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3 <br /> 1 -83.5% graduates met UNC ACT requirements (NC standard 58.5%) <br /> 2 <br /> 3 Impact of Financial Support <br /> 4 Accountability Results <br /> 5 Eight Schools met 100% NCLB goals <br /> 6 Overall 96.6% of NCLB goal met <br /> 7 <br /> 8 Work Still To Do <br /> 9 -Achievement Gap <br /> 10 -Discipline Disparity <br /> 11 -Increased Rigor for All <br /> 12 -Professional Training <br /> 13 <br /> 14 Major Budget Priorities <br /> 15 - Professional Development and Support for Student Learning <br /> 16 - Recruiting and retaining Great Teachers <br /> 17 <br /> 18 Professional Development and Support for Student Learning <br /> 19 - Focused on Specific Curricular Content <br /> 20 - Organized on Real Problems of Practice <br /> 21 - Student Six Focus <br /> 22 - Linked to Analysis of Student Learning <br /> 23 - Supported by Coaching, Modeling, Observation and Feedback <br /> 24 - Integrated into School and Classroom Planning around Curriculum, Instruction and <br /> 25 Assessment <br /> 26 <br /> 27 Tom Forcella said over the last several years the district has worked hard to make all <br /> 28 classes conform to the capacity set in the board policy. He said the number of students <br /> 29 involved with the virtual public schools program has been reduced. <br /> 30 He said safety needs are a rather new issue. He said safety studies are being done, <br /> 31 and money is needed to provide safe schools. <br /> 32 Tom Forcella said you hear a lot about "rigor" in schools. He said much of the money <br /> 33 and professional training is about rigor. He said rigor is not just about kids doing more stuff. <br /> 34 He said it is about creating the kind of instruction where kids are thinking, solving problems, and <br /> 35 working in teams, which will prepare them for real life work. <br /> 36 He said the new career growth plan for teachers is not merit based, but rewards <br /> 37 teachers through the local supplement based on their professional growth and how this comes <br /> 38 out in the classrooms. He said professional training is also working to address the issues of the <br /> 39 common core. <br /> 40 Tom Forcella said Student Six is a program created by students from the minority <br /> 41 student achievement network, who worked together to talk about what impacts instruction and <br /> 42 learning in the classrooms. He said the students have presented nationally and have presented <br /> 43 to a consortium of districts. <br /> 44 <br /> 45 Todd LoFrese presented the following slides: <br /> 46 <br /> 47 2014-15 Budget Drivers <br /> 48 - Student Enrollment Growth <br /> 49 - Fund Balance <br /> 50 - Continuing Cost Increases <br />