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3. Membership Data: CHCCS total increase from the previous year - 338 students 193 Elementary School 30 Middle School 115 High School OCS total increase from the previous year - 160 students '86 Elementary School 57 Middle School 17 High School 4. Capacity Data: One change occurred in the CHCCS System with the opening of Carrboro High School with a capacity of 800. 5. Capacity Issues SAPFO vs. DPI Sa.The SAPFO is a `freestanding' ordinance, independent of State Department of Public Instruction (DPI) projections and rules regarding class size. The SAPFO, for instance, does not count temporary modular classrooms as fulfilling the capacity level of service outlined in the SAPFO interlocal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The MOU requires `bricks and mortar' instead of temporary facilities and also requires its own set of future student projections to identify long-term capital school construction needs. The School Collaboration Work Group 5b. The School Collaboration Work Group met in November 2005 to discuss Elementary level K-3 class size reductions related to legislation from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. It recommended that reductions in capacity be implemented equally in both school districts when (or after) the next elementary school opens. The next elementary school, CHCCS Elementary School #10 (Morris Grove Elementary), is currently under construction and on track to be open in August 2008. Implementation of the Reduced Class Size Ratio 5c. Implementation of the reduced class size ratio when the new elementary school opens reduces capacity by 262 seats in CHCCS and 228 seats in OCS. This reduction in capacity in the entire CHCCS elementary system indirectly reduces the capacity increase in the system of the new school from 585 to 323. This results in the projected necessity of CHCCS Elementary School #11 in 2010-11. OCS has adequate capacity and the 228 `loss in seats' can be more easily `absorbed' by the overall system. Implications of a Delay 5d. Implications of a Delay in opening Elementary School #11 could result in an overcapacity situation at the Elementary level for CHCCS. If Elementary School #11 does not open when it is needed (actual year needed is dependent on the actual growth in .student membership in upcoming years), the result could be exceedance above the 105% adopted level of service at this level. In accordance with the MOU and implementing regulations, CAPS (Certificate of Adequate Public Schools) would not be issued during a period of overcapacity. This means that development approvals for new residential structures could not be made for projects expected to generate students