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Action Item
DATE: Tuesday, March 29, 2016
TO: School Board Members
FROM: Jeff Eakins, Superintendent
SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS
Approve the Memorandum of Understanding Between The School Board of Hillsborough County, Florida (HCPS) and University Community Hospital, Inc. d/b/a Florida Hospital Tampa (FHT) and Florida Hospital Carrollwood (FHC) (Academic Support and Federal Programs Division)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
As part of their mission to improve the health of the community, FHT and FHC desire to enter into a program of voluntary collaboration with HCPS to offer educational and service support to nine schools:

  • Dunbar Elementary School
  • Robles Elementary School
  • Shaw Elementary School
  • Witter Elementary School
  • Ferrell Girls Preparatory Academy
  • Franklin Boys Preparatory Academy
  • Sligh Middle School
  • Middleton High School
  • Tampa Bay Technical High School

Volunteer activities provided by FHT and FHC include field trips to FHT and Wound Care Institute FHC, hospital externships and shadowing opportunities, surgical procedure observations at Pepin Heart Institute, classroom clinical speakers, Great American Teach-In speakers, workshops, mobile well care and immunizations, Hillsborough Choice Expo participation, Feed a Family Campaign participation, school health fair participation, and many additional similar events.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
• Increase promotion rates at all grade levels and the percentage of high school graduates • Motivate students to become responsible learners
FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted:  No)
EVALUATION
An assessment will be conducted annually beginning in August, 2016.
SUBMITTED BY:  Eric Bergholm, General Director, Advanced Academics
Carla Sparks, Supervisor of Single Gender Programs
Denny B. Oest   Tracye H. Brown
Assistant Superintendent, Curriculum and Instruction
(813) 272-4221
  Assistant Superintendent, Academic Support and Federal Programs
(813) 272-4879
    C 3.02
Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20160329_757 (Board Meeting) * Section C Item# 3.02