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3-22-02; 8:08AM;Ch. Hill / Carrboro ;919 969 2474 # 3% 4 <br /> CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO CITY SCHOOLS <br /> Lincoln Center, Merritt Mill Road <br /> Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516 <br /> Telephone: (919) 967-8211 <br /> Neil G. Pedersen Nettie Collins-Hart, Assistant Superintendent <br /> Superintendent for Instructional Services <br /> Raymond J. Reitz Steve Scroggs, Assistant Superintendent <br /> Chief Technology Officer for Support Services <br /> TO: John Link <br /> Orange County Manager <br /> FROM: Neil G. Pedersen <br /> Superintendent <br /> RE: Response to March 15,2002 Memo from County Manager <br /> DATE: March 19,2002 <br /> In your memo of March 15,2002 you asked me to be specific about the reasons for <br /> the School Board giving consideration to constructing smaller high schools. "Is [it] driven <br /> by the perceived lack of financial resources for constructing a larger high school,by <br /> preference for the educational model,or some other factors?" (Let me clarify that at this <br /> time, "smaller"high school means one with approximately 750 students.) <br /> I introduced the idea of constructing smaller high schools based upon the <br /> recommendations in reports that have been released for the past several years on high <br /> school reform. I would be happy to prepare background information on this topic for the <br /> County Commissioners and/or provide information on where these reports can be accessed <br /> (some of this information has been shared in earlier memos that have been shared with the <br /> County Manager). Smaller high schools lend themselves to the establishment of a much <br /> greater sense of community that oftentimes is missing in large,comprehensive high <br /> schools. Research indicates that smaller schools are associated with greater academic <br /> achievement,fewer discipline problems,better attendance, improved interpersonal <br /> relationships,and greater participation in the school's extra-curricular and co-curricular <br /> activities. <br /> As the move to smaller high schools progresses,many districts are meeting this <br /> challenge by establishing small schools within existing,large high school structures. No <br /> district can afford to abandon the investment that it has in these large facilities. In the <br /> Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, we have a wonderful opportunity to actually design a <br /> facility that is consistent with these program considerations. <br /> The second reason for considering a smaller high school is related to available <br /> resources. The need for a third high school was discussed with the Capital Needs Task <br /> Force and the BOCC during the process for deciding what would be in the 2001 bond <br /> referendum,but the BOCC did not choose to include this request in the total bond package. <br /> This is understandable because of the limitations on the County's indebtedness and the <br /> School Board's priority on funding two elementary schools. Nevertheless,projections at <br /> the time indicated that high schools would reach a 110%LOS by 2005-06 and revised <br />
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