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19 <br /> CHCCS School Impact Fee Report(DRAFT) <br /> BUILDING LEVEL OF SERVICE <br /> This section provides current inventories of elementary, middle, and high schools in the CHCCS system. <br /> The data contained in these tables are used to determine infrastructure standards for school buildings on <br /> which the impact fees are based. The draft 2016 Orange County, NC Schools Adequate Public Facility <br /> Ordinance Annual Report provides current adopted LOS by school type that are used for the impact fee <br /> study. LOS means the amount of students that can be accommodated at a certain school system level. <br /> Figure 5 provides the adopted LOS standards. <br /> Figure 5. LOS Standards: CHCCS <br /> LEVEL OF SERVICE STANDARDS I CHCCS <br /> Elementary(K-5) 105% <br /> Middle(6-8) 107% <br /> High(9-12) 110% <br /> Source:Orange County,NC,Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance Annual Report 2016(Draft) <br /> W <br /> W e ry Sch. S <br /> The inventory and current LOS for CHCCS elementary schools are shown below in Figure 6. Elementary <br /> school buildings have a total of 860,440 square feet of floor area and 27 portable classrooms. Total <br /> enrollment in all elementary schools is 5,501. LOS factors for CHCCS elementary schools are also shown <br /> in Figure 6.The adopted LOS standards(based on 105 percent capacity)for school buildings and portables <br /> are shaded in the figure below. As shown,the LOS factors on which the impact fees are based are 140.58 <br /> square feet and 0.0044 portable classrooms per student. It should be noted that the capacity figures <br /> reflect mandated reduced class size for Grades K-3 from 1:23 to 1:21, reflecting actual current LOS and <br /> the standards by which new schools will be planned and built. <br /> Figure 6. CHCCS Elementary Schools <br /> ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS(K-5) Official <br /> Inventory,Enrollment and Utilization Building Portable SY 1546 Level of <br /> Facility Square Feet Classrooms Enrollment(1] Capacity(21 Service <br /> Carrboro Elementary 61,562 1 502 533 94% <br /> Ephesus Elementary 73,096 7 440 448 98% <br /> Estes Hills Elementary[3] 57,989 2 485 527 92% <br /> Glenwood Elementary 55,372 2 531 538 99% <br /> F.P.Graham Elementary 68,513 5 454 423 107% <br /> McDougle Elementary 99,920 2 499 564 88% <br /> Morris Grove Elementary 90,221 0 558 585 95% <br /> Northside Elementary 97,423 0 485 585 83% <br /> Rashkis Elementary 95,729 0 517 585 88% <br /> Scroggs Elementary 92,900 2 505 575 88% <br /> Seawell Elementary 67,715 6 525 466 113% <br /> TOTALS 860,440 27 5,501 5,829 94% <br /> Elementary School Levels of Service Demand Units(Students) Building SF Portables <br /> LOS per Student based on Current Enrollment 5,501 156.42 0.0049 <br /> LOS per Student based on Capacity 5,829 147.61 0.0046 <br /> LOS based on Adopted LOS Standard(105%) 6,120 140.58 0,0044 <br /> [1]Does not include CHCCS students attending the Hospital School or pre-K students. <br /> [2]Capacity reflects class size for Grades K-3 of 1:21;Grades 4-5 of 1:26.Max capacity per school by policy resolution is 585 students. <br /> Source:Orange County;CHCCS <br /> 12 <br />