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t�ttn ch men a <br />Board of Education <br />Agenda Abstract <br />Meeting Date: <br />Agenda Type: <br />Agenda Item #: <br />11/03/11 <br />Subject: Recommendation to approve a fund balance appropriation to accelerate the <br />construction of Elementary School #11 <br />Division: <br />Support Services Division, <br />Department: <br />Facilities <br />Todd LoFrese <br />Management <br />Person <br />William J. Mullin, Executive Director <br />Feedback <br />Responsible: <br />of School Facilities <br />Requested <br />From: <br />Public Hearing Required: No <br />Previous Work Session: No Date <br />Previous Discussion and Action: No Date <br />Attachment(s): Calendar of Actions and needed cash flow to start construction of Elementary <br />School #11 in March 2012. <br />PURPOSE: To update the Board on the Elementary #11 project and seek approval of an <br />acceleration plan to construct the school to open in 2013 -14. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Elementary School #11 will be built in the Northside community between Caldwell and <br />McMasters Streets. The design is a multi story building to accommodate 585 students. <br />Elementary #11 will be built to LEED gold specifications. <br />Based on current student enrollment, it is projected that Elementary School #11 will be needed in <br />2012 -13 to meet the requirements of Orange County's Schools Adequate Public Facilities <br />Ordinance (SAPFO) and to help alleviate major overcrowding concerns. <br />4 <br />