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2 identified. Later in this memo,we will outline the positive programmatic benefits of a smaller high school that drive this proposal. 2. Open Elementary School No.9 in the Meadowmont development for the 2003-04 _ school year. Although it is not germane to the CIB,-'the administration proposes that the Board initiate a process to consider developing a unique program at this school that has the potential to attract students to it from across the district,thereby relieving overcrowding in elementary schools in the western part of the district. If this should not prove attractive to a sufficient number of families, the administration would have to lead the development of a major redistricting plan in the fall of 2002. 3. Erect six or seven mobile classrooms at East Chapel Hill High School for the 2003- 04 school year to cope with overcrowding at the high school level(CHHS already has six mobile classrooms to supplement its permanent capacity). The overcrowding anticipated in upcoming years at the high school level cannot be relieved without using some temporary solutions. 4. Open High School No.3 in 2005-06 on the southern site. 5. In 2006-07 open Elementary No. 10 on the Old 86/Eubanks site acquired by the County. This school site must be jointly planned with the County. This proposal includes co-locating another school,a fifth middle school, on the same site. Some County Commissioners have expressed a strong desire for more than one school to be located on this site as a cost savings measure. 6. In 2006,hold a bond referendum to include another small high school(High School No.4),possibly to be located at Lincoln Center, and Middle School No.5. This,of course, is a decision that the County Commissioners would have to make with input from a county task force. It is not our intent to get ahead of the County Commissioners;however,in this plan we are attempting to provide a roadmap that meets the needs of our projected student enrollment. 7. In 2008 open anew central office on school-owned property adjacent to the Transportation Center and across the street from Chapel Hill High School. Lincoln Center no longer can meet the needs of the administration of a school district that exceeds 10,000 students. Either it must be renovated and expanded as it central office or abandoned in favor of a facility specifically designed for administration. This also provides the opportunity to convert Lincoln back to its original purpose: an educational facility. In addition,by this time,the leased gym and former vocational building will revert to the Board of Education under the terms of the current lease. 8. In 2009-10,open High School No.4,providing additional capacity for approximately 500 students. Presumably,this school would be at Lincoln Center but could be at another site if this proved unfeasible for any reason. 9. In 2009-10, open Middle School No.5 on the Old 86/Eubanks site.