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49 <br /> Section II <br /> Additional Information for Orange County School District <br /> The City of Mebane lies partially within Orange County and students within the Orange County <br /> portion of Mebane attend Orange County schools. However, the City of Mebane is not a party to <br /> the SAPFO agreement and therefore does not require that CAPS (Certificate of Adequate Public <br /> Schools)be issued prior to development approvals. Following the economic downtown, there <br /> has been a slight increase in approved and undeveloped residential development in the City of <br /> Mebane and the Town of Hillsborough. Currently, there are over one thousand proposed single <br /> family and multifamily housing units approved,but undeveloped in the City of Mebane and the <br /> Town of Hillsborough. The residential growth that has occurred in the recent past within <br /> Mebane's and Hillsborough's jurisdiction has yet to be seen with OCS student membership <br /> numbers and fully realized into the historically based projection methods due to the recession, <br /> charter schools, and possibly new family dynamics effecting family size. Staff and the SAPFO <br /> Technical Advisory Committee will need to continue monitoring and evaluating the demand and <br /> growth of residential development in Mebane and Hillsborough as well as its effect on student <br /> membership rates. <br /> Currently, there are two Charter Schools located in the Town of Hillsborough. Eno River <br /> Academy(K-12) serves 655 students and The Expedition School (K-8) serves 355 students. Both <br /> of these charter schools continue to have an effect on OCS membership numbers. Charter <br /> schools are not included as part of the SAPFO Annual Report and, as a result, their membership <br /> and capacity are not monitored or included in future projections. However, the SAPFO Technical <br /> Advisory Committee does monitor charter schools and their effect on student enrollment at both <br /> school districts. If a charter school were to close and a spike were to be realized in school <br /> enrollment, the student projections will likely accelerate the need for additional capacity in future <br /> years, still within an appropriate time for CIP planning. Charter Schools are also monitored by <br /> the Department of Public Institution (DPI)which provides pupil information,based on data <br /> received from Charter Schools located in Orange County, to the County for funding purposes. <br /> 5. Recommendation: <br /> Use statistics as noted in 3 above <br /> 33 <br />