feedback signs •90th Street West between Avenue G-8 & Avenue H-8:

Speed feedback signs

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Joe Walker Middle School
Stealth Academy
5632 W Avenue L-8 | Westside Union School District
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School Facts
We Are Stealth!
At the 1972 dedication of Joe Walker Middle School, thenmember of the Westside Union School District School Board, James Skalicky stated, "We all want the best education possible for our children; an education that creates enthusiasm and pride in one’s accomplishments; one that stimulates the inner self for a desire of understanding people, cultures, society, and education itself.” To fulfill this vision, Joe Walker Middle School creates a culture of success by partnering with community organizations to promote instructional relevance in our educational program.

In order to best prepare our students for success with twenty-first century skills, we provide a balanced curriculum that educates the whole child combining science, technology, engineering, and mathematics with the arts and humanities. Every child will receive a STEALTH education at Joe Walker Middle School.

How are Joe Walker students getting to school?

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902 Student enrollment

54.7% of students eligible for free
or reduced-price meals (FRPM)
2022 Golden Bell Recipient
The Golden Bell Awards reflect the depth and breadth
of outstanding education offerings in our
state, and demonstrate the tenacity, vision
and dedication of school leaders across
California.

AVID Certified
AVID Advancement Via Individual Determination
AVID is an international program that prepares students in the academic middle for admission to a four-year college or university by learning study skills, critical thinking and problem solving. This elective class includes college and career planning, college visits, guest speakers, and weekly tutoring from peers and college students.

VEX Robotics Team
In this elective class students will learn
about robotics and build robots for VEX
Competition. VEX Robotics encourages teamwork, leadership, and problem solving among groups. VEX Robotics is the only robotics platform that spans from elementary school through college.

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5632 W Avenue L-8
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Types of Crashes:  Bicycle  Pedestrian
Crash Severity:  Fatal  Severe Injury  Other Visible Injury  Complaint of Pain Years: 2015 - 2019
Summary Statistics
Radius Fatal Severe Injury Visible Injury Complaint of Pain Pedestrian Bicycle Total Joe Walker Middle
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Pedestrian and Bicycle Crashes near Joe Walker
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EXISTING CONDITIONS
Stakeholder and Community Input
Engagement Portals
The City of Lancaster met the challenge of eliciting meaningful community input during a pandemic by calling on long-standing relationships between City staff and the schools, as well as professional connections with community-based organizations. The Project Team also utilized proven virtual engagement strategies, in concert with the City’s social network apparatus, electronic newsletters, and flyers, to spark interest in the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Interactive Map housed on the City’s website, along with community and parent surveys. These materials and links were provided to the project’s Stakeholder Advisory Team which included Lancaster’s four school districts. The major school-specific engagement activities are described below.

August 19, 2021 Interview Summary
Westside Union School District Interviewees:
•Shelly Dearinger, Director of Instructional Facilities, Risk Management and Safety
•Rhonda Hanson, Director, Risk Management
The district-level perspective on the potential for active transportation at the five schools included in the SRTS Master Plan update is as follows:
• Quartz Hill ES—walking/biking school potential (there are no school buses). • Sundown ES—has some buses, but also lots of walkers.
• Valley View ES—has walkers.
• Del Sur—in a more rural, less dense area, and is more of a bus school, in the middle of busy roads, so parents don’t let their children walk or bike to school. The distance is too great for biking/walking for most students, as well. Del Sur Acres is more than a mile and a half away. Although no one is biking to this school, it could conceivably occur if there were safe bike facilities.
• Joe Walker MS—has walkers.

It was noted generally that for school children walking alone, the youngest would be in 4th grade.

Ms. Dearinger and Ms. Hanson indicated that none of the schools were using the SEE AND BE SEEN materials and that it is likely that teachers were unaware of the resource. Future use of the lessons would be based on the needs of each school. This is an area for further development, communication, and collaboration between the City and the School District.

Source: Westside Union School District, Lancaster, CA

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Parent Surveys and SRTS
Interactive Map Input
Joe Walker Middle School Stealth Academy
55th Street West south of Avenue L-8
•Bike facilities implemented in 2016 or 2017.

Avenue L-8 east of 57th Street West
•Gap in bike facilities east of 57th Street West. Student on bike hit by vehicle. •Lack of sidewalks east of 57th Street West.
60th Street West north of Avenue L-8
•Short bike lane from Avenue L-8 heading northbound ends before high school.
55th Street West south of Avenue L-12
•Lack of bike facilities. Students on bikes have been hit by vehicles.

George Lane Park
•Students often spend time in the park after school before heading home, but school is still liable for their safety.
•Students are unsupervised, partake in and/or are exposed to drug use and fights.

Avenue L-8 and 55th Street West
•Lack of curbs and curb ramps on northeast and southeast corners of intersection.
•Lack of marked crosswalk at north, west, and east legs of intersection. o Student cross outside marked crosswalk on north leg of intersection. o Lack of ADA compliance has hampered efforts to install marked crosswalk.
55th Street West between Avenue L-10 and Avenue L-12
•Lack of sidewalks.
57th Street West and Avenue L-12
•No pedestrian connection between mobile home park and school.

Avenue L-8 and 57th Street West
•Crossing guard position currently unstaffed. Crossing guard is on medical leave resources to hire are unavailable.

Avenue L-12 and 55th Street West
•Lack of marked crosswalks at intersection to assist students crossing 55th Street West.
o Request from school staff for stop signs on 55th Street West.

Avenue L-8 and 56th Street West
•Lack of marked crosswalk at intersection to assist students crossing Avenue L-8. 57th Street West between Avenue L-8 and Avenue L-12
•Lack of parking restrictions makes traffic control during pickup and drop-off periods difficult.
•Queuing forms along 57th Street West during pickup and drop-off periods. •Parents double parking during pickup and drop-off periods. 57th Street W between Ash Court and Summer Lane
•Parents are encouraged to use this parking lot when traffic conditions make pickup and drop-off periods difficult.

Avenue L-8 in front of School
•Vehicles Speeding.

EXISTING CONDITIONS
Stakeholder and Community Input

SURVEY RESPONSES
The children of all three Joe Walker Middle School parents who responded to the online survey were dropped off and picked up via the family car. Getting traffic to slow down, having safer crosswalks, and ensuring that adults walked or biked alongside students, would help convince at least two of these parents to consider allowing their child to walk or bicycle to school.

Approximately 400 parents responded to the paper survey handed out at the schools as the Student Tallies were being conducted in September 2021.

Because responses indicated discrepancies in how people answered the survey questions, these could not be meaningfully summarized and analyzed. However, it is clear that distance, traffic speeds and volumes, crime and the weather were significant factors in determining whether parents allowed their children to walk or ride to school.

