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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: November 16, 2004 Action Agenda Item No. 7_Q SUBJECT: Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools "Opening of School" Report DEPARTMENT: Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): 10/17/04 CH Herald Editorial INFORMATION CONTACT: Extracts from CHCCS Rod Visser, ext 2300 "Opening of School" Report TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To review and discuss information about student enrollment and withdrawals from the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, BACKGROUND: At their October 7, 2004 meeting, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education received their annual report from CHCCS staff regarding the opening of schools for the 2004-05 academic year. The "Opening of School" report prompted an editorial that appeared shortly thereafter in the Chapel Hill Herald. The Board of Commissioners subsequently requested additional information about the issues mentioned in the editorial about student withdrawals from the Chapel Hill-Carrboro system. County and CHCCS staff conferred about this request, and have attached several charts from the "Opening of Schools° report that provide additional details about student gains and losses, CHCCS staff will attend this November 16 BOCC meeting to explain data related to new and withdrawn students, and other questions that the Board may have about the CHCCS "Opening of School" report. The entire "Opening of Schools" report from October 7, 2004 can be viewed under the "Board Agendas and Attachments" section of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School website at: http://www.chccs.kl2 naus/Board/10072004BoardAgenda/OofSR pdf FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact directly related to this report. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board receive the report for information only.