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R <br />V <br />OR AN G E C O U N T Y <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date JUNE 4,1990 <br />SUBJECT: SCHOOL POPULATION - TRENDS .COWIITTEE REPORT <br />1 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item # ,I X -A <br />DEPARTMENT: COUNTY MANAGER PUBLIC HEARING Yes _X —No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />*- 5 -16 -90 Report <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />MANAGER'S OFFICE, EXTENSION 2300 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough - 732 -8181 <br />Durham - 688 -7331 <br />Mebane - 227 -2031 <br />Chapel Hill - 967 -9251 <br />PURPOSE: To consider a report from an ad hoc committee on <br />school enrollment in the Orange County and Chapel <br />Hill - Carrboro City Schools. <br />BACKGROUND: At the January Commissioners retreat, the Board <br />called for an ad hoc committee composed of County <br />staff (Planning and Administration) and <br />representatives of both school systems, the <br />Institute of Government, the Triangle J Council of <br />Governments to be formed. The purpose of this group <br />was "to ascertain realistic student population <br />projections by appropriate geographic area ". <br />Specifically, the group was to consider the <br />following questions: <br />Why the state's enrollment projections show <br />considerable enrollment growth during a timeframe <br />where the overall county population is projected to <br />grow at a slower rate? <br />Should a slowdown in enrollment be expected <br />similar to the slowdown in overall population <br />growth? <br />In what parts of the County will the projected <br />enrollment growth occur? <br />The Committee met for the first time on April 2, <br />1990, to discuss these issues. As a result of <br />