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is a critical piece of our overall facility planning effort. Our two Board representatives are Gloria Faley and Nick Didow. We urge the BOCC to move forward quickly with the convening of this planning committee. As our facility planning has proceeded, this site has been identified as a possible location for not only an elementary school, but for a middle and/or high school as well. We are eager to engage in a planning effort that would develop scenarios that might include one, two, or three schools on this site. We need to coordinate our school facility needs with the need for passive and active parks. Plans also need to proceed for getting water and sewer services to this site. We request that a date for the first meeting of this planning committee be set within the next few weeks and that it proceed on an aggressive schedule. Facilities Task Force At our joint meeting last fall, we understood that the facilities task force, which never really completed its work, would be reconvened to review feedback on the earlier document and new issues that have arisen. Despite repeated requests from CHCCS representatives,the task force has never met again. Issues that remain to be addressed include making adjustments in the square foot costs to account for inflation, standards for high performance schools, space for pre-k classrooms, space to accommodate community agencies, and methodology for projecting student enrollments. Recently, we have been discussing the possibility of constructing smaller high schools; therefore, that also needs to be added to the agenda. We ask that the Facilities Task Force be reconvened within the next few weeks. School Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (SAPFO) We request an update from the BOCC on the status of the approval schedule for SAPFO. Our Board approved an earlier version long ago but recognizes that it must approve a revised version once it is finalized. Capital Investment Plan By the time of our joint meeting,the BOCC already will have received the County Manager's CIP, including the submission by the CHCCS Board of Education. We would be more than happy to answer questions on March 25'regarding any aspects of this plan or to provide an overview if time permits. Attached to this memo is a response to questions raised by the BOCC at its February retreat about the possibility of our district planning for the construction of a small high school (Attachment No. 6). Commissioner Gordon, the BOCC's liaison for a high school site, has been kept abreast of developments relating to site acquisition. We also have attached memos written by the administration pertaining to the CIP(Attachment No. 7). At its March Th meeting, the Board directed the administration to move forward with preliminary plans for a high school no smaller than 750 students on,preferably, a site in the southern end of our district or, alternatively,in the north, which would include the Eubanks Road/Old 86 site. We, of course, will follow the County Commissioners' regulations for proceeding with this and all other major capital projects. Communications (does not require discussion) Recently, the district has begun to place Board agendas and the supporting documents on our website (http://www.chccs.kI2.nc.us/). In order to improve communications,BOCC members and identified county staff members will receive an email,normally on the Friday preceding a Thursday Board meeting, announcing that these materials are available on our website. We would appreciate a reciprocal arrangement with the BOCC.