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Icy <br />Approved by Schools ands aft completed bylstaff 2/48/002 <br />SCHOOLS ADEQUATE PUBERSTANDING S <br />MEMORANDUM OF UND <br />This Memorandum of Understanding is entered into this day of _~ <br />,the Town of ,Orange <br />200_, by and between the Town of (the "School District"). <br />County, and the <br />WHEREAS, the portion of Orange County, served by the [Chapel Hill/Carrboro] [Orange <br />County] School System has for the past decade been experiencing rapid growth in population; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, this growth, and that which is anticipated, creates a demand for additional <br />school facilities to accommodate the children who reside within new developments; and <br />WHEREAS, the responsibility for planning for and constructing new school facilities lies <br />primarily with the [Chapel Hill/Carrboro] [Orange County] School Board, with funding provided <br />by Orange County; and <br />WHEREAS, [Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Orange County and the Chapel Hill School District] <br />[Orange County, Hillsborough, and the Orange County School District], have recognized the <br />need to work together to ensure that new growth within the School District occurs at a pace that <br />allows Orange County and the School District to provide adequate school facilities to serve the <br />children within such new developments; <br />WHEREAS, the parties have worked cooperatively and developed a system wherein <br />school facilities are currently adequate to meet the needs of the citizens of the county and will <br />continue to maintain a Capital Investment Plan (CIP) that is financially feasible and <br />synchronized with historical growth patterns; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, the parties to this Memorandum hereby agree as follows: <br />Section 1. The parties will work cooperatively to develop a realistic Capital Improvement <br />Plan for the construction of schools such that, from the effective date of this <br />Memorandum, school membership within each school level (i.e. elementary, <br />middle or high) does not exceed the following: <br />Elementary School 105% of Building Capacity <br />Middle School 107% of Building Capacity <br />High School 110% of Building Capacity <br />a. For purposes of this Memorandum, the term "school membership" means <br />the actual number of students attending school as of November 15 of each <br />year. The figure is determined by considering the number of students <br />enrolled (i.e. registered, regardless of whether a student is no longer <br />attending school) and making adjustments for withdrawals, dropouts, <br />deaths, retentions and promotions. Students who are merely absent from <br />g:\craig\sapfo\mou-final <br />