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Chapel Hill - Carrboro City Schools <br />Lincoln Center, Merritt Mill Road <br />Chapel Hill, NC 27516 <br />Telephone: (919) 967-8211 <br />Fax: (919) 933-4560 <br />Neil Pedersen, Superintendent <br />Ray Reitz, Chief Technology Officer <br />Nettie Collins-Hart, Assistant <br />Superintendent for Instructional Services <br />Steve Scroggs, Assistant Superintendent <br />for Support Services <br />To: Neil G. Pedersen <br />Superintendent <br />From: Steve Scroggs <br />Assistant Superintendent for Support Services <br />Re: Rock Haven Road <br />Date: Apri12, 2003 <br />Included is an updated analysis of the site that the Board is considering for the location <br />of the third high school. The analysis of the Rock Haven site includes the three parcels <br />of property, a building with 182,710 square feet with a capacity of 1,000 students. A <br />funding scenario is provided that includes impact fees, impact fee balances, bond funds, <br />alternative financing and financing by the district. A massing plan for the Rock Haven <br />site is included for your review. For clarification, we have also presented maps and <br />student numbers that support the southern location. The spreadsheets for the proposed <br />2003-2013 CIP are also attached. <br />The Need for Additional Capacity <br />The need for additional high school capacity is clear. According to the latest County <br />approved projections, the District will be out of capacity (100% LOS) in 2003-2004 <br />and will exceed the 110% level of service during the 2004-2005 school year. The need <br />for additional capacity has been evident for some time. <br />The need for a southern site is confirmed when looking at the present elementary <br />enrollment in the area. Over 1,500 students live in southern areas in grades K-5. This is <br />more than enough students to support a 1,000 capacity high school. The scatter graph <br />that has been presented several times is included in the appendix. This scatter graph <br />provides a visual density model of the district. This graph has been shared on several <br />occasions to the Board of Education and the County Commissioners. There has been <br />some confusion over the numbers of students living in the south of the district. The <br />District has quoted figures that there are 1,500 elementary students living in that area. <br />This has been confused with high school numbers, as there are four grades.in high <br />school, not six as in the elementary schools. A count of present 5th, 6th, 7~' and 8th <br />graders, these students who will be in grades 9-12 when the new school opens, <br />indicates that there are 1,041 future high school students currently living in the southern <br />area of the district. These figures and a map defining the southern area are provided in <br />the appendix. <br />With the current discussion of merger, it would be important to view capacity on a <br />countywide basis. The chart below indicates that the combined high school projections <br />