Facilities Condition Assessment and Facilities Master Plan
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Fitness and Athletics

Integrate activity and movement into the daily routine for all students, teachers and staff.

Our Process

Applied Goals

Goal 1
College & Career Readiness
Goal 2
Foundational Educational Experience
Goal 3
Targeted Support for Students
Goal 4
Culture & Climate
Goal 5
Engagement & Empowerment
Goal 8
Basic Conditions & Services

In addition to directly supporting LCAP Goal 8, design strategies for fitness and athletics support LCAP Goal 2 by creating “robust, rigorous learning experiences inside and outside the classroom,” and LCAP Goal 4 by making more inclusive environments in addition to supporting students’ social and emotional learning needs through daily movement and physical activity.

Future design teams must ensure all campuses have inclusive learning environments to support the mental wellness benefits of physical education and time spent outdoors. High participation in athletics relates to Social Emotional Learning (SEL) by connecting with each other in teams, student pride and developing lifelong fitness habits that lead to the ability to live balanced lives and be healthy. Studies have shown that when students spend time outdoors, they are better able to focus on academic tasks indoors.

Goal 1: College & Career Readiness

100% of SCUSD students will graduate college and career ready with a wide array of postsecondary options and a clear postsecondary plan. Growth in Graduation Rate and College/Career Readiness will be accelerated for Students with Disabilities, English Learners, African American students, American Indian or Alaska Native students, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students, Foster Youth, Homeless Youth, and other student groups with gaps in outcomes until gaps are eliminated.

Goal 2: Foundational Educational Experience

Provide every SCUSD student an educational program with standards-aligned instruction, fidelity to district programs and practices, and robust, rigorous learning experiences inside and outside the classroom so that all students can meet or exceed state standards.

Goal 3: Target Support for Students

Provide every student the specific  academic, behavioral, social-emotional, and mental and physical health supports to meet their individual needs - especially English Learners, Students with Disabilities, Foster Youth, Homeless Youth, African American students, American Indian or Alaska Native students, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students, and other student  groups whose outcomes indicate the greatest need – so that all students can remain fully engaged in school and access core instruction.

Goal 4: Culture & Climate

School and classroom learning environments will become safer, more inclusive, and more culturally competent through the active dismantling of inequitable and discriminatory systems affecting BIPOC students, Students with Disabilities, English Learners, Foster Youth, and Homeless Youth.

Goal 5

Parents, families, community stakeholders, and students will be engaged and empowered as partners in teaching and learning through effective communication, capacity building, and collaborative decision-making.

Goal 8: Basic Conditions & Services

SCUSD will maintain sufficient instructional materials, safe and clean facilities, core classroom staffing, and other basic conditions necessary to support the effective implementation of actions across all LCAP Goals.

Over the course of the master planning process, stakeholder input is gathered at multiple stages by various groups of experts and users.

Educational Design GroupProgram Focus Group2019 Working GroupCore Planning Group
Educators from across the District covering all grade levels with expertise in supporting LCAP-identified student groups and ethnicities.District expert included Gregg PurcellBoard member(s), superintendent designee, district office, teaching and learning leadership, and principals, teachers Covering all grade levelsParents; vested stakeholders from committees including African American Advisory Board, Bond Oversight Committee (BOC), Community Advisory Committee (CAC), District English Learner Advisory Committee (DELAC); and community champions for neighborhood well-being.
Educational Design GroupCore Planning Group
Educators from across the District covering all grade levels with expertise in supporting LCAP-identified student groups and ethnicities.Parents; vested stakeholders from committees including African American Advisory Board, Bond Oversight Committee (BOC), Community Advisory Committee (CAC), District English Learner Advisory Committee (DELAC); and community champions for neighborhood well-being.

Key Insights

  • First class facilities lead to big participation rates and excellent coaching and teaching.

Summary

SituationCauseStrategies, Tier 1Strategies, Tier 2
Elementary Schools have robust programs which include basketball, flag football and a Running Program with Sacramento Runners Association. Fitness is being promoted from first grade on.

The basketball and flag football programs have been challenging to support district-wide.
Outdoor fields, hardscape and basketball court rims are unsatisfactory. Athletic and fitness facilities are in poor condition. In some cases courts are too small. For basketball, courts are inconsistent. Hoops are either broken or mounted at different heights.1. Right size outdoor fitness / play areas

2. Repair fields

3. Repair hardscape

4. Repair broken basketball hoops

5. Mount all basketball hoops at 10’
Upgrade and/or add indoor fitness

Space for E-sports events
Middle Schools have athletic program gapsThere is a lack of middle school athletic programs to transition from elementary school to high school.1. Repair / provide tracks, gyms, and athletic fields

2. Continue athletic programs and leagues from elementary school to middle school.
High Schools all have first-class turf fields but not all of them have lights. Fields with no lights cause students to lose 5th and 6th period to go play soccer because they don't have light. Academics compromised for these students.

Gym seating and technology are in poor condition

Facilities are incomplete
Lack of funding to cover the cost of lighting.

Finished facilities are not celebrated by the communit
1. Install lights on all fields and outdoor basketball courts

2. Upgrade gyms, baseball fields, soccer fields, practice fields, tennis
courts

3. Support or prepare for new fitness opportunities:Oversized spaces, Programmatic synergies, & Shared utilization
Replace seating and upgrade technology

Market ribbon cutting ceremonies with games and events
There is a lack of nutritional based education. SCUSD currently relies on community partners who are in the after-school programs that are interested in nutrition. No health classes to promote healthy eatingCulinary classroom to promote healthy eating educationSupplement nutritional based courses into student curriculums
There is a lack of trained coaches, ideally teachers to coach after school hours.Teachers are not trained to coachProvide district training facility