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2 <br />3. Membership Data <br />CHCCS total increase from the previous year: 193 students <br />79 Elementary School <br />32 Middle School <br />82 High School <br />OCS total increase from the previous year: 67 students <br />55 Elementary School <br />(20) Middle School <br />32 High School <br />( ) denotes decrease <br />4. Capacity Data <br />Capacity was decreased at OCS' Orange High School by 119 students as a result of a <br />capacity analysis and facilities study completed by the Department of Public Instruction in <br />August 2012. <br />There were no changes to school capacities this year for Chapel Hill - Carrboro City <br />Schools. <br />5. Capacity Issues <br />SAPFO vs. DPI <br />The SAPFO is a local ordinance, independent of State Department of Public Instruction <br />(DPI) projections and rules regarding class size. The SAPFO, for instance, does not <br />count temporary modular classrooms as fulfilling the capacity level of service outlined in <br />the SAPFO interlocal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The MOU requires `bricks <br />and mortar' instead of temporary facilities and also requires its own set of future student <br />projections to identify long -term capital school construction needs. However, the County <br />did phase in the smaller class size in previous years that decreased capacity. Decisions <br />will have to be made if new discussions at the state level create any class size changes <br />that should or should not be reflected in the County's SAPFO. <br />This year, CHCCS exceeds the adopted levels of service (LOS) established in the <br />SAPFO by 37 students (105.7% LOS). Elementary School #11 is currently under <br />construction and scheduled to open for the 2013 -14 school year. Projections also show <br />potential needs at the elementary, middle, and high school levels within the 10 -year <br />planning period. Projected needs are noted below. <br />OCS does not exceed the adopted levels of service established in the SAPFO at this time <br />nor do projections show potential needs within the 10 -year planning period. However, <br />LOS is projected to be on the brink of being exceeded in 2022 -23 at both the elementary <br />and high school levels. <br />6. Student Projection Analysis <br />Student membership projections show an increase at all levels in both school systems, <br />except for a small decrease in 2015 -16 and 2018 -19 at the high school level for OCS. <br />The projections are shown on pages 35 -36 of the report. <br />