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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Action Agenda
BOARD COMMENTS item # 4
Date: August 20, 1997
SUBJECT: Age and Other Comparative Information on School Facilities
DEPARTMENT: Commissioners INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alice Gordon
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Age of Elementary Schools
2. Age of Secondary Schools
3. School Facilities in the Orange County Schools
4. School Facilities in the Chapel HiII-Carrboro City Schools
PURPOSE: To provide the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) and
others with comparative information concerning school facilities-in
Orange County, including their age.
BACKGROUND: White serving as Chair of the School Capital Needs
Task Advisory Task Force in 1991, 1 visited all the schools in Orange
County. The most striking fact was that both school systems had a
significant range of facilities, from older to newer and from more to
less crowded. Thus the major contrast in school facilities seemed to
be within a given system, rather than between systems.
Since that time, new schools have been built in both systems
and the BOCC continues to consider both new-buildings and changes
to existing buildings. To obtain a perspective on the range of school
facilities, I asked the staff to obtain information on existing schools in
the Orange County Schools (OCS) and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City
Schools (CHCCS). This information is presented in the four
attachments described in the next section.
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INFORMATION ON SCHOOL FACILITIES IN ORANGE COUNTY
1. Age of Elementary Schools
The information in this attachment is based on data supplied
by the two school systems. The point of the chart is to show the
original date when each school was constructed. However, some
schools were relatively small at the outset with significant additions
being made later. Thus an arbitrary size of 20,000 square feet was
selected as the "original size" for a school. The chart shows the
earliest year each school contained at least 20,000 square feet,
grouped by decade. The oldest schools were built in the 1950's and
the newest, in the 1990's.
2. Age of Secondary Schools
This attachment has the same categories of data as the one for
elementary schools, but information is given for secondary schools.
3. School Facilities in the Orange County Schools
The information in this attachment was supplied by the school
district, and includes the data outlined below:
a. Original Facilities and Additions, Given with the Year and
Square Footage.
b. Buildings and Grounds Data, including Acreage and the
Number of Mobile Classrooms.
4. School Facilities in the Chapel Hill - Carrboro City Schools
The information in this attachment was supplied by the school
district, and includes the same categories of data as those outlined
above for the Orange County Schools.
CON'IlHENTS:
1. These charts show that the age range for schools appears
comparable In the two systems, with a similar number of buildings
constructed in each decade. Thus there is no apparent discrepancy in
the average age of the facilities in the two systems_
2. The charts also show a great range in the age of existing schools
within each school system. The question we need to an swer is
whether all the facilities are serving our children well, regardless of
age, or whether some of the older schools need significant
improvements to be comparable to the newer schools.
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AGE OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
Age Given is the Year a School Contained at Least 20,000 Square Feet
(Date and size of any earlier construction is given in parentheses)
Orange County Schools Chauel Hill-Carrboro Schools
Decade School Year School. Year
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1950's Cameron Park 1956 Carrboro 1957
Hillsborough (ALS) 1958 Estes Hills 7958
(13,480 sq.ft.- 195 2)
Glenwood 1954
(18,489 sq.ft.- 1952)
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1960's Central 1965 F. P. Graham. 1960
(8,890 sq.ft.- 1952)
Seawell 1 969
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1970's Efland Cheeks 1977 Ephesus 1972
(8,595 sq. ft. - 1952)
Grady Brown 1974
1980's
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1990's New Hope 1991 McDougie 1996
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AGE OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Age Given is the Year a School Contained at beast 24,000 Square Feet
(Date and size of any earlier construction is given in parentheses)
Orange County Schools Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools
Decade School Year School Year
1950's — --
1960's Stanford Middle 1968 Culbreth Middle 1%9
Phillips Middle 1%2
Orange High 1962 Chapel Hill High 1966
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1970's --- ---
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1980's --- ---
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1990's Stanback Middle 1995 McDougle Middle 1994
East C. H. High 1996
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ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOLS 5
ADDITIONS TO SCHOOLS BY YEAR AND SQUARE FOOTAGE
SCHOOL YEAR BUILT ORIGINAL YEAR OF ADDITION SQUARE FOOTAGE
FOOTAGE ADDED
1. CAMERON PARK 1956 22,798 1959 26,052
1978 4,720
2.CENTRAL ELEM 1952 8,890 1965 25,892
1975 18,700
1990 7, 900
3.EFLAND CHEEKS -1952 8,595 1977 40,067
1995 15,054
4.GRADY BROWN 1974 74,016 1996 1,000 (BROILER
ROOM)
5. NEW HOPE 1991 100, 164 NONE
6. HILLSBOROUGH 1952 13,480 1958 14,770 (300 BLDG)
(OLD ALS) (SUPPORT SERVICE
BUILDING)
1958 15,316 (GYM)
1960 6,180 (400 BLDG)
1952 816 (ADDED TO 400
BLDG)
7. A. L STANBACK 1995 136,000 NONE
S. C W STANFORD 1968 102,780 1997 4, 840
9. ORANGE HIGH 1962 49,798 1965 49, 150
1969 15,000
1979 17,480
1986 45, 612
9. ORANGE HIGH 1971 36,469 New Gym
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ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOLS
ORAi,TGE COUNTY SCHOOLS SQUARE FOOTAGE OF BUILDINGS & GROUNDS
SCHOOL PRIMARY MOBILE APPROX TOTAL
SPACE CLASSROOMS ACREAGE 7S PACE
I-CAMERON PARK 70,812 1,200 1 (DW) 19 72,012
2.CENTRAL ELEM 52, 492 0 22 52,492
3.EFLAND CHEEKS 64,316 0 31 64,316
4.GRADY BROWN 74,016 2,400 2 (DW) 18 76,416
5.NEW HOPE 100, 164 0 26 100,164
6 HILLSBOROUGH 51, 106 0 10 51, 106
This does -not include the
Learning Center or Support
Services
7. SUPPORT SERVICES 14,770 14,770
8. A. L STANBACK 136,000 35.90 136,000
9.ORANGE HIGH 177,040 0 92 177,040
10 OHS ATHLETIC DEPT 36,469 0 - 36,469
11. C. W. STANFORD 107,620 3,000 3 (SW) 57 110,620
& 2 (DW)
12. OCS BOARD OF EDUCTION 6,210 0 4 6,210
13.MAINTENANCE 17,559 1,200 1 (DW) 2 18,759
14 . TRANSPORTATION 11,704 600 1 (SW) 12,304
TOTAL 920,278 8,400 316.90 1 928,678
CHAPEL HILL - CARRBORO CITY SCHOOLS 7
PROPERTY LISTING 1997-98 SCHOOL YEAR
Property Year Building
School Size Built Description Sp. Ft.