Additionally, about 10% of respondents provided written responses to an open-ended question eliciting comments. A sample of these is provided below.
"I'm a stay-at-home mom and I drive my kids to and from school.” "I want my son to have other kids to walk with, not adults necessarily.”
"I will allow my daughter to walk home from school once the weather cools down. I will most likely encourage it more as she gets older.”
"We drive to school every day because of our location. Thank you for your concerns to improve pick up and drop off.” "I would honestly let my older child walk, but I'm already driving my younger kids and it's easier just to drop him off and pick him up on the way.”
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"Both of my children walk/bike. We do, however, need more sidewalks along 60th Street West around the ranch, and along 60th. This might encourage more parents to allow kids to walk.” "My son is already walking home, and I meet him halfway. But would like it if a crossing guard was there every day.” Concerns about safety on Avenue L-8:
"I would love for my daughter to walk or bike to school since the buses don't drop off near our home. Safety along Avenue L-8 is my biggest concern.”
"We live close to L-8 and we hear cars racing. I fear for the children that have to walk along there. There should be some speed bumps, but I know that's the City's responsibility.”
"In order for my child to walk or ride their bike to school, the entire length of Avenue L-8 would have to be fixed.”
"I would not let my children walk to school. There are too many crazy people.”
(A number of people mentioned human trafficking and child abductions.)
Joe Walker Middle School
Virtual Walk Audit
Walk audits are used across the nation and were employed here to help the project team understand existing conditions, walking and bicycling patterns, locations of crossing guards, conflicts with traffic, concerns about sidewalks, crosswalks, bicycle facilities, signals, lighting, and social and environmental factors. The Joe Walker Middle School virtual walk audit was held on September 23, 2021, via web conference.

Joe Walker Middle School had not been included in the 2016 SRTS Master Plan, so there were no baseline tally data or earlier recommended SRTS projects or programs.

Felicia Goldovsky, Principal, and Ana Penaloza, Vice Principal represented the school; Rhonda Hanson represented Westside Union School District; Candice Vander Hyde and Matt Simons represented the City. With everyone able to view the SRTS Interactive Map, participants were able to quickly discuss general topics and concerns and identify specific problems. Walk audit comments in addition to those included previously in the SRTS Interactive Map Input section, are summarized below:
• Some of the streets connecting to the school are maintained by the City; others are maintained by the County of Los Angeles. Sitting on the boundary of these jurisdictions presents challenges for the consistent and swift implementation of projects. Ms. Vander Hyde indicated that the City could leverage its good working relationship with the County to help move past any implementation obstacles.

EXISTING CONDITIONS
Stakeholder and Community Input
• Joe Walker Middle School has the highest percentage of students among the five district schools included in the SRTS Master Plan. Walking is at 11%, with the students coming from all of the neighborhoods around the school. A lot of students live in the trailer park to the southwest of the school.

It was noted that pedestrian access appears to be cut off from the school. • Over the past three years, there have been three students who were bicycling who were hit where there were no bicycle lanes, near 52nd Avenue West and Avenue L-8, 55th Avenue West and Avenue L-12; one was transported to the hospital. The one that was seriously injured was actually walking the bike across the road, as instructed. • To the northwest is Quartz Hill High School, and the students who drive don’t obey traffic rules, making it less safe for our kids at Joe Walker. • The location of the park near a middle school is a problem. The school is responsible for getting the kids home, and they stop at the park, and there’s a skate park there. There are adults, drugs, smoking, and no supervision.

Even if parents say it’s ok to allow the child to go to the park, the school is liable until they get home.
• The park has never been a positive influence. There was an after-school program, but it’s not clear if that’s still in operation. It’s where kids go to fight. On Wednesdays, the high-schoolers get out and we’ve had times where the middle-schoolers are picked up by the high-school kids. • Crossing guard positions are very hard to fill. You put your life in your own hands at certain locations. Parents can be aggressive drivers and ignore what the crossing guards tell them to do. Parent behavior and education and civility issues are ongoing.
• At the corner of the parking lot, 56th Street West—the students will run across Avenue L-8 to get into the neighborhoods.

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At the core of Lancaster's SRTS
is a commitment to deliver high-quality
and effective projects and programs to
all school communities, especially disadvantaged and low-income students, students of color, and mobility-impaired
students who face challenges to walking, bicycling, or rolling to school safely and comfortably.
• Prioritize high-need schools
• RE-Cycle Bike Donation /
Repair Clinics
Successful, funded SRTS plans result
from ongoing, meaningful engagement
with the students, families, schools and
local community organizations who will
benefit from the projects and programs.

Community engagement that continues
beyond plan adoption ensures that the
SRTS is a living document and that implementation of the plan is responsive to intergenerational needs for bicycle
and pedestrian facilities and programs
as they change over time.
• Community events, family fun days
• Annual parent/guardian surveys
Clearly identified periodic reporting
allows schools and the City to document progress, make modifications, request needed funding, and celebrate
success.
• Annual student tallies

SRTS PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS
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• Add ADA curb ramps with truncated domes to
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Joe Walker Middle School
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Existing
• All-way stop control.
• Transverse-line crosswalk on south and east legs.

Potential Improvements
• Add yellow continental crosswalks on south and
east legs.
• Add advanced stop lines on south and east legs.
• Add ADA curb ramps with truncated domes to
southwest and southeast corners.

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15 Joe Walker Middle School Stealth Academy
5632 W Avenue L-8 | Westside Union School District
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PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
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Joe Walker Middle School
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60th Street West
Existing
• Signalized intersection.
• Transverse-line crosswalk on all legs.

Potential Improvements
• Add a leading pedestrian interval to cross all legs.
• Add accessible pedestrian signal (APS) push buttons.
• Add white continental crosswalks on all legs.
• Add advanced stop lines to all approaches of the
new crosswalks.
• Add ADA curb ramps with truncated domes to
northeast, northwest, and southeast corners.
16 Joe Walker Middle School Stealth Academy
5632 W Avenue L-8 | Westside Union School District
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Joe Walker Middle School
5 --Recommendations--
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55th Street West
Existing
• T-intersection.
• Stop-controlled at Avenue L-10.
• White ladder crosswalk on north leg.

Potential Improvements
• Add white continental crosswalk on north leg.
• Add ADA curb ramps with truncated domes to northwest
and northeast corners.
• Remove W11-2 sign from southeast corner.
• Investigate installing a post-mounted pedestrianactivated rapid-flashing beacon.

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17 Joe Walker Middle School Stealth Academy
5632 W Avenue L-8 | Westside Union School District
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PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
Joe Walker Middle School
6 --Recommendations--
Avenue L-12 and
54th Street West
Existing
• TWSC Intersection.
• Stop-controlled on Avenue L-12.
• 55th Street West is uncontrolled.

Potential Improvements
• Add yellow continental crosswalks on all legs.
• Add advanced stop lines to all approaches of the
new crosswalks.
• Investigate adding stop sign to north and south
approaches on 55th Street West.
• Add ADA curb ramps with truncated domes
to all corners.
18 Joe Walker Middle School Stealth Academy
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PROJECT & PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
Strategy Packages
Summary of Engineering
Strategies, by Type
Crossing Improvements
•Avenue L-8 & 55th Street West: Pavement markings; curb ramps •Avenue L-8 & 56th Street West: Pavement markings & signage; curb ramp; rectangular rapid-flashing beacon (RRFB)
•Avenue L-8 & 57th Street West: Pavement markings; curb ramps •Avenue L-8 & 60th Street West: Pavement markings, APS push buttons & leading pedestrian intervals •Avenue L-10 & 55th Street West: Pavement markings; curb ramps •Avenue L-12 & 55th Street West: Pavement markings & signage; curb ramps Bikeways
•Avenue L-8 between 60th Street West & 62nd Street West: Lane reductions & Class II buffered bike lanes •60th Street West between Avenue L-8 & Avenue L-12: Class II buffered bike lanes Sidewalk
•Avenue L-8 between 57th Street West & existing sidewalk east of 60th Street West (north side) Traffic Calming
•57th Street West between Avenue L-8 & Avenue L-12: Speed humps •Avenue L-12 between 55th Street West & 57th Street West: Speed humps

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INTRODUCTION
School Facts
Junior Rebels
Shine!
Quartz Hill Elementary assists in developing a community of life long learners that demonstrates the knowledge, skills and values required to be productive global citizens.

