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Elizabeth Carter made reference to addendum 1a1 and the first bullet that says, "Chapel Hill schools approved some student transfers into County school district," and said that they approved a/! of these requests and not some. She asked that this be noted. Elizabeth Carter said that at the August 24th meeting, the most important thing for her was to see some of their work come to life. She said that they did not come to any real conclusions, and they need to be careful in moving forward and not being accused of attaching themselves to one entity. She said that they could talk about a way of how the funding could be better used. She said that they did not feel that they had all of the support they were seeking from the County Commissioners. She said that at the last meeting of the three boards it seemed that the County Commissioners were a little reserved about efforts toward collaboration, so they were hesitant to continue to move forward. A lot of these initiatives require funding. Libbie Hough said that she also thinks that in part some folks felt that things would move too quickly and would not be well thought through. They want to make sure that this can remain alive and not just a discussion. Another reason she thinks that things are moving slowly is because they have to get used to talking to one another on the different boards. Chair Jacobs said that at the last collaboration meeting they spent time on how the County acts differently in addition to per pupil funding. He made reference to the draft minutes of the August 24t" meeting, at the bottom of page two, and pointed out the ideas identified that might fall outside the purview of schools that have to do with the health, safety, and general welfare of 17,000 students. He said that they had tried to promote a meeting to talk about school resource officers (SRO) and sent letters to the mayors. He asked if anything came of these letters. John Link said that they are trying to get all of the schedules together and hope to have a meeting in late October. The Sheriff is excited about getting involved. Chair Jacobs said that there were issues regarding to whom SROs report, who pays for them, and whether there is comparable coverage everywhere. Crossing guards were also a part of this conversation. Lisa Stuckey said that they had brainstorming sessions in these meetings and the SROs is one area in which they need to proceed cautiously. Valerie Faushee pointed out a couple of errors in the draft minutes. The SROs were funded by a COPS grant {page 1 of August 24t" minutes). Also, the SRO is at McDougle Middle and not Carrboro Elementary. Commissioner Carey referred to the list of items that are the subject of the collaboration discussion between the school boards. He said that when he read the list of ten items in the minutes, he wandered if the "plan" means more thinking (page 4 of attachment 1 a). John Link said that these are items that are either being planned now or planned far a target date. They will all be planned. Libbie Hough said that what seems to be happening is that as each issue is brought up, they are being discussed by the chairs and vice-chairs and also at the staff level concurrently to see about the feasibility of implementation. She said that they have not gotten beyond number four on this list.