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129th year
Number 59
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2011
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PCC Board of Trustees eleets new offieers
BY GREY PENTECOST
C-T STAFF WRITER
gteypentetost@roxboro-courier.com
The Piedmont Community
College Board of Trustees elected
new officers to the board for the
upcoming year during its meet
ing Tuesday.
Effective Oct. 1, Lin Cates was
appointed board chair, while
Maggie Whitt was appointed vice
chair. PCC President Dr. Walter
C. Bartlett will continue in the
role of secretary, as is always as
signed to the college president.
Cates was also appointed Tues
day to fulfill the unexpired term
of previous chair, Ron Booker,
who stepped down from the po
sition after serving three terms.
Booker will continue serving on
the board of trustees.
Cates became a trustee in 2007,
when he was appointed to serve
the unexpired term of Gordon
Allen. Last year he was appoint
ed by the Person County Board
of Education to serve through
2014.
Cates told The Courier-Times
that he was excited and honored
to serve as chair. As a Person
County native, he said the com
munity and community college
mean a “tremendous amount” to
him.
“PCC is a huge asset to the
county,” Cates remarked. “It has
educated lots of folks, is a huge
drive for economic development,
and it’s employed lots of folks.”
He added that Booker had done
a “wonderful” job in the position
and left “big shoes to fill.” The
college is also fortunate, he said,
to have a good president in Bar
tlett, just as it did with Dr. James
Owen before him.
Cates said he would do his best
to make sure the college was as
successful in the future as it had
been in the past.
Whitt will take the place of
current vice-chair Roy Brooks,
who will also remain on the
board.
The Person Board of County
Commissioners appointed Whitt
to the board of trustees last year.
Maggie Whitt
Lin Cates
Dr. Walter Bartlett
to serve through 2014. As a trust
ee, she currently serves on the
personnel and curriculum com
mittees.
She said she was apprecia
tive of the board, and most of all
Booker and Brooks.
“Seeing them work has been
a motivation to me,” Whitt com
mented.
She noted that she could be
“perfectly satisfied” just being a
member of the board because of
the enthusiasm, excitement and
hard work of her fellow board
members, but said for those same
reasons, she had been inspired to
become more involved.
Whitt shared that she felt priv
ileged to have the opportunity to
serve on the board, because she
Vee BOARD, Fage 8
Preliminary AYP
results released
Six out of 12 county schools
meet Adequate Yearly Prog
ress standard
The North Carolina Depart
ment of Public Instruction’s
(DPI) Accountability Division
released preliminary AYP
(Adequate Yearly Progress)
results Thursday, showing that
four out of 10 schools in the
Person County Schools (PCS)
system, and both charter
schools, made AYP.
“Making AYP means that
schools met or exceeded the
target goal for reading and
math proficiencies as estab
lished by the North Carolina
Department of Public Instruc
tion,” said PCS Accountability
Director Deanene Deaton.
She continued, “Schools
are deemed proficient if they
reach the predetermined
target in all subgroups, and
subgroups are defined by hav
ing a minimum of 40 students
in a specified category.”
In order to be considered
proficient, students must
achieve a level three or four
on End of Grade or End of
Course tests.
Deaton noted, “Additionally,
the targets for reading and
math increased substantially
for the 2010-2011 school year.
At the elementary and middle
school level, target goals were
set at 71.6 for reading and 88.6
for math. At the high school
level the reading target was
69.3 and math was set at 84.2.”
Schools making AYP
include Oak Lane Elemen
tary, Stories Creek Elemen
tary, Person High School, and
Woodland Elementary. Each of
these schools met their identi
fied targets in 100 percent of
their subgroups. According
to AYP data collection history,
this is the first year since the
inception of No Child Left
Behind (NCLB) in 2001 that
Person High School (PHS) has
made AYP.
PHS Principal Steve Hester
commented, “Making AYP is
a direct result of teacher dedi
cation to meet all students’
needs. By using our research-
based strategy approach,
teachers are producing major
academic gains for all students
in every subgroup. Faculty
dedication, combined with
central services and school
board support, has created a
positive teamwork atmosphere
that is allowing us to make
major improvements. Making
AYR combined with an over
all proficiency increase from
60 percent to an unofficial 77
percent in two years is evi-
See AYP, Fage 8
SUSAN BOWEN
Summer movie fun
Three-year-old Eliza Ess visited the Person County Public Library with her father on Tuesday. She
wanted to pick out the perfect movie to take home to watch that afternoon. She finally chose a Straw
berry Shortcake adventure.
United Way asking for
help to Stuff the Bus
BY PHYLISS BOATWRIGHT
C-T STAFF 1
Supplies, donations and vol
unteers are needed to help Per
son County school children be
ready to learn this fall.
The Person County United
Way is again sponsoring Stuff
the Bus to collect school sup
plies for students who otherwise
would not have the pens, pencils,
backpacks, notebooks, paper
and other supplies needed for
school.
Students in all Person Coun
ty Schools, Bethel Hill Charter
School and Roxboro Community
School will be helped by the ef
fort.
Jayne Bremer, executive direc
tor of the Person County United
Way said, “The National Educa
tion Association estimates that,
due to cuts in school budgets,
teachers spend over $500 out of
their pockets annually to buy
supplies for their classrooms.
Additionally, teachers often have
to buy extra supplies to provide
for students whose parents were
not able to provide for them.
“They’re teaching our chil
dren, grandchildren, nieces,
nephews and neighbors,” said
Bremer. “Children are the future
of our community. Teachers are
being asked to do more and
more with less and less. If we
don’t help them, who will?”
In response to the need,
Bremer said, the United Way
holds a Stuff the Bus event
each year before school starts.
There will be a couple of
differences in the event this
year, she said. Those donating
will be able to use a “Teach
er’s Wish List” to pick items
they wish to donate. Also this
year, principals and school
PCC tuition, fees increase
BY GREY PENTECOST
C-T STAFF WRITER
gteypentetost@roxboto-tourlet.tom
See BUS, Page 8
Due to recent state legislation.
Piedmont Community College
will see an increase in its tuition
fee and the cost of the GED test
beginning with the 2011-12 aca
demic year.
In-state tuition increased from
$56.50 per credit hour to $66.50 per
credit hour, with the maximum
fee per semester being $1,064.
Out-of-state tuition increased
from $248.50 per credit hour to
$258.50 per credit hour, with a
maximum per semester of $4,136.
The GED testing fee increased
from $7.50 to $25, effective July 1.
In addition to these increases,
PCC’s Tuition and Student Fee
Schedule will also include new
student fees that were approved
by the board of trustees at the
April board meeting.
The student activity fee will
be $20 per semester in the fall
and spring, and $10 per semester
in the summer. Non-curriculum
students are not required to pay
the fee, but may do so if they wish
to participate in student activity
programs.
The technology fee, charged to
support the procurement, opera
tion of, and repair of instruction
al technology (including supplies
and materials that accompany it),
will run $15 per semester (fall/
spring), and $8 for the summer
semester.
The campus access fee covers
the usage of campus facilities,
including parking, and access to
college resources through dis-
See TUITION, Page 8