Vision Statement
The vision of the Quartz Hill Elementary community is for all members to be their best everyday, for the benefit
of every student.

How are Quartz Hill students getting to school?

YEAR STUDENT TALLIES

COLLECTED
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TALLIES
# OF

STUDENTS

SURVEYED

WALK BIKE SCHOOL
BUS
FAMILY

VEHICLE CARPOOL TRANSIT OTHER
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67.6% of students eligible for free
or reduced-price meals (FRPM)
AVID Certified
AVID Advancement Via
Individual Determination
Regardless of their life circumstances, AVID students overcome obstacles and achieve success. They graduate and attend college at higher rates, but more importantly, they can think critically, collaborative, and set high expectations to confidently conquer the challenges that await them.

Project Lead the Way,
a STEM Curriculum
PLTW is aligned to the newly adopted
Next Generation Science Standards.

When engaged in the modules of PLTW
students can be using VEX robotics to solve real-world problems, conducting experiments, or studying the effects of collision.

Dancing Feet and
VEX Robotics Team
We offer a tryout for the VEX robotics
team for students in fifth and sixth grades.

A great way for our students to develop
introductory robotic skills prior to
matriculating to middle school.
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Types of Crashes:  Bicycle  Pedestrian
Crash Severity:  Fatal  Severe Injury  Other Visible Injury  Complaint of Pain Years: 2015 - 2019
Summary Statistics
Radius Fatal Severe Injury Visible Injury Complaint of Pain Pedestrian Bicycle Total Quartz Hill Hih
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EXISTING CONDITIONS
Pedestrian and Bicycle Crashes near Quartz Hill
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CRASH SEVERITY
Severe Injury
Other Visible Injury
Complaint of Pain

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41820 50th Street West | Westside Union School District SUMMER 2022

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August 19, 2021 Interview Summary
Westside Union School District Interviewees:
•Shelly Dearinger, Director of Instructional Facilities, Risk Management and Safety
•Rhonda Hanson, Director, Risk Management
The district-level perspective on the potential for active transportation at the five schools included in the SRTS Master Plan update is as follows:
•Quartz Hill Elementary School—has walking/biking school potential, as there are no school buses.
•Sundown Elementary School—has some buses, but also quite a few walkers. •Valley View Elementary School—has students who walk.
•Del Sur K-8 School–is located in a more rural, less dense area, and is more of a bus school, in the middle of busy roads, so parents don’t let their children walk or bike to school. The distance is too great for biking/walking for most students, as well. Del Sur Acres is more than a mile and a half away. Although no one is biking to this school, it could conceivably occur if there were safe bike facilities. •Joe Walker Middle School—has a higher share of students walking than other district schools.

It was noted generally that for school children walking alone, the youngest would be in 4th grade.

SEE AND BE SEEN
The City’s SRTS Project Manager, Candice
Vander Hyde, explained that once distance
learning began in 2020, the City worked to
develop and post instructional materials adapted for that learning mode on the SEE AND BE SEEN website. Additionally, teacher instructions were provided, along with lessons and lab worksheets for various lessons.

Parent Surveys and SRTS
Interactive Map Input
Quartz Hill Elementary School
50th Street West & Avenue K-2
• Several incidents involving public intoxication create public safety concerns.

School Grounds
• Issues with homeless individuals sleeping in shrubs by Vice Principal’s office and along the walkway into school.

Avenue M-4 east of 50th Street West
• Lack of sidewalks on the south side of the street.
• Students crossing the street outside the marked crosswalk. • Parents double parking, causing congestion.

Quartz Hill Road and School Driveway
• Lack of sidewalks along Quartz Hill Road.

Avenue M between Mobile Home Park and 50th Street West
• Sidewalk gaps along Avenue M for students walking from the mobile home park, etc.

Avenue M and 50th Street West
• Suggestion by school staff for crossing guard at this location. 50th Street West and Avenue M-4
• Queueing during pickup and drop-off periods leads to vehicles blocking crosswalks.

Source: Westside Union School District, Lancaster, CA

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7 Avenue M (west side) between Avenue M-2 & Avenue M-4
• Parents double parking.

Avenue M (east side) between Avenue M-2 & Avenue M-4
• Parents double and triple parking.
• Parents and students crossing the street outside marked crosswalks. • Parents making illegal U-turns.

Westside Union School District offices
(directly north of the School on 50th Street West)
• Parents will sometimes try to use this lot. This is discouraged by school staff to avoid impacts on district staff, children have no direct access to school, and some vehicle maneuvers made are unsafe.
50th Street West & School Driveway at Avenue M-2
• Vehicles turning through crosswalks despite the presence of students. o Suggestion for right turn-only restrictions during pickup and drop-off periods.

Avenue M-4 east of 50th Street West at School Driveway
• Parents will move/run over cones delineating the bus loading zone. • Parents turning left into the parking lot cause congestion. • Parents will maneuver outside designated lanes.
• Parents will make turns too quickly and will pull over and block the exit. • Vehicles speeding.

Avenue M-4 parking lot east of School
• Parents will use this as a circular lot, which can hold about 40 cars, but not enough capacity during pickup and drop-off periods. 52nd Street West between Avenue K & Avenue L
• Vehicles speeding.
o Request for traffic calming measures.
50th Street West between Avenue M & Avenue N
• Vehicles speeding.

Quartz Hill Road east of 50th Street West
• Vehicles speeding.
50th Street West & Avenue M-2
• Vehicles turning too quickly through crosswalks.

SURVEY RESPONSES
Approximately 180 parents responded to the paper survey handed out at the schools as the Student Tallies were being conducted in September 2021. Because responses indicated discrepancies in how people answered the survey questions, these could not be meaningfully summarized and analyzed. However, it is clear that distance, traffic speeds and volumes, crime and the weather were significant factors in determining whether parents allowed their children to walk or ride to school.

Additionally, nearly 20% of respondents provided written responses to an openended question eliciting comments. A sample of these is provided below.

Together is Safer
"More kids (including my own) would walk to school if there were responsible adults and sidewalks along the way. Additionally, the traffic around the school is quite dangerous.”
"My kids walk home with their cousins—it has been very helpful!” Sidewalks and Stop Signs
"There should be a stop sign at the circle drive entrance on M-4 for both directions.” "We would prefer to walk or ride bikes but there isn't a sidewalk on one section of our route—50th Street West, nearest the school.”
"We would like to see the City work on roads and sidewalks, also traffic signals.” "I wish my kids had a sidewalk to walk home on.”
Pick-up/Drop-off
"Parents who pick up their children from school are so much in a rush.

They block in other people trying to leave. Time to get Sheriff back out to regulate illegal parking.”
"We drive to school every day because of our location. It's too far for bike riding.

Thank you for your concerns to improve drop-off and pickup.” "Unfortunately, I have seen how parents/caregivers drive, park, and cross the streets near our school. There is no enforcement of traffic laws or parking.

I could not be comfortable sending a child to challenge these behaviors.” Parental Concerns
"First, we would like to thank you for this survey. Secondly, it's a scary topic, walking or biking without an adult is scary, with traffic, and strangers.

