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Reading 2003-2004 <br />Chapel Hill-Carrboro and Qrange <br />1 oo°ro <br />8o°io <br />60% <br />40°!0 <br />20% <br />0% <br />-.-Chapel Hill-Carrboro f Orange <br />Percentage of Total Course Enrollments in AP, IB, Community College, & <br />University: <br />• OCS: 4% <br />• CHCCS: 12% <br />Number of Advanced Placement offerings: <br />• OCS: 13 <br />• CHCCS: 24 <br />SAT Verbal: Achievement Gap Analysis <br />SAT tVlath: Achievement Gap Analysis <br />Dropout Rate Six-Year History 1998-99 through 2003-04 <br />(Graphs) <br />Significant Initiatives Reflected in 2005-2006 Budget Request <br />• Cedar Ridge High School initiated the International Baccalaureate Programme <br />• District is collaborating with Chapel Hill-Carrboro and Durham Public Schools to <br />create the new Middle College High School at Durham Technical Community <br />College, which will open in 2005-2006 <br />• District is collaborating with four other districts and five businesses in High Five, a <br />partnership to improve high schools <br />• District began a major High School Reform Initiative, creating a task force and <br />holding multiple public hearings to prepare recommendations to improve our high <br />schools <br />• Both high schools have initiated a freshman transition program <br />• District implemented adistrict-wide elementary Spanish program <br />• District implemented Energy Management, a systemized energy conservation <br />program, providing cost avoidance for the district of $178,000 in the first nine <br />months <br />3rd 5th 6th 8th 10th <br />