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CHAPEL HILL - CARRBORO CITY SCHOOLS <br />Lincoln Center, Merritt Mill Road <br />Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516 <br />Telephone: 919- 967 -8211 <br />Fax: 919 -933 -4560 <br />Neil Pedersen, Superintendent <br />A4ckY"u1+ jj <br />Ann Y. Hart, Assistant Superintendent <br />for Instructional Services <br />Chester F. Preyar, Assistant Superintendent <br />for Support Services <br />To: Neil Pedersen <br />Superintendent alvl� <br />From: Ann Hart <br />Assistant Superintendent for Instructional Services <br />Re: Alternative School Evaluation Report <br />Date: August ,10, 1998 <br />Accompanying this memo is the Alternative School Evaluation Report. This <br />information is submitted for your review and presentation to the Board of <br />Education at the meeting on August 20, 1998. <br />Chapel Hill - Carrboro City Schools' alternative school, Phoenix Academy, <br />welcomed students in February 1998. The school served twelve middle and high <br />school students. Dr. Mimi Chapman of the UNC -CH School of Social Work <br />designed and conducted an evaluation of the program. The evaluation consisted <br />of three components. The first is the School Success Profile -OL (SSP -OL) which <br />measures strengths and weaknesses in life areas known to impact school <br />performance. The second component is an archival analysis of student <br />performance and the third included a series of interviews with the school staff, <br />administrators, parents, students, and selected Lincoln Center employees. <br />Dr. Chapman found improvement in students' absenteeism and school <br />performance. Interviews indicate that the alternative school staff is committed <br />and has implemented a program that students and parents find to be valuable <br />and are willing to invest in its continued success. As the program expands, on- <br />going communication with parents and the home schools needs to continue. <br />Individual plans for students to transition to their home schools or other.. <br />educational settings will need to be developed. <br />a <br />