Everything gets us paranoid.”
"I am worried about the crimes that have been happening with children the past years. Maybe in high school, my child can walk home.” "There’s a situation where a bully would be walking the same route as my child.”

EXISTING CONDITIONS
Stakeholder and Community Input
Quartz Hill Elementary School
Virtual Walk Audit
Walk audits are used across the nation and were employed here to help the project team understand existing conditions, walking and bicycling patterns, locations of crossing guards, conflicts with traffic, concerns about sidewalks, crosswalks, bicycle facilities, signals, lighting, and social and environmental factors. The Quartz Hill Elementary School virtual walk audit was held on September 23, 2021, via web conference.

Quartz Hill Elementary School had not been included in the 2016 SRTS Master Plan, so there were no baseline tally data or earlier recommended SRTS projects or programs.

Trudy Valenzuela, Principal, Noelle Zuaro, Vice Principal, and Jennifer Schmid, school counselor represented the school; Rhonda Hanson and Shelly Dearinger represented Westside Union School District; Candice Vander Hyde and Rosa Orellano represented the City. With everyone able to view the SRTS Interactive Map, participants were able to quickly discuss general topics and concerns and identify specific problems. Walk audit comments in addition to those included previously in the SRTS Interactive Map Input section, are summarized below:
• Quartz Hill Road is curvy, with lots of blind spots; there are only one or two students (with their parents) seen crossing it.
• Some parents have commented that if it were safer, they’d consider allowing their kids to walk to school.
• The physical environment is an issue. The school fronts onto dirt lots, and there have been issues with homeless, and intoxication. "I'd possibly allow my daughter to walk or bike
to school if there were a group of kids around her
neighborhood who could walk/bike in a group.

I would personally feel she is safer that way.”
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• Signalized intersection.
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Potential Improvements
• Add white continental crosswalks on all legs.
• Add advanced limit lines on all legs.
• Investigate adding a leading pedestrian interval to cross all legs. • Add accessible pedestrian signal (APS) push buttons.
• Crossing guard.

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• Signalized intersection.
• Transverse-line crosswalks on all legs.

Potential Improvements
• Add yellow continental crosswalks on all legs.
• Add advanced limit lines on all legs.
• Investigate adding a leading pedestrian interval to cross all legs. • Add accessible pedestrian signal (APS) push buttons.
• Crossing guard.

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• Add yellow continental crosswalk on south and west legs. • Add advanced stop lines on west and south legs.
• Add accessible pedestrian signal (APS) push buttons.

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•50th Street West & Avenue M: Pavement markings; APS push buttons and leading pedestrian intervals
•50th Street West & Avenue M-4: Pavement markings; APS push buttons and leading pedestrian intervals
•50th Street West & Avenue M-2: Pavement markings; APS push buttons Bikeways
•Avenue M-8 between 50th Street West & 55th Street W: Lane reductions and Class II buffered bike lanes
•Avenue M-8 between 45th Street West & 50th Street West: Class II bike lanes (roadway may require widening and/or shoulder improvements) •50th Street West between Avenue M-4 & Avenue M-8: Class II bike lanes (roadway may require widening and/or shoulder improvements) Sidewalks
•50th Street West between existing sidewalk north of Avenue L -14 & Avenue L-14 (east side) •50th Street West between existing sidewalk north of Avenue M-2 & Existing sidewalk north of Avenue M-4 (west side)
•50th Street West between Avenue M-4 & Avenue M-8 (both sides) •Avenue M between existing sidewalks west of 51st Street West & 55th Street West (both sides) •Quartz Hill Road between 45th Street W & existing sidewalk east of 50th Street West (south side) •Avenue M-2 between 50th Street West & existing sidewalk west of 50th Street West (both sides) •Avenue M-4 between 45th Street West & School (north side) •Avenue M-4 between 45th Street West & 50th Street West (south side) •Avenue M-8 between 45th Street West & 55th Street West (both sides) Traffic Calming
•Avenue M-4 between 45th Street West & 50th Street West: Speed humps

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INTRODUCTION
Location Map
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Lancaster
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Eastside Union
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6151 W Avenue J-8
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INTRODUCTION
School Facts
Pointing the Way,
Providing the Path.

Our mission as a professional learning community is to establish a strong academic and social-emotional foundation for all students to prepare them to be successful and responsible citizens in our diverse community.

Vision Statement
Our vision is to provide every child with a variety of learning opportunities in order to meet their needs and celebrate their growth.

All means all. We believe that all students can learn
and grow at high levels. We believe that all students and their families will feel welcomed, safe, valued, and supported on campus.

How are Sundown students getting to school?

YEAR STUDENT TALLIES

COLLECTED
# OF

TALLIES
# OF

STUDENTS

SURVEYED

WALK BIKE SCHOOL
BUS
FAMILY

VEHICLE CARPOOL TRANSIT OTHER
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58.5% of students eligible for free
or reduced-price meals (FRPM)
Our Core Values
Compassion | Community | Positivity
Kindness | Equity
AVID Certified
In all of our classrooms, students are
developing skills to help ensure that they
are college and career ready. The staff
of Quartz Hill has diligently worked
to put organizational systems in place to assist our students in becoming thoughtful, skilled, academic scholars.

WASC Certified
Sundown Elementary School
is accredited is focused on its mission and goals for students; it is student-oriented and examines its students’ performance continuously; it accepts objective evaluation from a team of outside peer professionals trained by ACS WASC; it maintains a qualified faculty within an effectively organized school; it collaboratively assesses the quality of its educational programs on a regular basis; and it plans for the future.
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6151 W Avenue J-8
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Types of Crashes:  Bicycle  Pedestrian
Crash Severity:  Fatal  Severe Injury  Other Visible Injury  Complaint of Pain Years: 2015 - 2019
Summary Statistics
Radius Fatal Severe Injury Visible Injury Complaint of Pain Pedestrian Bicycle Total Sundown Elementary
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EXISTING CONDITIONS
Pedestrian and Bicycle Crashes near Sundown
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CRASH SEVERITY
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Complaint of Pain

MASTER PLAN
Sundown Elementary School
6151 W Avenue J-8 | Westside Union School District
SUMMER 2022

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Stakeholder and Community Input
Engagement Portals
The City of Lancaster met the challenge of eliciting meaningful community input during a pandemic by calling on long-standing relationships between City staff and the schools, as well as professional connections with community-based organizations. The Project Team also utilized proven virtual engagement strategies, in concert with the City’s social network apparatus, electronic newsletters, and flyers, to spark interest in the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Interactive Map housed on the City’s website, along with community and parent surveys. These materials and links were provided to the project’s Stakeholder Advisory Team that included Lancaster’s four School Districts. The major school-specific engagement activities are described below.

The distance is too great for biking/walking for most students, as well. Del Sur Acres is more than a mile and a half away. Although no one is biking to this school, it could conceivably occur if there were safe bike facilities. •Joe Walker MS—has walkers.

Lingering Impacts of COVID -19
At the time of the interview, Westside Union School District had just reopened and was experiencing a challenging start due to COVID-19, which impacted the trip to school in several ways. School had just reopened on August 4, and it was not clear at the time of the interview whether volunteers would be coming back to campus.

It was noted generally that for school children walking alone, the youngest would be in 4th grade.

