Agenda - 04-18-2017 - 8-a - Minutes

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21 1 Bonnie Hammersley said staff was unable to find anything. She said there were only 2 construction standards. 3 Commissioner Jacobs asked if the Clerk's staff could research this. 4 Commissioner Jacobs said he will not vote in favor of these changes, as the BOCC has 5 received very little information about them. He said it is $70 million, and the plans have barely 6 been run by the BOCC. He said this is not consistent with past BOCC policies, and he feels the 7 Board is not being a responsible steward in allocating money without reviewing the details of 8 the plans. 9 Commissioner Burroughs said the planning for these projects has been going on in a 10 public manner for five years, and there are two elected school boards who have done their due 11 diligence. 12 13 Orange County Schools (OCS) — Dr. Todd Wirt 14 Todd Wirt gave a brief description of the planned use of the Orange Charter School 15 (920 Corporate Drive) as an OCS facility. He said the classroom wing addition will be removed 16 at Cedar Ridge High School from the CIP, but will go on through school construction impact 17 fees. He highlighted the following uses for the Orange Charter School facility: 18 • Building 1 19 o One stop shop for parents for services (nutrition, after school, translation, etc.) 20 • Building 2 21 o Blended learning academy (online and face-to-face education) 22 o Flexible learning sites 23 o Possible partnership with Durham Tech 24 o Evening academy 25 o Science lab for hands-on enrichment to an online science course 26 o Project and collaboration rooms 27 o Fitness area 28 o Café 29 30 Todd Wirt said there are other programs like this around the country, and he was a part 31 of developing one at his previous district. He said they have been successful in other parts of 32 the country. He said some other implications for existing facilities would be that the annex 33 currently houses the curriculum and instruction department, and it would be proposed that the 34 Information and Technology department move to the annex. He said this would move 35 technology out of Orange High School. He said the existing partnership academy could be 36 narrowed and be more focused on an alternative to both short and long term suspension. He 37 said there has been discussion about a possible site for Boomerang in Hillsborough, which 38 could be a part of this as well. 39 Todd Wirt said removing the technology from Orange High does not allow for a great 40 deal of additional capacity, but it could house the hands on portion of the new fire tech academy 41 that OCS will begin at the high school in the next school year. 42 Commissioner McKee asked if CHCCS is picking up an equal cost for the transportation 43 facility through funding venues outside of the bond monies. 44 Pam Jones, Deputy Superintendent, said it is not an equal amount of funding since OCS 45 is the lead LEA that is responsible. She said the BOCC gave an older facilities assessment for 46 five years, and that money would be dedicated by CHCCS for this project. She said this is in 47 the fifth year of the bond, allowing time to accumulate the necessary capital. 48 Commissioner Rich recommended that the school boards contact legislators about the 49 impact fees, and how any change to them could affect schools.