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2 <br />The exact pages of the 2004 SAPFOTAC report that the BOCC will be acknowledging and <br />certifying are listed below. The context (i.e.: definitions and standards) of the various SAPFO <br />elements precede the data to be certified and is within the full report. <br />Element Page in Certification to be made by BOCC <br /> SAPFOTAC <br /> Re ort <br />Building capacity 6 through 11 Orange County Elementary, Middle, <br />with CIP changes and High Schools (p, 6, 7, 8) <br /> • Chapel Hill/Carrboro Elementary, <br />(Change) Middle, and Hi h Schools . 9, 10, 11 <br />Student membership 16 Certification that the average of 5 models <br />projection methodology will be used, as noted in #3 on page 16 <br />No Chan e <br />Student membership 32 and 33 . Orange County Elementary, Middle, <br />projections and High Scheels Student Projections <br /> (row that notes average only) (p. 32) <br /> • Chapel Hill/Carrboro Elementary, <br /> Middle, and High Schools Student <br /> Projections (row that notes average <br />(Change) onl . 33 <br />Student Growth Rate 36 Orange County Elementary, Middle, <br /> and High Schools <br /> • Chapel Hill/Carrboro Elementary, <br />(Change) Middle, and Hi h Schools <br />Student/housing generation 38 . Orange County Elementary, Middle, <br />rate and High Schools <br /> • Chapel Hill/Carrboro Elementary, <br /> Middle, and High Schools <br />No Chan e <br />(Change) denotes a change from last year. <br />As noted at the earlier meeting, there will still need to be resolution regarding determinations by <br />the State of North Carolina that class size in grades kindergarten through 2 (K-2) must be <br />reduced from a ratio of 23 students to 1 teacher to 21 to 1, Commissioners have noted that a <br />unilateral reduction in class size by the State has the effect of creating an unfunded mandate <br />for county governments, Reduced class sizes in elementary schools create the need for more <br />classroom space, which county governments must pay for. Further impacts to class size and <br />possible additional classroom space needs could be experienced given the Governor's recent <br />budget proposal to reduce class size in Grade 3 in North Carolina, <br />County staff propose that the BOCC certify individual school building capacities as of November <br />15, 2003 at the same levels as they were as of November 15, 2002, with two exceptions -the <br />addition of 619 elementary seats in the Chapel Hill~•Carrboro system resulting from the August <br />2003 opening of Rashkis Elementary; and the addition of 100 more seats in 2003 at the <br />renovated Hillsborough Elementary in the Orange County Schools system, <br />