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42 30 <br /> APPROVED 612612007 <br /> MINUTES <br /> WORK SESSION <br /> Orange County Commissioners <br /> Orange County Board Of Education <br /> Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education <br /> April 30, 2007 <br /> 7:30 p.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a joint session with the Chapel Hill— <br /> Carrboro Board of Education and the Orange County Board of Education on Monday, April 30, <br /> 2007 at 7:30 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Moses Carey, Jr., and Commissioners <br /> Valerie P. Foushee, Alice M. Gordon, Barry Jacobs, and Mike Nelson <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Laura Blackmon, Assistant County <br /> Manager Gwen Harvey, and Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker(All other staff members will be <br /> identified appropriately below) <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Dennis <br /> Whitling, Vice-Chair Ted Triebel, and Board Members Elizabeth Brown, Debbie Piscitelli, Anne <br /> Medenbleck, Al Hartkopf, and Susan Hallman. Superintendent Shirley Carraway was also <br /> present. <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS ABSENT: <br /> CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO CITY SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS <br /> PRESENT: Chair Jamezefta Bedford, Vice Chair Pam Hemminger, and Board Members Jean <br /> Hamilton, Lisa Stuckey, Annetta Streater, and Mike Kelley. Superintendent Neil Pedersen was <br /> also present. <br /> CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORQ CITY SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS <br /> ABSENT: Elizabeth Carter <br /> Chair Carey made reference to the handout on school collaboration efforts. <br /> CHCCS Board Chair Jamezefta Bedford said that this is a very lengthy agenda, and she <br /> hopes that each item will be given a time limit so that everything can be done. <br /> Dennis Whitling said that they have some full and frank discussions at the school <br /> collaboration meetings and he appreciated the Board of County Commissioners listening to <br /> them. <br /> Chair Carey said that this meeting is generally not designed for decision-making, except <br /> for talking about the next steps on a particular item. <br /> Chair Carey said that Commissioner Gordon may be here later and Jamezefta Bedford <br /> said that Liz Carter might be here later also. <br /> 1. County/OCS/CHCCS Matters <br /> a. School Construction Standards Policy <br /> Laura Blackmon said that the collaboration group is working to update these standards. <br /> All three boards have seen an early draft in September 2006. The current draft is the 4th one, <br /> and there have not been any changes from the initial one. She said that there are three things <br /> that are relatively new that have to do with non-traditional schools, Smart Growth initiatives, and <br /> trying to deal with the increasing costs of school construction. Also, there are some issues <br />