Hillsborough County Public Schools Student Services and Federal Programs
Action Item

DATE: Tuesday, August 19, 2008
TO: School Board Members
FROM: MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent

SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS

Approve Memorandum Agreement with the Drug Abuse Comprehensive Coordinating Office, Inc. (DACCO, Inc.) (Student Services and Federal Programs Division)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The Drug Abuse Comprehensive Coordinating Office (DACCO, Inc.) and the School District enter this agreement to provide a program of substance abuse prevention services at select middle and high schools. This will be the nineteenth year that this service partnership exists. This program is known as the New Directions Substance Abuse Prevention Program. Agency services will include group and individual counseling. The administrators from Guidance Services and School Social Work Services will meet the agency staff from DACCO to implement the services at select schools. The high schools selected for the 2008/09 year are Chamberlain, Lennard, Robinson, and Sickles. The middle schools are Eisenhower, Jennings, and Marshall.

ANNUAL DISTRICT GOAL(S) AND CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR(S)

Goal 5 – The District will eliminate the FCAT achievement gap by a minimum of 10 percentage points as reported by No Child Left Behind.

FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted: Yes)

The District provides office space at the assigned schools. Approximate in-kind support from the District for this space and custodial support is $30,000 per year.

EVALUATION

Program services will be evaluated at least twice a year. The joint management team will review quarterly and annual outcome data on all clients served. Input will also be solicited from the administrators of the participating schools.

SUBMITTED BY: Ken Gaughan, Supervisor, School Social Work Services

Gwendolyn L. Luney
Assistant Superintendent, Student Services and Federal Programs
(813) 272-4879
Gretchen Saunders
Chief Business Officer
(813) 272-4270
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