ORD-2005-010 - Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (SAPFO) - Approval of Annual Certifications

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Attachmnelt (.pagve 2 of -1) accommodate forecast, growth in student mqm�ership. T he membership numbers reflect an aG,.gal student count as defined in the MOU. The capacity that is noted, Is from last years SAPFCT AC certification. The SAPFOTAC analytical work would normally take place in the January - February Idmeframe, but was accelerated for 2004-05 at the request of the 80GQ because: the results of the SAPFOTAC analysis of updated student membership projeetions, Will have a sTgni-ficant impact on major capital funding decisions that the BOCC will need to make in the very near future. SAPFOT AC is tasked to produce an annual report for the governing boards: of each SAPFO partner. The full annual SAPFOTAC report will be completed in early 2005. Building Capacity There has been extensive discussion among the governing boards and staff of the CoLmty and school systems throughout 2004 regarding the certij-:-c ion of individual school building capacifties. The State of North Carolina has Jalkan urillateral action during the past tso years, to dictate to local school administrative units that the average class size throughout a school district for grades K-3 must be reduced to I teacher for every 21 students. As the BOCC has rioted, this has in. effect created an told coded mandate for county governments to provide additional school space with no time to plan for the funding and construction of new space. --oliowing dis F cussion on the subject at a November 2004 work session, the County Attorney, examined the requirements for reduced class size and the possible sanctions or other ramifications that might face any school system that is unable to comply with the average crass size manda-leS. The accompanying letter frGin,"he Attorney outlines the results of his research. As provided for in the SAPFO Section 1.b "-..'bUJldi,-1g capacity' will be determined— by a joint action of the School Board and the BOCC.- Ther ' efore, until there is a 'joint action' agreeing to the impact, of now State rules for classroom size in grades K-3, the existing capacity levels are being . used for capaolty/membership projection comparisons. Implications of' Updated Ten Year Student Membership Projections SAPFO provides that the County must provilde funding and a school system must construct new school space so that the Level of Service (LOS) for elementary school space vAl not exce-ad 105% of capacity across an entire school district- The updated ten-year student ma:rnbarship proi-ctions prepared by SAPFOTAC and rafleGted on the a=mpa.nylng:charts Indicate that, absent the creation of new seats, the 10511/o level of service would be exceed-aid at the elp-maritrary level in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools for academic year 209-10. Accordingly, adherence to SAPFO provisions will require that now permanent elementary school space be avalfable for the beginning: of that school year. The needed opening date has shifted back three, years compared to the 20007 opening contemplated in last year's student membership projections. aloMing growth produced only minor enrollment increases at the elementary level in the Chapel Hill-Carrbo.ro Schools during the current school year. GHCCS Middle School #5 Is projected to be neaded in 2013-2014. 800 new seats w1ft become sivallable virith the anticipated opening of CHCCS High School #3 in August 2007. Bused on the updated student membership projections, there is no other ad. Mona[ high school space needed within the ten-year planning period. 62