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Attachment 1 3 <br /> BOCC Letterhead <br /> November 1, 2018 <br /> Brenda Stephens, Chair Rani Dasi, Chair <br /> Orange County Board of Education Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education <br /> PO Box 481 750 Merritt Mill Road <br /> Hillsborough, NC 27278 Chapel Hill, NC 27516 <br /> Subject: Schools Joint Action Committee (SJAC) <br /> Dear Ms. Stephens and Ms. Dasi, <br /> In 2017, the North Carolina General Assembly passed legislation resulting in a <br /> reduction in class size averages for kindergarten to third grade for the 2018-19 school <br /> year. Due to impacts to elementary school capacity resulting from these reductions, the <br /> Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance Technical Advisory Committee <br /> (SAPFOTAC) recognized the need for the Schools Joint Action Committee (SJAC) to <br /> meet in order to discuss alternatives and determine how to implement the school <br /> capacity changes, resulting from state class size reductions, into the 2019 Schools <br /> Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (SAPFO) annual report and 10-year student <br /> membership and building capacity projections sheets. <br /> Based on the adopted SAPFO Memoranda of Understandings, school building capacity <br /> shall be determined by reference to state guidelines and school district guidelines and <br /> by a joint action of the School Boards and Orange County Board of Commissioners. <br /> The SJAC is comprised of elected officials from the Orange County Board of Education, <br /> Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education, and Orange County Board of <br /> Commissioners. The SJAC last met in 2005 to discuss and recommend how to <br /> implement elementary level class size reductions related to legislation implemented at <br /> that time. <br /> Due to renewed interest to reconvene the SJAC, the Orange County Board of <br /> Commissioners is requesting your participation by making an appointment to the <br /> Schools Joint Action Committee. Additional information regarding this request is <br /> included in the attached abstract from the November 1, 2018 Orange County Board of <br /> Commissioners meeting. At the meeting, the Board appointed to serve on the <br /> committee. <br /> Thank you in advance for your consideration. If you have any questions, please feel free <br /> to call or email Craig N. Benedict, AICP, Orange County Planning and Inspections <br /> Director. Mr. Benedict can be reached by phone at (919) 245-2575 or by e-mail at <br /> cbenedict @orangecountync.gov. <br />