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Superintendent Carraway said that the projections from DPI far OCS were very close to the total membership as of the 20th day. Chair Brawn asked Superintendent Pedersen haw the other school faired with the opening of Rashkis. She asked if there was a good balance. Superintendent Pedersen said that there was a pretty good balance. Rashkis opened with about 420 (capacity of 600). Scroggs is of some concern because it has 640 students. This facility is overcrowded. The overcrowding at Seawell came down about 200 students. After a difficult redistricting process, there is same balance. There were eight mobile units added at the high schools. Chair Brown made reference to a letter from the neighborhoods adjacent to the high schools that said that the mobile units were not in keeping with the neighborhood. Superintendent Pedersen said that the letter he received was from a design committee in Chapel Hill. The mobile units were approved as part of the process. Commissioner Gordon asked if OCS had another report giving more information like CHCCS. Commissioner Halkiotis said that OCS probably does not have the money to print such a nice brochure. Superintendent Carraway said that she has not seen this information, but she will look at it and see if this information can be passed along to the County Commissioners. Commissioner Jacobs would like to look more closely at athletics and how many males and females participate and the spending per athlete based on male and female athletes. He would also like some information on where the college scholarships are being achieved by student athletes in the two systems. He would like to discuss this at the next joint meeting. Commissioner Jacobs asked about the third high school and what happened to the football facility that was going to be developed offsite, and if it was included in the $30 million. Valerie Foushee said that it was not included in the $27.8 or the $30 million at this time. The initial planning was to locate this facility offsite by upgrading another field. Superintendent Pedersen said that they are looking at the fields that will be there, but they do not envision a major football stadium. They do envision athletic fields there. They need to determine what events could not be held on this site and where they might be held. They would like to look at some alternatives that would allow the fields to be used 2417 with a particular type of turf. Chair Brown made reference to a comment that the high school football programs should be equivalent at all three high schools. She had someone ask her why this was such a driving force. She asked if one of the schools could emphasize women's sports. Lisa Stuckey sits as board liaison to the Chapel Hill High SGC and about a month ago the Athletic Director came and told them that, at present, there are an equal number of sports for boys and girls. This does not include cheerleading, because it is not considered a sport. Chapel Hill High just voted to fund women's golf. Chapel Hill High is on par in terms of women's sports. Gloria Foley distributed some smart growth information. She said that two other issues that the smart growth experts talked about were placing schools closer to denser populations and making sure that schools are on public transportation routes. Bath of these occur at the proposed third high school site. With no further items to address, a motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to adjourn the meeting at 9:30 p.m.