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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: December 11, 2008 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (Schools APFO) -Approval of <br />Membership and Capacity Numbers <br />DEPARTMENT: Manager/Planning/Budget/ PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />County Attorney <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Orange County and Chapel Hill-Carrboro <br />School Districts: <br />Schools APFO Capacity Calculation and <br />Change Request Form (Includes Student <br />Membership) for Elementary, Middle, and <br />High School Levels (6 pages total) <br />2. Chart depicting LOS, Capacity, <br />Membership, and Membership Increases <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Craig Benedict, 245-2592 <br />Donna Coffey, 245-2151 <br />Geof Gledhill, 732-2196 <br />Perdita Holtz, 245-2611 <br />Shannon Berry, 245-2589 <br />PURPOSE: To consider approval of November 14, 2008 membership and capacity numbers <br />for both school districts (Orange County and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools) which will be <br />used in developing 10-year student membership projections and the 2009 SAPFO Technical <br />Advisory Committee (SAPFOTAC) Report. <br />BACKGROUND: In accordance with the Schools APFO MOUs (Memorandum of <br />Understanding), the Board of County Commissioners approves the school districts' November <br />15 membership and capacity numbers within fifteen (15) days after receiving the numbers from <br />the School Districts. Both school districts submitted their membership and capacity numbers in <br />accordance with the MOUs. Because November 15 fell on a Saturday this year, membership <br />numbers of November 14 were reported. As per the MOUs, this step of the SAPFO process <br />entails only the approval of the student membership and capacity numbers. <br />The SAPFOTAC, comprised of representatives of both school systems and the Planning <br />Directors of the County and Towns, is tasked to produce an annual report for the governing <br />boards of each Schools APFO partner. The full annual SAPFOTAC report, which will include <br />10-Year student membership projections, will be completed in early 2009. Additionally, the <br />CAPS (Certificate of Adequate Public Schools) system is updated with actual membership and <br />capacity figures after the BOCC approves the information submitted by the school districts. <br />The building capacities used this year include the new Morris Grove Elementary School <br />(CHCCS Elementary School #10), which opened in August 2008, and the new Partnership <br />school facility in the Orange County Schools District. In addition, the State of North Carolina <br />class size reduction to 1:21 (from 1:23) for grades kindergarten through 3 (K-3) was <br />