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APPROVED 10119/2004 <br />MINUTES <br />WORK SESSION <br />ORANGE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION <br />CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO BOARD OF EDUCATION <br />September 27, 2004 <br />7:30 p.m. <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a joint Work Session with the Chapel Hill- <br />Carrboro Board of Education and the Orange County Board of Education on Monday, <br />September 27, 2004 at 7:30 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, North <br />Carolina. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Barry Jacobs and Commissioners Moses <br />Carey, Jr., Alice M. Gordon, and Stephen Halkiotis <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Margaret Brown <br />COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill, Sean Borhanian <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Assistant County <br />Manager Rod Visser and Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker (All other staff members will be <br />identified appropriately below} <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Libbie <br />Hough, Vice-Chair Brenda Stephens and Board Members Liz Brown, Randy Copeland, Dennis <br />Whitling, and AI Hartkopf <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS ABSENT: Delores Simpson <br />ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT PRESENT: Dr. Shirley Carraway <br />CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO CITY SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS <br />PRESENT: Chair Elizabeth Carter, Vice-Chair Lisa Stuckey and Board Members Valerie <br />Foushee, Nicholas M. Didow, Jamezetta Bedford, and Mike Kelley <br />CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO CITY SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS <br />ABSENT: Edward Sechrest <br />CHAPEL HILL- CARRBORO CITY SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT PRESENT: Dr. Neil <br />Pedersen <br />Chair Elizabeth Carter said that Ed Sechrest was not in attendance because he was working <br />out of town. <br />1. County/OCSICHCCS DiscussionlPolicy Issues <br />a. School Collaboration Update <br />Chair Jacobs said that the collaboration group has been meeting since the last time the school <br />boards met in April. <br />John Link pointed out the information in the background materials. One of the areas of <br />discussion last spring was collaboration initiatives. There were two collaboration meetings <br />facilitated by Andy Sachs of the Dispute Settlement Center -July 8t" and August 24t". He hopes <br />that members of the boards would speak to their impression of the process so far. <br />