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12, Awareness by parents in the City schools to the features of the County year round schools at <br />Hillsborough Elementary and Stanback Middle School. Explore inter district magnet Year <br />Round school programs (include in survey). <br />Vote: 1.3 <br />13. A strategy for promoting meaningful contacts between children in the respective school systems <br />on an ongoing basis beyond athletics. <br />Vote: 12 <br />14, Measurable opportunities for students in each district to participate in programs in the other <br />district that are not now currently available to them; e.g. CHCCS AP courses, OCS vocational <br />courses, OCS IB program. <br />Vote: 1.3 * <br />15. Next steps based on feedback received from a new joint educational opportunities survey. Vote: <br />13* <br />16. Proposals from independent parties to conduct an analysis of opportunities for increased <br />efficiency afforded by,joint operations of services such as transportation, child nutrition, <br />purchasing, and maintenance. Seek financial support from BOCC to complete the study once a <br />consultant is selected <br />Vote: 10 <br />17. Participate in developing an inclusive A structure to address issues related to the siting and <br />planning of facilities. <br />Vote: 10 <br />18. Identification of the "excess capacity" in the two districts, with input from school governance <br />committees, parents and students concerning their interest in students attending schools in the <br />other school district and in the possibility of merging the two school districts , <br />Vote: 2 <br />Facilitator Sachs moved on to the next item on the agenda which was for second meeting planning. <br />The second meeting will beheld on March 22 in Hillsborough (location: TBD) from 6:00-9:00 p.m. <br />It was requested that additional items of interest for collaboration be placed early in the meeting on <br />the agenda for March 22 so that the two Boards can then move on to set priorities, <br />OCS Board Chair Keith Cook requested staff be allowed to begin putting together a countywide <br />Educational Opportunities Survey. Following discussion it was agreed that staff will secure <br />copies of the last survey conducted in order to become familiar with the survey. A draft survey will <br />be compiled and sent to the Boards of Education in the mail. However, due to the short notice, the <br />draft survey may not be completed prior to the next meeting. However, copies of the previous <br />survey conducted, with results, will be distributed but not discussed (due to the already full agenda) <br />at the next meeting. <br />Facilitator Sachs reviewed the meeting with Board members giving feedback about what items went <br />well and what items needed improvement. Board members said that what worked well was: <br />participants obeyed the ground rules, the grid was distributed to Board members in advance, the <br />food, the City School's hospitality, mixed seating, introductions, the facilitator (including cutting us <br />off when time was short), relaxed participants, and the meeting dispelled rumor of tension. One <br />participant said that he did not feel constrained by time and would have liked the facilitator to allow <br />discussions to go longer.. <br />There being no further discussion, the meeting was adjourned at 9:08 p.m <br />-10- <br />