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040 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenen <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Item No. <br /> Meeting Date: APRIL 1, 1985 <br /> SUBJECT: SCHOOL MERGER IMPLICATIONS <br /> DEPARTMENT: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS PUBLIC HEARING: Yes _L No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) ; INFORMATION CONTACT: DON WILLHOIT <br /> X 505 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> YES Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Durham - B88-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider taking action to prepare for the establishment of a <br /> study commission. <br /> NEED: Board action was delayed February 4, 1985 to allow opportunity <br /> to meet formally with the two School Boards and the <br /> representative of the North Carolina Department of Public <br /> Instruction. Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools has since indicated a <br /> willingness to proceed whereas Orange County Schools has <br /> declined to support the merger study. <br /> Attached draft outline provides the scope of questions to be <br /> addressed by study commission. <br /> IMPACT: Develop information by which the implications for school system <br /> merger can be assessed. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: <br /> Proceed with advertising and recruitment of people interested in <br /> serving on the proposed study commission. <br />