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D <br /> CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO CITY SCHC S JAN - 4 2000 <br /> Lincoln Center, Merritt Mill Road <br /> Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516 <br /> Telephone: (919) 967-8211 <br /> Neil G. Pedersen Ann Hart, Assistant Superintendent <br /> Superintendent For Instructional Services <br /> Steve Scroggs, Interim Assistant Superintendent <br /> For Support Services <br /> TO. John Link,Manager <br /> Orange County <br /> FROM: Neil G. Pedersen <br /> Superintendent <br /> RE: Bids for Smith Middle School <br /> DATE: December 21, 1999 <br /> I am pleased to report that Smith Middle School was successfully bid last month. <br /> We awarded contracts at our last school board meeting. We were able to accept all <br /> alternates,which means that we don't have to make compromises in the design and <br /> materials for which we would have to pay later. <br /> At our joint meeting earlier this month,a question was raised about our adherence <br /> to the Orange County construction standards. As you can see from the attachment,the Tier <br /> 3 Middle School has a capacity of 700 students and a total square footage of 132,192. <br /> Smith Middle School has a slightly higher capacity(the difference being spaces for <br /> exceptional education students)and is more than 3,000 square feet smaller than the <br /> standard. <br /> In 1996,the budget for this school was computed on the basis of$95.00 per square <br /> foot. Three years later,this school came in at only$3.54 more per square foot.We are <br /> delighted,especially when we were able to incorporate features such as daylighting and the <br /> collection of roof runoff. <br /> Please pass this information on to the Commissioners to document that we do <br /> adhere to the adopted building standards and we have been successful in containing costs <br /> on this project as well as the two previous major projects(ECHHS addition and Scroggs <br /> Elementary School).We greatly appreciate their support and make every effort to be good <br /> stewards of the resources that we are allocated. <br /> Cc: Board of Education <br />