CMS Public Schools To Greet 82,000 Students Chariot te-Mecklenburg's approximately 82,000 public school students will return to the classroom for the 1976-77 school year on Monday, Aug ust 30. Monday will be teacher pupil orientation day; all stu dents will be in school for approximately three hours. Tuesday, August 31, will be the first full day of classes for all students Schools in each of me sys~ tem’s 10 areas have worked out bus routes and opening and closing schedules; stu dents will be notified when to report for orientation. ur Diamia Croslin ...Receives new honors .Diamia Croslin : {Selected Best P” director *• I_KJ_m m • . v* uiuiicj muui cut, Post Staff Writer i-Back to school means the $nd of summer programs ' Sponsored by the Parks and Recreation Commission. • To end this summer season, jbe commission sponsored its bpnual awards program Thur sday, August 12. Diamia Cros Sn. 38, of 1331 Orvis Drive was presented the Leadership A ward for “Best All-Around ~ Playground Director.” Croslin, a second year vet eran of playground summer Work, was one of two directors .to receive this award. The commission named a male and a female recipient. ‘ > The award whining direct ress worked in Dalton Village this year. Her stint with the program last year was spent in Double Oaks. She said the 8-week pro gram is enjoyable work. ' “They were such Sweet peo ple,” Croslin said. “I enjoyed them very much.” ' A number of activities made up the summer program. Each week, said Croslin. children were taken to differ ent recreation events. These included a track meet, check er tournament, volleyball, table tennis, skate board con test and a houla-hoop and frisbee contest. Most of these events were held at the Haw thorne Community Center, sponsored by the city. Croslin led arts and crafts sessions about three times each week. Such sessions at the more than 100 community parks led to exhibits at the Charlottetown Mall and Free dom Mill Shopping Centers. Four baseball teams were organized by Croslin for play at Independence Park. Dalton Village park also had regular sessions of singing and story telling. And of course, there was hopscotch, jump rope, jack stones and drochet. I Students and parents who have questions about bus routes and opening-closing times for individual schools should call the school to get that information. Regular yellow school buses will operate on Monday. Caf eterias will not be open on Monday but will serve meals on Tuesd^. School officials again re mind those who have recently who have movea to a new who hve moved to a new address during the summer to register their children at the proper school before August 30. School assignments can be obtained by calling the Infor mation Center at 332-5114. Once school assignments have been determined, parents should call the school to make arrangements to register their children. nu v-mo senoois will De closed on Monday, sept. b, for the Labor Day holiday. Students will also get a holi day on Monday. Sept. 17. for a teacher professional workday. Following is the full 1976-77 school calendar :i\ov. 1-2 - Aug. 30 -- Teacher-Pupil Ori entation Day. Aug. 31 -- First Day of 180-day school term. Sept. 6 — Labor Day holiday Sept. 17 — Student holiday (for teacher professional day) Nov. 1-2 - Student holidays (for teach professional days) Nov. 2b-2b thanksgiving holi days Dec. 20-31 Christmas holidays Jan. 27-28 — Student holidays (for teacher professional days) March 4-7 -- March break April 6-11 -- Easter holidays June 10 - Last day for stu dents. Make up snow days in prior ity order: Np 1: June 13 No. 2: June 14 No. 3: March 7 No. 4: April 6. State Rates' Gty Transit System Tops Continued from page 1 In FY-76, Charlotte- -reco vered 75.5 percent of its opera ting expense from the farebox. The next best ratio of opera ting revenue to operating ex pense is Raleigh’s 59.6 per cent. (Raleigh has 38 cents of revenue per passenger while Charlotte is second highest in the State with 36 cents). Char lotte Transit’s revenues are based on a 40-cent fare but revenue per passenger is re duced somewhat by the more than 5,000 elderly and handi capped who are entitled to half-fare passage under the Council-approved T.A.P.E. program. The City’s Transit Planning Office attributes Charlotte Transit System’s good show ing to a strong core of regular riders (4 percent of the popu lation) and to continuing ef forts in cost control. The Tran sit Planning Office points out, however, tH^t increasing ri dership by making the System more useful to more citizens will require more planning, more services, more supervi sion, which will mean more Federal, State and City aid. For prompt subscription , service call Rex Hovey: ^1306- II FTSCHOOL PAYS CAN BE A SAVINGS DJtVS t,6J-pAOTS ' 4-up— SUITS Many Styles & Sizes'" ^ t To Choose From ■j FOR PROFESSIONAL USERS _ Nurses * Waitresses* 'l_ Hair Stylists - Food Servers LADIES PANT* White And Colon £ 098 F!nt Quality |j_ DISCOUNTUNIFORM T1508 Central Avenue — { 376 -' 1249 ~T COUNTY COMMISSION CANDIDATE RO BERT "BOB" WALTON shakes hands with a bikeriding voter at Precinct 25 Tuesday. Precinct workers Howard Campbell and * nuiu uy rttiei Rebecca Taylor, background, passed out campaign material to voters entering West Charlotte High Auditorium. First Six Years ~ Medicaid Expenditures Increased By 131 Percent rvrtL,c,iun-ioiai payments for health services provided low income North Carolinans under the state's Medicaid program have increased by 109 percent during the first full six years of the program’s existence and total expendi tures increased by 131.6 per cent. In 1970-71, the first full year of the Medicaid program in the state, health care provid ers were paid a total of $93.9 million. With increases in health care costs, services and recipients, this amount esca lated to $196.5 million for fiscal year 1975-76. Total ex . penditures including provider costs settlements and admi nistration went from $94.5 mil lion to $218.9 million for the same period. In an effort to curb the state's escalating costs of Me dicaid, the state entered into a contract with Health Applica tion Systems last year to administer the program on a period premium basis putting a ceiling on the costs to the state. In recent months the company has said the costs tations, and negotiations are currently underway with the state to decide what action will be necessary to solve the problem. Funds to pay for Medicaid services come from federal, state and county tax revenues. Currently, the federal govern ment pays 68.03 percent, state 27.17 percent and counties 4.8 percent. Inpatient hospital care ac counts for the largest expendi ture. Hospitals received $30.6 million in 1970-71 and this amount increased to $55.1 mil lion in 1975-76. Nursing homes received $16.4 million in 1970-71 and $25 million in 1975-76. This is not the whole picture, however, since the state started paying Inter mediate Care Facilities which is another level of care in 1973-74. This is a facility that cares for people who need a lower level of care than a skilled nursing home. Many nursing homes coverted some of their beds to this type care. An additional $23.3 million was paid in 1975-76 to general Intermediate Care Facilities. Prescription drugs account ed for expenditure of $14.5 million in 1970-71 and increas ed to $25.4 million in 1975-76. ' Next in line is payments to physicians which went from $14.5 million to $22.2 million. Dental bills increased from $6.6 million to $8 million. These were not the only services provided by Medi caid, but those that accounted for the vast majority of the costs. North Carolina has one of he most comprehensive Medi caid programs in the country in the number of services provided and the people who are eligible. Very few limits are placed on the amounts of services compared to some states. Approximately half the states are experiencing finan cial difficulties with their Me dicaid program and are look ing at ways to curtail rising expenditures. In North Carolina, any resi dent is eligible for Medicaid who receives a monthly public assistance check under tHe Aid to Families With Depen dent Children program. 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