1. Who We Are, What We Do | Strategic Plan 1999-2001 BACKGROUND. North carolina had long been recognized services and programs of south carolinas media arts center. of Public Instruction, ptas/ptos, arts in education coordinators, http://www.ncarts.org/who_plans.cfm

search our site: North Carolina Arts Council Strategic Plan 2001 - 2005 MISSION To nurture and support excellence in the arts and to provide opportunities for every North Carolinian to experience the arts. BACKGROUND Today, as a division of the Department of Cultural Resources, the Arts Council provides technical assistance, information resources, and more than 1,300 grants each year to nonprofit organizations and artists. It has a 24-member board appointed by the Governor, a 25-member staff, a FY 00-01 recurring state appropriation of $5.8 million, and approximately $750,000 in federal grants. PLAN DEVELOPMENT In January 2001, we held town meetings in Edenton, Chapel Hill, and Brevard hosted by the Chowan Arts Council, Orange County Arts Commission, and the Transylvania Arts Council respectively. Nearly 200 people participated in all. The lively discussions at each meeting helped us better understand the current environment for the arts in the state and identify issues that need to be addressed in the next four years. We also held planning sessions at several statewide meetings during the year to solicit input for the plan. A draft version of the plan was sent to the arts community in April for its review and response. LONG RANGE BUDGET GOAL Continuation Budget $ 5,855,602

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Home Educators An overview South Carolina Public Schools Legal Basis The Constitution of the State of South Carolina provides for a system of free public schools open to all children of the state. Established also in the Constitution are the State Board of Education and the office of the State Superintendent of Education . The South Carolina General Assembly is charged with providing for the maintenance and support of the system. The framework of the public education system is provided by the State Constitution. However, numerous state and federal statutes and regulations, court decisions and policies of school district boards of trustees provide the bulk of the legal basis for public education in South Carolina. General Assembly Most state legislatures have delegated the actual operation of schools to local boards of trustees. Although the South Carolina General Assembly does not exercise direct management of public education, its influence is substantial. Not only is it the major source of funding for the public schools of the state, but its various legislative delegations appoint the members of the State Board of Education (except for one member appointed by the Governor). Further, the General Assembly legislates many requirements that must be adhered to by state and local officials. Governor of South Carolina The governor has significant influence on the course of education in the state. He appoints a member of the State Board of Education, and also is Chairman of the State Budget and Control Board, which has major impact on the finances of the State of South Carolina.

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Our Mission Richland School District Two, in partnership with the Columbia Northeast community, guarantees each student a quality education by providing appropriate and challenging learning experiences to equip each individual for life-long learning, responsible citizenship, and productivity in an ever-changing world. X Richland Two is a nationally recognized school district located in suburban Columbia, S.C., in the northeast section of Richland County. We are projected by the S.C. Department of Education to be the second fastest growing district in South Carolina over the next five years, with a current student population of about 18,000. We have 18 schools, a districtwide child development program, an alternative secondary school, and several magnet programs at all grade levels. In addition, the district has a tremendous tradition of excellence with 13 schools having won the U.S. Department of Education's Blue Ribbon Award award. Six of those schools are two-time winners. The district has also been recognized in several national publications, including Money (January 1996) and Redbook (April 1996) magazines

5. Richland Two General Information Richland Two is a nationally recognized school district located in suburban Columbia, S.C., in the northeast section of Richland County. to be the second fastest growing district in south carolina over the next five years, with a current and the district's active ptas and ptos, school improvement councils, school http://www.richland2.k12.sc.us/do/geninfo.htm

District Overview School Calendars Financial Information Maps of the district Awards ... Studies and Reports Richland Two is a nationally recognized school district located in suburban Columbia, S.C., in the northeast section of Richland County. We are projected by the S.C. Department of Education to be the second fastest growing district in South Carolina over the next five years, with a current student population of about 17,000. We have 18 schools plus a child development center with satellite centers throughout the district, an alternative school, and several magnet programs at all grade levels. In addition, the district has a tremendous tradition of excellence with 12 schools having won the U.S. Department of Education's Blue Ribbon Award award, with six of those schools winning it twice. We have had at least one Blue Ribbon School winner in six of the past seven years. The district has also been recognized in several national publications, including Money (January 1996) and Redbook (April 1996) magazines, The New York Times (March 24, 1993), and several others.

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NEWS RELEASE CONTACT: Ken Blackstone kblackst@richland2.org Richland School District Two Public Information Office 6831 Brookfield Road Columbia, South Carolina 29206 FAX 738-3334 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 25, 2002 CANDIDATES FOR SCHOOL BOARD TO DISCUSS ISSUES AT FIVE UPCOMING FORUMS Melinda Anderson (i), Mac Bennett, Lauren Chandler, William Flemming, Jr. (i), Debra Langley, James A. Mobley, Doug Ross, Stephen Shellenberg (i), Barbara R. Specter and Todd Weiss are all running for the school board and will have a chance to discuss issues facing Richland Two at five upcoming forums. (One candidate, Neil L. Fletcher, has dropped out of the race.) All the forums are sponsored by the district's Collaborative Council (made up of PTOs/PTAs, school improvement councils and booster club presidents), The League of Women Voters and high school student government leaders. The dates of the candidate forums are: September 26, at Dent Middle School, 7 p.m. October 3, at Ridge View High School, 7 p.m. October 17, at Blythewood Middle School, 7 p.m.

