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Cascade Middle and High School
School Location: 505 Johnson St. NW Cascade, Iowa 52033
Present Conditions Number of students: 384
Student Surveys Student surveys were administered to 7th through 12th graders, at Cascade Middle and High School, during the month of November in 2009. During class, students were asked to fill out the survey form about their transportation to school. The survey asked students about the safety of their route to school and what they viewed as impediments to walking or biking to school.
Travel Mode to School 291 students responded to the survey, and this constitutes 76% of the student body. Students responding to the survey travel to school by family vehicle (54.48%), by a school bus (26.21%) or by carpooling (10%).
Travel Time to School 61.73% of students responding to the survey stated that they spend less than 10 minutes traveling to school.
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Travel Distance to School Only 14.77% of students responding to the survey travel less than 1/2 mile to school, while 46.74% travel 2 miles or more to attend school.
Incentives/Programs The top student suggestions for increasing walking and biking were: 1. Shorter distance 2. Money 3. Reward/gift The streets cited most often by students as being unsafe included: 1. Highway 151 2. Highway 136 3. Riverview Road 4. Leaving the school parking lot 5. Leisure Lake Route
Environmental Factors Impacting Walking/Biking The most common changes that would encourage more students to walk or bike to school included making driving less convenient, shorter distance and increased safety. The major issues brought up by students were weather and distance.
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School Administrator Input Staff met with Cascade Middle and High School administrators and local officials to discuss problems impacting children who walk or bike to school. During these meetings, both structural and educational solutions were discussed. The following table contains the problems and solutions that were suggested at the meetings.
CHS1
Problem Dangerous intersection 1st Ave & Garfield St
Solution Painted Crosswalk
CHS2
Dangerous intersection 1st ave & Arthur St
Painted Crosswalk
CHS3
Dangerous crossing Highway 136 for P.E, football and Painted Crosswalk baseball
CHS4
Traffic from daycare center located on 4th Ave NW Improve communication with day care center. creates congestion at arrival and dismissal times.
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Mapping Cascade Middle and High School Project List Based on the input received during public meetings and input sessions with school administrators, city planning and engineering staff, and the local police department, the following map was created to provide a visual representation of the projects. Each marker on the map corresponds to an issue in the table on page 3.
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HW
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13 6 Cascade Senior/Junior High School
Safe Routes to School 0
250
500
1,000 Feet
CHS3
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6TH AVE NW
CLARE CT NW
CO RK DR NW
EN AV 5TH
W
( Cascade Senior/Junior High School W
LN CO LIN
W
NW
TN
ST
N AVE 4TH
NS SO HN JO
9
TS AN GR
GARFIELD ST NW
3RD AVE NW
TN
CLEVELAND CT
! ! VE DA 2N
SW
VE DA 3R
SW
4T H A VE
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IOWA 136
4TH AVE SW
HAYES ST SW
2ND AVE SW EXT
GARFIELD ST SW
CLEVELAND ST SW
75 AVE
ARTHUR ST NW
CLEVELAND ST NW
W
HARRISON ST NW
TS
W
W
1S
VE TA
SW
TS
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CHS2
2ND AVE SW EXT
Painted Crosswalks
CHS1
W TS SS YE HA GARFIELD ST SW
T SW
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NW
VE DA 2N
TS AN GR
VE DA 2N
DS ELAN CLEV
Legend
NS SO HN JO
MCKINLEY ST NW
1ST AVE W
248TH ST
W
2ND AVE NW EXT
SW