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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: September 24, 2001 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 1 <br /> SUBJECT: County/OCS/CHCCS Discussion/Policy Issues <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> As listed in "Background" John Link or Rod Visser, ext 2300 <br /> Donna Dean, ext 2151 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 336-227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To discuss various issues with policy and/ or Financial implications that are of <br /> current interest to the Orange County Commissioners, Orange County Board of Education, <br /> and/or Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> a. Bond Education Campaign <br /> The Bond Education Committee held its organizational meeting on September 5, 2001. Staff <br /> can provide a brief update on activities to date and those planned before the November 6 <br /> referenda. The Boards may want to discuss the scope and timing of tours of various school <br /> facilities to increase understanding of the needs underlying the proposed bonds. <br /> Attachment la —Bond Education Committee Organizational Meeting Agenda Materials <br /> b. Opportunities for Collaboration Between School Systems <br /> During the Capital Needs Advisory Task Force process and a number of BOCC meetings <br /> leading up to the adoption of a $47 million school bond order on September 4, 2001, there <br /> was substantial discussion about the desirability of exploring ways to enhance collaboration <br /> between the two school systems with regard to both programming and facilities. OCS <br /> proposed that the two school systems examine ways that excess capacity over the next few <br /> years at the new Cedar Ridge High School might work to the benefit of both school systems <br /> through some type of cooperative programming. Commissioners Brown and Jacobs have also <br /> developed a list of potential opportunities for collaboration that may serve as the focus of <br /> discussion among the three boards at this work session. <br /> Attachment 1b-1 — 8/21/01 Letter from OCS Vice-Chair <br /> Attachment lb-2— Opportunities for School Collaboration developed by Commissioners <br /> Jacobs and Brown <br />