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2 <br /> New School Needs vs. Capacity Renovations <br /> Currently, SAPFO student projections illustrate when the adopted level of service capacities are <br /> forecasted to be met and/or exceeded in anticipation of CIP planning and the construction of a <br /> new school. However, as is being identified by both school districts, a new trend is emerging to <br /> renovate and expand existing facilities to address school capacity needs in a more feasible way. <br /> The SAPFO can be adapted to add capacity as schools are expanded. <br /> Class Size Averages <br /> The State of North Carolina passed legislation in 2015 proposing a decrease in class size <br /> averages for kindergarten to third grade for the 2017-18 school year. Due to significant <br /> statewide ramifications as a result of the reduced class size averages, the North Carolina <br /> General Assembly proposed House Bill 13 to delay the decrease in class size averages to the <br /> beginning of the 2018-19 school year. House Bill 13 was signed into law on April 27. The <br /> SAPFO Technical Advisory Committee will continue monitoring this issue. <br /> The exact pages of the 2017 SAPFOTAC report that the BOCC will be acknowledging and <br /> certifying are listed below. The context (i.e.: definitions and standards) of the various SAPFO <br /> elements precedes the data to be certified and is within the full Report. <br /> Page in <br /> Element SAPFOTAC Certification to be made by BOCC <br /> Report <br /> Building Capacity Building capacity and current year <br /> with CIP changes 11 through 16 membership for OCS and CHCCS were <br /> approved at the December 5, 2016 <br /> (Change from previous year) meeting. <br /> Student Membership Projection <br /> Methodology 20 Certification that the average of 5 models <br /> will be used, as noted in #3 on page 20 <br /> (No change from previous year) <br /> Student Membership Projections • Orange County Elementary, Middle, and <br /> High Schools Student Projections (row <br /> that notes average only) (p. 37) <br /> 37 and 38 • Chapel Hill/Carrboro Elementary, <br /> Middle, and High Schools Student <br /> Projections (row that notes average <br /> (Change from previous year) only) (p. 38) <br /> Student Membership Growth Rate • Orange County Elementary, Middle, and <br /> 39 High Schools <br /> • Chapel Hill/Carrboro Elementary, <br /> (Change from previous year) Middle, and High Schools <br /> Student/Housing Generation Rate • Orange County Elementary, Middle, and <br /> 42 High Schools <br /> • Chapel Hill/Carrboro Elementary, <br /> (No change from previous year) Middle, and High Schools <br />