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In addition, the numbers of other specialists available to work with high school <br />students differs significantly between the two districts. In OCS, specialists at the high <br />school level include one remedial specialist at CRHS; 10 EC specialists and four exceptional <br />children's teaching assistants between the two high schools; one alternative education <br />facilitator at OHS; and one I55 coordinator at each high school. In CHCCS, additional <br />specialists include: one reading /literacy coach at each high school; 0.8 AVID /Minority <br />Enrichment /CIS person at each school; two special populations /504 specialists at each <br />school; an ISS coordinator at CRHS; 3.5 LD /MD /BED /AU self - contained specialists at each <br />school; 16 LD/BED /Autistic Resource people between the two high schools; one program <br />facilitator at each school; one student assistance person at each school; two teaching <br />assistants at each school; a shared service learning coordinator between the two schools; <br />and 20 exceptional education /inclusion assistants between the two high schools. This <br />description does not exhaust the list of adults other than classroom teachers at the high <br />school level, but it does represent the significant differences between the two districts <br />(see Table 26, presented in Part A, for a more comprehensive list of personnel at all levels). <br />Post - Secondary Plans <br />According to self- reported post - graduation plans gathered from graduating high <br />school students in CHCCS and OCS shown in Table 44, students in both districts plan to <br />attend four -year public institutions at similar rates: 44% in CHCCS and 45% in OCS. <br />Differences appear in relation to the choice between private four -year college /university <br />attendance and community /technical college attendance. In CHCCS, 38.4% of students plan <br />to attend private four -year colleges while only 13.3% of OCS students report similar plans. <br />In terms of community college attendance, only 6.7% of CHCCS students plan to attend <br />community college compared with 30.5% of OCS students. Military service is the choice of <br />0.9% of CHCCS students and 3.6% of OCS students. <br />Table 44. 2002 -2003 High School Graduate Intentions <br />Source: * NCDPI Statistical f'ror11e wv4 <br />The choice of 30.5% of OCS students to attend community colleges instead of four - <br />year institutions, as opposed to the 6.7% of CHCCS students making that choice, does not <br />present itself as an educational problem, so long as that choice is made within a context of <br />educational opportunities that make both the ambition and the qualification for a <br />CHCCS /OCS Final Report 64 <br />CHCCS <br />OCS <br />Public Four -Year Institution <br />44.0 <br />45.0 <br />Private Four -Year Institution <br />38.4 <br />13.3 <br />-Community/Technical College <br />6.7 <br />30.5 <br />Private Junior College <br />0.7 <br />0.0 <br />Trade, Business <br />0.4 <br />0.0 <br />Military <br />0.9 <br />3.6 <br />3.1 <br />3.0 <br />-Employment <br />Other (includes not available, marriage, etc) <br />5.7 <br />4.5 <br />Source: * NCDPI Statistical f'ror11e wv4 <br />The choice of 30.5% of OCS students to attend community colleges instead of four - <br />year institutions, as opposed to the 6.7% of CHCCS students making that choice, does not <br />present itself as an educational problem, so long as that choice is made within a context of <br />educational opportunities that make both the ambition and the qualification for a <br />CHCCS /OCS Final Report 64 <br />