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Commissioner Gordon made reference to the APFO and said that capacities would be determined by joint action of the school boards and the County Commissioners. She has heard around the Commissioners' table a desire that they be involved. She feels that we need to figure out what we are doing about pre-K and exceptional children and how to determine the capacities. She feels that the County Commissioners need to be involved. Susan Halkiotis made reference to her handouts and said that capacity needs to be a three-way conversation to agree an a legitimate means of determining capacity and projecting enrollment figures for each system. She explained each handout. She said that Orange County Schools did not have all the empty seats as shown on the original document, Student Capacity by School District, but that seats were counted far a school that has not yet opened, Cedar Ridge High School. She did not want there to be any misunderstanding. Commissioner Gordon made reference to Attachment 4-B1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and explained how the figures were gathered. She had been told that the information was supplied by the school systems. She too would like to get the information straight in the future so that there is no misunderstanding. j. School Sitina Matters - OCS Middle School #3, Proposed CHCCS Hiah School #3 There were no comments. k. Middle College Hiah School Program There were no comments. 2. Issues IdentifiedlPresented by Orange County Schools (Ali items identified by the Orange County Schools are addressed elsewhere on this agenda} 3. Issues IdentifiedlPresented by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools a. Master Planning of the Eubanks RoadlOld 86 Site b. Use of Segal Consultants c. Communications (Ali other items identified by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools are addressed elsewhere on this agenda) 4. CountylOCSICHCCS Informational Reports a. Minority Student Achievement b. Third Month School CapacitylStudent Membership Updates c. Status of Durham Tech Satellite Campus Project Commissioner Brown asked Barbara Baker from Durham Tech to clarify who can go to Durham Tech and what are the limitations on high school students taking Durham Tech classes. Barbara Baker said that the dual enrollment rules are that students who are 16 and 17 and who are taking a half load in high school and making satisfactory progress may take any amount of 100 level or above classes. There are also classes conducted in the high schools, which anyone registered in the high schools may take. There is also the issue of dropouts. If a student who has dropped out of high school asks to be part of the program, Durham Tech requires some special communication with the family and they are treated on a case-by-case basis. They discourage high school dropouts from attending the college. Maryanne Rasenman said that most community colleges in the areas do allow dropouts to enroll who are age 16 or older.