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CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO CITY SCHOOLS Lincoln Center, Merritt Mill Road Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516 Telephone: (919) 967-8211 Neil G. Pedersen Nettie Collins-Hart, Assistant Superintendent Superintendent for Instructional Services Raymond J. Reitz Steve Scroggs, Assistant Superintendent Chief Technology Officer for Support Services TO: Barry Jacobs, Chair Orange County Board of Commissioners FROM: Collaboration Committee RE: Outcome of Collaboration Committee Discussions DATE: February 1, 2002 On January 29'Keith Cook,Brenda Stephens, Valerie Foushee, Teresa Williams, Randy Bridges, and Neil Pedersen met to discuss the areas for collaboration suggested by the County Commissioners. We agreed upon the following course of action. • Joint educational opportunities will be identified through a survey of high school students to be administered this spring by both school districts. Next steps will be determined by the feedback that we receive. • The districts will request proposals from independent parties to conduct an analysis of the opportunities afforded by joint operations of services such as transportation,child nutrition,purchasing, and maintenance. Once a selection is made, we will seek financial support from the County Commissioners to complete the study. • Issues related to the siting and planning of facilities will be referred to the Facilities Task Force. • The two superintendents will develop a definition of"mandates"and seek to reach agreement with the County Manager. • During the 2002-03 school year, the districts will determine the amount of"excess capacity"in the two districts and seek input from school governance committees, parents, and students concerning their interest in students attending schools in the other school district and in the possibility of merging the two school districts. • The school districts are not interested in exploring the possibility of locating the two central offices in one building. Such an arrangement would make very little sense for the administrations or our publics. • The school districts also believe that the areas identified above should be explored before consideration is given to merging the two school districts. If at some time in the future the Commissioners desire to conduct a merger study, they should take the lead role.