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SCHOOLS ADEQUATE PUBLIC FACILITIES MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING This Memorandum of Understanding is entered into this day of , 200_, by and between the Town of Hillsborough, the Orange County Board of Education and Orange County (the "School District'). WHEREAS, the portion of Orange County, served by the Orange County School System has for the past decade been experiencing rapid growth in population; and WHEREAS, this growth, and that which is anticipated, creates a demand for additional school facilities to accommodate the children who reside within new developments; and WHEREAS, the responsibility for planning for and constructing new school facilities lies primarily with the Orange County School Board, with funding provided by Orange County; and WHEREAS, Orange County, Hillsborough, and the Orange County School District, have recognized the need to work together to ensure that new growth within the School District occurs at a pace that allows Orange County and the School District to provide adequate school facilities to serve the children within such new developments; WHEREAS, the parties have worked cooperatively and developed a system wherein school facilities are currently adequate to meet the needs of the citizens of the county and will continue to maintain a Capital h-rvestment Plan (CIP) that is financially feasible and synchronized with historical growth patterns; NOW, THEREFORE, the parties to this Memorandum hereby agree as follows: Section 1. The parties will work cooperatively to develop a realistic Capital Improvement Plan for the construction of schools such that, from the effective date of this Memorandum, school membership within each school level (i.e. elementary, middle or high) does not exceed the following: Elementary School 105% of Building Capacity Middle School 107% of Building Capacity High School 110% of Building Capacity a. For purposes of this Memorandum, the tens "school membership" means the actual number of students attending school as of November 15 of each year. The figure is determined by considering the number of students emolled (i.e. registered, regardless of whether a student is no longer attending school) and making adjustments for withdrawals, dropouts, deaths, retentions and promotions. Students who are merely absent from class on the date membership is determined as a result of sickness or some other temporary reason are included in school membership figures. Each HADEPTS \SCHOOLS \S A P F OApproved Docs \apprMOUOCS062303 doc