HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 03-27-2000 - 2ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: March 27, 2000
Action Agenda
Item No. 2
SUBJECT: Issues Identified /Presented by Orange County Schools
DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
3/23/00 OCS Superintendent Memo Randy Bridges, 732 -8126
TELEPHONE NUMBERS:
Hillsborough
732 -8181
Chapel Hill
968 -4501
Durham
688 -7331
Mebane
336 - 227 -2031
PURPOSE: To discuss issues of concern to the Orange County Board of Education.
BACKGROUND: As outlined in a March 23 memo (Attachment 2a) from Superintendent
Bridges, the Orange County Board of Education requested that the following topics be included
on the March 27 work session agenda.
a) Significant Elements of 2000 -2010 CIP
b) New Middle School
c) Community School /Media Center Shared Usage
d) Recreational Park (Pathways Elementary School)
FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact tied directly to the discussion at this
meeting. However, decisions that may be made by one or more of the elected boards at
subsequent meetings are likely to have significant implications for future capital and operating
budgets.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the boards discuss the issues noted
and provide direction to staff, as appropriate.
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BOARD MEMBERS
SUSAN HALKIOTIS, CHAIR
KEITH COOK, VICE CHAIR
ROBERT H. BATEMAN
RICHARD KENNEDY
DAVID KOLBINSKY
DELORES SIMPSON
BRENDA STEPHENS
MEMORANDUM
TO: John Link, County Manager
FROM: Randy Bridges fL&
RE: March 27h Joint Meeting with Commissioners
DATE: March 23, 2000
Attachment 2a
200 EAST KING STREET
HILLSBOROUGH, NC 27278
TELEPHONE: 919- 7324126
FAX: 919 - 7324120
Listed below are brief statements about the topics the Orange County Board of Education has asked
to be placed on the agenda for our meeting with the Commissioners. If you need further
explanation, please let me know. As always, we look forward to the opportunity to have open
discussion about the importance of educating the youth of our community.
Significant Elements of 2000 -2010 CEP — As the Commissioners are aware, the major portion
of our CIP will provide the 12.5 million to match the funding secured from the passage of the
last bond to build a new high school in our district. However, the Technology funding will
remain consistent throughout the ten -year projection, and we have various projects such as
energy management upgrades, renovations at Orange High School, re- roofing projects, and
preparing for three of our schools that will reach fifty years of service in 2008.
New Middle School — We have shared with the Commissioners before our need for a new
middle school. It has also been added to our CIP as an unfunded item. We are appreciative of
the new elementary and high schools, and the next logical step would be a middle school. A. L.
Stanback Middle School is currently approaching capacity and a mobile unit was placed on site
for the 1999 -2000 school year. C. W. Stanford Middle School, which currently has three
mobile units and we could possibly be requesting two more for next year, has been over
capacity for the past three years. I would also mention that the Building Capacity and
Program Capacity are two different items. The Program Capacity is really reducing the
space in our schools. I will be glad to give further explanation on Monday night.
Department of Public Instruction's Middle School Projections for OCS:
Year
Enrollment Projections
1999 -2000
1412
2000 -2001
1485
2001 -2002
1546
John Link -2- March 23, 2000
2002 -2003
1642
2003 -2004
1676
2004 -2005
1684
2005 -2006
1659
The current Building Capacity for both middle schools is 1512.
Community /School Media Center Shared Usage — There has been and continues to be much
discussion on shared use of facilities in the county. We feel the new high school presents an
opportunity for possible shared use of the Media Center. The Media Center is located at the
front entrance of the building, and will provide excellent access to this area and not the rest of
the school. We are aware of the Commissioners' support of the request by the model already in
place in the Chapel Hill/Carrboro School System. We don't have precise funding amounts, but
we feel that start-up costs would be approximately $10 -15, 000.00. Materials and staffing
would be an additional cost; an analysis of the existing program could provide information of
total funding needed.
Recreational Park (Pathways Elementary School) — The owner of the property donated 18
acres for us to build Pathways Elementary School. During the time of transferring this property
a discussion of a Recreational Park on this site occurred. The owner at the time was not
interested in selling the additional land for a park. It has come to our attention that the
possibility exists of approximately 12 acres between the school and Mars Hill Baptist Church
being available for purchase at this time. The Board would like to know if the Commissioners
are interested in this possibility.
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