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44 <br /> 1 to follow the definitions of educational adequacy that Woolpert has laid out. She said that while <br /> 2 the broader view helps them think wider, it is confusing when educating the public. <br /> 3 Chair Bedford said she just got the slides this morning and has not been able to study <br /> 4 them. She said they need to have a sequence with the dollars. She said she has concerns. She <br /> 5 said from what she is hearing, the first phase is to build a new elementary school. She said she <br /> 6 sees a number of things listed as priority that are lower in the study. She said she would not <br /> 7 personally go with this because it is too far from what Woolpert has recommended. She said a <br /> 8 project-based approach would be good but painting and paving are items that are lower on the <br /> 9 list. She said it would be helpful to label them as what must be done to those that can wait. She <br /> 10 said her goal is to get more new schools that are appealing and actually have educational <br /> 11 adequacy. She said if there are errors, those need to be presented to Woolpert so a better plan <br /> 12 can be developed. <br /> 13 Vice-Chair Greene said she agrees with Chair Bedford. She said the CHCCS presentation <br /> 14 made sense to her because it talked about sequencing, and she understood the logic. She said <br /> 15 she does not understand why the OCS presentation is so different from Woolpert. <br /> 16 Commissioner McKee said building the new elementary school would occur early in the <br /> 17 programming. He asked when that would come online. <br /> 18 Dwayne Foster said they would build a new elementary school early in the program. He <br /> 19 said they have reached out to Woolpert with their plan for sequencing and it will ultimately be <br /> 20 based on funding. <br /> 21 Commissioner McKee asked if students from both Hillsborough and Central are going to <br /> 22 the new school. <br /> 23 Dr. Jones said right now, the plan is for Hillsborough Elementary students to go to the new <br /> 24 school. <br /> 25 Commissioner McKee asked if he understood correctly that they are proposing to spend <br /> 26 $5 million at Central Elementary School. <br /> 27 Dwayne Foster said yes it will be $5.6 million. He said that Central Elementary School will <br /> 28 not be replaced. <br /> 29 Commissioner Portie-Ascott asked if the new school could be a year-round school and <br /> 30 where it would be located. <br /> 31 Chair Bedford said none of that is decided and the Orange County Board of Education will <br /> 32 have to decide. <br /> 33 Dr. Jones said the OCS School Board will have to decide which school will be a year- <br /> 34 round school and it has not been decided. She said that it is not the plan currently to send <br /> 35 Hillsborough and Central Elementary Schools to the new school. <br /> 36 Commissioner Fowler said having a sequence would be helpful because they were all lost <br /> 37 without that. She said she thought there would be a new school in the west but now she <br /> 38 understands that it is just one new school. <br /> 39 <br /> 40 5. Public Hearings <br /> 41 None. <br /> 42 <br /> 43 <br />