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<br />This school year, the system is serving 148 people in the Mentally Retarded
<br />Program, which include 18 trainable mentally retarded, 109 speech and langu-
<br />age impairment, 330 with learning disabilities, 285 gifted and talented,
<br />and 30 listed as emotionally disturbed. Three new teaching positions are
<br />planned for this program, while 60 percent of funding for these positions
<br />comes from the State, 40 percent will be expected from local funds. One
<br />position is anticipated to direct the special needs program.
<br />The second program, the Provision of Additional Aides. Under this
<br />proposal, the part-time aide position would become full-time and the
<br />individuals would work as classroom aides, between the morning and after-
<br />noon monitoring duties. Funds provided in this proposal would convert
<br />some 8 to 10 of the 36 monitor positions to full-time monitor/aide positions.
<br />Dr. Hanes continued to review with the Board the various programs and
<br />improvements anticipated for 1977-78.
<br />He stated that it was anticipated that a fund balance might be pre-
<br />sent at the end of this school year of $163,000. Eighty-eight thousand
<br />of this is unappropriated fund balance from the previous years and the
<br />remaining some $75,000 is unextended funds from the current year's budget.
<br />Dr. Hanes stated that the grand total of projected teaching positions
<br />in the proposed budget is 360.7 positions. 6.5 positions are from the
<br />current school year, 266.1 positions are State allotments, 10 positions
<br />are Federal allotments, and 84.5 teaching positions are .paid by local funds.
<br />The system employees in its administrative staff 29 people. The
<br />Maintenance Staff is composed of 9 people.
<br />Chairman Whitted asked Dr. Hanes to comment on the types of testing
<br />done throughout the year.
<br />Dr. Hanes stated that the system was in the fourth year of a
<br />Standarized Testing Program where the tests are administered at the
<br />third, sixth, ninth, and eleventh grades. The Towa Test for basic skills
<br />is used.
<br />Further discussion ensued regarding the program, Special Needs of
<br />Exeptional Children. Dr. Hanes stated that the School System was not
<br />reaching the target population of emotionally disturbed people. The
<br />proposed budget identifies the creation of a third trainable mentally
<br />retardation class. The system presently has classes for. the primary
<br />grade to the junior high school grades, but there is a gap for .ages 9
<br />through 13, and this third class is a proposal to cover the child with
<br />special needs from the time he comes to school until he is old enough to
<br />enter the Sheltered Workshop Program.
<br />Dr. Hanes reviewed with the Board the Capital Outlay Budget for 1977-
<br />1978. He stated that this proposed budget totals $425,960, which is an
<br />increase of $34,96D over the 1976-77 outlay budget of $391,000. This
<br />budget reflects no new major construction projects but is a continuation
<br />of those types of capital expenditures needed each year in an on-going
<br />school system. The proposed expenditures are separated into four categories,
<br />Category T, Acquisition of Real Property, and Construction Enlargements, ar
<br />Renovations of Buildings. Category 22, Acquisition yr Replacement of
<br />Furnishings and Equipment. Category TI2, Acquisition of School Buses,
<br />Activity Buses and other motor vehicles, and I~, Contingency.
<br />Dr. Hanes pointed out to the Board, Category 2, Project 2, which is
<br />the construction of a new guidance offices in former art roams areas at
<br />the Chapel Hill Senior High School at a cost of $19,000 and the modifica-
<br />tion of Science Rooms to create one .additional Science Lab at a cost of
<br />$16,000. These modifications became necessary because of relocating
<br />other classrooms in the Cultural Arts Building.
<br />Dr. Hanes was asked how the bond referendum monies would be spent
<br />and he stated that $480,000 would be used for construction of a warehouse
<br />at Lincoln Center, $200,000 will be used toward construction of an athletic
<br />field at Phillips High, $200,000 to be used for construction of an athletic
<br />field at Culbreth Junior High, $75,000 is proposed for a bus parking area
<br />at Seawell Elementary School. The remodeling of schools at Carrboro, the
<br />Estes Hills Elementary School and the Glenwood Elementary School totals
<br />about 3/4 of a million dollars. $19fi,000 of the bond monies will be used
<br />for a Multi-purpose Center at Phillips High School, $200,000 is to be used
<br />for a Multi-purpose Center at Frank Porter Graham, $400,000 has been used
<br />for the Cultural Arts Building, $175,000 is to be used to bring Lincoln
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