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Two weeks before the EOGs Stanford holds Saturday school, offering free <br />transportation and breakfast and review for test preparation. Ebert indicates that the <br />Stanford's Exceptional Children (EC), many of whom transfer in from Alamance and Durham <br />counties, require a great deal of support. Some enter the 6th grade reading at second grade <br />level. To work with this population in inclusive settings, whenever possible, Stanford has 8.5 <br />EC teachers, three of whom work in self - contained resource settings. <br />c Hiqh School Programs <br />A review of high school class size data for the two districts (see Table 37) reveals <br />that basic English, Algebra, Foreign Language, Geometry, and History courses have higher <br />class sizes in OCS than in CHCCS. Basic Science courses in both districts average 23.1 <br />students. At the level of Honors and AP courses in these subjects, however, CHCCS high <br />schools have higher course averages. This trend suggests both higher enrollments in <br />advanced courses in CHCCS and higher student - teacher ratio for basic courses in OCS. <br />Table 37. High School Average Course Enrollments <br />Subject <br />CHCCS* <br />OCS ** <br />English <br />19.2 <br />24.4 <br />Foreign Language <br />Algebra <br />21.3 <br />19.0 <br />22.5 <br />25.4 <br />Geometry <br />21.0 <br />24.3 <br />Science <br />23.1 <br />23.1 <br />History <br />23.7 <br />25.2 <br />English - Honors <br />25.5 <br />21.0 <br />Algebra - Honors <br />Geometry - Honors <br />25.6 <br />25.1 <br />27.0 <br />23.1 <br />Honors <br />25.8 <br />27.0 <br />-History <br />- AP <br />24.1 <br />20.0 <br />-English <br />Language - AP <br />16.2 <br />1.5 <br />-Foreign <br />Statistics - AP <br />23.3 <br />22.5 <br />Science - AP <br />22.7 <br />21.0 <br />History - AP <br />24.0 <br />18.9 <br />Source: * CHCCS Upening of ,5cnool Keporr, vci outer-'- _Uv-r, LVVJ 'J li aJ . <br />Comparing the performance of high school students from the four high schools on <br />end of course examinations (see Part A, Table 21) shows some interesting differences: OCS <br />students score approximately 10 points lower on the English I exams. Scores in Geometry <br />are similar across the schools except for Chapel Hill High School students who score about <br />10 points higher than any of the others. OCS students score almost 20 points lower in <br />Biology, Physical Sciences and Physics, and Cedar Ridge students score below the others on <br />Chemistry, ELP5, and US History. <br />CHCCS /OCS Final Report 58 <br />