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1 <br /> <br /> Attachment 1 1 <br /> 2 <br />DRAFT MINUTES 3 <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 4 <br />CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO BOARD OF EDUCATION 5 <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION 6 <br />BOCC/BOARD OF EDUCATION JOINT MEETING 7 <br />April 24, 2018 8 <br />7:00 p.m. 9 <br /> 10 <br /> 11 <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a joint meeting with the Chapel Hill-12 <br />Carrboro Board of Education and Orange County Board of Education on Tuesday, April 24, 13 <br />2018 at 7 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, N.C. 14 <br /> 15 <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Dorosin and Commissioners Mia Burroughs, 16 <br />Barry Jacobs, Earl McKee, Mark Marcoplos, Renee Price and Penny Rich 17 <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: None 18 <br />COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts 19 <br />CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO BOARD OF EDUCATION PRESENT: Chair Rani Dasi, Margaret 20 <br />Samuels, James Barrett, Joal Braun, Amy Fowler, and Mary Ann Wolf 21 <br />CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO BOARD OF EDUCATION ABSENT: Pat Heinrich 22 <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION PRESENT: Chair Dr. Steve Halkiotis, Tony 23 <br />McKnight, Tom Carr, Matthew Roberts and Brenda Stephens 24 <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION ABSENT: Donna Coffey and Michael Hood, 25 <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Deputy County Manager 26 <br />Travis Myren, and Deputy Clerk II Sherri Ingersoll (All other staff members will be identified 27 <br />appropriately below) 28 <br />CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SCHOOLS STAFF PRESENT: Superintendent Pam Baldwin, 29 <br />Assistant Superintendent – Support Services Todd LoFrese 30 <br />ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOLS STAFF PRESENT: Superintendent Dr. Todd Wirt, Interim 31 <br />Deputy Superintendent Pam Jones 32 <br /> 33 <br /> Chair Dorosin called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m. 34 <br /> 35 <br />Welcome and Opening Remarks 36 <br />Chair Dorosin opened the meeting, and reviewed the evening’s agenda. 37 <br />Steve Halkiotis said, on behalf of the Orange County Board of Education, thank you to 38 <br />the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) for this evening’s meeting. He said the School 39 <br />Board has always looked to the Commissioners in the past, the present, and hopes to continue 40 <br />to do so in the future. He said the BOCC believes in public schools, and always has. 41 <br />Chair Dasi thanked the BOCC for its willingness to allow the Chapel Hill Carrboro-City 42 <br />Schools (CHCCS) Board of Education (BOE) the opportunity to explain its needs. She said Pat 43 <br />Heinrich is unable to attend tonight, as he is out of town on business. She congratulated Dr. 44 <br />Pam Baldwin on her one-year anniversary. She said the CHCCS Board continues to be excited 45 <br />about her work. She thanked Todd LoFrese and Ruby Pittman for their work on this 46 <br />presentation. 47 <br />Chair Dasi said the CHCCS board continues to review operations and processes to 48 <br />improve safety, and wanted to thank law enforcement for their efforts in keeping everyone safe. 49 <br />She said the CHCCS BOE is proud of the students and their efforts to increase safety, by 50