White Plains Community Meeting

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Welcome

• White Plains Community Meeting
• November 4, 2004

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White Plains Elementary School

• Honor School of Excellence with 91.3 of students
  at or above grade level and met Adequate Yearly
  Progress (AYP)
• A Highly qualified staff maintains a caring and
  student-centered facility.
• Intervention programs for at risk students such
  as Book Buddies and one-on-one tutoring are
  available.

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White Plains Elementary School

• Strong community relations through volunteer
  programs and community events such as Terrific
  Tuesdays are ongoing.
• Supplemental programs are provided and include a
  full-time writing coordinator, Accelerated
  Reader, Accelerated Math, and the use of staff as
  tutors during available time slots.

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White Plains Elementary School

• School built in 1988
• Current enrollment 375

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White Plains Elementary School

• Mobile Units
• Force students to enter and exit main building
  several times during each school day
• Internet access is not reliable.
• Even though covered walkways are available,
  problems arise during inclement weather.

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White Plains Elementary School

• Carpet throughout the school is t he original
  carpet installed when the school was built 16
  years ago.
• Neither playground area (K-1 or 2-5) is
  wheelchair accessible.
• Storage areas for materials such as handicap
  physical education equipment are limited.

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White Plains Elementary School

• The roof leaks in many places throughout the
  school.
• In-house broadcasting system is not wired
  correctly resulting in
• in-house broadcasts for student recognition and
  announcements impossible.

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Gentry Middle School

• Honor School of Excellence with 90.8 of students
  at or above grade level in reading and math
• Met Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
• School of Distinction 1997-2003

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Gentry Middle School

• Teachers and teaching assistants are highly
  qualified Six teachers have their National Board
  Certification.
• NC Physical Education Demonstration site
• Serves a very supportive community with over
  4,000 volunteer hours donated to the school
  during the 2003-2004 school year.

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Gentry Middle School

• In the past five years, the school has met over
  95 of all School Improvement Goals.

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Gentry Middle School

• School was built for 598 students in 1976.
• Current enrollment 475

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Gentry Middle School

• Because of the quality facility, students and
  staff at Meadowview Middle School are afforded
  the following benefits
• Adequate space for small group pull-outs if
  needed for tutoring and conferencing.
• Media storage and teacher planning rooms for
  organization of materials and resources are
  available to enhance instruction.

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Gentry Middle School

• The cafeteria and media center provide adequate
  space for classes as needed.
• An air-conditioned gymnasium provides optimum
  space for students to benefit from a quality
  health and wellness program.

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Gentry Middle School

• Maintenance concerns include the following
• Roofs of the covered walkways need replacing.
• The intercom, bell, clock, and fire systems are
  28 years old and require much maintenance to keep
  them working properly.

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North Surry High School

• School of Progress with 79.8 of students at or
  above grade level
• Met Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
• Students, Parents, and Teachers safety rating
  90
• Highly qualified teachers and teaching assistants

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North Surry High School

• NSHS built in 1959 with an additional science
  wing in 2000
• Capacity of 855
• Current student enrollment 1,083

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North Surry High School

• Average class size 26 students
• Cafeteria 4 lunch periods beginning at 1110
  a.m. and ending at 105 p.m. Seating capacity
  250/period with a maximum of 1,000 total)
• Physical Education, technology, and health
  occupations teachers share instructional space

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North Surry High School

• Guidance area (total size of 1 classroom) is
  shared by 3 school counselors and 1 clerical
  staff member
• QZAB renovations (summer 2004) upgraded student
  restroom facilities and will provide new windows
  and a new roof for the field house.

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Community Voices

• Ceiling repairs/roof leakage health safety
  concerns - WP
• Carpet replacement is needed - WP
• Mobile units safety concerns - WP
• Parking concerns WP
• Sheltered area for students Gentry
• Shared transportation system issues
• Long range planning concerns

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Community Voices

• Sales tax option for school construction
• Need to address functionality versus cosmetic
  issues
• Major concerns at North Surry
• Consider expansion/renovation of existing
  buildings
• Follow up to community meetings summary of
  issues and concerns

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Community Voices

• Questions about capital outlay funding per child
  through county commissioners
• Listen to educators concerns/voices
• Avoid property tax raises
• Economic development concerns
• What is the cost To fix it?
• Inspection issues related to facility

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Community Voices

• Explore business contributions
• Use of confiscated funds/legal funds to finance
  school programs
• Broadcast system WP
• Communications system Gentry
• Overcrowding at North Surry
• Temperature in gym NS
• Inadequacy of cafeteria at NS
• Access/Storage for handicapped-WP

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Community Voices

• Emergency communication from classrooms to office
  WP
• Consider new high school to decrease enrollment
  at NS
• Consider loans/local community for school
  projects
• Good education is paramount over trailer issues

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Community Voices

• Prioritize according to issues that affect
  childrens health safety
• Maintain awareness of school needs
• Lobby politicians for sales tax possibility
  funding issues
• Find the most cost effective method
• Develop community advocacy
• Sales tax on liquor sales?

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• Notes from all community meetings, including
  this evenings meeting, may be accessed on the
  school systems webpage at
• www.surry.k12.nc.us in the Community folder.