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moving the urban services boundary back to where it was two years ago. He said that they also <br /> spoke with Mayor Nelson of Carrboro and received a favorable response for a high school to be <br /> built within the Carrboro jurisdiction off Smith Level Road. However, because of the requests of <br /> some citizens of Chapel Hill —the town may reconsider these options regarding the urban services <br /> boundary. <br /> Valerie Foushee said that at their last meeting of these three boards, the school board also <br /> indicated at that time what their preference was in terms of citing the new high school. Her <br /> recollection of the presentation was that there was a fair amount of urgency with regard to when <br /> the school board thought that the third high school should come on line. In the earlier CIP, they <br /> indicated the preference of locating the school in the southern part with no less than 750 students, <br /> with the possibility that this facility could be expanded upon. She made reference to attachment 3- <br /> a, and said that the projections justify moving ahead with a third high school. She asked the Board <br /> of County Commissioners to work with them to develop a financing plan and to take necessary <br /> actions to open this facility by 2005-06. <br /> Commissioner Gordon asked about the 20`h day membership for the high schools <br /> combined. Assistant Superintendent Steve Scroggs answered that the 20`h day membership for <br /> high school students was 3,197 with a capacity of 3,035. <br /> Commissioner Gordon said that she went to a school board meeting quite a while ago and <br /> Steve Scroggs wanted to apprise her of further developments. She has not met with him in a long <br /> time, so she is not up to date. When she does talk to him, she would like any information that is <br /> given to her to be given to the County Commissioners. <br /> Gloria Faley said that it was startling for her to be in the School Facilities Task Force <br /> meeting and to hear the projections for high school students. She said that we need to move on <br /> this schedule for the third high school. <br /> Valerie Foushee said that the board has also discussed the possibility of converting Lincoln <br /> Center to a magnet high school. They believe that this would meet the projected high school <br /> needs through 2013. If they are able to build a school for 1,000 or 750 with the capability of <br /> expanding to 1,000, and with Lincoln Center holding 500 students, then they would have the <br /> aggregate of a 1,500 student capacity. <br /> Commissioner Halkiotis asked how many acres of land did Lincoln Center sit upon and it <br /> was answered 12 acres. <br /> Commissioner Gordon said that she understands that the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City <br /> Schools wanted the Board of County Commissioners to further evaluate the site across from <br /> Southern Village and the 89-acre site that is listed on the comprehensive plan for a school site. <br /> She asked if this was still a request. Valerie Foushee said that this request did not come from their <br /> School Board. This site is no longer being considered. <br /> Valerie Foushee said that if they were able to convert Lincoln Center to a high school <br /> facility, it would stand to reason that they would need a facility to house the central administration <br /> staff. She asked the County Commissioners to think about this possibility. <br /> Nick Didow said that they are also leasing two office suites at Willow Drive to accommodate <br /> space for the central office. <br /> Commissioner Brown asked if the school board would be interested in the school campus <br /> site. Valerie Foushee said that their preference is to locate in the southern part of the city, but they <br /> would not turn down a site given to them. <br /> Gloria Faley made reference to the northern site and said that#10 still needs to be <br /> someplace and another middle school is upon the horizon. One of these schools could use the <br /> northern site. <br /> Commissioner Gordon asked about the capacity of the high school and if they wanted it to <br /> be 750 or 1,000. Valerie Foushee said that their first choice would be to site the school with a <br /> capacity of 1,000. <br /> Neil Pedersen said that the Lincoln Center could only accommodate 500 students. He <br /> made reference to Elementary School # 10 and said that the money was in the bond issue and if it <br /> were used for the high school then they would look at alternative funding options. Their <br />