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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: February 4, 2025 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8-e <br /> SUBJECT: Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (SAPFO) — Approval of <br /> Membership and Capacity Numbers <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and Orange Perdita Holtz, Deputy Director, 919-245- <br /> County Schools: SAPFO Capacity Calculation 2578 <br /> and Change Request Form (Includes Student Cy Stober, Director, 919-245-2592 <br /> Membership) for Elementary, Middle, and <br /> High School Levels <br /> 2. Chart Depicting LOS, Capacity, Membership, <br /> and Capacity Updates <br /> PURPOSE: To consider approval of the November 15, 2024 membership and capacity <br /> numbers for both school districts (Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and Orange County <br /> Schools) which will be used in developing 10-year student membership projections and the <br /> 2025 SAPFO Technical Advisory Committee (SAPFOTAC) Report. <br /> BACKGROUND: In accordance with the SAPFO MOUs (Memoranda of Understanding), the <br /> Board of County Commissioners shall approve the school districts' November 15th membership <br /> and capacity numbers within 15 school days after receiving the numbers from the school <br /> districts. Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) submitted their membership and capacity <br /> numbers in accordance with the MOU. Orange County Schools (OCS) was delayed this year <br /> and its signed forms were submitted on January 17, 2025. As per the MOUs, this step of the <br /> SAPFO process entails only the approval of the student membership and capacity numbers. <br /> The capacity calculations have been updated this year as follows: <br /> • Space used by Pre-K programs has been accounted for. <br /> • CHCCS updated capacity figures with those calculated in the Facilities Needs <br /> Assessment conducted by Woolpert, Inc. <br /> • OCS updated capacity figures using NC Department of Public Instruction (DPI) capacity <br /> formulas. <br /> The chart in Attachment 2 shows the Capacity and Membership provided by the school systems <br /> for each school level in both school districts and the increase (or decrease) over the November <br /> 15, 2023 membership. It also shows the Allowable Maximum Level of Service (LOS), as was <br /> agreed upon as part of the SAPFO MOU process, and the Actual LOS based on November 15, <br /> 2024 membership numbers. The capacity updates discussed above are also shown in <br /> Attachment 2. <br />