SEE AND BE SEEN
The City’s SRTS Project Manager, Candice Vander
Hyde, explained that once distance learning began
in 2020, the City worked to develop and post
instructional materials adapted for that learning mode on the SEE AND BE SEEN website. Additionally, teacher instructions were provided, along with lessons and lab worksheets for various lessons.

Parent Surveys and
SRTS Interactive Map Input
Sundown Elementary School
Avenue J-8 west of the school
•Gap in dedicated bike facilities.

Avenue J-8 east of the school
•Gap in dedicated bike facilities.

Avenue J-8 west of 60th Street West
•Sidewalks are broken along the north side of the street near the church parking lot. 60th Street West between Jamaica Lane & Avenue J-8
•Lack of sidewalks along the east side of the street.

Avenue J-8 between 61st Street West & 62nd Street West
•Parents and students crossing the street outside of marked crosswalks.

Avenue J-8 & 60th Street West
•Queuing from vehicles using church parking lot block crosswalks. •Vehicles turning onto Avenue J-8 westbound will enter the eastbound left-turn lane. •Vehicles making northbound and eastbound left turns will try to beat the light and put crossing guards and students at risk.
62nd Street West & Jasper Court
•Vehicles blocking crosswalks.

Source: Westside Union School District, Lancaster, CA

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Sundown Elementary School
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7 Avenue J-8 & Church Driveway
• Vehicles queuing during pickup and drop-off periods will block students crossing driveways.

Avenue J-8 west of 62nd Street West
• Vehicles speeding.
o Suggestion for designating pickup and drop-off location here so parents and students can utilize crosswalk at 62nd Street West. o Suggestion for stop control.

Avenue J-8 between 62nd Street West & 60th Street West
• Parents illegally parking and double-parking during pickup and drop-off periods. 62nd Street West between Jasper Court & Avenue J-8
• Parked vehicles will block bus loading zones, driveways, and marked crosswalks.

Avenue J-8 & School Driveway
• Vehicles will enter via the school exit.
60th Street West north of Avenue J-8
• Vehicles queueing during pickup and drop-off periods.

Avenue J-8 in front of the School
• Street parking utilized by school staff.
• Lack of adequate parking during pickup and drop-off periods. 62nd Street West & School Bus Lot
• Vehicles can block buses from entering/accessing the lot during pickup and drop-off periods.

SURVEY RESPONSES
Approximately 350 parents responded to the paper survey handed out at the schools as the Student Tallies were being conducted in September 2021. Because responses indicated discrepancies in how people answered the survey questions, these could not be meaningfully summarized and analyzed. However, it is clear that distance, traffic speeds and volumes, crime and the weather were significant factors in determining whether parents allowed their children to walk or ride to school.

Additionally, 56 parents or guardians, representing about 16% of respondents, provided written responses to an open-ended question eliciting comments.

A sample of these is provided as follows.

Together is Safer
"Both my children usually walk home together.
"It is unsafe for a child to walk home alone without adult supervision.” "My decision is not to allow her to walk home due to being scared she could get kidnapped while walking. To me, she is still too young to walk without an older person.” Sidewalks and Stop Signs, Distance and Weather
"My children would ride/walk to school if Avenue J-8 went all the way through.” "A bus would be beneficial since a lot of kids in our neighborhood go to the same school. Bike or walking is currently not an option because it is unsafe and there is no pathway.”
"Would like to walk or bike but the distance is too far, especially in the heat of summer.” Pick-up/Drop-off
"Some parents are driving like idiots because they are in a rush both before and after school. Not enough traffic enforcement is provided by LASD.” Parental Concerns
"I'm an over-protective mother and I may change my mind, but as of now, my child is too young to walk home on her own.”
"My child is under parent care to and from school. We are responsible that my child is transported safely. We will continue to drive. "The traffic on Avenue J & 60th Street West is way too fast for any child of elementary school age to be walking along. Also, I'm very worried about predators, preying on young children walking alone.”
"Most of my concerns regarding allowing my child to ride or bike to school have to do with his health, hot weather, and the traffic on 60th Street West & Avenue J-8. (Driver speed and reaction to guards.)
"The world's not safe enough.”
"My biggest concern is the speeding along 60th Street West.” "The traffic and way parents drive at Sundown is very unsafe. No regard for pedestrians.”
"If there was less crime in the world, I would let my daughter walk. Other than that, I feel like she needs to have supervision.”

EXISTING CONDITIONS
Stakeholder and Community Input
Sundown Elementary School
Virtual Walk Audit
Walk audits are used across the nation and were employed here to help the project team understand existing conditions, walking and bicycling patterns, locations of crossing guards, conflicts with traffic, concerns about sidewalks, crosswalks, bicycle facilities, signals, lighting, and social and environmental factors. The Sundown Elementary School virtual walk audit was held on September 23, 2021, via web conference.

Amy Brouwer, Principal, Shemeka Andre, Vice Principal, and two crossing guards, Colleen Ruffner and Toya Davis, represented the school; Rhonda Hanson and Shelly Dearinger represented Westside Union School District; Candice Vander Hyde and Matt Simons represented the City. With everyone able to view the SRTS Interactive Map, participants were able to quickly discuss general topics and concerns and identify specific problems. Walk audit comments in addition to those included previously in the SRTS Interactive Map Input section, are summarized below:
• We would like to encourage families in the immediate neighborhood to walk to school, but Sundown has quite a wide enrollment boundary, through desert areas without sidewalks. These parents will mostly drive their students. • We do have about 6–8 kids who walk through the adjacent desert area, but they walk with their parents.
• We don’t have more than a handful of bikers, and it’s not consistent. • Sundown Elementary is one of our largest schools, and there’s no parking at all, either for staff (which uses up most of the available parking) • Immediately to the east, there’s a church and parents do park there. The school has a good relationship with the church. However, even here the doubleparking and blocking of entrances create problems. • Crossing guards have risked their lives as cars tried to beat the light in order to avoid waiting.
• More law enforcement presence has been requested. Even just the visual presence of the Sheriff’s Department would get parents to start obeying the law. • On 60th Street West and Avenue J-8, there’s a raised sidewalk. Students have tripped on it, as have crossing guards.
• Perhaps the City could paint a red curb to allow the buses to turn into the bus parking lot. The school sets out cones, but the parents remove the cones and park there anyway.
"Where we live, there are a lot of students from here. I believe a designated parent/volunteer to walk the children 1.1 miles to the school would be good. Also, we need more crosswalks.” Sundown Elementary School
6151 W Avenue J-8 | Westside Union School District
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Sundown Elementary School
6151 W Avenue J-8 | Westside Union School District
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9 SRTS RECOMMENDATIONS
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Sundown Elementary School
6151 W Avenue J-8 | Westside Union School District
SUMMER 2022

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Sundown Elementary School
6151 W Avenue J-8 | Westside Union School District
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11 PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
Sundown Elementary
5 --Recommendations--
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61st Street West
Existing
• T-intersection.
• Stop control on 61st Street West.
• No marked crosswalks.

Potential Improvements
• Investigate installing an overhead pedestrianactivated rapid-flashing beacons or HAWK to the east leg crosswalk OR consider reducing the
number of travel lanes to 1-lane in each direction.
• Add yellow continental crosswalks on south
and east legs.
• Add curb extension with ADA curb ramps
on south and east legs.
• Add advanced yield lines to both approaches
of the east leg crosswalk.
• Add “SLOW SCHOOL XING” pavement markings.
• Add signs approaching crosswalk(s) per
CA MUTCD guidelines.

