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Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools <br /> Over the last seven years, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro School District has constructed five <br /> new schools. These schools have increased seating capacity at all levels by 69.8 <br /> percent or 4,184 seats, going from a capacity of 5,993 in 1993 (McDougle Middle <br /> School opened in fall 1994) to 10,177 with the opening of Smith Middle School next fall. <br /> Two new elementary schools, McDougle and Scroggs, have provided 1,205 additional <br /> seats for children in kindergarten through grade five. With the opening of Smith Middle <br /> School, the number of middle school seats in the District will have increased by 1,464, <br /> and East Chapel Hill High has provided 1,515 additional seats for students in grades <br /> nine through twelve. <br /> The capital investment for the recently constructed schools (currently in operation) totals <br /> about $74.8 million or $21,675 per seat. The opening of Smith Middle School in fall <br /> 2001 will provide another 732 seats bringing the total investment in the five newly <br /> constructed schools in this District to $94.2 million or$22,524 per seat. <br /> Figure 2. Orange County's Ten Year Investment in New Schools <br /> Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools <br /> Site Acquisition Site Develo ment&Facility Construction Total Investment <br /> Cost Per Total Cost <br /> Project Costs Square Per Square Capital Cost <br /> School Acreage Total Site Cost Cost Per Acre Square Feet (excluding land) Foot Total Project Cost Foot Per Seat <br /> Schools Currently in Operation <br /> McDougle Elementary included in McDou le Middle 98.000 $11,548,824 $ 118 $11,548,824 $118 $ 19,377 <br /> Scroggs Elementary 13.00 $ donated 90,980 $12,600.000 $ 138 $12,600,000 $138 S 20,690 <br /> Total Elementary 13.00 SO 188,980 $24,148,824 S 128 $24,148,824 $128 $ 20,041 <br /> McDougle Middle 39.98 $900,050 $22,513 136,221 $13,014,572 5 96 $13,914,622 $102 $ 19,009 <br /> Total Middle 39.98 $900,050 - 136,221 513,014,572 S 96 $13,914,622 $102 $ 19,009 <br /> East Chapel Hill High 74.80 $1,850,000 524,733 170,200 $20,858,518 $ 123 $22,708,518 $133 $ 22,263 <br /> East Chapel Hill High <br /> Addition site owned b district 85,748 514,050,000 $ 164 $14,050,000 $164 S 28,384 <br /> Total High 74.80 $1,850,000 S 24,733 255,948 $34,908,518 S 136 538,758,518 $144 $ 24,263 <br /> Total 13.00 scresip donated or owned bX dlalrlct <br /> 114.78 $2,750,050 S 23,959 581,149 $72,071,914 S 124 $74,821,984 $129 S 21,675 <br /> Schools Currently Under Construction <br /> Smith Middle School site owned b district 128,764 $19,420,000 S 151 1 $19,420,000 $151 IS 26.530 <br /> Total Investment In New 13.00 scream donated or owned by dlatrio! <br /> Schools for CHCCS <br /> 114.78 52,750,050 S 23,959 709,913 1 591,491,914 S 129 594,241,984 $133 S 22,524 <br /> 6 <br />