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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. x-A <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: January 17, 1995 <br /> SUBJECT: Orange County Communities In Schools (CIS) Update <br /> -------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> DEPARTMENT: Manager PUBLIC HEARING: YES: NO:X <br /> --------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> CIS Brochure (Separate Cover) Sharron Siler, Extension 2302 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER - <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> ----------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> PURPOSE: To provide the Board of Commissioners with an update on <br /> the progress of the CIS program in Orange County. <br /> BACKGROUND: In April and July 1994, the Board of Commissioners <br /> approved funding for the implementation of a Communities In <br /> Schools initiative in Orange County. <br /> Communities In Schools (CIS) is a process dedicated to <br /> coordinating human services and delivering them to youth <br /> attending both school systems and to their families. The purpose <br /> of CIS is to encourage individual students to attend school <br /> regularly, obtain the human services they need, develop academic <br /> skills and set goals for the future that include graduation, <br /> further education and/or successful employment. <br /> Currently, a CIS program involving approximately 40 <br /> students is being implemented at A.L. Stanback Middle School in <br /> Hillsborough. A comparable program, involving approximately <br /> 45-50 students is scheduled for implementation beginning <br /> January 25, 1995 at Guy B. Phillips Middle School in Chapel <br /> Hill. <br /> Scott Gardner, Chair of the CIS Board of Directors and <br /> Charlotte Jones, Executive Director, will be present to provide <br /> an overview of the project and answer questions. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S) : The Manager recommends that the Board <br /> receive this report as information. <br />