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1, 3 <br /> CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO CITY SCHOOLS <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 /> Chester Preyar, Assistant Superintendent <br /> for Support Services <br /> TO: Board of Education <br /> FROM: Neil G. Pederse <br /> Superintendent <br /> RE: Referendum to Expand the Use of the District Tax <br /> DATE: August 15, 1996 <br /> For the past year, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of <br /> Education and administration have been working with the County <br /> Commissioners and Manager to develop a strategy for funding a new <br /> elementary and middle school and an addition to East Chapel Hill High School <br /> by the year 2000. The County Manager will be presenting a proposed funding <br /> plan to the County Commissioners on August 20 at the OWASA building. A <br /> copy of the plan is enclosed You may want to discuss it at your August 22nd <br /> Board meeting under this agenda item. <br /> It is apparent to me at this time, however, that having the option to use the <br /> school district tax for capital needs would be advantageous to our school <br /> district. It would provide one other source of revenue in addition to the impact <br /> fee and proceeds from the state bond referendum if it passes in November. I <br /> would encourage you to support this resolution if you believe that we should <br /> have at our disposal as many different funding sources as possible. <br /> On the other hand, it can be argued that constructing new schools is the <br /> legal responsibility of the County Commissioners and that it is unfair to the <br /> taxpayers in our school district to use the district tax to meet capital needs. <br /> Historically, all of the taxpayers in the County have shared in the costs <br /> associated with new schools. <br /> The problem that we are encountering now is that the new school <br /> construction needs differ so significantly between the two school districts that <br /> distributing CIP revenues to each school district on the basis of student <br /> enrollment, or even share their of the tax base, does not provide the Chapel <br /> Hill-Carrboro City Schools with sufficient funding for the new schools that they <br /> will need over the next five years. The district tax provides the County <br />