Workshop Item
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Administration
Workshop Item |
| DATE: | Tuesday, June 16, 2015 |
| TO: | School Board Members |
| FROM: | Jeff Eakins, Acting Superintendent |
| SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS | |
| Review Recommendations Submitted by the African American and Hispanic Male Task Force | |
| 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. Attachments A through G were submitted by the task force. The remaining attachments (H through K) were not reviewed by the task force and are being submitted for information.
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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: | |
| Lewis A. Brinson, Ed.D. | ||
| Assistant Superintendent, Administration (813) 272-4071 |
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| W 01 | ||
| Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20150616_717 (Board Workshop) * Section W Item# 01 | ||