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John Link <br />-3- February 3, 1998 <br />• English as a Second Language. Objective: To meet the increasing needs of the <br />Hispanic population. We are experiencing rapid growth in the Hispanic population. <br />This position has allowed us to better meet the needs of our Hispanic students and <br />parents. <br />• Wide Area Network Expansion. Objective: To remain as current with <br />technology trends as possible. Provides the opportunity for all our schools to have <br />access to Internet. <br />• Additional funds to place teacher assistants and the maintenance staff Pay scales <br />in line with years of experience. Objective: To provide a more equitable salary <br />for those employees who have provided many years of service to the Orange <br />County School System. These funds allowed us to address those classified <br />employees who have worked in our system for a number of years. In many instances <br />beginning employees were being compensated at or above those employees who had <br />been with our system for several years. This situation has occurred over time because <br />classified employees for an extended period of time have been frozen at one position <br />on the. pay scale. <br />• Additional funding for work -study students to serve system wide. Objective: To <br />provide work experiences for the students in the co-op program of Orange Hieh <br />School throughout the system. We have been able to provide valuable work <br />experiences for these students, and also address additional needs in the system. At <br />least four students have transitioned from this program to become permanent <br />employees with our system. <br />/ha <br />