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Orange Countp 43oarb of (Eburation <br />RANDY BRIDGES, SUPERINTENDENT <br />ail gborougb, .QC 27275 <br />BOARD MEMBERS <br />LARRY HAVERLAND, CHAIR <br />DELORES SIMPSON, VICE CHAIR <br />ROBERT H. BATEMAN <br />KEITH COOK <br />SUSAN DOVENBARGER <br />RICHARD KENNEDY <br />DAVID KOLBINSKY <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: John Link <br />County Manager <br />FROM: Randy Bridgeso <br />RE: Update on Expanded Program Enhancements 1997 -98 <br />DATE: February 3, 1998 <br />200 EAST KING STREET <br />TELEPHONE: 919- 732 -8126 <br />FAX: 919 - 7324120 <br />The following information is a brief status report for the programs funded by the <br />Commissioners last summer in the expanded budget. Final.data on the success of several <br />of these projects will be available at the end of the school year: <br />• Providing one month of employment for year -round school at A. L. Stanback <br />Middle School for Band, Vocational Education, Spanish, Technology, Guidance, <br />and Media. Objective: To expand the year -round program to the middle <br />school. These funds allowed our district to begin the year -round program at the <br />middle school level. The program is up and running successfully at A. L. Stanback <br />Middle School for forty (40) students and two core teachers. The additional funding <br />allowed us to employ elective teachers for one month beginning in July when our <br />traditional teachers were out for summer vacation. Early indications project student <br />enrollment increasing for next year, which should involve sixth and seventh graders. <br />• Half -time technology position at Hillsborough Elementary. Obiective: To meet <br />the increasing technology needs of our students. With the increasing demand in <br />the technology arena, it is imperative that we provide all the opportunities possible to <br />our students. Hillsborough Elementary has approximately 350 students, and a full - <br />time technology person was needed. <br />• Five new teaching positions for student retention. Objective: To provide <br />assistance to those students retained by the new Promotion/retention policy. Last <br />year was the first year of a new promotion/retention policy. With the additional <br />requirements for promotion, the number of students being retained was unknown. <br />These positions allowed us to meet the needs of those students retained while <br />maintaining our teacher /student ratio for the remaining students. <br />