Planning for junior high schools in a large city school district

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by  Mulock, Dan J

PLANNING- FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN A
LARGE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
A Project
Presented to
the Faculty of the School of Education
University of Southern California
In Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree
Master of Science
by
Dan J. Mulock, Jr
June 1950
UMI Number: EP45987
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has been presented to and accepted by the Faculty
of the School of Education in partial fulfillment of
the requirements for the degree of Master of
Science in Education.
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PREFACE
The content of this project is a composite of all the
planning that has taken place in the Los Angeles City Schools
in the past five years. This material has been compiled and
edited to bring out the liberal point of view, or the ideal,
for what would be considered a Junior high school plant. It
is designed to offer the ultimate in educational opportunities
as far as the physical plant affects this section of the
school curriculum.
The purpose of this paper has been to present many
variations and different recommendations in all subject
fields, since planning is not static and the budget resources
are limited.
The report deals with four examples: (1) written recom­
mendations for an ideal school; (2) a new school being planned;
(3) a school now under construction; and (4) a school Just
opened in February, 1950*
The materials presented in this report are the result
of cooperative planning by all school people with the super­
intendent, principals, building committee, and supervisors
providing the leadership and processing the material. As a
supervisor for the Junior high school housing, it has been
my privilege to work with most committees, supervisors, and
administrators.
It is the hope of all educational people that through
democratic planning better schools will be built*
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. PLANNING FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN A LARGE CITY 1
Master P l a n .................................. 3
II. STARTING A NEW JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.............. 5
Organization of the Master Plan for junior high
school building program ................... 5
Boundaries between junior high schools . . . . 9
III. OVER-ALL PLANT POLICIES ........................11
General requirements . 11
Size .......................................... 13
Site .......................................... 13
Plot P l a n ...................................... 13
IV. ILLUSTRATIONS \ .................................... 16
Schools . .............. 16
V. ADMINISTRATION UNITS ........................... 25
Administrative offices ....................... 25
Guidance ...................................... 27
The health u n i t ................................31
Attendance Office ........................... 3^
VI. AGRICULTURE............................... . . 3^
Agricultural units ......................... 36
VII. A R T ............ 40
Art-craft rooms ............................. ^0
Ceramics room ^2
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CHAPTER PAGE
Work room............ . ..................... bk
VIII, AUDITORIUM.................................... ^6
Assembly area............................... ^6
Stage .................................... ^7
IX. CAFETERIA . .................................. 51
Dining area................................. 51
Serving students ........................... 5^
Kitchen work area — food preparation . . . . 56
Kitchen Auxiliary units ................. . . 59
X. GENERAL CLASSROOMS . . ......... 63
Social Living Rooms ....................... 63
Special Mathematics Rooms .................... 63
XI. GYMNASIUMS.................................... :67
Main f l o o r .......... ...................... 67
Locker rooms ............................... 70
Shower and dressing rooms.................... 70
Field .................................... 72
Rest Room .................................. 72
Offices .................................... 72
Recreational room ............ . . . . . . . 72
Equipment and supply rooms .......... 76
Boys 1 and girls' corrective r o o m .......... 76
XII. HOMEMAKING.................................... 77
General philosophy.... ....................... 77
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CHAPTER PAGE
Foods rooms • 80
Dining-living room area..................... 83
Clothing rooms ............................. 83
All-purpose homemaking room ................. 86
XIII. INDUSTRIAL ARTS .............................. 8?
General philosophy ......................... 87
Units ..................................... 90
XIV. LIBRARY ........... 99
General requirements ................ 99
Units ......................... 101
XV. MUSIC ...........................................105
Music units .......... 105
XVI. SCIENCE ROOMS.....................................110
General requirements . ..................... 110
Classrooms . . . . . ....................... 112
Stock r o o m ............................... • llA
XVII. SMALL UNIT N E E D S .................................116
Special units . . . . . . . . . .......... • 116
XVIII. SPACE ALLOTMENTS.................................120
APPENDIX 131
LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE PAGE
1. Master Plan........................................ 4
2. Artist's Sketch North Van Nuys Junior High School . 17
3. Artist’s Sketch North Van Nuys Junior High School
Grounds .......................................... 18
4. Artist’s Sketch Westchester Junior High School . . 19
5. Artist's Sketch Central Valley Junior High School . 20
6. Artist’s Sketch Wilmington Junior High School . . . 21
7. Plot Plan North Van Nuys Junior High School . . . 22
8. Plot Plan Central Valley Junior High School . . . . 23
9. Portable School Units . 24
10. Floor Plan Administrative Offices................... 26
11. Floor Plan of Guidance Offices..................... 28
12. Floor Plan of Health Unit ..........................32
13. Attendance Office 35
14. Floor Plan of Agriculture Classroom................. 37
15. Floor Plan Agriculture Lath House................... 38
16. Art-craft Room 41
17* Floor Plan Ceramics R o o m ............................43
18. Floor Plan Work Room and Art Room ................. 45
19* Floor Plan of Auditorium.......... 48
20. Floor Plan Student Dining A r e a ......................52
21. Floor Plan of Faculty Dining Area Adjacent to
Cafeteria ...................................... 53
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FIG-UBE PAGE
22. Outdoor Eating Facilities Adjacent to Cafeteria . 55
23. Serving Area — Students....................... 57
2^. Social Living Room 6^
25. Floor Plan and Cabinet Arrangement in the General
Classroom . ................................ 65
26. Floor Plan Gymnasium................ .......... 68
27. Floor Plan of a Two-Floor Gymnasium ..............69
28. Floor Plan of Shower and Dressing Rooms . . . . . 71
29. Floor Plan of Auxiliary Rooms ................. 73
30. Recreational Room ..................... 7^
31. Floor Plan of Gymnasium and Recreational Room . . 75
32 . Foods Units .................................. 78
33. Floor Plan of Foods Units....................... 79
3^. Unit Kitchens ................................. 82
35- Floor Plan of Dining Room........................ 8^
36. Floor Plan of Clothing R o o m s .................... 85
37. Floor Plan of Industrial Arts Shops............. 91
38. Radio Room 92
39. General Metal Shop ........................... 9^
^0. Woodshop ...................................... 96
Al. Drafting — Handicraft Shop..................... 97
A2. Library and Patio..................................100
^3* Floor Plan of Text-Book R o o m ............. 102
Floor Plan of Audio-Visual Room................... 103
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FIGURE PAGE
A5. Floor Plan of Music Bungalow................. 106
A6* Floor Plan of Music Units ................... 10?
A7. Floor Plan of Science Room . . * .......... • 111
A8. Rear Wall of Science R o o m .................... 113
A9. Front Wall of the Science R o o m ............... 115
50. Floor Plan Oral Arts and Typing Rooms . . . . . 117
51. Typing Room ................ 118