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s <br /> ti 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: Barry Jacobs, Chair <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> John Link <br /> Orange County Manager <br /> FROM: Valerie Foushee, Chair J�� <br /> Board of Education <br /> Neil G. Pederse <br /> Superintendent <br /> l <br /> RE: Responses to Questions Raised by BOCC Re Third High School <br /> DATE: March 5, 2002 <br /> 1. What funding sources could be identified to pay for new 'CHCCS high <br /> school space? <br /> As the Commissioners know, there were not sufficient funds approved for the bond <br /> referendum or the alternative financing package to support a new high school. There <br /> still is no way to construct a large, comprehensive high school (1000 or 1500 students) <br /> with available funds unless we did not build the second elementary school. This is one <br /> reason that we are proposing the construction of two smaller high schools and, under a <br /> somewhat optimistic scenario, we would have sufficient funds to construct the first of <br /> these. We have budgeted a total of$15,188,987 (excluding land)which comes from <br /> the following sources: Alternative financing in 2004-05 ($3,700,000); impact fees <br /> ($9,999,208); the Public School Building Fund ($989,779), and balance from ECHHS <br /> ($500,000). We believe that this level of funding would allow us to build a high <br /> school, with some limitation on facilities, for 500 to 700 students. <br /> 2. What cost savings might be associated with having two smaller new <br /> high schools rather than one larger new high school? <br /> This proposal is not based on projected cost savings. The financial benefit, as <br /> described above,is that there may be sufficient funds to proceed with a smaller high <br /> school whereas a large high school is out of the question. It also allows us to bring <br /> capacity on as needed rather than building more than is needed and waiting for it to fill <br /> up. Some savings are possible if a scaled-back athletic program is found to be <br /> acceptable. Most high school positions are allocated on a per-pupil basis, so the <br /> additional cost for personnel is not as great as one might expect. If the high school is <br /> located in the Southern end of the district, it could reduce transportation costs. <br />