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RECEIVE EMAIL UPDATES: SEARCH PTO TODAY: Check this space frequently for the latest news and notes from the PTO world. Run into an interesting PTO tidbit? email us the news or a link to: news@PTOtoday.com April 10, 2003: Gold medal to this Arizona principal for understanding the importance of involvement. Nice piece. APRIL 9, 2003: North Carolina parent group holds a special fundraiser in order to display their freedom quilt. APRIL 9, 2003: Comprehensive program profile here on connecting with and involving Hispanic parents at one Atlanta school. APRIL 9, 2003: Weather doesn't dampen the spirit of this huge community-built plaground effort. APRIL 9, 2003: Hawaiian Luau. Coppertone. Playground. $5000. There is a connection for this West Virginia school. APRIL 8, 2003: Principal flipping burgers at this New York PTO's McDonald's Night fundraiser. APRIL 7, 2003: Comprehensive piece here on parental involvement challenges in North Carolina. Nicely done. First in a series. APRIL 1, 2003:

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ECS Executive Summary Education Commission of the States • 700 Broadway, Suite 1200 • Denver, CO 80203-3460 • 303-299-3600 • fax 303-296-8332 • www.ecs.org Every Student A Citizen: Creating the Democratic Self Campaign for Action Compact for Learning and Citizenship National Study Group on Citizenship in K-12 Schools Acknowledgments The National Study Group on Citizenship in K-12 Schools Sheila Bailey, education consultant, Vermont Elsa Banuelos, student organizer, West High School, Colorado Jill Blair, principal, BTW Consultants – informing change, California Steve Bonchek, executive director, Harmony School Education Center, Indiana Bernadette Chi, graduate student researcher, University of California-Berkeley Todd Clark, executive director, Constitutional Rights Foundation, California Thomas Ehrlich, senior scholar, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Stanford University, California Donald Ernst, government affairs director, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Virginia Robert Franco, chairman – social science; professor of anthropology, Kapi'olani Community College, Hawaii

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4401-A Connecticut Avenue, Box 294, Washington, DC 20008 Tel: (202) 244-7535, Fax: (202) 244-7584 Education Exchange Volume 3, Issue 12 December 1999 Focusing on Education Reforms at Your School, in Your State Legislature, and in Congress In This Issue California on Front Lines Concerning Charter School Bargaining Family Friendly Schools Offers New Concept for Parent Involvement New Magazine Created to Address PTO Issues ... EPI's Education Quick Facts California on Front Lines Concerning Charter School Bargaining New legislation approved in October by Governor Gray Davis threatens the way charter schools have been conducting business in California. After their legislative proposal to require collective bargaining in charter schools failed, California teacher unions successfully lobbied for Assembly Bill 631, a compromise almost as egregious. A.B. 631 affects new and existing charter schools. Before new applications to operate as a charter school will be approved, the charter board must decide whether 1) to be an independent public employer, or 2) to be subject to the district's collective bargaining negotiations with the incumbent employee unions. With well over 250,000 members, the teacher union likely to capture the most additional members will be the California Teachers Association the NEA affiliate.

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Councils Websites from Linkspider UK Keyword: Councils Linkspider UK Directory Councils Search for Directory Tree: Top Society Organizations Education ... PTA : Councils (186) Add URL Advertise Here! Personalize Amazon ... Weather See Also: Society: Organizations: Education: PTA: Local Units Lewisville ISD Council of PTAs - Council provides online resources, leadership worksops and PTA links for 51 local units in 9 North Texas communities. Knox County Council PTA - Council online resource for local Tennessee PTAs with links to FAQs, ideas for Projects and Services, Events and Awards. Champaign PTA Council - Council dues, news and links for units in the PTA community of District 10, Champaign, Illinois. Culver City Council PTA - Council calendar, news, and local PTAs links for officers and chairmen in California. Alachua County Council of PTAs and PTSAs - Council PTA answers the questions to: Who, What, When and How as pertaining to this Florida unit. Fremont Council PTA - Resource for families within the 30 PTA units in California. Akron Council of PTAs - Council calendar, e-mail access, and Resource links, online at this Ohio PTA Council site.

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CHAPTER NINE RESOURCES Finding the resources to finance, maintain, and upgrade equipment, and to provide teacher training and technical support is universally one of the biggest hurdles that schools face when it comes to technology implementation. For many, the funds are simply unavailable via the conventional means of local tax-based school financing. Despite this fact, we found schools and districts in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the nation that have somehow managed to establish exemplary technology programs. How did they do it? In a word, they did everything . While we collected questionnaire information on a number of typical sources of funds (see below), schools provided literally dozens of interesting examples of how to approach fundraising. Some fostered and rewarded grantsmanship among their faculty; others developed alliances with community groups; and still others were able to steer traditional educational funding vehicles into more direct support of technology. Many schools identified non-monetary in-kind resources such as volunteers, bartering relationships, and corporate contributions of hardware and software. The best schools (from a resource acquisition perspective) had fairly elaborate strategies and tactics that combined all of these elements. One of the areas we focused particular attention on was how schools make effective use of Federal or state technology grant programs. This is an area where there is much opportunity for creative and effective public policy, as well as for some dreadful mistakes.

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