City of Newton, MA
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This layer shows all public and private schools in Newton. Originally part of the City Facilities layer, schools were moved into a separate layer because they have various uses within the School Administration and therefore have unique database needs.
Features and Attributes
Schools are represented as points, primarily for smaller scale mapping. They can be represented as polygons by selecting polygons from the Buildings layer where the [TYPE] field is set to “School”. These points have the following attributes:
| Name | Alias | Description | Data Type | Width |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBL_ID | SBL ID | Property ID where school is located | Text | 12 |
| SCHOOL_ID | School ID | School Administration ID | Short Integer | 5 |
| ADDRESS | Address | School Address | Text | 24 |
| NAME | Name | School Name | Text | 35 |
| TYPE | Type | Type of School | Text | 10 |
| Name_dB | Database Name | Short name as listed in School Dept. databases | Text | 20 |
| Name_Full | Full Name | Full name | Text | 36 |
The Full Name and Database Name fields are needed because different databases name these schools differently and translating the names from among databases would be difficult. This allows for easy table joins for any naming scheme used.
Last Updated: January, 2019