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recommendation to the BOCC that would be in the best interest of both districts rather than making these recommendations independent and leaving it to the BOCC to sort out. • Redraw school district lines.. Small, modest changes to district lines could be made to alleviate travel time in some portions of the county. Students may be better served by shorter travel times in both systems, Do not envision this would cause major adjustment or' change.. • Safe School Plans - shaze plans, train together and use same procedures. • Share library, circulation. • Special education students who cannot be served in the public school system that have goals of returning to a regulaz program are a concern. • Need to develop school health partnerships in the community. • SRO funding by the county -new paradigm for county to jointly take caze of resource needs (SRO's) to allow funds currently being used to be used in other areas -this could fall under current #5. A vote was taken on the additional suggestions as follows with some items being reworded as noted (the indicates the item was agreed upon based on the 75% rule): Facilitator Notes • After School Programming -11 • Explore jointing N.C. Secure Collaboration - 9 • Explore creating a middle school athletic conference - 10 • Joint/unified budget requests and recommendations - 1 • Discuss/develop a position on redrawing school district lines (not making major changes) - 3 • Safe Schools Plans with law enforcement -reworded to School District Collaboration in planning and in response to crises - I 1 • Shared library circulation - 10 • Crisis Program for special education kids (link with original item #7) - 1 • Tallt with IJNC, OPC about health and mental health issues in schools - 4 • New paradigm for SRO's - 8 • Suggested new paradigm for SRO's be linked to original item #5 - 7 Comments/discussion were heard as follows: regarding school attendance zones being changed, residents who own property and pay taxes should be able to vote; Boards of Education have been dealing with attendance zone decisions in the past and, on occasion, have been split -the two Boards might discuss and develop a position on whether or not each is open to change, Regarding a joint budget collaboration, each system could independently present a recommendation to the BOCC as to what the appropriate impact fee should be with the BOCC making a decision; an alternative to that approach would be for the two systems to collaborate on a joint plan which could betaken to the legislators; OCS would develop an impact fee request/budget request and the CHCCS system would do the same. The two systems would then meet together to come to common ground and present jointly to [he BOCC. This would pertain to the operating budget. CHCCS has historically supported OCS requests. This would require a step where each system would present where additional funds aze needed, This process would present a more thoughtful process on budget requests and financial matters coming from those persons who aze most knowledgeable about the needs of the school districts -the Boards of Education; the two systems need to come together to support those things that will be mandated, then decide how and when items will be addressed in each district; this may bring us back to the merger question/discussion; this is an area of potential collaboration that would be beneficial to both districts. The idea is not to reignite contentious discussion at all; would prefer the two Boards of Education not enter this area yet due to where it might lead us. Would like for each system to continue to respect each other's needs and support each other's process..