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