Agenda - 05-19-20; 8-a - Minutes

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15 1 Schools Adequate Public Facilities (SAPFO) Memorandum of Understanding. Because the Pre-K 2 students are not counted in the current formula, that classroom space is counted as available 3 capacity for other students and does not represent the total number of students using school 4 space. An example of the proposed amendment is provided as Attachment C. 5 6 Including Pre-K students in the school capacity calculation would impact two parts of the 7 SAPFO MOU(Attachment D). First, the SAPFO MOU requires each district to review proposed 8 residential developments and determine if sufficient school capacity exists to accommodate the 9 students generated by that development. If sufficient capacity does not exist, the Board of 10 Education informs the planning jurisdiction in which the development is proposed. In turn, that 11 planning jurisdiction must provide a development proposal that fits within existing school 12 capacity or deny the development. Including Pre-K students in the SAPFO capacity calculation 13 would hasten determinations of insufficient school capacity. 14 15 SAPFO is also used guide to initiate the construction of new school facilities. If Pre-K students 16 were included in the school capacity calculation, the projected need for new school facilities 17 would accelerate. When the impact of including Pre-K students is combined with the impact of 18 elementary class size reductions mandated under State law, additional capacity is suggested for 19 Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools in the 2021-22 school year and in Orange County Schools in 20 the 2024-25 school year. 21 22 As a way to avoid development limitations, the Boards also discussed a more informal process to 23 reflect Pre-K students that would not result in determinations of insufficient capacity. This could 24 be accomplished without a formal amendment to the Schools Adequate Public Facilities 25 Memorandum of Understanding or the Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance. 26 CHCCS: 27 28 Pre-Kindergarten Programming 29 The mission of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) Pre-K/Head Start Program, in 30 partnership with families and the community, is to provide high quality, developmentally 31 appropriate early childhood education, which will meet the diverse needs of all children and 32 prepare them for a positive educational experience. The district currently serves over 260 33 students in traditional, blended and adaptive prekindergarten classrooms. Younger students being 34 served under the Exceptional Children's program are eligible to enroll in pre-kindergarten 35 classrooms as early as age three. 36 The purpose of the CHCCS Pre-K/Head Start is to support students, families and the Local 37 Education Agency(LEA) in preparing students for success in education and in life. Our program 38 presents a heavy focus on social emotional learning along with playbased pre-literacy and math 39 skills. Many of our students come from low socioeconomic backgrounds, have disabilities, or 40 other factors that could impede learning. Given this demographic, we serve to identify and build 41 strengths to support learning for the whole child. 42 43 Pre-K serves children age three to five years of age, not yet eligible for kindergarten, in the areas 44 of Education, Family Partnerships, Mental Health, Disabilities, Health, Safety,Nutrition, and 45 Dental Care.