Sundown Elementary School
6151 W Avenue J-8 | Westside Union School District
SUMMER 2022

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12 PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
Sundown Elementary
6 --Recommendations--
Avenue J-8 and
62nd Street West
Existing
• T-intersection.
• Stop control on 62nd Street West.
• Yellow continental crosswalks on north and west legs.

Potential Improvements
• Investigate installing an overhead pedestrian-activated rapid-flashing beacons or HAWK to the west leg crosswalk OR consider reducing the number of travel lanes to
1-lane in each direction.
• Refresh yellow continental crosswalks on north and
west legs.
• Add curb extensions with ADA curb ramps on north
and west legs.

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Sundown Elementary School
6151 W Avenue J-8 | Westside Union School District
SUMMER 2022

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13 Sundown Elementary
7 --Recommendations--
Jasper Court and
62nd Street West
Existing
• T-intersection.
• Stop control on Jasper Court.

Potential Improvements
• Refresh yellow continental crosswalks on
the west and south legs.
• Add curb extensions with ADA curb ramps
on west and south legs.

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS

PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations
Sundown Elementary School
6151 W Avenue J-8 | Westside Union School District
SUMMER 2022

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14 Avenue J-5 and
Brandon Thomas Way
Sundown Elementary
8 --Recommendations--
Existing
• Uncontrolled T-intersection.
• No marked crosswalks.

Potential Improvements
• Investigate installing stop control on
Brandon Thomas Way approach.
• Add yellow continental crosswalks on north
and east legs.
• Add curb extensions with ADA curb ramps
on north and east legs.
• Add advanced yield lines to both approaches
of the east leg crosswalk.
• Add “SLOW SCHOOL XING” pavement markings.
• Add signs approaching crosswalk(s) per CA
MUTCD guidelines.

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS

PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations

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Sundown Elementary School
6151 W Avenue J-8 | Westside Union School District
SUMMER 2022

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15 PROJECT & PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
Strategy Packages
Summary of Engineering
Strategies, by Type
Crossing Improvements
•Avenue J-8 & 61st Street West: Pavement markings & signage; curb extensions/ramps; investigate pedestrian HAWK signal, rectangular rapid-flashing beacon (RRFB), or lane reductions •Avenue J-8 & 62nd Street West: Pavement markings; curb extensions/ramps; investigate pedestrian HAWK signal, rectangular rapid-flashing beacon (RRFB), or lane reductions •Jasper Court & 62nd Street West: Pavement markings; curb extensions/ramps •Avenue J-5 & Brandon Thomas Way: Pavement markings & signage; Curb extensions/ramps Bikeway
•Avenue J-8 between east of 57th Street West & 65th Street West: Lane reductions & Class II buffered bike lanes
Multipurpose Path
•Avenue J-12 between 60th Street West & east of 62nd Street West Sidewalks
•60th Street West between Jamaica Lane & Avenue J-8 (east side) •60th Street West between Avenue J-9 & Avenue J-10 (east side) •60th Street West between existing sidewalk south of Avenue J-8 & Avenue K (west side) •60th Street West between Avenue K & Avenue K-2 (east side) •Avenue K between 60th Street West & existing sidewalk east of 62nd Street West (north side) Traffic Calming
•62nd Street West between Jasper Court & Avenue J-8: Speed humps SAFE
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Valley View Elementary School
3310 W Avenue L-8 | Westside Union School District
SUMMER 2022
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Westside Union School District
Valley View
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3310 W Avenue L-8
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INTRODUCTION
Location Map
Valley View
Elementary
28 Westside Union
School District
Lancaster
School District
Eastside Union
School District
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Westside Union School District
Valley View
Elementary
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School Enrollment Area
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MASTER PLAN
SAFE
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Westside Union School District
Valley View
Elementary
School
3310 W Avenue L-8
SUMMER 2022

INTRODUCTION
School Facts
We Are Warriors
In Education!
We are a school community committed to students in order to inspire learning. We spark curiosity and inspire our students to develop skills in critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity. Like Vikings, we passionately take care of our family, doing whatever it takes to create a learning environment conducive for student learning. We are relentless in engaging students, and fearless in trying new strategies to reach our students in their learning journey. We are loyal to our all in our school community, which includes ALL staff, students and families. We persevere in serving our community, and we model persistence in knowing that learning is a process and that mistakes are okay. We learn, make mistakes and keep on trying.

Viking Success Code
I will:

Use my hands for peace, not pain.

Use my heart for love, not hate.

Use my voice for song, not slurs.

Strive each day to grow and learn.

Live my life so all will gain.

How are Valley View students getting to school?

YEAR STUDENT TALLIES

COLLECTED
# OF

TALLIES
# OF

STUDENTS

SURVEYED

WALK BIKE SCHOOL
BUS
FAMILY

VEHICLE CARPOOL TRANSIT OTHER
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90th St W
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35th St E
Edwards Air Force Base
Palmdale Regional Airport
General William
J. Fox Airfield
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Avenue F
Avenue H
Avenue I
Avenue M
Avenue N
Sierra Hwy
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Avenue N-8
Avenue O
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50th St W
60th St W
Elizabeth Lake Rd
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64.9% of students eligible for free
or reduced-price meals (FRPM)
Mission Statement
Our mission at Valley View is to educate all students to master state content standards in an environment that cultivates character, promotes critical thinking, and inspires the love of learning. Data will point the way to the appropriate interventions and enrichment. Valley View staff will provide the path for students to risk, grow and achieve.
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Valley View
Elementary
School
3310 W Avenue L-8
SUMMER 2022
Types of Crashes:  Bicycle  Pedestrian
Crash Severity:  Fatal  Severe Injury  Other Visible Injury  Complaint of Pain Years: 2015 - 2019
Summary Statistics
Radius Fatal Severe Injury Visible Injury Complaint of Pain Pedestrian Bicycle Total Valley View Elementary
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EXISTING CONDITIONS
Pedestrian and Bicycle Crashes near Valley View
TIMS, 2015–2019
Fatal

CRASH SEVERITY
Severe Injury
Other Visible Injury
Complaint of Pain

MASTER PLAN
Valley View Elementary School
3310 W Avenue L-8 | Westside Union School District
SUMMER 2022

SAFE ROUTES

August 19, 2021 Interview Summary Interviewees:
•Shelly Dearinger, Director of Instructional Facilities, Risk Management and Safety
•Rhonda Hanson, Director, Risk Management
The district-level perspective on the potential for active transportation at the five schools included in the SRTS Master Plan update is as follows:
•Quartz Hill ES—walking/biking school potential (there are no school buses). •Sundown ES—has some buses, but also lots of walkers.
•Valley View ES—has walkers.
•Del Sur—in a more rural, less dense area, and is more of a bus school, in the middle of busy roads, so parents don’t let their children walk or bike to school.

It was noted generally that for school children walking alone, the youngest would be in 4th grade.

SEE AND BE SEEN
The City’s SRTS Project Manager, Candice Vander
Hyde, explained that once distance learning began
in 2020, the City worked to develop and post instructional materials adapted for that learning mode on the SEE AND BE SEEN website. Additionally, teacher instructions were provided, along with lessons and lab worksheets for various lessons.

Parent Surveys and
SRTS Interactive Map Input
Valley View Elementary
Vacant lot between Avenue L & 40th Street West
and Avenue L-4 & 37th Street West
• Lack of connections in the street network leads to students walking and biking on unpaved paths through vacant lots toward school.
• Request for a multipurpose path through vacant lots rather than have children walk or bike along 40th Street West and on Avenue L-8.

