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the provision of social workers is important, but the problems they address and the <br />arrangements and meetings that they convene are important and very time consuming. High <br />school principals report that family attitudes and decisions are critical to a student's <br />decision to drop out, and working with families is the particular focus of the school social <br />workers. When that support is not available on a daily basis, these tasks are assumed by <br />administrators, teachers and counselors, draining their time and attention from their work <br />and instruction of students. <br />Even though high schools in CHCC5 have larger populations than in OCS (1740 and <br />1546, to OCS populations of 899 and 948), nevertheless, the ratios of counselors to <br />students in CHCCS (1:250 and 1:258) are lower than they are in OCS (where they are 1:300 <br />and 1:316). <br />Personnel differences between the two districts are seen at the high school level in <br />relation to academic and career counseling staff (see Table 43). While high schools in both <br />districts have counselors and offer professionally staffed Career Development Centers with <br />information on career and college opportunities, numbers of professional staff differ <br />between the two districts. Chapel Hill High School has 7 counselors, 9 workforce <br />development staff, and 3 career development counselors. East Chapel Hill High School has <br />6 counselors, 6.5 Workforce Development staff, and 3 career development counselors. In <br />OCS, Cedar Ridge High School has 3 counselors, 9 Workforce Development staff, and a <br />career development counselor shared with Orange High School. Orange High School has 3 <br />counselors, 11 Workforce Development staff, and a career development counselor shared <br />with Cedar Ridge High School. <br />Trnhlo 4� Pink .Srknnl SnPCinlists by Srhool <br />Source: CHCCS and OCS District Offices, December 2004 <br />CHCCS /OCS Final Report 63 <br />CHCCS <br />OCS <br />CHHS <br />ECCHS <br />CRHS <br />OHS <br />Enrollment <br />1773 <br />1638 <br />1035 <br />1007 <br />Counselor <br />7 <br />6 <br />3 <br />3 <br />Workforce Development <br />9 <br />6.5 <br />9 <br />11 <br />Career Development Counselor <br />3 <br />3 <br />.5 <br />.5 <br />Remedial S ecialist <br />1 <br />EC Teachers <br />4 <br />6 <br />EC Teaching Assistant <br />11 <br />9 <br />1 <br />3 <br />Alternative Education Facilitator <br />1 <br />Special Populations/504 specialist <br />2 <br />2 <br />.5 <br />.5 <br />ISS Coordinator <br />1 <br />0 <br />1 <br />1 <br />Reading/Literacy Reading/Literacy Coach <br />1 <br />1 <br />0 <br />0 <br />AVID /Minorit Enrichment /CIS <br />0.8 <br />0.8 <br />0 <br />0 <br />Facilitator <br />1 <br />1 <br />0 <br />0 <br />-Program <br />Student Assistance <br />1 <br />1 <br />0 <br />0 <br />Teaching Assistant <br />2 <br />2 <br />0 <br />0 <br />Service Learning <br />0.5 <br />0.5 <br />0 <br />0 <br />Source: CHCCS and OCS District Offices, December 2004 <br />CHCCS /OCS Final Report 63 <br />