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APPROVED 2/3/2004 <br />MINUTES <br />WORK SESSION <br />Orange County Commissioners <br />Orange County Board of Education <br />Chapel Hill-Carrboro Baard of Education <br />September 29, 2003 <br />7:30 p.m. <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for regular session on Monday, September 29, <br />2003 at 7:30 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Margaret Brown and Commissioners Moses <br />Carey, Jr., Alice M. Gordon, Stephen Halkiotis and Barry Jacobs <br />COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill, Sean Borhanian <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Assistant County Managers <br />Rod Visser and Acting Deputy Clerk to the Board Evelyn Cecil (All other staff members will be <br />identified appropriately below} <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Brenda <br />Stephens, Vice- Chair Keith Cook and Board Members Delores Simpson, Libbie Hough, Randy <br />Copeland, Betty Phelps-Davidson, Dana Thompson and Superintendent Shirley Carroway. <br />CHAPEL HILL- CARRBORO CITY SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS <br />PRESENT: Chair Ualerie Foushee, Vice-Chair Gloria Foley, and Board Members Nicholas M. <br />Didow, Elizabeth Carter, Lisa Stuckey, and Superintendent Neil Pedersen <br />ABSENT: Maryanne Rosenman and Edward Sechrist <br />1. County1OCS1CHCCS DiscussionlPolicy Issues <br />a. Analysis of Impacts of Potential School Merger -Report <br />John Link said they had no presentation but would be glad to answer questions. <br />Gloria Foley said that the Chair, Valerie Foushee, would be late. She referred to the purple <br />folder and listed the items included in it. She went through several items of concern. <br />Item 1: Quality Education. She said that both school boards were concerned about how a <br />merger would divert attention from quality education. <br />Item 2: Issue of Merger as Opposed to Equal Funding. They believe that there are ways that <br />equalized funding can occur without merging. She made reference to the limits of County <br />expenditures to 48.1 °lo and keeping school funding below the 50°~ range. <br />Item 3: Is 17 Cents a True Cost? <br />Item 4: Will CHCCS be Held Harmless? They will be opening new schools in the near future <br />and this has an impact on funding. There is also an issue of staff salaries. <br />Item 5: Central Office. This is currently in the unfunded category. <br />Item 6: Student Reassignment. They project that there will be a much higher number of <br />CHCCS students moving to Orange County schools. <br />