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same of the nomenclature lined up. They have also commented on the significance on these resources. She said that they would not provide a document that says that the two districts should merge or not, but they will compare the educational resources available to the children in the districts. She said that a report should be ready by the February 15t" meeting. Commissioner Halkiotis said that he has been impressed with the work of Dr. Grumet and her team, as well as both school systems. He thinks that one of the mast interesting things in the process is to see what other resources are available to children in bath school systems. He thinks it will be enlightening. Commissioner Jacobs said that he enjoyed his one meeting with the school collaboration group. He suggested having a dinner meeting or having a separate meeting for this report. Commissioner Halkiotis agreed. Chair Carey asked if some of the questions that were raised have more to do with the decisions that each school board might need to address, or decisions that the Board of County Commissioners might need to make. Dr. Grumet said that even though the two entities have specific functions, they do cooperate in the creation and funding of a single process. She said that they would focus primarily on programs, on the needs of different subgroups in the districts, and on the kinds and numbers of personnel available to address those needs. Commissioner Gordon made reference to the comment about the differences between schools in the same district. She said that in 1991, she was on the capital needs task farce and she went to every single Schaal in both districts. What struck her was that the big difference was not a difference between the two school districts. The big difference was between the older schools and the newer schools within the two districts. She asked if Dr. Grumet was looking at the setting in which the children were being taught. Dr. Grumet said that they did not look at this with tremendous focus. B. School SystemlCounty Financial Efficiency Report and Recommendations Bob Segal went through his letter of January 14th, which is Attachment 2b. Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools: Telecommunications expenses -the expenses for CHCCS are still on the table and are being evaluated. Sales tax -CHCCS has amended the first return and asked for another $100,000 back. They are working on 2002-2003 and making progress. Cash Management -They hope to have this cash management system implemented 100°lo by the end of February. Natural Gas -This has been implemented effective January 1St Orange County Schools: Universal Service Fundle-rate -This has been progressing nicely. Cash Management -They have implemented part of this recommendation. Orange County Government: They are in a holding pattern at this time. Collaborative Efforts: Banking -They are beginning to draw information together from all three organizations. For example, all three entities use the same banks. One of the objectives is to get all three entities up to the highest grade of interest.