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offer 2 -3 day conferences, but school can only pay for <br />registration (transportation and meals at teachers' expense). <br />Sees this as failure to treat teachers as professionals. <br />PTA and Community Resources <br />The CHCCS Thrift Shop generates significant funds for CHCCS. These funds are <br />typically used by schools to support cultural events, performances and residencies, funds <br />for classroom teachers, and funds for field trips. <br />But it varies: <br />CHCCS: PTA /District /Parent donations provide funds for these <br />opportunities, including trips to Grandfather mountain, science <br />camps, sending individual students to diabetes camp or basketball <br />camp, Chapel Hill Museum, Morehead, the local newspaper, NC <br />History museum, 9 T Center for Performing Arts to hear the NC <br />Symphony. Secondgrade visits the hospital. Typically, second grade <br />does neighborhood trips thirdgrade does larger community trips; <br />fourth grade does NC historical trips, and fifth grade has in the <br />past taken national trips. They used to go to Washington DC, but <br />after 9111 parents were worried about safety issues and the school <br />has backed off from such trips. <br />CHCCS: Parents help to defray the costs Each class gets $125 <br />from the budget for field trips, and parents are expected to pay, as <br />well. They are also invited to add extra for "scholarships" for <br />students who don't have funding. We will not deny any child. <br />CHCCS: District provides funds, specialists are looking to findgrants, an <br />assistant teacher is in search for funds to send interested students to <br />science camp next year. PTA has a line item for field trips. <br />And it varies in OCS schools as well: <br />OCS: There is not district money for field trips. School can use general <br />fund (supported by money from school pictures.) Teacher grants and <br />scholarship moneygoes to general fund. [School X] students often go to <br />other schools in the districts for performances, etc, (coordinated through <br />the district.) [X Familyjgives money to the school Coalition of six local <br />churches will shore resources and donate offerings that go to the school <br />Any extra money availab le is used to address instructional needs (vs. wants) <br />first. For example to buy books, education software, guided reading texts. <br />After instructional materials, funds used to buy other supplies /materials for <br />teachers. <br />CHCCS /OCS Final Report 77 <br />