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3. Membership Data: CHCCS total increase from the previous year - 127 students 101 Elementary School 20 Middle School 6 High School OCS total increase from the previous year - 116 students 66 Elementary School -13 Middle School 63 High School 4. Capacity Data: One change occurred in the Orange County School System with the opening of Gravelly Hill Middle School with a capacity of 700. 5. Capacity Issues SAPFO vs. DPI 5a.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. The Group recommended that reductions in capacity be implemented equally in both school districts the year after the next elementary school opens. The next elementary school, CHCCS Elementary School #10, is currently projected to be opened in 2008-09. Implementation of the Reduced Class Size Ratio 5c. Implementation of the reduced class size ratio in the year after the new elementary school reduces capacity by 262 seats in CHCCS and 283 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 level adequate capacity and the 283 `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 #10 could result in an overcapacity situation at the Elementary level in CHCCS. If Elementary School #10 does not open until 2009-10, the result could be exceedance above 105% adopted level of service at this level during the 2008-09 school year. 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 during periods of overcapacity. In essence, a deferral of development until the school is programmed.