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pRA~ SCHOOL IMPACT FEES: Otuw~e CoutJrv SCHOOLS Orange County, North Carolina BUILDING AND SITE LEVEL OF SERVICE STANDARDS This section provides current inventories of elementary, middle, and high schools in the Orange County School System. The data contained in these tables are used to determine infrastructure standards for school buildings and sites on which the impact fees are based. The Orange County Schools Adequate Public Facility Ordinance (SAPFO) and Memorandum of Understanding (Annual Report 20077 provides current adopted levels of service by school type that are used for the impact fee study. Level of service means the amount of students that can be accommodated at a certain school system level. Figure 4 provides the adopted LOS standards. Figure 4. Level of Service Standards: Orange Cownty Schools LEVEL OF SERVICE STANDARDS Orange Co Elementary (K-5) 105% Middle (6-8) 107% High (9-12) 110% Source: Orange County, NC, Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance Annual Report 2007. ORANGE COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS The. inventory and current levels of service for Orange County elementary schools are shown below in Figure 5. As indicated below, elementary school buildings have a total of 498,188 square feet of floor area on approximately 144.1 acres. Total enrollment in all elementary schools is 3,072. Level of service (LOS) factors for Orange County Elementary Schools are also shown in Figure 5. The Adopted LOS Standards (based on 105 percent capacity) for land, school buildings, and portables are shown shaded in the figure below. As shown the LOS factors on which the impact fees are based are• 037 acres 128 square feet and 0007 portable classrooms ver student. It should be noted that the capacity figures reflect mandated reduced class size for Grades K-3 from .1:23 to 1:21, reflecting actual current levels of service and the standards by which new schools will be planned. Tischler~se 12 tlx3,k~iatticu.Plinnhig Ccn:pttnmi~