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6 <br /> 1 SAPFO Considerations <br /> 2 • 15 students per classroom <br /> 3 • EC Pre — K class counts are much smaller <br /> 4 • Pre — K (18 classrooms) currently equates to about 70% of our average elementary <br /> 5 school (25 classrooms) <br /> 6 <br /> 7 Moving Costs <br /> 8 • Room Requirements <br /> 9 ➢ Bathrooms <br /> 10 ➢ Exterior Entrance <br /> 11 ➢ Building, Health, and Fire Safety Codes <br /> 12 ➢ Licensing time and expenses <br /> 13 ➢ Lost income <br /> 14 • Furniture Needs <br /> 15 • Separate and age appropriate playground <br /> 16 <br /> 17 Family Impacts <br /> 18 • Disruption of delayed start or abbreviated start <br /> 19 • Uncertainty with last minute changes in location <br /> 20 • Pick up and drop off challenges <br /> 21 • Impact on their employment <br /> 22 <br /> 23 Staff Impacts <br /> 24 • Disrupts PLC groupings <br /> 25 • Disrupts teacher/school relationships <br /> 26 • Administrative time spent on the move rather than curriculum, program monitoring, and <br /> 27 staff development work <br /> 28 • Staff Stresses <br /> 29 <br /> 30 <br /> 31 Commissioner Gordon said that there was a 20-year period where no new schools were <br /> 32 built anywhere in Orange County. Both school systems have old schools. The Commissioners <br /> 33 need to be proactive in looking at Pre-K but also remember the old schools, and the renovations <br /> 34 that are needed, when funding for capital needs is discussed. <br /> 35 CHCCS Chair Mia Burroughs asked Margaret Samuels to come up and address the <br /> 36 issue of public Pre-K slots competing with private providers. <br /> 37 Margaret Samuels said that there are now two rulings that say that Pre-K needs to <br /> 38 expand. It was asked that the appeals court go straight to the Supreme Court to get a ruling, <br /> 39 and the Supreme Court said no. Now it hinges on what the legislature decides to do. She <br /> 40 explained how the partnership between public and private entities worked. The majority of the <br /> 41 slots are in the two school systems and administered by the school systems. <br /> 42 Chair Pelissier said that she is interested in knowing if kids that attend public versus <br /> 43 private schools do better in schools. <br /> 44 Linda Hynmen, Program Manager of Orange County Partnership for Young Children, <br /> 45 said that some of the barriers in private childcare facilities are the fact that they do not have <br /> 46 traditional staff to collaborate with or the ongoing professional development that the schools are <br /> 47 able to offer. Regarding requirements, the private providers in Orange County are equal to both <br /> 48 school systems. <br /> 49 Chair Pelissier said that the County could develop a policy going forward to make sure <br /> 50 new schools have adequate capacity for Pre-K. <br />