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<br />CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO CITY SCHOOLS <br />Lincoln Center, Merritt Mill Road <br />Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516 <br />Telephone: (919) 967-8211 <br />Neil G. Pedersen <br />Superintendent <br />Raymond J. Reitz <br />Chief Technology Officer <br />TO: Board of Education <br />FROM: Neil G. Pedersen <br />Superintendent <br />SUB7: Issues Related to New Facilities <br />DATE: October 5, 2002 <br />Nettie Collins-Hart, Assistant Superintendent <br />for Instructional Services <br />Steve Scroggs, Assistant Superintendent <br />for Support Services <br />At it's October 3'~ meeting, the Board of Education clarified its position on <br />several issues related to planning for new education facilities. The resolution below has <br />been written to capture the consensus of the Board It should be clearly stated from the <br />outset, however, that long-range facility planning is challenging in a community such as <br />ours. We must continually adjust to changes in enrollment trends; therefore, although <br />these plans reflect our best thinking based on current enrollment projections, they are <br />subject to change as conditions necessitate. <br />RESOLUTION <br />Be it, therefore, resolved that the Board of Education adopts the following statements as <br />the official position of the Board as it moves forward with the provision of adequate <br />facilities for its students and staff through the year 2010-11: <br />1. The Board of Education, via this resolution, formally requests the Orange County <br />Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) to authorize the use of 2001 bond funds <br />originally associated with Elementary School No. 10 for a third high school. These <br />funds will be combined with funds from previously identified revenue sources to <br />