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Three reports which the Board of County Commissioners have previously reviewed <br /> were examined. The three are: <br /> 4, The report of the Skills Development Board that resulted in establishing the <br /> Shills Development Center in Chapel Hill, <br /> O The 1996 update of the Economic Development Commission's Strategic Plan, <br /> and <br /> O The documents produced to data by the Shaping Orange County's Future Task . <br /> Force <br /> Each of these reports addressed the need for accessible and affordable training and <br /> odimdonal services for adults in the county,with a focus on inaftsing the ability of. <br /> county residents to get and keep jobs. The Skills Development Board also suggested <br /> attention be given to offering currently employed residents training oppottrmities to <br /> enable them to upgrade skills for highs'paying jobs. <br /> The Cars research into information available from the community colleges resulted in <br /> the following findings: <br /> O Orange County is the highest populated county in North Carolina without a <br /> community college campus—either a main campus or a satellite campus <br /> O A total of 6,509 Orange County residents registered for clans at North <br /> Carolina community colleges in 1998-99, <br /> ♦ 2,561 registered in college credit classes <br /> ♦ 3,948 registered in non-credit classes <br /> • adult basic education <br /> • adult high school diploma <br /> English as a second language <br /> a GED preparatory <br /> • occupational extension <br /> • community service,and <br /> + customized training for business and industry <br /> 4 A total of 2,327 Orange'County residents registereed for classes at Durham <br /> T-eWca1-Community-College-is-tire Fa11-of4999 <br /> O 22 percent of the college's Fall 1999 earollmert resided in Orange County <br /> O 1,041 Orange County residents registered at neighboring community colleges <br /> in the fall of 1999 <br /> 902 registered at Almmance Community College <br /> ♦ 26 registered at Central Carolina Community College,aad <br /> ♦ 113 registered at Piedmont Community College <br /> unity-college iasttvctio <br /> Orange County <br /> O Multiple locations without a centralized office in the county have led to <br /> $sgDt�Ui� for Otzege Coun�eQmmunity�ege students <br /> O More than 600 DTCC classes have been offarod in Orange County since 1995, <br /> with 135 of these offered in Orange County in 1999 <br /> O DTCC personnel work closely with Chapel Hill-Canboro City Schools and <br /> -Oouniy Sah�ie� tt�offer-pmgrammingfaa'high-sclsoo <br /> students,to train for teacher assistants and teachers,and to define the types of <br /> skills students need for the workplace and for pursuing higher education <br /> Ths—Anv AnAl 11 9AA9/AN may <br />