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2 <br /> 1 Superintendent Rhodes thanked the Board of Commissioners for their support and their <br /> 2 investment in the schools over the years. He presented the following PowerPoint slides: <br /> 3 <br /> 4 Orange County Board of Education's <br /> 5 Approved Budget <br /> 6 2013 —2014 <br /> 7 Presented to the Orange County <br /> 8 Board of County Commissioners <br /> 9 April 25, 2013 <br /> 10 <br /> 11 Return on Investment <br /> 12 ✓ Increased levels of student achievement <br /> 13 ✓ Narrowed Achievement Gaps <br /> 14 ✓ High graduation rates <br /> 15 ✓ S.A.T. Scores exceed national average <br /> 16 ✓ Ranked 4th in the state on the combined A.C.T. scores for the 2011-12 <br /> 17 junior class <br /> 18 ✓ Dropout rate is well below the <br /> 19 state average <br /> 20 <br /> 21 Return on Investment <br /> 22 ✓ 5 star rated, licensed pre-k programs <br /> 23 ✓ A.L. Stanback Middle School was <br /> 24 designated as a Schoo/to Watch and <br /> 25 C. W. Stanford Middle School has the <br /> 26 N.C.M.S.A.'s Region 5 Team of the Year <br /> 27 ✓ Successful 1 to 1 laptop initiative (6-12) <br /> 28 ✓ Engineering is Elementary STEM <br /> 29 program at Central Elementary <br /> 30 School <br /> 31 <br /> 32 Return on Investment <br /> 33 ✓ Covey Leadership model at Efland- <br /> 34 Cheeks Elementary School <br /> 35 ✓ Nationally recognized, award winning <br /> 36 arts and vocational programs <br /> 37 ✓ Model literacy partnership with <br /> 38 U.N.C. Chapel Hill <br /> 39 ✓ Virtual Enterprise Program <br /> 40 launched to support high school <br /> 41 entrepreneurs <br /> 42 <br /> 43 Current Year Budget Overview (chart) <br /> 44 <br /> 45 OCS Per-Pupil Funding Rankings* <br /> 46 Local Funding 4th <br /> 47 ✓ State Funding 79th <br /> 48 ✓ Federal Funding 107th <br /> 49 ✓ Total Funding 39th <br />