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FROM: TO: DATE: RE: ROBERT KLUTTZ KASSIE GOODSON JUNE 2, 2004 REVIEW OF PHASE 5 OF STALLINGS FARM Dear Kassie: We have reviewed the preliminary plat of Phase 5 of Stalhngs Farm Subdivision consisting of 35 lots. It is our understanding that this subdivision is located on Stallings Road. This subdivision is located in the Harrisburg Elementary School, C. C. Griffin Middle School and Central Cabarrus High School attendance areas. In January, 2004 the board of education approved the Bethel Elementary redistricting plan. A provision to assign students who live in new subdivisions or newly approved phases of existing subdivisions within a nine mile radius of Bethel was added to this plan. The board's rationale for doing this was the ava/lable space in the new replacement school at Bethel. Hopefully, the board will review the satellite provision of this plan prior to the opening of the new Pitts School Road Elementary School in August, 2005. Approximately 350 Harrisburg Elementary students will be reassigned to this school freeing up additional seating space. We are very concerned with the middle and high school situation due to already limited seating at C. C. Griffin Middle School and Central Cabarrus High School. Central Cabarrus is projected to exceed core capacity by the beginning of the 2004~05 school year. According to projections, C. C. Griffin will exceed core capacity in the 2005-06 school year. Student growth from already approved subdivisions in these attendance areas will put us in a crisis situation. The 15-Year Facility Plan calls for a new high school to open in 2008 and a new middle school in August 2009. These schools are projected to be built in a location specifically to reduce overcrowding at Central Cabarrus and C. C. Griffin. These projected dates are only relevant if funds become available to enable us to stay on schedule with the 15-Year Facility Plan. Even if funding is provided for new school construction, we will operate several years in overcrowded conditions. We realize this is just another small phase to an existing subdivision. However, due to the issues of overcrowding at C. C. Griffin and Central Cabarms we would encourage a delay in approval of additional subdivisions or new phases to e. xisting subdivisions within these attendance areas. Thanks for giving us the opportunity to make comments regarding the impact of residential growth on our schools.