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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: November 10, 1998 Action Agenda Item No. 1 SUBJECT: School Operating/Capital Issues Updates DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) ~t~. BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/N) ~v:<~ ; ATTACHMENT(S): As noted below INFORMATION CONTACT: John Link or Rod Visser, ext 2300 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To discuss with the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education operational and capital facility issues of mutual interest to both Boards. BACKGROUND: Topics identified for discussion during this work session include: Facilities • Middle school site selection: The school board recently decided to locate the new fourth middle school on property offered by the University. CHCCS will provide an update on the planning for the school with an opening planned for Summer, 2001. (Attachment 1) • Capital projects completed last summer or underway this year: CHCCS to provide updates on individual projects, including Chapel Hill High Cultural Arts renovations. (Attachment 2) • Refined model for new elementary school: CHCCS will briefly outline a report on the model for the new elementary school at Southern Village. The Superintendent indicates that the model calls for staffing the school at the same level that CHCCS would on any other school -however, some positions are used differently. This issue will have the biggest cost impact on the 1999-2000 budget request. (Attachments 3A and 3B) • Potential impact of class size reductions on schools' capacity: CHCCS will brief on an ad hoc committee report (not yet approved by the Board of Education) that provides alternative strategies for reducing class size. The cost of these strategies varies widely. The Superintendent points out that it is probably the most expensive initiative that CHCCS could consider undertaking, and has implications for both operating costs and for the capital budget because it would require the construction of additional facilities. (Attachments 4A and 4B) Financial Issues • Report on charter school enrollments and budgetary impacts: (Attachment 5) • Report on 20th day enrollment compared to projections: (Attachment 6) • Identification of initiatives with potential future budgetary impacts (including programs identified in CHCCS strategic plan): (Attachment 7)