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* North Carolina has one of the nation's worst attrition rates between 9t" and 10t" grade <br />• Of the 19,000 NC high schoo <br />graders. <br />The 9th grade problem in OCS <br />2004-05 <br />9~ grade 9t grade <br />Month 1 Month 9 <br />720 students 678 students <br />I dropouts who quit last year, more than 113 were 9t" <br />2005-06 <br />10t g e <br />Month 1 <br />603 students <br />We lost 16% of our students who enrolled as 9t" graders by the time they should have <br />started 10t" grade. <br />• Of the 109 high school students who dropped out of Orange County Schools in 2004- <br />2005, 48 of them were 9t" graders. <br />44% of our dropouts were 9th graders <br />27% were 10t" graders <br />19°~ were 11t" graders <br />10% were 12t" graders <br />What happens when students don't graduate <br />• National unemployment rate: 5.1 °~6; unemployment rate far dropouts: 53% <br />• Nearly 80°~ of individuals in prison do not have a high school diploma. <br />• Average earnings for high school dropouts: $18,734 (Avg. earnings for those with <br />education beyond high school: $56,856} <br />To Address the Dropout Rate <br />• 2 Freshman Academy Teachers <br />• Language Arts/Social Studies Specialist <br />• Psychologist <br />• 3 AVID Teachers <br />• PAAS Social Studies Teacher <br />• 2 JROTC Teachers <br />• Central MICASA After School Program <br />• AUID Supplies and Materials <br />* JROTC Supplies and Materials <br />• Literacy Support <br />Freshman Academies <br />• Help reduce dropouts <br />• Increase attendance <br />• Raise test scores <br />• Improve behavior <br />• Increase the # of promotions to 10t" grade <br />