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Lincoln Center, Merritt Mill Road <br />Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516 <br />Telephone: (919) 967 -8211 <br />Neil G. Pedersen <br />Superintendent <br />Raymond J. Reitz <br />Chief Technology Officer <br />TO: Board of Education <br />FROM: Neil G. Pedersen <br />Superintendent <br />Nettie Collins -Hart, Assistant Superintendent <br />for Instructional Services <br />Steve Scroggs, Assistant Superintendent <br />for Support Services <br />SUBJECT: Issues Related to New Facilities <br />DATE: October 5, 2002 <br />At it's October 3rd meeting, the Board of Education clarified its position on several <br />issues related to planning for new education facilities. The resolution below has been <br />written to capture the consensus of the Board. It should be clearly stated from the outset, <br />however, that long -range facility planning is challenging in a community such as ours. We <br />must continually adjust to changes in enrollment trends; therefore, although these plans <br />reflect our best thinking based on current enrollment projections, they are subject to <br />change as conditions necessitate. <br />RESOLUTION <br />Be it, therefore, resolved that the Board of Education adopts the following statements as <br />the official position of the Board as it moves forward with the provision of adequate <br />facilities for its students and staff through the year 2010 -11: <br />The Board of Education, via this resolution, formally requests the Orange County <br />Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) to authorize the use of 2001 bond funds <br />originally associated with Elementary School No. 10 for a third high school. These <br />funds will be combined with funds from previously identified revenue sources to <br />build a comprehensive high school with a capacity as close to 1000 students as the <br />budget will permit. The projected budget,.based on currently available funds, is <br />approximately $28 million. The school will be located on the southern side of the <br />school district. The target opening date is 2005 -06 although it is recognized that <br />this will be a difficult deadline to meet. If possible, the site that is selected and the <br />M <br />