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','•''::10',4P tsi,71-1, <br /> , r <br /> Fr <br /> , <br /> 048 <br /> I <br /> f- <br /> r <br /> i <br /> il <br /> ( <br /> P: <br /> Other factors apropos of merger study include: requests <br /> If. <br /> from residents of areas near the Chapel Hill-Carrborn <br /> g.... <br /> District for inclusion in that District; the <br /> 1,1 <br /> .' <br /> expectations of the new residents that the completion of <br /> 1-40 will bring; questions of access to equal educational i <br /> opportunities within the County; and, suggestions that <br /> the optimum size school unit is nearer to 10,000 pupils --, <br /> than 5,000. <br /> 4., <br /> v RECOMMENDATION: <br /> ,e. <br /> t.., <br /> Establish a School Merger Study Commission to prepare <br /> a report for the Board on the issues associated with <br /> merger of the Orange County school systems. The <br /> charge to the commission would be to identify <br /> t <br /> advantages, disadvantages, and barriers to merger . ;.. <br /> 'q.< <br /> Specific items that the study commission should <br /> r,"' <br /> R., consider include: <br /> - <br /> IA( <br /> 1 . potential savings due to reduction in i <br /> administrative staff. <br /> 1.,., <br /> 2. potential savings due to sharing of L. <br /> ' r <br /> programs and facilities . <br /> .40 <br /> 3. impact on need and timing of construction of <br /> - F <br /> new school facilities . <br /> 4. teacher and staff pay impacts <br /> ' <br /> ,4,., •' <br /> S. impact on instructional programs "4 t <br /> WiV <br /> to <br /> -Kgs <br /> 4,,, <br /> ,, <br /> ,:ii, <br /> 5.11, <br /> 04 <br /> ,-.:A I <br /> -„.. <br /> MN1 <br /> ,,. <br /> t:1 <br /> f., <br /> ii <br /> ,..-1 <br /> ,. <br /> r., <br /> 45 <br /> .11 <br /> eil <br /> -51 <br /> A <br />