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11 o Annual SAPFO Technical Advisory Committee meeting to review capacity, student membership, and 10-year projections. • February 2020 o Presentation to the joint schools meeting for final recommendation ■ Orange County Planning staff will transmit final recommendation to the Towns. Based on the final recommendation, this may include additional steps for the local governments. • March 2020 o Formal transmittal of draft 2020 SAPFOTAC Report Commissioner Price asked if staff could clarify the term resolution. Craig Benedict said the resolution of pre-K. He said this presentation is in two parts, as the SJAC was tasked with talking about legislative class size changes, as well as pre-K. He said if the number of seats is reduced in schools where pre-K is being used, then the need for new elementary schools in CHCCS arises even sooner. He said this issue cannot easily be resolved by some of the options posed by staff and SJAC. He said if pre-K classrooms are excluded in CHCCS, an additional 495 seats is lost, and would push the need for a new elementary school up to the year 2021-2022. He said there are more than 13 pre-K classrooms in CHCCS, and some are in mobile buildings, while others are in bricks and mortar buildings, and staff will reconcile these numbers. He said trying to accommodate the legislative classroom size changes, as well as excluding the 221 pre-K seats, is a looming concern. Questions and Comments Impacts from Class Size Changes (graphic) (Excluding Pre-K Classroom Capacities) Impacts from Class Size Changes (graphic) (Excluding Pre-K Classroom Capacities) Student Capacity and Projections (chart) Commissioner McKee said the CHCCS slides show a 775-seat loss, when considering the two factors, but page 4 of the packet indicates a loss of 495 in CHCCS. He asked if these numbers could be clarified. Ashley Moncado said staff utilizes capacities not including pre-K, which are shown on the slide, to which Commissioner McKee referred. She said staff is showing the difference between 2018-19 and 2021-22. Craig Benedict referred to the slide that shows the numbers when implementing both changes at the same time by 2021-22, which would require a new school in CHCCS. He said OCS is similar, and when the pre-K accommodation is also taken into account, a new school will be needed in 2024-25. He said if pre-K is not included in OCS, the need for a new school was years away. He reviewed the SJAC recommendations, and said the need for new schools will occur sooner rather than later if trying to address the legislative mandates, as well as pre-K. He said the mission of the SJAC was to identify the problems, and a larger group will determine the solutions. Commissioner McKee asked if the CHCCS elementary schools have an average size. Craig Benedict said low 500s for CHCCS.