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4 <br /> School Construction Standards <br /> Background <br /> In early 1995 the Board of County Commissioners appointed an eight member work group to <br /> develop school construction standards for new facilities built in the Orange County School and <br /> Chapel Hi11JCarrboro City School districts. The School Facility Construction Standards Work <br /> Group included two representatives from the Board of County Commissioners, two <br /> representatives from each of the two School Boards, and two parent representatives: <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners Moses Carey <br /> Stephen Halkiotis <br /> Chapel Hill/Carrboro City School Board Mary Bushnell <br /> Nick Didow <br /> Orange County School Board Susan Dovenbarger <br /> Larry Haverland <br /> Parent Representatives Bill Boyarsky <br /> Dick Snow <br /> The Board of County Commissioners adopted in May 1996 school standards for elementary and <br /> middle schools. These construction standards are outlined in this report. <br /> Elementary School <br /> The total square footage of the Basic School, as outlined in this section of the report, is 83,160 <br /> square feet. There are two tiers added to the Basic School. Tier A provides additional storage <br /> space for use of the facility for afterschool programs. The additional storage space is 1,400 <br /> square feet with 462 square feet for circulation, bringing the total for Tier A to 1,862 additional <br /> square feet. Tier B includes space identified by the School Systems as desirable for an <br /> elementary school. Tier B adds 13,240 square feet with approximately 5,920 square feet for <br /> storage, 1,000 square feet for a Student Commons area and the balance primarily for additional <br /> teacher workspace and conference rooms. <br /> 1. Capacity <br /> The capacity of the elementary school is 600 students. <br /> 2. School Sites <br /> The elementary school site is based on the NC Public School Facility Standards which <br /> requires an elementary school to have a minimum of ten usable acres plus one usable acre <br /> Page 1 <br />