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2 , INFORMATION ON SCHOOL FACILITIES IN ORANGE COUNTY 1. Age of Elementary Schools The information in this attachment is based on data supplied by the two school systems. The point of the chart is to show the original date when each school was constructed. However, some schools were relatively small at the outset with significant additions being made later. Thus an arbitrary size of 20,000 square feet was selected as the "original size" for a school. The chart shows the earliest year each school contained at least 20,000 square feet, grouped by decade. The oldest schools were built in the 1950's and the newest, in the 1990's. 2. Age of Secondary Schools This attachment has the same categories of data as the one for elementary schools, but information is given for secondary schools. 3. School Facilities in the Orange County Schools The information in this attachment was supplied by the school district, and includes the data outlined below: a. Original Facilities and Additions, Given with the Year and Square Footage. b. Buildings and Grounds Data, including Acreage and the Number of Mobile Classrooms. 4. School Facilities in the Chapel Hill - Carrboro City Schools The information in this attachment was supplied by the school district, and includes the same categories of data as those outlined above for the Orange County Schools. CON'IlHENTS: 1. These charts show that the age range for schools appears comparable In the two systems, with a similar number of buildings constructed in each decade. Thus there is no apparent discrepancy in the average age of the facilities in the two systems_ 2. The charts also show a great range in the age of existing schools within each school system. The question we need to an swer is whether all the facilities are serving our children well, regardless of age, or whether some of the older schools need significant improvements to be comparable to the newer schools.