Carrboro Elementary 20.8 Acres 1957 Admin Bid 15,821
1957 Elementary 9,019
1964 Primary Wing 8,610
1964 300Wing 10,491
1990 Multi Purpose 16,891
1991 One Mobile 730
School Total 61,562
Ephesus Elementary 13.23 Acres 1972 Origional Building 41,127
1991 Addition 25,825
1988 Two Mobiles-N 1,728
1990 Two Mobiles-R 1,728
1994 One Mobile-R 960
1995 Two Mobiles-Purched 1,728
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School Total 73,096
Estes Hills Elementary inc.w/Phillips 1958 Admin &Classrooms 18,972
1958 Primary Wing 7,165
1%2 Classroom Wing 13,432
1986 Multi Purpose Bid 12,930
1988 One Mobile-N 730
School Total 53,229
Glenwood Elementary 10.05 Acres 1952 Main Building &Caf. 18,489
1954 Classroom Wing 7,471
1959 Primary Wing 11,640
1986 Multi Purpose Bid 12,200
1987 Two Mobiles-N 1,920
1990 Two Mobiles-N 1,728
School Total 53,448
FP Graham Elementary 15 Acres 1960 Admin Building 7,978
1960 Classroom Bld 15,110
1960 Classroom/Guidance 19,694
1978 Intermediate Bid 6,041
1990 Multi Purpose Bid 14,718
1991 One Mobile-N 864
1994 One Mobile-P, 960
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School Total 65,365
CHAPEL HILL - CARRBORO CITY SCHOOLS 8
McOougle Elementary 11.70 Acres 1996 entire school 98,000
Seawell Elementary inc. w/H.S. 1969 Administration Bid 11,427
1969 Three Pod Bids 10,575
1976 Pod Four and Head St 8,531
1989 Lawlor Building 22,336
1990 Four Mobiles-N 3,840
1994 Two Mobiles-N 1,920
School Total 58,629
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TOTAL 483.329
Culbreth Middle 35.66 Acres 1969 Main Building 91,734
1988 Classroom Ads 5,650
1989 Classroom Ads 7,414
School Total 104,798
McDougle Middle School 28.28 Acres 1994 Academic House 1 21,356
1994 Academic House 2 20,354
1994 Academic House 3 20,031
1994 Cafeteria 13,581
1994 Administration 17,116
• 1994 Media Center 13,032
1994 Cultural Arts 12,305
1994 Gymnasium 14,484
1994 Mechanical Building 3,962
School Total 136,221
Phillips Middle School 33 Acres 1962 Origional Bid 83,851
(inc. Estes) 1990 Media Center 17,223
1990 Auditorium 8,424
School Total 109,498
MIOOLE SCHOOL TOTAL 350.517
CHAPEL HILL — CARRBORO CITY SCHOOLS
Chapel Hill High School 126.99 Acres 1966 Main Building 86,373
(inc. Seawell and 1966 Gym and Cafeteria 39,746
Trans. Ctr) 1990 Auxiliary Gyre 17,469
1974 Vocational Building 24,573
1977 Cultural Arts Bid 37,395
1991 Math and Science 32,518
1993 Three Mobiles-N 2,880
1994 Three Mobiles-R 2,880
School Total 243,834
East Chapel Hill H.S. 74.8 Acres 1996 entire school 170,200
HIGH SCHOOL TOTAL 414.034
Transportation Center inc. w/H.S. 1995 Building 5,089
Lincoln Center 12.76 Acres 1950 Main Building 27,726
1954 Gymnasium 10,162
1950 Head Start 1=ac 5,207
1978 Maintenance Bid 26,957
Building Total 70,052
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES TOTAL 75.141
DISTRICT TOTALS 382.27 Acres 1,303,021
Notes:
-15,369 square feet of space at the Lincoln Center facility is leased to the Town of Chapel Hill for use by
Head Start and Parks & Recreation. The remaining 54,683 square feet is used by school district
administrative staff, maintenance, and food services.
-27 Mobile units account for 24,596 square feet of space.