Education Committee
Overview
This Committee will work with member school districts, the Department of Defense Education Authority and the NC Department of Public Instruction on requirements for new teachers, classrooms and schools.
The Study Area includes seven school districts, charter schools, private schools and church schools. At this time, the local school districts (LEAs) do not know the number of new students that are anticipated over the next five years. They need this information to plan for expanding or building new schools, setting up temporary classrooms, and hiring additional temporary or permanent teachers. It is necessary to determine when the positions will need to be filled and to assess current enrollment in each of the counties as well as the current teacher, classroom and school capacities. Consideration of planned capital improvement programs and temporary solutions to overage requires a more comprehensive approach to the problems created in the school districts.
Based on accurate projections, local school districts and the State Department of Education will use the information as justification for new teachers, classrooms and schools. A more comprehensive study is needed to determine where new military personnel will actually live, where their children will go to school, and the funding sources and capital improvement programs that need to be initiated to support the projected growth.
The capacities of local community colleges and college/university classes conducted locally will also need to be assessed to ensure that those military personnel and dependents that wish to avail themselves of higher education opportunities are afforded the opportunitiy.
Close coordination is needed among the housing developers, military facilities, and school districts to ensure that educational needs are met for the school age children within the study area.
Committee Tasks
- Compile a list of all schools and degree programs in each county (Pre-Kindergarten through PhD programs including private trade schools) along with current and planned capacities. This list is to include schools and programs located on the military facility. Indicate those schools that are DoD facilities.
- Compile a list of planned and proposed schools, their locations, population to be served, and capacities (including DoD and on-base programs).
- Compare the current capacities to the projected growth and note deficits.
- Compare noted deficits to planned and proposed expansions/ additions and list differences.
- Identify additional requirements in terms of facilities, services (e.g. transportation) and operations (e.g. additional staff and teachers) to meet the needs of the incoming personnel and their families.
- Identify strategies the schools should consider to help meet expected needs.
- Identify potential teacher shortages especially for hard-to-fill positions.
- Identify and assess state educational policies (e.g., funding based on "count days", reciprocity for teacher certifications, etc.) to determine if state policies support the needs of growth-impacted schools and what changes, if any, may be needed
- Recommend interim transition strategies that may be required (e.g. trailers) to meet additional needs until permanent solutions are in place
- Coordinate with military facilities, state and local employment organizations to identify the types of training programs that may be required by spouses of the incoming personnel
- Compare these training needs to existing programs and capacities of post-secondary schools and programs located within the study area
- Assess current after-school care programs. This includes but is not limited to: number of programs, number of slots, ages served, hours of operation, and services (special needs, transportation, etc.)
- Based on projected population increases, assess future need for after-school care programs. This includes but is not limited to: number of programs, number of slots, ages served, cost, hours of operation, and services (special needs, transportation, etc.)
- Make recommendations to address shortfalls in after-school care programs
Committee Chairperson: Kathy Spencer
Committee Vice-Chairperson: Larry Moser
Education Committee Meetings
- 2:00pm September 10, 2008 - Located in the Jacksonville- Onslow Commerce Center at 1099 Gum Branch Rd in Jacksonville, NC 28540
- 9:00am to 4:00pm October 3, 2008- Located in the Jacksonville- Onslow Commerce Center at 1099 Gum Branch Rd in Jacksonville, NC 28540
- 1:00pm-3:00pm October 16,2008 - Located in the Jacksonville- Onslow Commerce Center at 1099 Gum Branch Rd in Jacksonville, NC 28540
- 2:00pm-4:00pm February 19, 2009 - Located in the Jacksonville- Onslow Commerce Center at 1099 Gum Branch Rd in Jacksonville, NC 28540
- 2:00pm-4:00pm March 25, 2009 - Located in the Jacksonville- Onslow Commerce Center at 1099 Gum Branch Rd in Jacksonville, NC 28540
- 2:00pm-4:00pm May 21, 2009 - Located in the Jacksonville- Onslow Commerce Center at 1099 Gum Branch Rd in Jacksonville, NC 28540
- 2:00pm-4:00pm May 27, 2009 - Located in the Jacksonville- Onslow Commerce Center at 1099 Gum Branch Rd in Jacksonville, NC 28540
Education Committee Agenda
· May 27, 2009 Education Committee Meeting Agenda
· March 25, 2009 Education Committee Meeting Agenda
· February 19, 2009 Education Committee Meeting Agenda
· Sept. 2008 - Education Committee Kick-Off Meeting/Agenda & Briefing
· October 3, 2008- Education Committee Meeting Agenda
Education Committee Minutes
· May 29, 2009 Education Committee Minutes
· May 21, 2009 Education Committee Minutes
· March 25, 2009 Education Committee Minutes
· February 26, 2009 Education Committee Minutes
· February 19, 2009 Education Committee Minutes
