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to biggest reasonable change. If you see something that might be <br /> missing,that you want it to be a standard,the entry point to be an office, <br /> then call it out when we get to that school,and we can model the remedy <br /> cost. <br /> • Questions on capacity: <br /> • Jean: Mobile classrooms, were they included? <br /> • Answer: They were excluded. We assessed and counted them. They <br /> were in draft original calculations but I removed them because you don't <br /> plan for long term use of mobile units <br /> • Bonnie: In Orange County we have a waitlist on pre k, is it counted? <br /> Does this factor in the new class sizes for elementary? <br /> • Answer: yes &yes <br /> • Jean: Remind me what the sweet spot is? <br /> • Answer: A building, you want it to be between 80 and 100% utilized. <br /> You want a little room to breathe,but not space that isn't being utilized. <br /> From an FCI standpoint,between 0 and 30 is the ideal to fair range,over <br /> a 5 year horizon. On the graph it's the blue shaded area. Ideally all <br /> circles are in the blue area. This would imply you've kept up with <br /> deferred maintenance, etc. <br /> • Jean: The size of the circles, what does that represent? <br /> • Answer: Gross square footage of facility. Your older schools, <br /> particularly at the elementary level,were designed with an homogenous <br /> design structure. Over time school size has increased to sustainably <br /> afford a holistic education for kids. <br /> • Bonnie: Did you look at air quality? I have parents and teachers saying <br /> that kids are sicker when school is in session and also there's a research <br /> area around sick schools. <br /> • Answer: We didn't specifically test indoor air quality. We did look at <br /> reports provided and looked at HVAC systems. We double checked <br /> reports,and where there was a note on poor air quality we recommended <br /> some systems for replacement. We also looked at the envelope: walls, <br /> roofs, etc. <br /> • Rani: What does educational space types percentages mean? <br /> • Answer: Carrboro elementary, for example we identified that 61% of <br /> those space types were available in the building. 9%of those were below <br /> standard size. Then 48% of things we were looking for were identified. <br /> • Answer: If you were to ask why the FCI for Carrboro Elementary would <br /> be the same as Northside, and the answer would be what you've fixed <br /> at Carrboro elementary previously, that's keeping its FCI lower. <br /> • Bonnie: Thinking about this for Tuesday on the colors,it's a good thing, <br /> but it's showing in red. <br /> • Answer: Our theme is red is high blue is low,but we could adjust that. <br />