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7 7.Provide more flexible schedules for students. ongoing Orange county schools are exploring the Comprehensive Concept, a flexible plan which allows individual schools to provide better services to and options for students. Plan components address flexible scheduling and extension of the school day. 8.Alter expectations about "normal" time in which a student should finish high school. ongoing Orange County Schools have established an Early Graduation Task Force which is exploring this concern. 9.Consider an extended day program in which high school students may attend school after work. Such a program should provide them with school bus transportation and support services as well. ongoing orange County schools, study of the Comprehensive Concept (see #7) addresses this concern. 10.Promote cooperative efforts to secure funding and to strengthen inter - agency communication. ongoing Orange County Schools have acquired funding for the Providing opportunities for Peer support (POPS) Project, an inter- agency, multi- strategy approach to reducing adolescent pregnancy. A Director was hired in January 1991. Ongoing The Orange County Community Advisory Council will explore models for networking of human services delivery to promote coordination and prevent duplication of services. Ongoing The drop --out prevention /at -risk coordinators from Chapel Hill - Carrboro City Schools and Orange County Schools are jointly examining human services delivery models to explore more effective and cost - efficient approaches. The cities in Schools model of providing integrated human services delived through the schools is a major focus of study. 8.Designate funds for support services in schools. -Add support staff targeted toward at -risk students in elementary and middle schools. Page 7