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EMERSON WALDORF SCHOOL CAMPUS MASTER PLAN SPECIAL USE PERMIT NARRATIVE INTRODUCTION 12 The Emerson Waldorf School (EWS), established in Chapel Hill in 1984, is a Pre -K thru grade 12 private school located on a 54 acre campus at 6211 New Jericho Road at its intersection with Millhouse Road in Orange County, NC. The existing school campus currently contains approximately 22,971 sf of classroom and support facilities in twelve buildings with an existing student population of +/ -260, supported by a staff of 53 FT /PT teachers and administrators. The school includes Early Childhood (Kindergarten and Nursery), Lower School (15t -8th grades), and High School (9th — 12th grades). A school owned and operated teaching farm is located across Millhouse Road from the main campus. All students are transported to and from campus by private vehicle. Bus transportation is not offered by the school except for off campus trips, which only occur a couple of times per year. 1.1 About Waldorf — The EWS provides an integrated Waldorf curriculum and environment which encourages and promotes independent thinking and social responsibility as well as academic and artistic excellence. The EWS is affiliated with the international association of Waldorf Schools, one of the largest school movements in the world. Waldorf education, founded by Rudolf Steiner in Germany in 1919, is dedicated to the effort to guide the spirit in the human being to discover the spirit in the universe. 1.2 Purpose and Intent —The EWS is requesting a Special Use Permit for an updated campus masterplan that will provide a road map by which the school can plan for the location of new buildings and support facilities, phased over a period of 15 years, and would support an increase in student population to approximately 350 students and 55 staff by 2030. All proposed improvements would be located on the existing 54 acre school campus. No increase in campus acreage is proposed. The school's proposed master plan includes: • a 1,776 sf building addition that would connect the existing east and west wings of the lower school building (P1 on Sheet C -4) • a 1,650 sf 8th Grade Classroom Bldg (P2 on Sheet C -4) • renovation of an existing 1,573 sf for Eurythmy (dance) (P2 -A on Sheet C -4) • three new building additions to the high school campus totaling approximately 6,644 sf (PS- A,B,C,D on Sheet C -4) • a 5,220 sf addition to the Early Childhood Center (P4 on Sheet C -4) • a 13,942 sf Gymnasium (P7 on Sheet C -4) • a 12,593 sf Auditorium (P8 on Sheet C -4) • a 1,364 sf renovation / addition to existing Shop Bldg for relocation of school administration (P3 on Sheet C -4) • an 11,800 sf Arts Center (P6 on Sheet C -4) • internal roadways, surface parking and pedestrian improvements • potable water, septic system and stormwater infrastructure improvements as required to support the expanding facilities on campus