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Section II <br />Additional lnformation for Orange County School District <br />The City of Mebane lies partially within Orange County and students within the Orange County <br />portion of Mebane attend Orange County schools. However, the City of Mebane is not a party to <br />the SAPFO agreement and therefore does not require that CAPS (Certificate of Adequate Public <br />Schools) be issued prior to development approvals. In previous years, development activity and <br />platting of new subdivisions increased within the Orange County portion of Mebane. However, <br />changed economic conditions have curbed new platting and new construction in the past few <br />years. An uptick in residential activity is likely as the country emerges from "The Great <br />Recession." Increased coordination with the City of Mebane regarding development issues may <br />be necessary in the future. OCS currently has capacity to serve additional growth, but it is <br />possible that development in the Orange County portion of Mebane could quickly encumber <br />available capacity. <br />Following the economic downtown, there has been an increase in multi- family residential <br />development which has added to increasing student memberships in both districts. The ongoing <br />future demand for multi - family housing is evident throughout the county, but especially within <br />the Town of Hillsborough which is facing the proposed development of 700 multi - family units in <br />the near future. Staff will need to continue monitoring and evaluating the demand and growth of <br />the multi- family market in Hillsborough and the entire county as well as its effect on student <br />membership rates. <br />Currently, one charter school is located in the Town of Hillsborough and serves students that <br />reside in the Orange County School District. This school is not included as part of the SAPFO <br />Annual Report and as a result its membership and capacity is not monitored or included in future <br />projections. An additional charter school is being proposed in the Town of Hillsborough for the <br />2014 -15 school year. As a result, OCS student memberships may experience a decrease in 2014- <br />15 due to a loss of students enrolling in the new charter school. <br />5. Recommendation — <br />Use statistics as noted in 3 above <br />33 <br />