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118 <br /> EMERSON WALDORF SCHOOL <br /> CAMPUS MASTER PLAN <br /> SPECIAL USE PERMIT MODIFICATION NARRATIVE <br /> 1. <br /> INTRODUCTION <br /> The Emerson Waldorf School(EWS), established in Chapel Hill in 1984, is a Pre-K thru grade 12 private school <br /> Located on a 54-acre campus at 6211 New Jericho Road at its intersection with Millhouse Road in Orange <br /> County, NC. The existing school campus currently contains approximately 22,971 sf of classroom space and <br /> support facilities in twelve buildings with an existing student population of +/-294 supported by a staff of 48 <br /> FT/PT teachers and administrators. The school includes Early Childhood (Kindergarten and Nursery), Lower <br /> School(1 st-8t"grades),and High School(91"—12th grades).There is an existing farm on site which will be seeking <br /> bona fide farm status. <br /> 1.1 ABOUT WALDORF — The EWS provides an integrated Waldorf curriculum and environment which <br /> encourages and promotes independent thinking and social responsibility as well as academic and artistic <br /> excellence.The EWS is affiliated with the international association of Waldorf Schools, one of the largest <br /> school movements in the world. Waldorf education, founded by Rudolf Steiner in Germany in 1919, is <br /> dedicated to the effort to guide the spirit in the human being to discover the spirit in the universe. <br /> 1.2 PURPOSE AND INTENT—The EWS is requesting a modification to the previously approved 2015 Special <br /> Use Permit for an updated campus masterplan that will provide a road map by which the school can plan <br /> for the location of new buildings and support facilities, phased over a period of 10 years,and would support <br /> an increase in student population to approximately 350 students and 55 staff by 2035, while decreasing <br /> approved square footage by 19,000 sq ft.All proposed improvements would be located on the existing 54- <br /> acre school campus. No increase in campus acreage is proposed. <br /> The proposed square footage breakdown of previously approved versus what is currently proposed with <br /> this Special Use Permit modification is shown below: <br /> Building Previously Approved Proposed Square <br /> Square Footage Footage <br /> Arts Center 11,800 11,800 <br /> Auditorium 12,593 12,593 <br /> Early Childhood Center 5,220 5,220 <br /> Gymnasium 13,942 0 <br /> Building additions to High 6,644(3 buildings) 4,722(2 buildings) <br /> School m u <br /> Eurythmy(dance)Building 1,573 1,573 <br /> Connect East and West 1,776 1,776 <br /> Wings of Lower School <br /> Buildin <br /> 8tn Grade Classroom 1,650 0 <br /> Building <br /> Shop Building Addition 1,364 0 <br /> (Relocation of School <br /> Administration <br /> Total New Square Footage 56,562 37,684 <br /> Other improvements include: <br /> I internal roadways,surface parking and pedestrian improvements <br />