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10/23/18 <br /> 1 <br />Biannual Report <br />Board of Health Engagement <br />B OARD BOH <br />P RIORITY <br />S UMMARY <br />Orange County <br />Schools Board <br />of Education <br />Social <br />Determinants of <br />Health, Physical <br />Activity and <br />Nutrition, Mental <br />Health and <br />Substance Abuse <br />• Approved agreement for FSA to conduct a Kindergarten <br />Readiness Program at New Hope Elementary for academic and <br />social support for students entering Kindergarten who did not <br />have access to Pre-K. <br />• Approved several MOAs including partnerships with <br />o Orange County Rape Crisis Center – Safe Touch <br />Program <br />o OCHD – Youth Tobacco Use Prevention Program <br />(TRU) <br />o Insight Human Services – Drug screening for students <br />and Substance Abuse Family Education <br />o Orange Partnership for Alcohol & Drug Free Youth <br />• Effort between Orange County Schools and Chapel Hill <br />Carrboro City Schools for mental health awareness – Children’s <br />Mental Health Awareness Week May 7 – 11, 2018 <br />• Long-range planning and topics of interest for future board <br />agendas include: <br />o Community Engagement <br />o Racial Equity – discipline <br />o Equity Task Force <br />o Nutrition <br />o Minority Recruitment/Diverse Hiring Practices <br />o Full Landscape of community partnerships (gap analysis) <br />• Child Nutrition – Summer Food Service Program 2018 <br />o 5,719 breakfasts served <br />o 8,429 lunches serves <br />Chapel <br />Hill/Carrboro <br />City Schools <br />Board of <br />Education <br />Social <br />Determinants of <br />Health; Substance <br />Abuse & Mental <br />Health <br />• Board received an update by the superintendent on their Equity <br />Plan which includes specific objectives and action steps <br />• Estes Hill Elementary is implementing the Conscious Discipline <br />Curriculum. This program uses neuroscience and developmental <br />psychology and applies it to teaching adults and children how to <br />manage their behaviors and emotions. <br />• Culbreath Middle School has AA Male WIN class that is a <br />semester long and addresses ways to help AA students create <br />lasting counter-narratives that combat pervasive implicit and <br />explicit racial bias. <br />• Equity End of Year Updated included program on specific <br />action steps that focus on instruction, discipline, and family and <br />community engagement.