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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 31, 1999 <br />SUBJECT: County/OCS/CHCCS Discussion/Policy Issues <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 1 <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/1~ ~v~<-'°' <br />~. <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />As listed in "Background" <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />John Link or Rod Visser, ext 2300 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane. 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To discuss various issues with policy and/ or financial implications that are of current <br />interest to the Orange County Commissioners, Orange County Board of Education, and/or Chapel Hill- <br />Carrboro Board of Education. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />a) Program/Staff/Facility Issues with Future Budgetary Impacts <br />The Board of County Commissioners requested during 1998-99 budget work sessions that both school <br />systems keep the County informed on an ongoing basis to provide "early warning" about initiatives that <br />might lead to additional funding requests in future fiscal years. This topic was discussed at the two joint <br />Commissioner/school board meetings last fall, and has been a regular topic reviewed at monthly meetings <br />between the County Manager and the two Superintendents. Discussion at this meeting may focus on <br />new/expanded initiatives that will be presented as part of the schools' 1999-2000 budget requests, and <br />could include topics such as Limited English Proficiency (LEP), new school start up costs, and class size <br />reduction, among others. <br />Attachment 1 a - 2/5/99 CHCCS Superintendent Memo, "Recommendations for LEP Students " <br />b) Schools and Land Use Councils Update -Managing Development Impacts <br />School and County representatives on the Councils will describe the discussion about managing growth <br />issues that has taken place at recent Council meetings. The attached correspondence from Chapel Hill <br />Town Council member Julie McClintock to her board provides a good summary of the March 10 meeting. <br />This agenda topic was identified as important by both the County and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City <br />Schools. Furthermore, the Orange County Board of Education has expressed interest in discussing <br />rezoning for new development, and collaborative efforts to locate a park at the site of the new OCS <br />elementary school. These two topics can be addressed under this heading as well. <br />