The Mission Statement of the Burke County Public Schools

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The Mission Statement of the Burke County Public
Schools

• The mission of Burke County Public Schools
  (BCPS) is to provide opportunities for students
  to acquire the knowledge and attitudes which will
  enable them to function successfully as
  responsible citizens and to choose careers
  commensurate with their interests, needs and
  abilities.

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Our Belief

• There is a successful student in every child.
• Community involvement is the key to ensure that
  quality education exists for each student.
• A good public education system creates benefits
  for everyone.

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A History of High Schools in Burke County

• Three Independent School Systems Merged Into One
  Countywide System in 1969
• New Board Adopted a Comprehensive Facility Plan
  to Consolidate 8 Existing High Schools into 4 New
  Schools
• Old High School Facilities Would Become Junior
  High Schools
• Property Tax Rate Was Doubled to Build the High
  Schools
• Funding Would Only Allow for 2 Schools to be
  Built

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A History of High Schools in Burke County (Cont.)

• Two High Schools Were Designed Without Walls
  Designed for a Student Capacity of 1,600
• 1972 - Freedom Opened
• 1973 - East Burke Opened
• 1989 Bond to Consolidate the 8 Junior High
  Schools into 4 Middle Schools and Build Classroom
  Additions at The High Schools to Accommodate
  Grades 9-12
• 1992 East Burke and Freedom Became 9-12
  Comprehensive High Schools
• 2000 Comprehensive Facility Study and Citizens
  Study Committee Formed

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Timeline for New High Schools

• Discussion of Building New High Schools Since
  1973
• Opening of Bids for High Schools October 27,
  2005
• Decision of the Burke County Board of Education
  to Build Two New High Schools November 8, 2005
• Construction Begins on Enola Road Site December
  2005
• COPS Bond Sale Finalized January 19, 2006
• Construction on Lovelady Road Site to Begin
  Late Spring/Early Summer 2006
• Open High School on Enola Road Fall 2007
• Open High School on Lovelady Road Fall 2008

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Funding for New High Schools
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System Wide Budget Analysis

• 6 Federal government - primarily for workforce
  development and programs that serve at-risk
  learners
• 6 Child nutritional revenues - CNP funds must be
  self-sustaining and cannot use funds from the
  academic budgets
• 60 State Government - primarily salaries and
  benefits
• 18 Local County Government - current expenses
  (operational costs)
• 10 Capital outlay (major construction projects)
• All expenditures must contribute to achieving the
  school system's and the community's strategic
  goals.

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Personnel Initiatives

• Burke County Public Schools hires the highest
  quality teachers.
• Its focus on the "school-teacher" fit
  appropriately pairs a teacher's interests with a
  school's goals and philosophy and helps to ensure
  a long-lasting career in the system.
• The personnel department involves many community
  agencies, such as the Burke County Chamber of
  Commerce, to aide in teacher recruitment, and it
  is dedicated to "growing our own" teachers
  through its collaboration with colleges and
  universities.
• WPCC and Lees McRae Elementary Education Program
• York College of Pennsylvania Partnership
• ASU Partnership
• Western Carolina University Programs
• Grow our Own (NC Teaching Fellows)

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Quick Facts About Your School System

• The Burke County Schools Have 2,100 Employees
  (1,000 certified and 1,100 non-certified)
• We operate 111 yellow school buses that travel
  7,000 miles per day, 1,260,000 miles per year,
  and use 1,200 gallons of fuel per day.
• Our Child Nutrition Program employees 115
  workers, prepares 12,300 meals per day or 2.2
  million meals per year. (We have not raised
  lunch prices in 7 years.)
• We maintain 138 buildings, 2.3 million square
  feet of floor space, and 838 acres. (Total Worth
  - 200 Million)
• New Community Based Bereavement Program in
  Conjunction with Hospice

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No Child Left BehindStatement of Purpose

• The purpose of this title is to ensure that all
  children have a fair, equal, and significant
  opportunity to obtain a high-quality education
  and reach, at a minimum, proficiency on
  challenging state academic achievement standards
  and state academic assessments.

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No Child Left Behind

• Focus in Four Areas
• Accountability
• Flexibility
• Emphasis on what works
• Empowerment of parents

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No Child Left Behind (Cont.)

• Demonstrating Proficiency
• All schools required to have 100 proficiency by
  2013-2014
• Schools must make Adequate Yearly Progress

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Digging into Adequate Yearly Progress a Bit More

• Requires the annual reporting of the percentage
  of students who are academically proficient by
  school, by district, and by state in reading and
  mathematics. There will be, at this time, a
  single achievement standard for all groups and
  all schools in reading and another single
  achievement standard for all groups and all
  schools in mathematics.
• Proficiency indicators are for the whole school
  (grade level breakdown not a factor in AYP) and
  for 10 identified subgroups in each school (All,
  White, Asian, Multiracial, Hispanic, American
  Indian, Black, Free and reduced-priced lunch,
  Limited English Proficient, and Disabled).

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Our People - Our Strength

• The best resource we have in Burke County is our
  people. If we give them the education and chance
  they will do the rest.
• In light of the partial collapse of the countys
  manufacturing sector and the specter of falling
  wages and incomes for persons without high
  quality education, we must acknowledge and act
  upon the practical necessity of quick action to
  dramatically improve our countys public
  education system.
• Economic necessity compels us to stretch for
  universal excellence in education.
• Please remember, the road to economic recovery
  runs past the school house doors.

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Need to Increase Educational Attainment in our
County
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Need to Increase Educational Attainment in our
County
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In Closing

• "The future of the nation is on the shoulders of
  teachers and how they teach kids the future of
  the world is in the classroom where the teachers
  are. And if we have any chance to guarantee a
  positive bridge to the twenty-first century, it
  is how we educate the children in the classroom
  today. Richard Reginald Green