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District included in Figure 5. These two schools are under construction at the time of <br /> this report. However, it is important to consider their capacity since they are currently <br /> underway and will provide space for current as well as new students. It is also <br /> important to note that the Board of County Commissioners recently approved planning <br /> funds for a new elementary school, currently referred to as Elementary #9, in the <br /> Chapel Hill Carrboro system. Since full funding of the project is not in place at the time <br /> of this report, the anticipated additional capacity that this school would offer is not <br /> included in Figure 5. <br /> The opening of Smith Middle School, anticipated for fall 2001, will increase capacity in <br /> the Chapel Hill Carrboro District by 732 students, bringing the District's total permanent <br /> capacity for all levels to 10,177 students. The following year, Orange County Schools <br /> anticipates the addition of 1,000 seats with the opening Cedar Ridge High School, <br /> increasing that District's total capacity to 7,804 for all levels. At that point, the combined <br /> student capacity for both systems will be almost 18,000. <br /> Members of the Task Force agreed, after reviewing the capacity levels and total <br /> square footage outlined in the School Construction Standards, that the current <br /> levels are sound and there is no need to change them. <br /> Use of Mobile or Relocatable Units <br /> Task Force members agreed that mobile or relocatable units should serve only as a <br /> temporary buffer to house students while new schools are constructed. Additional <br /> space provided by mobile units should not be considered part of system's permanent <br /> square footage. This recommendation is consistent with the Schools Adequate Public <br /> Facilities Ordinance that identifies an acceptable Level of Service (capacity above 100 <br /> percent to serve as a buffer while new schools are constructed): <br /> Figure 6. Levels of Service Standards Identified in Schools Adequate Public <br /> Facilities Ordinance (SAPFO) <br /> Capacity As <br /> Outlined in Level of Capacity <br /> School Service as As <br /> Construction Identified in Defined <br /> School Level Standards SAPFO by SAPFO <br /> Elementary 600 105% 630 <br /> Middle 700 107% 749 <br /> High School 1000 110% 1100 <br /> (range) 1500 110% 1650 <br /> Figure 7 on the following page provides a listing of each district's current use of mobile <br /> units: <br /> 14 <br />