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Facilitator's Notes County /Schools Collaboration Work Group Monday, March 20, 2006 8:00- 9:3oAM County Government Services Center, Hillsborough Present: Jamezetta Bedford, Mike Burriss, Shirley Carraway, Randy Copeland, Donna Dean, Steve Halkiotis, Al Hartkopf, Barry Jacobs, John M. Link, Jr., George McFarley, Neil Pedersen, Steve Scroggs, Jyoti Sharma, Terry Stoops, Lisa Stuckey, Steven Taynton, Rod Visser, Greg Wilder, Andy Sachs (facilitator). CHCCS Information Dr. Pedersen distributed information in response to requests from the March 20 collaboration meeting: (a) A report on community use of school facilities for 2004 -05, (b) Enrollment in after - school programs for elementary and middle schools, (c) Policy 9040, which drives the district's building standards in new schools. School Construction Standards The following invited guests gave brief presentations, answered clarifying questions from Collaboration Work Group members, and participated in an open discussion for the remainder of the meeting: • Mike Burriss (mburriss @wcpss.net), Assistant Superintendent for Facilities, and Jyoti Sharma (jsharma @wcpss.net), Director of Facility Planning, Wake County Public School System. • Terry Stoops (tstoops @johnlocke.org), Policy Analyst for Pre - School, Elementary and Secondary Education, John Locke Foundation. • Steve Taynton (staynton @dpi.state.nc.us), AIA, Chief, School Planning Section, Financial and Business Services, School Support Division, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. Burriss and Sharma, Wake County Public School System (WCPSS). • Among the many ways that WCPSS attempts to promote its students' well being is through facility design. • The most significant objectives of school design are the educational programs that are to take place within the school building. We begin designing with those programs in mind. • WCPSS has a long -range capital plan for the period through 2025. Property taxes alone will not carry the burden of meeting those needs. • In September 2005, the School Board and Board of County Commissioners agreed on guidelines for school design (see handouts: [Comparative] "Typical Space Profile" [DPI vs. WCPSS] for Elementary, Middle and High Schools. • Existing schools are used (renovated) as long as their capacities are within 25% of new school capacity standards. • New elementary school planned capacity is Soo students. Operating such schools year round enables the building to serve about rroo students per year.