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12 1 (delayed beyond 10 years) 2 $103.2 mil Net Cost of Recommendation 3 4 Timing is Critical 5 Consider bond schedule, SAPFO, and construction timeline 6 — Discussing a May or November 2016 bond 7 — We expect to approach 105% LOS at elementary level in 2019 8 — Current CIP shows funding in 2018 -19 for Elementary School #12 9 — Planning, design, regulatory reviews, and construction take 2 -3 years (applies to 10 major renovations and new schools) 11 — If we must wait for bond approval to begin design and renovations: 12 Capacity relief may not be achieved until 2019 13 Phasing will be more complex and expensive as we become more 14 crowded 15 We may miss the window to delay new schools 16 17 Timing is Critical 18 Requested $750K in preliminary renovation planning funding 19 Completing one project will delay #12 by two years 20 21 Todd Lofrese noted that the expenses for Elementary 12 and the Carrboro High School 22 addition are included in the ten year CIP, but if the recommended projects were completed, 23 these expenses could be pushed off. 24 Chair Jacobs said it has been stated that if the legislature keeps doing what it is doing, 25 there may be more students per classroom. He asked how this affects the levels of service and 26 the calculations. 27 Todd Lofrese said the current funding formulas and requirements have class size caps 28 on grades K -3, but they still allow flexibility in grades 4 -12. He said if changes occur to these 29 numbers, it could impact the timing need of new schools. He said Morris Grove is an excellent 30 example of that. 31 Chair Jacobs asked if anyone is doing any worst case scenario planning. 32 Todd Lofrese said he has not been doing any facility planning around this scenario, but 33 he has been watching it from a funding perspective for teacher positions. He said the initial 34 blow would be to the staffing levels. 35 Commissioner Gordon said anything that either school district can do to facilitate this 36 planning for renovations at the older schools would be appreciated. She is very enthusiastic 37 about this and she applauds the progress. 38 Chair Halkiotis said Interim Superintendent Del Burns and staff are looking at planning 39 moneys that could be used in moving ahead. 40 Pam Jones said OCS is more focused on the secondary level for new facilities. She 41 said there is funding in 2016 -17 for the wing for Cedar Ridge High school, and this would also 42 benefit from early planning, as it will likely take 2 years. She said their needs may be on a 43 different level than CHCCS, but they are very similar. 44 Michelle Brownstein said she would request that the planning include discussion of how 45 to logistically manage moving children and doing so many different facilities. She said there is 46 an urgency to this, and the more proactive planning that can be done the better. They need to 47 get money to plan the renovations soon. Otherwise it will be too late to do renovations and 48 increase capacity at the older schools and they will need to go ahead and build new schools. 49 She said planning cannot be limited to retreats and the date of the next joint meeting. She said