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98 <br /> f. Jean: What are the numbers currently for capacity? <br /> i. Eric: we've been tracking those and can share them <br /> ii. Makes it tricky to house kids when we are renovating <br /> g. Jean: where do the capacity standards exist? An ordinance? <br /> i. Travis: no—policy only but can be amended <br /> ii. Can email to group <br /> h. Bonnie: Is SAPFO a standard tool for capacity building in other <br /> districts? <br /> i. Eric: his experience is that most districts use DPI <br /> standards (online) <br /> ii. Rani: clarified how we get ahead of capacity planning <br /> and what other tools are other districts using <br /> 1. Could the SAPFO task force consider this <br /> question and do benchmarking? <br /> iii. Renee: SAPFO is pretty unique to OC <br /> iv. Perdita: some other districts attempted similar <br /> ordinances but were tied to impact fees, which were <br /> struck down — original intent was to recognize that <br /> development had an impact on school capacity <br /> v. Bonnie: we're realizing SAPFO is out of date and so <br /> should we be looking at revisiting SAFPO or replacing <br /> it <br /> vi. Perdita: the modeling and predicting part is used by <br /> many other districts; we do include growth in Mebane n <br /> our projections <br /> 1. Includes those developments/units approved but <br /> not yet built <br /> vii. Patrick: in other districts they never wait until the kids <br /> show up—once CAPS certificates are signed the districts <br /> begin planning <br /> 1. Happy to reach out to other districts to <br /> understand how they plan <br /> 2. Having to redistrict kids coming from western <br /> OC to Cedar Ridge rather than Orange High <br /> because of capacity at Cedar Ridge (planned for <br /> this 5 years ago — anticipated would need <br /> additional capacity so did expansion to <br /> accommodate) <br /> 3. Orange Middle School and Culbreth Middle <br /> School most likely do not meet standards for <br /> room sizes) either OC or DPI but according to <br /> SAPFO looks like it meets capacity (older <br /> schools) <br /> 4. Alamance Co. Is already building schools on the <br /> border with OC to account for growth in <br />