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Administration
Information Item |
| DATE: | Tuesday, April 21, 2015 |
| TO: | School Board Members |
| FROM: | Jeff Eakins, Acting Superintendent |
| SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS | |
| Information Regarding Recommendations Submitted by the African American and Hispanic Male Task Force (Administration Division) | |
| EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | |
| Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS) established the African American and Hispanic Male Task Force involving key stakeholders from the community. The objective of the task force was to examine the discipline issues in greater detail and provide recommendations for improvement based on the circumstances and needs of the district.
The vision of the task force is to eliminate the school to prison pipeline and close the achievement gaps by ethnicity, gender and socio-economic groups. |
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| STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES | |
| • Increase promotion rates at all grade levels and the percentage of high school graduates | |
| FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted: No) | |
| There is no additional cost to the School District. | |
| EVALUATION | |
| N/A | |
| SUBMITTED BY: Alva Simmons, Supervisor Student Management Program | |
| Lewis A. Brinson, Ed.D. | ||
| Assistant Superintendent, Administration (813) 272-4071 |
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| A 10.02 | ||
| Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20150421_688 (Board Meeting) * Section A Item# 10.02 | ||