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~t:a~tge ~ounip ~oa~r~ of ~DU[aiioit RANDY BRIDGES, SUPERINTENDENT ~ilt~borougfj, ,~~C 27278 ia~ lAl<r) MI M!tt It!: C)1"l f)Itr!:';IM1•S(IN, CFIAIR ';li!:AN (x)Yt.N1;fAltf: ER. VU:F CItA1R {i~)111ItI H t{A1'FMAN na:rlnf~u IirNNrnv I)AVIII kf)l IIIN!;X'f MEMUHAIVDUM TU: .lohn Link FRUM: Randy Bridges 1' FiE: .loint Meeting with County Commissioners D,~TL.: March 15, 1999 200 EAST K{NCi STREET HILLSElOROUGH, NG z~2~e TELEPHONE: 9t 9-T32•E t 26 FAX: 919-7J2-8120 During its March 6th retreat, the Orange County Board of Education identified the follc.~wing items for discussion during our session on March 31: • Rczoniny for new development • Nerrpption of the County's tax increases being blamed primarily on the schools • fmpc~ct Fees or Impact Tax t;r~ilaborative effort to locate a park on the site of the new elementary school • The need for a new middle school I have included some information concerning capacity, enrollment, and membership for all our schools. We received infvm~ation from. your office and -tl~: 1 c,wn Manager that projected several possible subdivisions coming on line in nortrierrt Orange County over th9 next few years. This was also highlighted in a recent newspaper article that projected approximately 2500 new homes and/or -~p~~rtments to be constructed in our district. The new elementary and high :scheduled for construction will better prepare our system for this possible growth, but our two middle schools are currently at or above capacity now. Our Board w~mts to begin a discussion about a new middle school, and a more realistic cfi;;c:ussion concerning school capacity as it currently exists. T tie fom~ula for projecting the number Of students living in a new development is c:carif::ntiy .33 per home for the Orange County Schools. It is our understanding that the Chapel-Hill Carrboro System uses .fifi per home. We feel the .66 is a