Gene Galin for School Board

The map below depicts the four-year cohort graduation rate for students who began ninth grade in North Carolina in 2002. That is, it is the state’s best estimate of the percentage of ninth graders who received high school diplomas four years later. The overall four-year graduation rate for this group of students was 68.3 percent [...]

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North Carolina has released the 2007-2008 4 year and 5 year high school graduation rates. The four year rate relates to the number of students who started 9th grade in 2004-2005 school year and graduated by this July (within 4 years). The five rate rate relates to student who started 9th grade in 2003-200 school [...]

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Award site work contracts - mid-August 2008
Site work complete - November 2008
Award Construction contracts - mid March 2009
Construction complete - May 2010
Move in - June 2010
School starts - August 25, 2010

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Dear Chatham County neighbors and friends -
As a school board member I would concentrate on hiring and retaining good teachers, building new schools to relieve overcrowding while planning for future schools, improving our children’s reading skills and test scores and improving school communications.
My kids have played rec and school sports with your children and grandchildren.
We [...]

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Here are the answers to the Chatham Coalition questionnaire that went out to all Chatham Board of Education candidates.
2008 School Board Candidate Questionnaire

1. What do you see as the most pressing needs for the Chatham County Schools and what steps would you recommend to address these needs?
§ Hiring and retaining good teachers. My vision [...]

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