In
introducing stakeholders to the topic at the July 2016 meeting, TEA identified as a
key guiding
principal that local development and implementation of local educator equity plans is a valuable process that integrates with local district's existing initiatives, procedures and programs (such as teacher recruitment, development and retention initiatives).
Pocket neighborhoods were
introduced in 1996 with the «Third Street Cottages in Langley, Wash. «I was working with our little town on an innovative housing code,» explains Ross Chapin, AIA,
principal at RossChapinArchitects in Langley, Wash. «The
key element was that it would allow for twice the housing density on residential lots if the houses were less than 1,000 square feet, oriented around a shared garden, and parking was screened from the street.