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9 <br /> 1• Senior Day - Each spring students planning to attend DTCC as well as undecided students <br /> 2 travel to the Hillsborough Campus of DTCC. Those accepted complete orientation. <br /> 3• Durham Tech Tours <br /> 4• DTCC provides guest speakers for CTE classes. <br /> 5• DTCC is represented on the OCS CTE Business Advisory Council. The current representative is <br /> 6 Penny Gluck. <br /> 7• 8t" graders - Discovery Day at DTCC <br /> 8• $500 per semester (up to 4 semesters) scholarships for OCS graduates that attend DTCC. <br /> 9 <br /> 10 Middle College High School at Durham Technical Community College <br /> 11 22 current students (11 Cedar Ridge High School, 8 Orange High, 3 Homeschool) <br /> 12 <br /> 13 3. Joint Legislative Strategy <br /> 14 <br /> 15 BACKGROUND: <br /> 16 The North Carolina School Boards Association (NCSBA) is a volunteer membership association <br /> 17 representing all 115 local boards of education in North Carolina and the board of the Cherokee <br /> 18 nation. NCSBA provides advocacy, leadership, and services that enable school boards to <br /> 19 govern at the highest level. For the general improvement and betterment of public education in <br /> 20 North Carolina, NCSBA will advocate for the following items during the 2019-20 biennium <br /> 21 legislative session. <br /> 22 <br /> 23 Ensuring Student Success <br /> 24 School Calendar: Given North Carolina's recent experiences with Hurricanes Florence, <br /> 25 Michael and Matthew, along with numerous annual snowstorms, locally elected officials could <br /> 26 better plan and prepare for weather related school closings if they had more control to set local <br /> 27 school calendars. <br /> 28 <br /> 29 Additionally, calendar flexibility is currently granted to public charter schools and low-performing <br /> 30 (Restart) schools because it can positively impact student achievement. By allowing similar <br /> 31 flexibility to ALL public schools, local school boards can choose to: <br /> 32• Schedule first semester exams before winter break <br /> 33• Align K-12 calendars with Community College and University calendars <br /> 34 <br /> 35 School Technology: Dating back to a 2008 court judgment of$748 million, the State still owes <br /> 36 public schools $730 million in technology funding. An arrangement to settle the debt has not yet <br /> 37 been established. The ongoing transition among NC's public schools into the digital age is a <br /> 38 widely supported investment. NCSBA I committed to working with the General Assembly to <br /> 39 reach a mutually beneficial resolution. <br /> 40 <br /> 41 K-3 Class Size: The State Board of Education should be granted authority to provide waivers to <br /> 42 school districts for K-3 class size requirements if the local board of education can demonstrate <br /> 43 that space is not available in the school district and/or demonstrate that the necessary certified <br /> 44 teachers are not available for employment. <br /> 45 <br /> 46 Low-Performing Schools: Revise the definition of a low-performing school because a school <br /> 47 that "meets expected growth" should not be labeled as such. Additionally, a grant program <br /> 48 should be established to implement new innovative programs in low-performing schools. <br /> 49 <br /> 50 Providing a Safe Learning Environment: <br />