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6. The Board directs the school administration to pursue plans to locate up to 15 I <br />additional mobile classrooms on the two high school campuses to accommodate <br />increased enrollments until a third high school is constructed. This total will <br />include mobiles relocated from other elementary campuses as well as purchased <br />and/or leased mobiles. The 3Board further directs the redistricting committee to <br />give strong consideration to plans that will balance the enrollments between the <br />two high schools until a third high school opens, and mobiles should be located as <br />necessary to meet the needs of student enrollments. As the administration moves <br />forward with such plans, it should consider other opportunities for reducing <br />overcrowding in the high schools, especially collaboration agreements with local <br />community colleges and the Orange County Schools and continue our current <br />practice of approving transfer out requests as the first formal step to enable <br />students residing in this district to transfer to another school district of their <br />choice. The administration also will take into account the need for additional <br />resources in overcrowded schools and the need to create smaller learning <br />communities in our high schools as it plans for the transition and prepares for <br />future high school reforms. <br />7. The Board of Education believes that a fifth middle school will need to open by <br />2007- 08 and is receptive to this school being located on the Old 86/Eubanks Road <br />site. At this time there are no provisions for funding this project in the CIP. The <br />Board requests that the BOCC begin planning now for how this facility will be <br />financed. <br />8. The Board of Education anticipates locating at least three comprehensive schools <br />on the Old 86/Eubanks Road site and looks forward to participating as an active <br />partner in the master planning process for this piece of property. <br />9. The Board of Education will seek to identify and reserve additional sites for <br />schools within the next year. <br />Revised and Adopted by the Board on 10/17/02.