44 Shade Planning for America’s Schools Chapter 6 Sample Questions for Building Maintenance Engineers • Do you believe there is adequate accessible shade on the school grounds? If not, where is additional shade most needed? (The interviewee should be asked to refer to the site plan.) • Is there inaccessible shade on the school grounds that could be made accessible? • Is there a need for an area on the school grounds that is protected from precipitation? • Are there plans for making improvements to the school, such as remodeling, adding classroom space, or landscaping projects? • How would a plan to plant trees or build a shade structure be affected by the school’s utility services? (On the site plan, have the interviewee mark the service lines for the school’s utility services.) • Does the school currently have problems with, or has it recently experienced problems with vandalism? • Are there groups that have permission to use the school grounds after hours and on weekends? • Are there groups that, without formal permission, use the school grounds after school hours and on weekends? • Can you think of any barriers to providing additional shade at this school? For example, would watering trees or removing tree litter be a problem? • What type of shade do you think would work best at this school (solid-roof structure, shade cloth structure, or natural shade)? Sample Questions for Neighbors • Do you believe there is adequate accessible shade on the school grounds? If not, where do you believe that additional shade is most needed? (The interviewee should be asked to refer to the site plan.) • Do residents of the neighborhood utilize the school grounds for activities on weekends or after school hours? • In what types of activities have you seen neighbors participate on the school grounds? • For each: Where do they occur? (Have interviewee refer to site plan.) On what days of the week and at what time of day do they occur? What is the duration of the activity? • Is there a need for a rain-protected area on the playground? • Do you think that the school currently has problems with, or has recently experienced problems with vandalism? • Can you think of any barriers to providing additional shade at this school? • If the school were to plant additional shade trees, are there areas on the school grounds where planting them might create a problem for neighbors? • If the school were to build a shade structure, would it create a problem for neighbors? Are there areas of the school grounds where a shade structure might create a problem for neighbors? • What type of shade do you think would work best at this school (solid-roof structure, shade cloth structure, or natural shade)? Once all interviews have been conducted, the planning group should meet to discuss their findings. Information collected from different stakeholder sources should be synthesized and clarifications on, or answers to, any resulting questions should be sought by the group.
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