Thursday, March 13th, 2008

On this glorious March morning, one finds that quite a bit of interior work has taken place since last visit. Dry erase boards are up in the classrooms, much of the electrical and electronic wiring has been run, and the cafeteria is well under way.



























The shot below is of the outside of one of the cool down / soft rooms. Note that staff have access to a video monitor in the cool down area, to visually supervise what goes on inside the soft room when the door needs to be closed and an out-of-control student requires seclusion. Cameras and microphones record all that goes on in both the cool down and seclusion areas, and outside an "In Use" sign is lit to indicate to others when the room is being used, so that staff do not barge into a crisis situation with another student who may be experiencing difficulties.



Below is a shot of a cluster of bathrooms in one centralized area, including one handicapped-accessible bathroom on the left side of the picture.