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CHAPEL HILL - CARRBORO CITY SCHOOLS
Lincoln Center, Merritt Mill Road
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516
Telephone: (919) 967 -8211
Neil G. Pedersen Ann Hart, Assistant Superintendent
Superintendent for Instructional Services
Chester Preyar, Assistant Superintendent
for Support Services
TO: Neil Pedersen
Superintendent
FROM: Ann Hart
Assistant Superintendent for Instructional Services
RE: Student Achievement Information
for Joint Meeting with County Commissioners
DATE: October 30, 1998
Updated information about our current ABC and SAT results, AVID enrollment, and
status of the Phoenix Academy follows.
1997 -98 ABC and SAT Results
Chapel Hill - Carrboro City Schools is proud of the 1997 -98 performance on the State's
accountability measures known as the ABC's of Public Education. Chapel Hill - Carrboro
was the only district in the state in which all of the K -8 schools achieved exemplary gains
and met the criteria for being either a School of Distinction or a School of Excellence.
Glenwood Elementary and McDougle Middle Schools each met the criteria for School of
Excellence. This means that at least 90 percent of their students were proficient on the
seven state tests that are included in the ABCs for Public Education accountability
program and the average gain was at least in the expected range. The remaining eight
schools met the criteria for School of Distinction; this means that at least 80 percent of
the students demonstrated proficiency on the tests and that the average gains of the
students were exemplary. These schools were Carrboro Elementary, Culbreth Middle,
Ephesus Elementary, Estes Hills Elementary, FP Graham Elementary, McDougle
Elementary, Phillips Middle and Seawell Elementary Schools. Chapel Hill High School
met the expected goals. East Chapel Hill High School was not included in the ABC's
this year because they had only two, not three years of test data.
Chapel Hill - Carrboro seniors continued to receive the highest average scores on the
Scholastic Achievement Test among school systems in the state. The 1998 average was
1188, the highest average score ever achieved by local students. A total of 90.8 percent
of the seniors took the test. The average score for last year's seniors was 1161 with an 85
percent participation rate. This is the fourth straight year the scores have increased
locally and was the largest gain in that time period. The local scores compare with a state
average of 982 and a national average of 1017.
AVID Enrollment
1996 -97 1997 -99 1 OOR -44
School
# of Students
School
# of Students
School +"#
of Students
CHHS
26
CHHS
62
CHHS
71
gr. 9,10
.9,10,11
gr. 9,10,11,12
ECHHS
14
ECHHS
25
ECHHS
37
9,10
gor. 9,10,11
.9,10,11,12
McDougle
15
McDougle
41
8
gr. 7,8
Culbreth
18
.8
Phillips
15
8
Total: 40
Total: 102
Total: 182
Phoenix Academy
The Phoenix Academy continues to provide an outstanding educational experience for
long -term suspended and disengaged high school students and long -term suspended
middle school students in our district.
• The academy currently serves 18 students from culturally diverse, lower and higher socio-
economic backgrounds in a multi-age, multi-level setting. It appears that the school may
reach the cap of 30 students before the end of first semester - there is a waiting list. The
program served 12 students during the 1997 -98 school year
• The anticipated date of moving into the mobile classrooms is the week of November 16.
• The program employs a part time psychiatric health nurse as a result of health needs
indicated by the evaluation. The staff also includes the Lead Teacher, 1 full time special
educator, 1 full time regular educator ( pending), full time guidance counselor, 1 full time
teacher assistant, a part time assistant (pending) for the special needs of an identified
student.
• We have partnered with Chapel Hill Tae Kwon Do to create an exciting pilot program that
meets three times a week to provide one -half of a PE credit for the students.
• The PLATO courseware and computer managed instructional program and state adopted
texts are used for the core curriculum for grades 7 - 11. We have enhanced the curriculum
with instructional and cultural arts field trips and provide service learning opportunities for
students.
• We have secured cooperative relationships with the UNC Teaching Fellows Program and
the UNC School of Social Work. The social work intern comes twice weekly for the
remainder of the school year. Four teaching fellows come twice weekly for the semester.
• The vocational/work study component of the program has been expanded. All students
participate in job shadowing. Additionally, 3 students work for wages at Lincoln Center,
2 students assist in a classroom at Ephesus Elementary daily, and 2 students have
internships with the Paul Greene Theater at UNC.
• Staff members meet weekly with the intervention teams at both high schools and
community agencies to maintain positive communications.