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Approved & T23 <br /> 769 lottery , can exemption be made for the neighbors who within a certain walking distance- their children , somebody who <br /> 770 has a job who wants to go to this school , they' ll have a first priority? <br /> 771 <br /> 772 Patrick Byker : I believe that would conflict with state law, that' s not my area of expertise . To my knowledge it' s a blind <br /> 773 lottery . That' s my understanding . <br /> 774 <br /> 775 Statler Gilfillen : A lot of persons that could be something that could be very favorable to many of the neighbors , and <br /> 776 might be positive I just don ' t know either . <br /> 777 <br /> 778 Melissa Poole : As a parent with children in charter school , I mean lotteries are done with deputy sheriffs , it is blind it is <br /> 779 anonymous and it is a draw . <br /> 780 <br /> 781 Patrick Byker : That' s from Murphy to Manteo . <br /> 782 <br /> 783 Statler Gilfillen : That would affect anybody on our team that their children would want to go to their school , would have to <br /> 784 go to the same lottery? <br /> 785 <br /> 786 Patrick Byker: Yes , absolutely , that' s right . <br /> 787 <br /> 788 Beth Bronson : You mentioned that there was going to be 150 students in the first year . Now that we have figured out it <br /> 789 would only be the high school , the lower school is pending . However the conditional , master plan development includes <br /> 790 a lower school . So the construction would move forward on that school regardless? <br /> 791 <br /> 792 Patrick Byker : No , that would be somewhere down the road . <br /> 793 <br /> 794 Beth Bronson : Okay , but you would have to leave , I ' m just wanting to make sure I understand the master plan . You will <br /> 795 not be coming back to advisory board or permission of any change? <br /> 796 <br /> 797 Patrick Byker: Unless we change what was shown on the plan today , that is correct . <br /> 798 <br /> 799 Beth Bronson : But not if you don ' t build it? <br /> 800 <br /> 801 Patrick Byker: Correct . <br /> 802 <br /> 803 Beth Bronson : And then , last presentation you said that the schools would take up one baseball field and one soccer <br /> 804 field , was there any allocation of the schools to the recreational field ? <br /> 805 <br /> 806 Patrick Byker: I don 't believe so , I ' m sorry Joey couldn ' t be here tonight . <br /> 807 <br /> 808 Beth Bronson : Okay , thank you for that clarification . Are you representing HYAA as well as the? <br /> 809 <br /> 810 Patrick Byker: I do not represent HYAA, that is the presidential development team . They brought forward the proposal <br /> 811 that incorporates the utility to HYAA . <br /> 812 <br /> 813 Beth Bronson : If you ' re not representing the school then that question does not matter. And then , there is no body from <br /> 814 the school here today? <br /> 815 <br /> 816 Patrick Byker: We have board members . <br /> 817 <br /> 818 Beth Bronson : I wanted to know from the board members if you can speak to it- were there any other sites reviewed for <br /> 819 this high school that you know of? What was that process like ? And how did you end up here on this one? <br /> 820 <br /> 821 Charter School Board Member: There were a few that were looked at this is such an ideal site for this because of the <br /> 822 adjacent fields as well as the parks and recs , this was definitely the main focus . <br /> 823 <br />