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10 s ~~ ,;;; ,.~. -,~: ,~ ' ~ ~`` ~ ~ CITY SCH ,~-_ ~: QQLS ~ How Orange County's 1/4 Cent Sales and Use Tax Impacts Your Schools The North Carolina General Assembly has granted county government the authority to levy, subject to voter approval, an additional one-quarter cent (1/4¢) County Sales and Use Tax, which lessens the counties' reliance on property taxes. If voters approve the sales and use tax, the alloca- tion percentages will be in effect for ten years. At the general election on November 8, 2011, Orange County voters will have the opportunity to vote "For" or "Against" the one quarter (1/4¢) cent sales and use tax. Schools will receive 50 percent of the funding allocated in an equitable manner between the County's two school systems for the dedicated purpose of facility improvements at "older" schools within all of Orange County and the procurement of technology. Each school system will establish a list of prioritized needs for older schools within the County. To begin, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools' potential uses in the first five years are: • Mobile comguter carts for classrooms purchased to provide a 2:1 ratio (one mobile cart for every two classrooms to shaze) to all schools. This initiative supports technology integration into the curriculum, student engagement and the new state-mandated on-line assessments. • Energy efficient lighting improvements for classroom and public areas at FPG, Seawell, Cul- breth, Phillips and Chapel Hill High. • HVAC improvement to install efficient hot water systems in Building C and D at Chapel Hill High. • HVAC improvement for a new heating and cooling system with humidity controls at Lincoln Center. `~ • Kitchen equipment replacement for more efficient walk-in freezers and refrigerators at Caz- rboro Elementary, Estes Hills, Glenwood, Culbreth and Phillips. ~ ~ Sidewalk replacements to address safety hazards at Glenwood, FPG and Chapel Hill High. Continuing for the next five years, the potential uses are: • Science facilities updated in eight of Phillips' classrooms. • Abatement to remove asbestos from floor file at Phillips. • Sidewalk replacement to address additional safety hazards at Carrboro Elementary, Estes Hills, Seawell, Culbreth and Chapel Hill High. • HVAC improvements to replace duct distribution and install new efficiency controls at Cul- breth. • Lighting improvements to continue at Culbreth, Phillips and Chapel Hill High. • HVAC digital control systems added at Carrboro Elementary, Ephesus, Estes Hills, FPG, Glenwood and Phillips to improve energy efficiency. • Lighting and acoustics upgrades at Carrboro Elementary. Without the 1/4 of a penny sales tax, property taxes will be the primary funding source available for technology and building improvements in schools and for economic development.