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APPROVED 9/19102 b Steve suggests dealing with high school standards and middle school standards first. There was extensive discussion about the suitability or not of the 15-501 potential high school site—steepness, RCDs, wetlands, etc limit available acreage to about a 20 acre strip right along 15-501 —Steve thinks they could handle a 500 student high school there. Lisa and Steve noted the success of the McDougle campus in providing flexibility. Alice noted that CHCCS seems to be comfortable with SLUC recommendations on SAPFO, but OCS isn't yet. Craig plans to attend an OCS meeting to try to respond to their questions. Alice said that at the next SLUC meeting on June 12,they will look at Carrboro and Chapel.Hill concems and conditions, such as Level of Service issues. They will consider how material can be packaged and sent out to jurisdictions for action on the actual ordinance. Although the BOCC wouldn't want to, its possible that SAPFO could be applied first in CHCCS, and later in the OCS district. Craig explained that it may indeed be necessary for various goveming boards to address the SAPFO several times as one jursidiction or another decides it needs "tweaks" (for example,Carrboro's level of service concerns that adoption not lead to an immediate moratorium), but that this round-robin approach may be necessary. Craig provided an explanation of the concept behind level of service consideration and.determination. It defers development until CIP can be matched to provide needed schools. In Cary, they started at 148% LOS because . they were already at 143% and they didn't want to require an immediate moratorium. Keith noted the adverse educational impacts that could result if the percentage of overcrowding goes up every year under a higher level of service while we're waiting for the construction of a new school that will provide some relief: Dana has concems that conversation persists everywhere that maybe a new middle school isn't needed that soon, even though funded. If you change level of service standards, that could foster even more of that kind of view that we should wait to build the school. John thinks there needs to be good thumbnail projections; citizens must see that there is agreement about the definition of"overcrowded". There must be great care on the part of County and school folks to be in tandem when we say something is overcrowded or not.