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17 <br />0 <br />Attachment C <br />2 Pre - <br />3 CHCCS Chair Brownstein said this conversation has gone on for the past two years to <br />4 address having Pre -k in their elementary schools and its impact on capacity. She said the idea <br />5 behind the draft resolution is to have something in writing about the district philosophy on the <br />6 value of pre -k; and to create a consensus on decisions regarding capacity and when new <br />7 schools need to come on board. <br />8 Chair Jacobs noted several sheets at the Commissioner's places from the different <br />9 _ _ _schools, _relating to pre -k numbers. <br />10 OCS Chair Coffey said only one elementary school in the district has been built since <br />11 the 1996 school construction standards, so this is the only school that allows for pre -k. The rest <br />12 of the pre -k classes are absorbed by the current elementary capacity. <br />13 Chair Jacobs said the issue is how to count these classrooms toward school capacity. <br />14 He said some may feel that, by counting pre -k toward capacity, the county will rush too quickly <br />15 to having to build another elementary school. He said there was no consensus among the <br />16 three Chairs on how to finish the wording on the resolution because each of them came at it <br />17 from a different position. <br />18 CHCCS Chair Brownstein said the resolution is pretty factual, and then the meat of it is <br />19 the last paragraph, which discusses how the issue will be addressed. <br />20 Chair Jacobs said if no one has anything to add, this can be hashed out at school <br />21 collaboration. <br />22 CHCCS Board Member Jamezetta Bedford said that both school systems support <br />23 reflecting reality and that schools are very much overcrowded when you count these pre -k <br />24 classrooms. <br />25 CHCCS Chair Brownstein said there is not a version of SAPFO with and without these <br />26 classrooms. She said this would give a better view of the implications. She said this may be <br />27 needed in the school collaboration meetings. <br />28 Chair Jacobs said the Board is very supportive of Pre -K, but there is also not a mandate <br />29 for the county to provide that space. He said if Pre -K is moved into the SAPFO numbers, then <br />30 the schools start "bumping" into capacity issues and CAPS. He said he is skeptical at this <br />31 point. <br />32 Commissioner Dorosin said one issue is that these pre -k classes have fewer students <br />33 than a first or second grade class, and classrooms are underutilized from a space standpoint. <br />34 He asked if some pre -k classes are half days, and the answer was no. <br />35 Commissioner Dorosin said one thing to consider is a designated pre -k center. He said <br />36 some counties have this and it does not run up against SAPFO numbers. <br />37 Chair Jacobs said there are three sites at Twin Creeks. He said there has been <br />38 discussion about making one of these three sites into a joint Pre- K/administrative facility. He <br />39 said there have been previous discussions about this; however parents felt it was better to have <br />40 the pre -k spread throughout the elementary schools where they could move up into the <br />41 elementary grades. <br />42 Commissioner Dorosin said Pre -K is in a tenuous spot with the General Assembly and <br />43 there are question marks about funding and how this will look six months from now. <br />44 . CHCCS Chair Brownstein said the other link to this is that the new school construction <br />45 standards require a classroom for pre -k. This means there will be some adjustments needed if <br />46 a stand- alone site is chosen. <br />47 Chair Jacobs said numbers could be run for classrooms and for students to see how it <br />48 all works out. This can then be discussed at the next meeting. He said the pre -k classrooms <br />49 are an adjunct to what is going on in the building. He also addressed the safety implications of <br />50 having kids apart from the main building. <br />
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