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022 ;'. REC'D APR 16 '1986 CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO CITY SCHOOLS LINCOLN CENTER,MERRITT MILL ROAD CHAPEL HILL,NORTH CAROLINA 27514 Telephone: (919) 967-8211 GERRY HOUSE,Superintendent MICHAEL RADZ,Assistant Superintendent for Instructional Services April 14 1986 SHEILA BREITWEISER,Assistant Superintendent for Support Services Mr. Don Wilihoit Chair Orange County Board of Commissioners 203 Lexington Road - Chapel Hill , North Carolina 27514 Dear Mr. Wilihoit: During the course of this school year, our staff has spent con- siderable time reviewing data on projected enrollments and consider- ing the impact the growth will have on our school system. We have also had the Division of School Planning conduct a facilities utiliza- tion and school organization study. Information from all these sour- ces indicates we are in the initial stages of a period of significant enrollment increases in our schools. At the same time, the implemen- tation of the Basic Education Plan, with lower class ratios and new programs, will require additional space. Thus, the combination of an increasing student population and the implementation of the Basic Education Plan will have a tremendous impact on our immediate and long range program space needs. One means we see for addressing the immediate space needs, as I discussed with you earlier, is to design the two approved multipurpose buildings at Glenwood and Estes Hills to include classroom space for such special activities as art, music and computer labs. Presently, these programs are housed in classrooms. By designing the multipur- pose buildings to accommodate these programs, the net effect will be to free up a minimum of three classroom spaces in each school . At the time the original request for the multipurpose buildings was sub- mitted, we were anticipating a decreasing or stable enrollment instead of this unexpected and rapidly increasing student enrollment. Working with our architects we have preliminary drawings for the buildings. The size of the buildings has increased from 8,000 to 12,000 square feet and from an estimated cost of $816,000 to $1.8 million. Before we can proceed with the plans, we need approval from the Commissioners for the additional funding. Our desire is to have the buildings available for occupancy by the 1987-88 school year. In the absence of having this space avail- able, we will have to continue to purchase mobile classrooms for our schools. As you know, mobile classrooms are not a desirable way to house students. With the upcoming school year, we will be utilizing a