The high school I went to (Alvin H.S. in Alvin, TX) was laid out terribly. It was almost 70 acres, and there were dozens of buildings with classes in them.
We were given 7 minutes between classes, and my freshman year I had to cross the campus multiple times per day (more than 2000 feet each way). That meant pretty much running.
On days when it was raining, and you couldn't cut through the grass, or if you were handicapped and had to stick to the 5 foot wide covered paths, you were guaranteed to be tardy and written up or sent to your office (potentially back across campus).
In the nearly 15 years since I left that school, they have consolidated most of their buildings, and only have about 10.
They could definitely have used some sort of planning algorithm to come up with the optimum scheduling for their students.
We were given 7 minutes between classes, and my freshman year I had to cross the campus multiple times per day (more than 2000 feet each way). That meant pretty much running.
On days when it was raining, and you couldn't cut through the grass, or if you were handicapped and had to stick to the 5 foot wide covered paths, you were guaranteed to be tardy and written up or sent to your office (potentially back across campus).
In the nearly 15 years since I left that school, they have consolidated most of their buildings, and only have about 10.
They could definitely have used some sort of planning algorithm to come up with the optimum scheduling for their students.