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2,� 3oC <br />/r /7Na <br />School Construction Standards <br />Background <br />In early 1995 the Board of County Commissioners appointed an eight member work group to <br />develop school construction standards for new facilities built in the Orange County School and <br />Chapel Hill /Carrboro City School districts. The School Facility Construction Standards Work <br />Group included two representatives from the Board of County Commissioners, two <br />representatives from each of the two School Boards, and two parent representatives: <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Moses Carey <br />Stephen Halkiotis <br />Chapel Hill /Carrboro City School Board <br />Mary Bushnell <br />Nick Didow <br />Orange County School Board <br />Susan Dovenbarger <br />Larry Haverland <br />Parent Representatives <br />Bill Boyarsky <br />Dick Snow <br />The Board of County Commissioners adopted in May 1996 school standards for elementary and <br />middle schools. These construction standards are outlined in this report. <br />Elementary School <br />The total square footage of the Basic School, as outlined in this section of the report, is 83,160 <br />square feet. There are two tiers added to the Basic School Tier A provides additional storage <br />space for use of the facility for afterschool programs. The additional storage space is 1,400 <br />square feet with 46?-5quare feet for circulation, bringing the total for Tier A to 1,862 additional <br />square feet Tier B includes space identified by the School Systems as desirable for an <br />elementary school_ Tier B adds 13,240 square feet with approximately 5,920 square feet for <br />storage, 1,000 square feet for a Student Commons area and the balance primarily for additional <br />teacher workspace and conference rooms <br />1. Capacity <br />The capacity of the elementary school is 600 students. <br />2. School Sites <br />The elementary school site is based on the NC Public School Facility Standards which <br />requires an elementary school to have a minimum of ten usable acres plus one usable acre <br />Page 1 <br />