WSA_Youth and Family Master Plan Phase I - September 2009

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:• Davis • King • Martin :• Edison :• Lincoln :• Washington • Esqueda :• Madison • Wilson • Kennedy To put this data in perspective, it should be noted that the average percentage for SAUSD 5t" graders on this fitness indicator was 59.5% and for Orange County overall it was 71.2%. The average for the 5th graders in the State of California in 2008 was 68.4%. As a comparison, we examined the healthy body composition rates for schools in the Garden Grove School District that serve Santa Ana youth. The rates for these youth are as follows: •'• Heritage Elementary- 63.1% •'• Rosita Elementary- 60.5% •'• Russell Elementary- 64.7% •'• Hazard Elementary- 64.3% The 92701 zip code of Santa Ana, one of the :• Fitz Elementary- 65.3%~8 :• Newhope Elementary- 64.5% most densely populated places in the state i and 92% Latino, has only 3 acres of park Open space & joint use indicators space for 61, 000 residents, 68% of whom The data on open space and joint use is a are living at or below two times the federal combination of data from the Santa Ana PRCSA GIS ma of arks and ~oint-use locations poverty level (Flores, 2008). p p J (Appendix E), as well as the Trust for Public Land's GIS map of park deficits (Appendix F). Research demonstrates that low-income neighborhoods- such as those found in central Santa Ana- are especially park-poor. This puts undue strain on communities that perhaps most need access to park space. A deficit of park space for children persists in Santa Ana, particularly for City Council Districts 2, 4, and 5, where less than 3 acres of park space exists for every 1,000 children (Trust for Public Land, 2006a). The analysis by TPL suggests that the area between Grand, 17t", Bristol, and Edinger is particularly in need of more park space to accommodate residents (Appendix F). To put this into perspective, in Denver, CO, nine out of ten residents live within six blocks of a park (Harnik, 2006). Nonetheless, as building more parks may be less feasible for built-out communities like Santa Ana, another option may be encouraging more joint-use of facilities. Currently seven schools in the Santa Ana Unified School District have active joint use agreements with the City of Santa Ana (Appendix E). These are: • Madison Elementary • Monroe Elementary School • Monte Vista Elementary School • Spurgeon Intermediate School • Willard Intermediate • Godinez High School • Valley High School 1$ Data is for7t"grade because data is not availablefor5t"grade.