Avenue L-8 east of 35th Street West
• Parents parking illegally.
• Students crossing the street outside of marked crosswalks. 35th Street West south of Avenue L
• Students crossing the street outside of marked crosswalks. • Parents parking illegally along both sides of the street and on the dirt lot. • Illegal parking prevents vegetation from holding dust during wind events.

Avenue L-8 & 35th Street West
• Vehicles disobeying stop signs.
• Vehicles driving through crosswalks despite the presence of crossing guards and students.

Source: Westside Union School District, Lancaster, CA

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Valley View Elementary School
3310 W Avenue L-8 | Westside Union School District
SUMMER 2022

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TO SCHOOL
7 • Queuing vehicles block the crosswalk during pickup and drop-off periods. •Vehicles will speed around parked or stopped vehicles and into oncoming traffic.

Avenue L-8 & east School driveway
•Suggestion to examine the possibility of using it as an entrance during pickup and drop-off periods.

Vacant lot south of School off 35th Street West
•Suggestion to examine the potential for use in managing queueing vehicles during pickup and drop-off periods.
o During past use, there were problems during inclement weather. o Lot is not school property.

Avenue L-8 & 35th Street West
•Vehicles will use the driveway of a private residence on the northeast corner during pickup and drop-off periods.

Avenue L-8 & west School driveway
•Queuing vehicles from the parking lot will cause congestion during pickup and drop-off periods.

Vacant lot at SW corner of Avenue L-8 & 35th Street West •Vehicles will cut through an unpaved lot during pickup and drop-off periods. •Issues with vehicles damaging curbs.
•Request from school staff for additional law enforcement.

SURVEY RESPONSES
Approximately 210 parents responded to the paper survey handed out at the schools as the Student Tallies were being conducted in September 2021. Because responses indicated discrepancies in how people answered the survey questions, these could not be meaningfully summarized and analyzed. However, it is clear that distance, traffic speeds and volumes, crime and the weather were significant factors in determining whether parents allowed their children to walk or ride to school.

Additionally, 44 parents or guardians, representing about 21% of respondents, provided written responses to an open-ended question eliciting comments. A sample of these is provided below.

Together is Safer
"I would let my 3rd grader walk with her 6th-grade brother to school but not younger than 3rd grade.”
"The Antelope Valley isn't a safe enough place for my children to bike or walk without my husband or me.”
"Would not let my kids walk to school alone. My kids walk to the adult waiting in the vehicle.”
Sidewalks and Stop Signs, Distance and Weather
"The intersection at the school needs a signal and walking paths that are paved, and we need sidewalks down 35th Street West.”
"If we lived closer, I would allow them to walk to and from school.” "Need sidewalks or a way to separate the bike lane. Cars use the bike lane.” "The lack of sidewalks and street conditions make it almost impossible to safely walk or bike ride to/from school. Lots of families live close by but are forced to drive due to no pathways.”
"We have extreme weather (heat and wind).”
"The weather in winter is sometimes in the teens.”
"It would take 40 minutes to walk to school—one way. Most adults don't have the hours to walk when it is a 5-minute drive.”
Pick-up/Drop-off
"We need better parking areas.”
"More parking for parents is needed for before and after school.” "Please make sure that 35th Street West has concrete sidewalks instead of dirt.” Parental Concerns
"We have children aged 6 to 15 in our house. Until the crime decreases instead of continuing to increase like it is, I will never feel safe having any of my kids walk to any school around my house. Wish it was different because we would love the option.” "I do not let my high school student walk or ride to or from school. It's purely a safety concern for my family. (Kidnap, violence, crime.)” "People drive crazy and don't care.”

EXISTING CONDITIONS
Stakeholder and Community Input
"The people who park across the street don't look nor do they watch their speed even though they're on a dirt road.”
"Need the Sheriff to control speed. People drive over the speed limit.” Valley View Elementary School
Virtual Walk Audit
Walk audits are used across the nation and were employed here to help the project team understand existing conditions, walking and bicycling patterns, locations of crossing guards, conflicts with traffic, concerns about sidewalks, crosswalks, bicycle facilities, signals, lighting, and social and environmental factors. The Valley View Elementary School virtual walk audit was held on September 23, 2021, via web conference.

Sylvia Borg-Otting, Principal, and Erin Belcher, Vice Principal, represented the school; Rhonda Hanson and Shelly Dearinger represented Westside Union School District; Candice Vander Hyde and Rosa Orellana represented the City.

With everyone able to view the SRTS Interactive Map, participants were able to quickly discuss general topics and concerns and identify specific problems. Walk audit comments in addition to those included previously in the SRTS Interactive Map Input section, are summarized below:
• It’s hard to get parents to participate in activities like walking school buses.

Only a handful of students walk, and very few bike to school. • Recent improvements to Avenue L-8 and 35th Street West are nice. • The school did offer a valet service, but only when Vice Principal Belcher stood out with a sign, did parents avail themselves of it. • Avenue L-8—people hop the sidewalk in their off-road vehicles to get into the desert area.
• During windy weather, the dust from the desert, especially where the soil has been disturbed by cars and off-road vehicles, is a problem. During the rainy season, mud and flooding can be a problem, as well.
"I think that we should be encouraging students to walk and bike to school. It would make them strong, fit, and healthy.” "Me encantaría que mi hija caminara a la escuela porque es más saludable para ella, pero por el clima no nos lo permite.” (English:) "I would love for my daughter to walk to school because it is healthier for her, but because of the weather, it does not allow us.” Valley View Elementary School
3310 W Avenue L-8 | Westside Union School District
SUMMER 2022

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8 EXISTING CONDITIONS
Suggested Routes,
Traffic Control,
and School Access
Avenue L
Columbia Wy
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3 5th
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Avenue L-8
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Avenue L-4
32nd
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Avenue L-6
Avenue L-2
Avenue L-8
27th St W
28th St W
37th St W
Camino Vista
Lup ni Wy
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Balmont St
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36th St W
Sunnyvale Rd
Shmily Ct
Calandri Ln
Camino Hermanos
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28th St W
37th St W
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Hull Park
Valley View Elementary School
Traffic Control & School Access
Valley View
Elementary
School

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Valley View Elementary School
3310 W Avenue L-8 | Westside Union School District
SUMMER 2022

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9 SRTS RECOMMENDATIONS
Suggested Routes
and Recommended
Improvements
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37th St W
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Valley View Elementary School
Potential Improvements
Valley View
Elementary
School
Valley View Elementary School
3310 W Avenue L-8 | Westside Union School District
SUMMER 2022

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SRTS PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS
The Other 'E's
With City and School District programmatic
support, the principal can set the tone to
encourage and increase students who
walk or bike to school.

See SRTS Master Plan Introduction:

Menu of Best People Strategies

VIEW SRTS MASTER PLAN
Valley View Elementary School
3310 W Avenue L-8 | Westside Union School District
SUMMER 2022

SAFE ROUTES

TO SCHOOL
11 PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
Valley View Elementary School
10 --Recommendations--
35th Street West
and Avenue L-8
Existing
• All-way stop control.
• Yellow continental crosswalks on north, east,
and south legs.

Potential Improvements
• Add yellow continental crosswalk on north leg.
• Add perpendicular ADA curb ramp with truncated
domes on the northwest corner.

