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PLANNING > ISSUES & ANALYSES E III Lounges Student Lounge space totals 12,085 on campus proper. (This total includes Main Dorm Lounges at 10,257 ASF, but excludes off -campus dorms). This equates to 4.5 percent. Although adequate total square footage of lounge space is provided, it would be desirable to have a higher percentage of the total Lounge space distributed in academic buildings on main campus rather than the largest amount of it in Main Dorm. 700 Support Space Within standards Evening Hours FOCUS/ Pathways and Personal Enrichment There is a distinct shortage of classrooms in the evening hours. (Lab space is not a problem.) The Fall 2001 schedule calls for 33 FOCUS/ Pathways classes to begin at one time, when there are only 27 true classrooms on campus. If a Masters program is started, space issue is further aggravated. Hours of Operation School day is currently 8 AM — 3 PM. Study was performed on 7:30 AM — 3:30 PM basis. Even with additional hour included in calculations, campus is still tight for instructional space. If school day were pushed further into the afternoon, several issues become more prevalent: • Less down time for classroom setups and re -arranging for instruc- tor needs • Time slots for cleaning and maintenance are becoming shorter and shorter (evening class hours, Saturday classes, summer dorm occupancy, etc.) • Overtime wages for support personnel at odd hours • Ability to "sell" credit hours at less suitable hours in the day (student life, student study time, student jobs, faculty availability, etc.) Classroom Sizes Need for 12-15 station size classroom is evident in many academic programs. Space Use Recommendations 1 Continue to refine the College's Space Inventory so that a) on- going space inventory is accurate, b) comparisons with standards and similar institutions reflect parallel data, and c) resulting assessments are meaningful. NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE CAMPUS MASTER PLAN PARTNERS & SIRNY ARCHITECTS PAGE 3.21