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<br /> Over the last ten years, the Board of Commissioners has provided funding for nine new
<br /> schools — five in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School District and four in the Orange
<br /> County District. These schools have added more than 1.2 million permanent square
<br /> feet between the two districts, and increased permanent student capacity for both
<br /> districts by about 66 percent or 7,145 seats. In 1990, the combined student seating
<br /> capacity was 10,836. This compares to a projected capacity of 17,981 with the
<br /> anticipated opening of Cedar Ridge High School in 2002. More than $156 million in local
<br /> and state bonds, local pay-as-you-go funds, local non-bond debt (such as private
<br /> placement funding), and State Public School Building Funds has been invested in these
<br /> nine new schools. (This amount does not include renovations at existing schools.)
<br /> Figure 1. Orange County's Ten Year Investment in New Schools
<br /> By School Level
<br /> Student Total Square Total Project
<br /> School Year Opened Capacity Feet Cost
<br /> New Hoe Elementary OCS 1991 621 100,164 $8,853,508 (')
<br /> McDou le Elementary CHCCS 1996 596 98,000 $11,548,824 (2)
<br /> Scroggs Elementary CHCCS (3) 2000 609 90,980 $12,600,000 (21
<br /> Pathways Elementary (OCS) 2000 600 85,282 $11,437,720 (2)
<br /> Total Elementary 2,426 374,426 $44,440,052
<br /> McDou le Middle School CHCCS 1994 732 136,221 $13,917,622 t'i
<br /> A.L. Stanback Middle School OCS 1995 740 136,000 $14,242,000
<br /> 2001
<br /> Smith Middle School (CHCCS) (anticipated) 7321 128,764 $19,420,000 (2)
<br /> Total Middle 2,204 400,985 $47,579,622
<br /> 1996 (Phase
<br /> 1) / 1999
<br /> East Chapel Hill High CHCCS Addition 1,515 255,948 $36,758,518
<br /> 2002
<br /> Cedar Ridge High (OCS) (anticipated) 1,000 206,900 $27,929,000 t'1
<br /> Total High 2,515 462,848 $64,687,518
<br /> Total Investment in New Schools 7,145 1,238,2591 $156,707,192
<br /> Project cost includes site acquisition
<br /> 2'Project cost does not include site acquisition; site either donated or previously purchased by system
<br /> Capacity as approved by CHCCS Board of Education in January 2001
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