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;'~'~ d Mr. Compton s$id that the estimated. renovation cost of EFiand-Cheeks school ~.s a minimum, and that there is no room For growth in any of the schools in the county. He said that he feels the county should both add to the Efland-Cheeks school and also build an additional school in the same general area to attract back some of the 350 students who now go to schools in Alamance County, since the addition alone would provide room for less than 100 additional students. He said that another junior high school will be needed in that area in the future. Mr. Williams said that the sixth graders from Efland-Cheeks now attend the Grady Brown School in Hillsborough, and said that the community residents have indicated that they would like to have the sixth graders bank at Efland-Cheeks when a new school is built. _ He said that the school attendance in the Efland-Cheeks school was 400 with a sixth grade in 1969-1970 school year, and that it is now about 1F90 without a sixth grade; the renovated building would have space for over 600 students. Mrs. Garrett asked whether there is any way that the Orange County Board of Education could predict needs for five years. Mr. Williams said that such.a prediction would be extremely difficult, since the Board anticipated an enrollment of J+30 at Efland-Cheeks thi s year, and the school now has !}90 students enrolled. He said that apace is needed next year for elementary schools, and in seven years an addi- tional junior ~3igh school may be needed, since there seems to be an increase in the enrollment in grades below the fourth grade. He said that the Grady Brown School has a number of students enrolled from Durham city and county, and that these students may go back to the Durham system, once their school system becomes atabiliz~d.-.. Mr. Compton said that the Board discussed the needs for the next five years, but f+~lt that any indication of needs so far in the future would be inaccurate, since the enrollment cannot be accurately predicted. Mr. Weatherly said that during the past ten years the Chapel:Gill-Carrboro School System has built two junior high schools, built and added to Seawall and Ephesus Elementary Schools and to the high school, and added to Frank Porter Grahear Elementary School; that in this•sanne period classroom use ha,s bees discontinued at the old high school, Lincoln Center and Nprthside School. He said that the school system has sufficient space to accommodate all the kindergarten program, and~~ that the growth in enrollment has been 50-b0 new students a year. He said that, because of the rapid expsasion of the school system, the physical facilities at the newer buildings have not yet been completed. He said that the immediate needs era the completion of multi-purpose rooms, completion of the landscaping, parking, and traffics facilities, and the renovation of Frank Porter Graham, Glenwood, Carrboro a.nd Estes Hills Elementary Schools. He presented a written list of proposed capital projects needs. I. Five year capital Needs 1976-77 - 1980-81 (Items in this category are not listed in priority order) A. Lincoln Center Renovation: Maintenance, Warehouse, Adult Education, Administration, Recreation B. F. P. Graham Multi-Purpose Room C. Phillips Multi-Purpose Room D. Renovations Estes Hills Glenwood Carrboro E. Phillips: Athletic Fields Library Addition Additional Industrial Arts Shop $l,l40,000.00 $ 175,000.00 $ 175,000.00 $ 280,000. -- $$ 280,000.00 280,000.©0 120,000.00 $$ 150,000.00 90,000.00