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2 <br />What are the primary areas where the proposed CHCCS middle school <br />differs from the state recommended standards? <br />Larger and Additional Core Classrooms <br />�. Ft. <br />6650 <br />Exceptional Children's Program <br />2380 <br />Auditorium <br />8800 <br />Auxiliary Gym <br />5100 <br />Larger Cafeteria <br />1000 <br />Teacher Offices/Workrooms <br />4980 <br />General Storage <br />9800 <br />Resultant Space Overhead (32 %) <br />12507 <br />Total <br />51,217 <br />These additional needs relate to several long- standing priorities of the Chapel <br />Hill - Carrboro City Schools: <br />-A commitment to support pre - school programs, especially for at -risk children <br />-A desire for more active, hands -on, developmentally appropriate instruction <br />and a corresponding decrease in teacher presentations. This requires more room for <br />student movement, interaction, and project work and space for outdoor leaming areas. <br />-The provision of an appropriate educational program for children with <br />exceptionalities. CHCCS has a very large population of academically gifted students <br />and a high percentage of other children with special needs, some of whom are <br />attracted to this area by the high quality services which are offered. <br />- Schools should be community- centered in several respects: (1) They should <br />provide public facilities such as auditoriums, gymnasiums, cafeterias, and media <br />centers which should be designed to be accessible to the community; (2) support <br />space should be provided to volunteers, including the PTA and the school governance <br />committees; and (3) space should be provided for social service agencies which <br />provide services directly to children. <br />- Children need appropriate spaces for them to work in large groups and small <br />groups and to work quietly on their own. <br />- Teachers deserve a professional work place which includes conference space <br />for private meetings and offices with telephones and other appropriate technologies. <br />- Almost every new school is deficient with respect to adequate storage. <br />Storage is necessary if teachers are to abandon a worksheet and textbook oriented <br />mode of instruction and replace it with hands -on instruction. <br />