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• Bonnie: For the presentation, what is the projections on capacity for <br /> both school districts? <br /> • Answer: We haven't received this from Ored yet. They said they'll have <br /> it in October. We understand the trend line in Chapel Hill is flat to <br /> declining. We're planning with that swag at this point. When we get the <br /> Ored projections we'll see if that changes any of the options <br /> • Bonnie: I think that's important to clarify. On Tuesday there will be a <br /> very big audience for this. <br /> • Perdita: My recollection about Carrboro HS when it was constructed <br /> was that it was always intended to get another wing when capacity <br /> indicated it was needed. That's one of the reasons it was built smaller. <br /> • Bonnie: Capacity numbers of these schools seems higher than we <br /> believe and one of the challenges we've had is the capacities often <br /> exclude pre k usage. Capacity seems high. We see Efland Cheeks at <br /> 120%utilization not 102%. <br /> • Catherine: I went back and combed through every SAPFO report <br /> comparing it to the square footage. It appears that the 1999 addition to <br /> Efland never made it on to the SAPFO charts. There was a new metric <br /> introduced in the year 2000 and I believe it got caught up in that. <br /> • Perdita: SAPFO didn't get signed until 2003, so it's odd that something <br /> from 1999 wouldn't be included. <br /> • Answer: We looked at SAPFO capacities. I divide capacity by square <br /> footage of building. That gives me an idea of square foot per student. <br /> It's a great equalizer across districts. What I noticed is that there were <br /> wild swings and very high assumptions behind that in some cases. Quite <br /> frankly I didn't buy some of those numbers. When I look at the <br /> classroom counts,what you have in the buildings,it gave us some pause <br /> on using SAPFO without further investigation. So we went to Ored and <br /> asked about capacities, and the gist was that "we've been given these <br /> capacities". <br /> • Bonnie: Hillsborough Elementary is a choice school and it's at capacity, <br /> but this shows it's at 76%capacity. My fear is that the capacity numbers <br /> include pre-k and enrollment doesn't include pre-k. but that's a guess <br /> • Answer: That's not the case.Utilization is total number enrolled divided <br /> by total capacity.Enrollment doesn't include pre-k enrollment. How are <br /> they using the pre-k spaces? If a classroom is there and not being used <br /> as a classroom, then that's lowering the utilization. <br /> • Bonnie: I'd like to discuss the numbers further, there is a problem with <br /> them <br /> • Jean: Getting the numbers right is important. Let's look forward and not <br /> get hung up too much about numbers from the past. We should know <br /> now about capacity and utilization. <br /> • Answer: Our basic assumption is based on classrooms available, what <br /> can the building hold? What the program in building is doing with its <br /> space is a different question. That's operational capacity. What we have <br />