HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 09-25-2007-7bOrange County Schools
Hillsborough, NC
September 18, 2007
Major budget drivers for the 2008-09 school year include:
• Student Achievement
-Class size, curriculum development, professional development,
classroom materials, extracurricular activities, smaller learning
communities, common planning time, standards, and assessments
• Enrollment Changes
-Demographic or population factors
• Salaries and Benefits-
• Employee Retirement Contributions
-Retirement cost increasing
• Service Contract Obligations
-Transportation
-Custodial and maintenance
. The No Child Left Behind Acf of 2001
-Under and unfunded mandates
-Choice Programs
• Technology
-NC Wise
-Implementation of Technology Upgrades
• *Creating a socio-economic status balance at
Hillsborough/Central
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