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He said that in his presentation of the budget, he wanted to make sure that there was enough money to address the Governor's recommendation on the increase of salaries for teachers and certified staff. He also recommended $800,000 as a reserve fund by which the Board could address either out of the per-pupil ideas (funding SRO's, social workers, nurses} or any other issues. -CHCCS Superintendent and Board of Education Presentation CHCCS Board Chair Lisa Stuckey made some general comments. She said that there has been a lot of media hype about the global economy and about U. S. high schools recently. She made reference to the article she distributed about North Carolina high school reform. She said that the economy is changing and North Carolina is losing manufacturing, agricultural, and furniture industry jobs to foreign countries. Work for the uneducated has also become so low-paying that it cannot provide a decent living. She said that they must graduate every student with either sufficient skills to obtain a good job, ar prepare far college; and they must graduate students who are ar will became truly world class and able to pursue careers that will make the economy competitive. She said that they could not afford to maintain the status quo, but they must move forward to meet student needs and raise achievement. She said that the Manager's recommended budget covers their match of the State proposed teacher pay raises and some of their cast increases, but it does not provide sufficient funds for them to stay even. It does not provide funds for growth to implement the new high school schedule or to open Carrboro High School. They believe that the community supports the efforts to move forward and the budget request outlines the needs. She pointed out that traditionally the special district tax has been used to support the opening costs of new schools. She said that their board voted to support funding outside of the per pupil allocation for health and safety, so they are pleased with the Manager's recommendation and the Fair Funding Work Group recommendation. She encouraged the Board to move forward with this initiative. Superintendent Neil Pedersen made a PowerPoint presentation. He said that the community has high expectations of the schools. He said that, as they look at the district's performance there are some indicators of which they can be proud and others that confirm that they have much work to do. They have made significant strides with African American students in reading and math at the elementary school level. The high school level results are more mixed. Recently, the stakes have increased on the EOG tests and students must pass the four exams in order to graduate from high school, starting with next year's freshman class. CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO CITY SCHOOLS Board of Education's 2006-2007 Budget Request To the Orange County Commissioners June 8, 2006 Student Progress Report Reading EOG Percent Proficient (chart) Math EOG Percent Proficient (chart} English I EOC (chart) Biology EOC (chart} Other Highlights - 176 National Board Certified Teachers representing 20°~ of the district teachers - 1185 average SAT score for 2005-06