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Dolores Anderson

Director, Computer and Administrative Services

Departments: Community Planning, Educational Facility Planning, Information Technology, Administration

Ms. Anderson holds a bachelor of arts degree in mathematics and computer science from Shippensburg State College and a master of science degree in computer science: interactive computer graphics from New Mexico State University. She has been with ARC since 1991.

Ms. Anderson is responsible for database management and geographic information systems, and is an expert in MapInfo and MapBasic. She has been involved in facility planning, database development, mapping and boundary studies for public schools throughout the state and nationally.

Her primary task is to geographically encode student address files to assist school districts with adjusting school assignment areas and developing enrollment projections. She creates maps for boundary analysis and spreadsheets for analysis of student transition from one level of school to another. She assists school districts with plotting bus stops and creating bus routes, and has assisted with validating the length of individual routes.

Ms. Anderson also contributes to ARC’s community planning efforts, producing maps of existing and proposed land use, zoning and facility locations.