Valley View Elementary School
3310 W Avenue L-8 | Westside Union School District
SUMMER 2022

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TO SCHOOL
12 PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations
32nd Street West and Avenue L-8
Valley View Elementary School
11 --Recommendations--
Existing
• T-intersection.
• Stop control on 32nd Street West.
• No marked crosswalk.

Potential Improvements
• Investigate installing pedestrian-activated
rapid-flashing beacons to the west leg
crosswalk.
• Add yellow continental crosswalks to
north and west legs.
• Add advanced yield lines to both
approaches on the west leg crosswalk.
• Add advanced stop line to north leg.
• Add curb extensions to the west leg crosswalk.
• Add “SLOW SCHOOL XING” pavement
marking per CA MUTCD.
• Add signs approaching crosswalk(s) per
CA MUTCD guidelines.

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS

VIEW SRTS MASTER PLAN
Valley View Elementary School
3310 W Avenue L-8 | Westside Union School District
SUMMER 2022

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TO SCHOOL
13 PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
Valley View Elementary School
12 --Recommendations--
30th Street West
and Avenue L-8
Existing
• Signalized intersection.
• Yellow continental crosswalks on all legs.
• Pedestrian signal heads on the north and east legs.

Potential Improvements
• Refresh yellow continental crosswalks.
• Add advanced stop lines to all legs.
• Add perpendicular ADA ramps with truncated domes
at northwest corner.
• Add Accessible Pedestrian Signal (APS) push buttons.

Valley View Elementary School
3310 W Avenue L-8 | Westside Union School District
SUMMER 2022

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TO SCHOOL
14 PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations

POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
Valley View Elementary School
9 --Recommendations--
40th Street West
and Avenue L-8
Existing
• TWSC intersection.
• Stop control on 40th Street West.
• No marked crosswalks.

Potential Improvements
• Add white continental crosswalks to north
and south legs.
• Add advanced stop lines to north and south legs.
• Add ADA ramps with truncated domes to
northwest, northeast, and southeast corners.
• Add curb extension to southeast corner.

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Valley View Elementary School
3310 W Avenue L-8 | Westside Union School District
SUMMER 2022

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TO SCHOOL
15 PROJECT & PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
Strategy Packages
Summary of Engineering
Strategies, by Type
Crossing Improvements
•35th Street West & Avenue L-8: Pavement markings; curb ramp •32nd Street West & Avenue L-8: Pavement markings & signage, RRFB; curb extension/ramps, pedestrian refuge island
•30th Street West & Avenue L-8: Pavement markings: APS push buttons •40th Street West & Avenue L-8: Pavement markings; curb extension/ramps Bikeway
•35th Street West between Avenue L & Avenue M (Columbia Way):

Class II bike lanes (southbound only – may require roadway widening and shoulder improvements)
Traffic Calming
•35th Street West between Avenue L-4 & north of Avenue M: Speed feedback signs •Avenue L-8 between west of 30th Street West & 37th Street West: Speed feedback signs Sidewalks
•30th Street West between existing sidewalk south of Avenue L-8 & Avenue L-12 (east side) •30th Street West between existing sidewalk north of Avenue M & Avenue M (both sides) •30th Street West between Avenue L & existing sidewalk south of Avenue L-8 (west side) •32nd Street West between Avenue L & Avenue L-8 (both sides) •35th Street West between Avenue L & Avenue M (east side) •35th Street West between Avenue L-6 & Avenue L-8 (west side) •37th Street West between Avenue L-6 & Avenue L-8 (east side) •Avenue L-4 between 30th Street West & 35th Street West (both sides) •Avenue L-4 between 35th Street West & 37th Street West (south side) •Avenue L-8 between 30th Street West & 37th Street West (north side) •Avenue M between 30th Street West & 35th Street West (north side)

STAFF REPORT
City of Lancaster
CC 9
10/11/2022
JC
Date: October 11, 2022
To: Mayor Parris and City Council Members
From: Jeff Hogan, Senior Director - Development Services Chenin Dow, Senior Manager – Real Estate & Economic Development Subject: Declaration of Surplus Land
Recommendation:

Adopt Resolution No. 22-53, declaring pursuant to Section 54221 of the Government Code that certain land is surplus and not necessary for the City’s use.

Fiscal Impact:

None.

Background:

The City of Lancaster owns a number of vacant parcels throughout the community, acquired for the purposes of economic development as well as capital improvement projects. Staff has identified a number of parcels that will not be utilized for development projects implemented, owned, and/or operated by the City.

The vast majority of these parcels were acquired with the intent to ultimately sell them to privatesector developers who are ready and willing to develop them consistent with the City’s vision for the community. Some are remainder parcels – that is, portions of properties that were previously sold and/or developed by the City for a specific project, wherein the size of the project was smaller than the total size of the parcel, thus leaving excess land.

In order to sell these properties and thus catalyze their development, the State of California requires that the City first go through the formal process of declaring them surplus, consistent with the Surplus Land Act. The proposed action would satisfy this requirement. Subsequently, a Notice of Availability will be sent to specified entities, who have 60 days to notify the City of their interest in the property. If any express interest, the City is required to engage in good faith negotiations for a period of 90 days. Following these steps, the City must provide the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) with a notification detailing the Notice of Availability process. HCD will have 30 days to review. Finally, at the end of this 30-day period, the City may lease or sell the property in question.

Notably, the proposed Declaration of Surplus Land does not authorize the lease or sale of the affected properties. Once the above process is complete, individual property transactions are required to come before the City Council for approval.

Comprehensive aerial maps and assessor’s parcel maps for all affected properties are available for viewing in the City Clerk’s office.

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Attachments:

Resolution No. 22-53
Exhibit A: List of Surplus Properties
RESOLUTION NO. 22-53

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING PURSUANT TO
SECTION 54221 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE THAT

CERTAIN LAND IS SURPLUS AND NOT NECESSARY FOR
THE CITY’S USE
WHEREAS, the City of Lancaster (“City”) owns in fee simple that certain real property listed in Exhibit “A” and incorporated herein (“Property”); and WHEREAS, the Surplus Land Act (Cal. Gov’t Code §§ 54220-54234) (“Act”) establishes a specific process the City must follow to dispose of surplus land, which includes declaring the land is surplus, providing written notice to certain entities and negotiating in good faith with an interested entity that was entitled to such notice; and WHEREAS, the Act defines “surplus land” as “[…] land owned in fee simple by any local agency for which the local agency’s governing body takes formal action in a regular public meeting declaring that the land is surplus and is not necessary for the agency's use” (Cal. Gov’t Code § 54221(b)(1)); and
WHEREAS, City staff has evaluated the Property, determined it is not necessary for the City’s use and recommended it be declared surplus land and disposed of pursuant to the Act for the reasons described in the accompanying staff report; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to declare that the Property is surplus land, is not necessary for the City’s use and may be disposed of in accordance with the Act;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LANCASTER AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. The foregoing recitals are true, correct and a substantive part of this Resolution. The accompanying staff report is incorporated herein and also a substantive part of this Resolution.

Section 2. For the reasons described in the accompanying staff report, which constitute findings for purposes of this Resolution, the City Council hereby declares that the Property is not necessary for the City’s use and is surplus land as defined in the Act.

Lancaster City CouncilOctober 11, 2022

Lancaster City Council
October 11, 2022