Facilities Plan

Facilities PlanLindsey La Barge

FRIT 7132Fall 2009

Jackson County Comprehensive High School

1668 Winder Highway

Jefferson, Georgia 30549

Phone: 706-367-5003

Fax: 706-367-5007

Vision Statement

Jackson County School System is committed to the

relentless pursuit of educational excellence.

JCCHS InformationLocation JCCHS is located in the center of Jackson County.

Grade Levels 9th: 138 students

10th: 202 students

11th: 286 students

12th: 328 students

Student Population: There are 954 students.

Nationalities Asian: 3% - 29 students

African American: 9% - 86 students

Hispanic: 6% - 57 students

Multi-racial: 1% - 9 students

White: 81% - 773 students

JCCHS Information ContinuedFaculty and Staff Administrators: 5

Teachers: 67

Paraprofessionals: 12

Staff: 10

Counselors: 3

Computer Technology PCs: 837

MACs: 86

Course Offerings Regular education (i.e. math, science, etc.)

Advanced Placement courses

Agricultural education courses

Business Education courses

Socioeconomic Status Free lunch: 35%

Reduced lunch: 14%

JCCHS Media Center Information

JCCHS has one full time media specialist and one part time media specialist. The media center hours are from 7:30AM-4:00PM, Monday through Friday. Students and faculty are able to access any of the

resources in the media center between these hours. Our media center does not handle the laptop carts , but they do handle the

televisions and VCRs.

Media Center Policy

The JCCHS media center does not have an individual policy. It has adopted the system wide policy. This policy is “Jackson County School System is committed to the relentless pursuit of educational excellence.”

This policy means that all Jackson County schools are to pursue educational excellence in all areas by any means necessary. In the media center, this means that we have to have as many materials available for the students as possible. It also means that the media center has to be inviting so that the students are willing to use its resources.

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Media Center LocationThe media center at JCCHS is located in

the front of the school. When you walk

through the entrance, the media center is

through double doors located on the left side

of the hallway. The media center can be

accessed easily by all classrooms on the main campus. The media center is just

over 3020 square feet, which is just about right for our current

enrollment.

Circulation DeskThe circulation

desk is located in the very front of

the media center. When you enter the media center it will be on the

right side. Behind the circulation desk are two offices for the

media specialists.

Storage RoomThe storage room in the media center is located to the left of the offices behind

the circulation desk. This room contains all of the equipment that teachers can borrow for their

classroom such as televisions and

VCRs. Also in this room is the cold laminator. The

yearbooks are all archived here.

ComputersThe media center has twenty-three

computers. Twenty of the computers are on either side of the main section of the media center. The

other three computers are

beside the circulation desk. These three

computers are used by the drivers

education students when they are not

driving.

Seating

There are tables and chairs enough

for almost 40 students. Also

there are individual chairs designed for

reading.

ShelvingThe shelves in

the media center are

about 9 feet tall. The fiction

shelves go around the

border of the media center and the non-

fiction shelves are in the

back corner of the media

center.

Periodicals

All periodicals are shelved on one large tower

that blocks a large portion of

the fiction books from view. This

makes the periodicals easy

to steal.

OfficesThere are

three offices in the media

center. Two of the offices are

behind the circulation desk and

these belong to the media specialists. The other

office belongs to the

resource officer.

Student Surveys1. Do you go to the media center?

2. How often do you go to the media center?

3. Do you like the media center?

4. Are there any changes that can be made to the media center to make it better?

5. Are there enough materials (books, paper, computers) in the media center?

6. What is one thing you would do differently if you were the media specialist?

Student Survey AnswersTwenty-five students were surveyed. Here are the results:

1. 19 – yes 6 – no

2. Some answers: everyday, once per semester, once per year, never

3. 15 – yes 10 – no

4. 24 – yes 1 – no

5. 14 – yes 11 – no

6. Some answers: change the seats so that there was a reading area, make it easier to find books, make it easier to check out books, paint the walls and hang up posters

Faculty and Staff Surveys1. Do you go to the media center?

2. How often to you go to the media center?

3. Do you like the media center?

4. Are there any changes that can be made to the media center to make it better?

5. Are there enough materials (books, paper, computers, lamination, videos) in the media center?

6. What is one thing you would do differently if you were the media specialist?

Faculty and Staff Survey AnswersTwenty-five faculty and staff members were surveyed. Here are

some of their answers:

1. 11 – yes 14 – no

2. Some answers: daily, once per week, never, whenever I need a video, whenever I need to print something

3. 9 – yes 16 – no

4. 24 – yes 1 – no

5. 1 – yes 24 – no

6. Some answers: make the lamination process faster, make the videos more accessible, make the books easier to check out for the students, make sure there is always paper in the printer

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Improvements• The first improvement would be to organize the storage room so that everything can be easily found. The video resources should be taken out of the media specialists’ office and moved into the back storage room.

• The office on the left behind the circulation desk should be made into a study room.

• The non-fiction section should be moved to the main section of the room and turned so that the rows are easily visible from the circulation desk. The back section should be turned into a reading area.

• The resource officer’s office should be moved into the empty classroom beside the media center. His former office will be turned into a study room.

Improvements Continued• The reference shelves should be taken out. All of the reference materials should be placed on the shelf that is left in the former nonfiction section.

• Chairs should be added to the reading section where all of the tables were moved.

• In the main section of the media center, a row of computers should be added. This will increase the number of computers available for classes to 30 from 20.

• The blind corner in the former nonfiction section will be eliminated. This will help increase the security of the materials and the students.

• With all the changes, the media center will have designated sections which will make it more inviting to students and also easier for teachers to bring their classes to.

ConclusionThe JCCHS media center is small, but there is so much that can be done with the space. If the room were rearranged the students could be more easily supervised. Also, the media center could be more inviting and organized if it were rearranged. The

individual components of the media center are not in bad shape, minus the table in the back of the room

with the broken leg. This means that the things (such as tables, chairs and shelves) in the media center

can be used to make the media center a more inviting and educational space for the students and

faculty.