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