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~3~ ~'~ ~-` ,~ `„i r r.t_J ~..~ ~7UNE 10, 1981 The Orange Crnmty Board of CYa~anissicsiers mrt in ,~; a1 sassioai Ion .Tune 10, 1981, at 7:30 P.M, in the Chapel Hill N~inicpal Building Meeting Faocani, Chapel. Hill, NorF11 Cc-lmlina. Coaunissioners present: CarCa[tissicnex Anne Barnes, Chair, and Cbnr- mi.ssiariers Norman Gustaveson, Nornn-an Walker, Ri-d~rd L~itted and Don WiLlhoit. C.omnissioner Anne Barnes presided aver the maeting and armouna°d its purpose which is a budget work session e¢i the budget and po:esentati-an ' from the Orange County Schools. ~ Dr. dike Sites, Superintendent of the Orange Crnmty Schools. and Mr. Oscar Compton, and Mr. Max Kennedy, Orange 4ounty Board of Education .~nbers, all spoke in favor of capital funding far a new middle school to f replace A.L. Stanback School in Hillsborough- . ~ Pat Sumner spoke of the need to supply a "positive environment" for the children and expressed concern over the lack of safety at the school S (Stanback) . She noted. the sePara'ta-on of the buildings, lack of sidewalks, { csnwded parking lots and lace of recreatiarial facilities. Todd Berry, a student, contrasted S*.~n't-~~k with the Efland-Chinks School, citing paint. air conditioning, and reliability of the heating and electrical systam~ at the latter school. Mr. Bey-"rY ec1'~d Ms• Sutrmer's ~ remarks including the poor cazdition of the bathrccans. Mit~,h Lloyd, a resident of I~brkhern Orange County, said an infor-- I', :;k.l : oll he condac'..ed indicated that voters ?sx that 2xea would support a bond referendum if the only item on the band refer~dum was replac~s~nt of Staxia-back Sd'iool. Andrea Leutze-- a teacher in the Orange County School System--- s~:id 5tanrll;ack was the cli--ly school still in service which was utilitized when she was a child. She now teaches at Standback and listed sane of the pttr blems named earlier as well as flies from the dumpster outside her class, safety factors (school buses loading and unloading) and discipline problems; lack of recreational space and storage spao~ and noise. Lindsay Tapp, Principal at Stanback, reiterated the previous aamients, ela~rorating oxz the maintenance problems.