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~,, .L• D-2 <br />L <br />~ ~.. t ~/ 1. r-7 <br />.~~~ / i fr.' f ' 1 fC: <br />School Construction Standards <br />Background <br />In ~eazly 1995 the Board of County Commissioners appointed an eight member work group to <br />develop school construction standazds for new facilities built in the Orange County School and <br />Chapel Hi1UCarrboro City School districts, The School Facility Construction Standards Work <br />Crroup included two representatives from the Board of County Commissioners, two <br />representatives from each of the twa School Boazds, and two parent representatives: <br />Orange County Boazd of Commissioners Moses Carey <br /> <br />Chapel Hill/Carrbaro City School Boazd Stephen Halkiotis <br />Mary Bushnell <br /> <br />Orange County School Boazd - Nick Didow <br />Susan Davenbarger <br /> <br />Pazent Representatives Larry Haverland <br />Bill Boyarsky <br /> Dick Snow <br />The Boazd of County Commissioners adopted in May 1996 school standards for elementary and <br />_, middle schools. These construction standards are outlined in this report. <br />Elementary School <br />The total square footage of the Basic School, as outlined in this section of the report, is 83,160 <br />square feet. There aze two tiers added to the Basic School. Tier A provides additional storage <br />:space for use of the facility for afterschool programs. The additional storage space is 1,400 <br />squaze feet with- 462 square feet for circulation, bringing the total for Tier A to 1,$62 additional <br />square feet. Tier B includes space identified by the School Systems as desirable for an <br />elementary school. Tier B adds 13,240 square feet with approximately 5,920 square feet for <br />storage, 1,000 square feet for a Student Commons azea and the balance primarily for additional <br />teacher workspace and conference rooms. <br />1. - Capacity <br />The capacity of the elementary school is 600 students. <br />2. School Sites <br />The elementary school site is based on the NC Public School Facility Standazds which <br />requites an elementary school to have a minimum of ten usable acres plus• one usable acre <br />