Elementary School In Charlotte Mecklenburg County

Tony WardFacility Plan

MAIN AREA

LOUNGE and LEARNING AREAS

Good Job• Students are allowed to use

any of the different areas during silent reading time once books have been checked out.

• Welcoming feeling for staff and volunteers

• Open area

• Close to technology room

• 7 -8 computers in which students have access to

Needs Improvement• All areas are not able to

been seen from circulation desk or when walking around the library

• Computers are not in a position to constantly monitor student events

• Entrance on both sides of center can leads to staff walking through during instruction

FICTION AREA

REFERENCE and BIOGRAPHY

NON-FICTION AREA

PICTURE BOOK AREA

Good Job• Ample shelves for

books

• Areas well defined

• New signage to identify areas and color coded shelf labels

Needs Improvement• Shelves in some areas

are too close to tables or others shelves

• All shelves are permanent (making rearranging and monitoring students difficult)

CIRCULATION AREA

Good Job• Room for 2 staff members

• Plenty of storage and drawer space

• Separate printer and scanner for students and staff

• Easily identified

• Shape and length of desk is conducive to productive work

Needs Improvement• Height of circulation

desk is too short for older student but too tall for younger students

• Teacher can not monitor all students when sitting at the desk

OFFICE and PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES

Good Job• Size of the office

• Access to both main floor and workroom from media office

• Additional computer and scanner for processing in media office

• Ample book shelves (professional resource room)

Needs Improvement• Office needs more

bookshelves

• No room to maneuver in the professional resource room

WORKROOM

Good Job• Storage space and

book number of shelves

• Multiple entrance points

• Supplies are centrally housed

Needs Improvement• Big book area needs

to be repaired to house big book sets.

AV and PRODUCTION ROOM

Good Job• Storage space

Needs Improvement• Used as dumping

grounds ( chairs for staff meetings, empty carts, cork boards)

• Needs to be repurposed to meet its intended purpose

PLANS FOR THE FUTURESHORT TERM• Create more lounge

areas

• Organize and repurpose various areas

• Install concave mirrors

• Refresh shelving signs

• Create student accessible display area

LONG TERM• Mobile bookshelves

• Update computer work stations and chairs

Item Quantity Price Total Image

Smith System Library Carrel & Kiosk

6 499.99 2,999.94

www.demco.com

Community Class Act Chairs 6 239.99 1,439.94

www.demco.com

Character Carpet 1 446.23 446.23

www.demco.com

Bean-bag arm chair 6 86.88 521.28

DEMCO® Wave Mobile Double-face

Shelving2 1399.99 2,799.98

www.demco.com

Arcadia Mobile Wood and Steel Shelving 15 1159.60 17,394.00

www.highsmith.com