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43 <br /> 1 Slide #27 <br /> t� <br /> Orange County <br /> Q Schools <br /> NORTH CAROLINA <br /> off xx sE couxfx sc HOLs xoa[. iq nEaumuq.xonn caedin.xnFftxi3xatxe NW•.oR xxcF co cxi xf lasi.c sFl <br /> 2 <br /> 3 Commissioner Richards said she is trying to understand the rationale of wanting to make <br /> 4 sure all of the schools are touched. She said Option C did not recommend that, but they said they <br /> 5 were in alignment with Option C. She asked to see the additional costs that were left out of the <br /> 6 presentation. <br /> 7 Dwayne Foster said that when they talked about critical items that is how they chose them. <br /> 8 He said that the study also went school by school. He said they want to create the best possible <br /> 9 version of each of their schools. He said that she would like to understand what they are not doing <br /> 10 that was in Option C. He said that things were not left out, but they were changed. <br /> 11 Commissioner Fowler said sometimes consolidate means combining schools and <br /> 12 sometimes removing and rebuilding. She asked if Hillsborough Elementary and Central <br /> 13 Elementary would come offline. <br /> 14 Dwayne Foster said Hillsborough Elementary would come offline and a new school would <br /> 15 be built. He said that Central would continue. <br /> 16 Commissioner Fowler asked regarding Grady Brown, how the differences between the <br /> 17 study and the school system got there. She said there are many. <br /> 18 Dwayne Foster said they engaged with Woolpert on many points. He said that they thought <br /> 19 safety was a higher priority and that would be a closed session security conversation. <br /> 20 Dr. Jones said a study is being conducted on the Hillsborough School to take the facility <br /> 21 offline. She said once that is available, it will be the facility that will eventually be replaced. <br /> 22 Commissioner Hamilton said a new school will be built and the students that are at <br /> 23 Hillsborough will be moved to a new school. <br /> 24 Dr. Jones said the Board will have to vote and they will decide what the school will be. She <br /> 25 said when a new facility is built, then redistricting can occur. She said they are not saying the <br /> 26 elementary school is being replaced but are focused on the facility only. She said they would have <br /> 27 to look at the study. <br /> 28 Commissioner Hamilton said a new school could be built in the future that would be a <br /> 29 consolidation on Hillsborough and Central. She said this is from the Woolpert study. She said <br /> 30 there could be a school built that would allow for this. She said it can get confusing but <br /> 31 conceptually, understanding why they would not do that, would be helpful to understand. <br /> 32 Dr. Jones said the Woolpert study would have everyone moving to the Central campus <br /> 33 while a new wing was added. She said that they are going through a redistricting that will change <br /> 34 the landscape of things too. She said it is just hard to say exactly what will be done because of <br /> 35 so many elements yet to be finalized. <br /> 36 Commissioner Hamilton said she is pleased to see more details to picture the philosophy. <br /> 37 She said she finds it confusing is the definition of educational adequacy. She encouraged them <br />