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:42 .JOHNSTON r ZABOR 8� ASSOC- P. o 6 15 RESULTS 11 AW&Teness of School issues Over half, (51,196 ), of the respondents claim awareness of the bond referendum. Only 19.2%, however, consider themselves "well informed about enrollment growth in the local school systems ". Even fewer, 12.5%, claim to be "well Informed about construction projects proposed for the local school systems." Parents of current and former students of the systems are more lilaely to be aware of the proposed referendum, enrollment growth, and the construction projects. Awareness of: Parents Parents of Curren O (n =407) (n= 97) (n =84) Referendum 51.1% 60.8% 63.1% Enrollment 19.2% 29.9% 21.4% growth Construction 12.5% 17.5% 16.7% projects Nearly two-thirds, 62.3%, list newspapers as the source where they obtain most of their information about the schools. Television is the next most often mentioned source at nine percent, followed by "teacher /school staff at seven percent and "students/children " and "parents/friends" at six percent each, "Building new facilities and renovating existing ones" is considered very important by almost three- fourths of the respondents (71.2 %), with women rating it "very important" more often than men (80.2% vs. 68.3%). Overall, only four percent rated this "rot very important." II. Rating of School Facilities Rcsidelts of the Chapel Hilvearrboro School district rate the facilities of the two districts slightly higher than the residents of the Orange County district. On a scale of one to four, they give the Orange County facilities a mean score of 2.7 and the Chapel Hill /Carrboro facilities a mean score of 3.2. Orange County district residents give means scores of 3.1 for Chapel Hill/Carrboro and 2.6 for Orange County.