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Crik?LL HILL -cykR CHAPEL HILL- CARRBORO CITY SCHOOLS Lincoln Center, Merritt Mill Road Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516 Telephone: (919) 967 -8211 O'ry NauoQ, Superintendent TO: County M: Commission�errs, FRO Maly Bushnell, Chal Board of Educatlon `r-1, RE: High School Budget DATE: February 3, 1992 Jon L Calhoun, Assistant Supwintendent of Instructional Services "on 0. r a t Superintendent of support Recently. I have heard some of you express some uncertainty about the $23 million allocation for the proposed high school. Consequently, I asked our staff to apply the same model to the high school which Orange County used to arrive W a $14.5 million budget for the middle school. Copies of both the original middle school budget and this high school budget are attached. The high school budget is based upon a 240,000 square foot bulking (Riverside has 272,000 Sq. ft.). The State Department of Public Instnxtion suggests that a large high school (1600 students) should provide 160 square feet per student and a small high school (600 -800 students) 225 square feet per student Our model is based on 200 square feet per student for 1200 students (1,000 capacity with core facilities for 1,500). As you can see, this model produces a total projected cost of almost $29 million in today's dollars. Considering that the project is at least two years away from being put out to bid, the $23 million appears to be inadequate. I reafte that this is not the time to discuss raising this figure; however, this analysis should assure you that the budget certainly is not too high. We will have to build a smaller high school In order to adhere to the budget which you evidently feel comfortable recommend rig. I also would remind you that any delay In the date of the bond referendum more than likely will increase our construction casts as well as the debt that would be incurred by selling bonds when interest rallies are expected to increase. A May referendum would allow us to take advantage of economic conditions which are to our benefit at this time. NGPrh cc: CHCCS Board of Education John Link, County Manager qu uu2 ;