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~!~rfr1 r"-E~... <br />3 <br />CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO CITY SCHOOLS <br />Lincoln Center, Merritt Mill Road . <br />Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516-2881 <br />Telephone: (919) 9fi7-8211 <br />Nail G. Pedersen <br />Superintendent <br />Nettle colllns-Hart, Assistant Superintendent <br />of Instructional Service <br />Steve Scraggs, Assistant Superintendent <br />Oi Support Services <br />Ray Reitz, Chief Technology Officer <br />'Pt7: Board of Education <br />FROM: Neil G. Pedersen <br />. Superintendent <br />RE: Possible Topics for Joint Meeting with County Commissioners <br />DATE: August 7, ZD00 <br />The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School System and the Orange County Schaol <br />System's Boards vfEducation are scheduled to meet with the County Commissioners on <br />Monday, September 25, at 7:30 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center. The Board <br />may wish to identity some issues to be placed on the agenda. <br />Some possibilities include the following: <br />• Immediate need for funding for 9th elementary school (planning and construction) <br />• Schaol initiatives and/or external factors that could impact the 2001-2002 budget <br />• Purchase future school sites and the availability of funds for such purpose <br />• Long Range Facilities Plan <br />• County Commissioners' oversight of school capital projects <br />• Affordable housing for teachers <br />• Plans for a Durham Tech Satellite <br />• Additional funding for enrollees beyond projections , <br />• Establishment of a standing committee to follow-up on issues raised at joint meetings by <br />County Commissioners and/or school boards <br />Board members should review these suggestions and add any other issues that they <br />would like to raise. <br />RESOLUTION: Be it, therefore, resolved that the Board of Education <br />submits the issues identified above to the County Manager <br />for inclusion an the agenda of the joint meeting with the <br />County Commissioners on September 25, 2D00. <br />NGP/asb <br />