San Francisco Bay Area Vision Project

What is the role of schools in sustainable growth?

Our local schools have a significant impact on social equity, the environment, and the economy in the Bay Area, and as such schools are an important factor for planning regional and local development. Schools are unique elements of public infrastructure, with separate governance, yet improving schools and creating sustainable communities should be seen as highly interrelated and mutually-reinforcing. Many jurisdictions have forged very successful partnerships with outstanding results for current and future students. In 2010, ABAG began a year-long partnership with the UC Berkeley Center for Cities & Schools (CC&S) to identify and promote city-school collaboration.

CC&S is developing case studies and resources on understanding and incorporating schools into neigborhood and citywide planning processes. ABAG is talking to Priority Development Area (PDA) representatives about how schools fit into their longterm plans as part of its PDA Assessment.

School participation in planning:

Working with school districts to identify the longterm needs for schools in Priority Development Areas;
Integration of schools into the regional plan strategies for increasing walking, bicycling, and transit use to/from schools and for making schools centers of communities;
Maximum use of school facilities and community resources for 'location efficiencies' including the joint use and co-location of schools and community-serving facilities;
Identifying legal obstacles to integrating community and educational priorities; and
Identifying opportunities to leverage school and community infrastructure investments.

School district superintendents and board members joined city planners and elected officials at two sub-regional rountables on city-school collaboration. Review the presentations and notes here.

East Bay Roundtable, February 18, 2010

South Bay Roundtable, January 22, 2010

Planning for a Sustainable Bay Area: Schools (ABAG)

Click here for a list of sites, data sources and contacts for school collaboration.

For more information, contact Marisa Cravens, ABAG Regional Planner, MarisaC@abag.ca.gov, 510-464-7926.

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