19856 Committee Members

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1985-6 Committee Members

• Arthur L.P. Brown
• Betty Francisco
• Norman Lowenthal
• Watts Hill, Jr.
• William Richardson
• Robert Rose
• James Summers
• Joy Frelinger
• Wayne Kuncl
• Dan Lunsford
• DeWitt Brown
• Terry Greenlund
• Elizabeth Wells
• Mary Cay Corr
• Robert Bateman
• Gerry House

• Jeanette Jones
• Ralph McBroom
• Edwin Riley
• Anthony Seaber
• John Walker
• Peter Topping
• Ronald Wiegerink
• Sue Baker
• Jeanette Eddy
• R.E. Hildebrant
• Katherine Knight
• J.M. Murfree
• Richard Roberts
• Sandra Siegal

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Committee Assignments

• Community Growth and Facility Needs
• Arthur Brown
• DeWitt Brown
• Ralph McBroom
• Bill Richardson
• Ed Riley
• Bob Rose, Chair
• John Walker, Vice Chair
• Ronald Wiegerink

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Committee Assignments

• Curriculum/Program
• Mary Cay Corr, Vice Chair
• Terry Greenlund
• Gerry House
• Norman Loewenthal
• Tony Seaber
• Sandy Siegal
• Libba Wells, Chair

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Committee Assignments

• Funding/Finance
• Jeanette Gay Eddy
• Betty Francisco, Vice Chair
• Watts Hill, Jr., Chair
• Jeanette Jones
• Katherine Knight
• Dan Lundsford
• Richard Roberts

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Committee Assignments

• Organizational/Staffing and Governance
• Joy Frelinger
• Norman Haithcock
• Wayne Kuncl
• Jim Murfree
• Ted Parrish
• Jim Summers, Vice Chair
• Peter Topping, Chair

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Finding 1

• The two school systems traditionally have served
  two divergent community populations.

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Finding 2

• Both communities are facing phenomenal growth
  which is changing the nature of the two
  communities and reducing their differences.

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Finding 3

• The school systems have roughly equal
  enrollments, teacher pupil ratios and racial
  compositions.

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Finding 4

• The Chapel Hill-Carrboro and Orange County
  Systems offer curricular and instructional
  services that compare favorably with other school
  systems in the state.

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Finding 5

• Per pupil expenditure by the CHCCS is higher than
  the OCS. The total county school district current
  expenditures totalled 14,550,000 or 2860 per
  pupil, while the CHCCS expenditures totalled
  18,172,000 or 3382 per pupil.

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Finding 6

• Both school systems are experiencing student
  population growth which will accelerate in the
  future.

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Finding 7

• Both school systems are serving students in
  schools which are considered to be overcrowded by
  the State Department of Public Instruction and
  local school board standards. New elementary and
  high school facilities will be needed in both
  districts by 1990.

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Conclusion 1

• School Improvements should be directed toward
  providing the same range of educational
  opportunities in both systems so that the
  individual needs and expectations of all the
  students can be addressed.

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Conclusion 2

• The County has the capacity to finance whatever
  new construction is needed and to finance equal
  funding of the two school systems instructional
  programs.

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Conclusion 3

• Merger will likely increase school costs in the
  short run and MIGHT produce economies in the long
  run.

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Conclusion 4

• The method of organizing and selecting a merged
  Board of Education will be crucial for merger to
  succeed.

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Recommendations

• Equalize per pupil funding countywide.
• Fund construction of new schools based on a
  cooperative facilities plan.
• Encourage school districts to investigate areas
  where economies may be affected by joint
  operations (transportation, food, maintenance).
• Encourage the school districts to pursue areas of
  educational cooperation such as special services.

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Minority Report 1

• DeWitt Brown

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Minority Report 2

• Robert Bateman
• Jeanette Jones
• Ralph McBroom
• Richard Roberts
• Joy Frelinger
• Katherine Knight
• Edwin Riley
• John Walker