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~3) Orange County Board of Education Dr. Shirley Carraway Superintendent Board Members: Keith Cook, Chair Brenda Stephens, Vice Chair Randy Copeland Libbie Flough Delores Simpson Dana Thompson 200 East [Cin~+ Street Hillsborough, NC 27278 Telephone: 919-732-8126 FAX: 919-7.32-8120 GpUN~ 0 .,o 0 ~. ~ t04~ TO: John Link Orange County Manager rr FROM: Shirley Carraway~ Superintendent, Orange County Schools SUBJECT: Joint Meeting on Apri126, 2004 DATE: April 22, 2004 On April 19°i the Orange County Board of Education discussed items for inclusion on the agenda for the,joint meeting with the Board of County Commissioners and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro School System. The Board identified four major areas for discussion. During our meeting on Tuesday, April 20th to prepare the agenda for the meeting, it became quite apparent that time would not allow for discussion of all the identified items. Each Board was asked to select one item to be presented, Middle School # 3 presents a number of areas to be discussed and resolved and, as a result, was the item that was selected for consideration from our school district, Time will not allow the resolution of all the items to be presented surrounding that topic, but the Board would like to have an opportunity at the BOCC's earliest possible convenience to have the dialogue necessary so that the project can move forward. The remaining items were placed on a list titled "Additional items identified by Board Chairs and Staff on 4/20/04 as needing,joint attention by the three boards." I think it may be helpful to the Commissioners and the Chapel Hill- Carrboro School Board to have a brief description of each item.. This will assist the BOCC and County staff in determining the most appropriate manner to address each item. Additional items for consideration: Orange County School Central Office Expansion In the 2003-2013 Orange County Schools' Capital Improvement Plan an addition to the Central Administration Office on King Street was requested at a cost of $1,650,000. The plan was to add on to the existing structure in order to relocate staff from the support services building at Hillsborough Elementary to one site. An addition of 15,000 sq. feet was determined to be required to accomplish this. Hillsborough Elementary School began the expansion process in 2002. This expansion resulted in the need to capture the 300 wing formerly occupied by individuals serving as Orange County Schools' central support staff, Central staff had been previously placed at Hillsborough Orange Courtty,ScGools 'Providing edueariorml oP/lnrtunilies fnr saccesxfu(fiaures "