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THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2004
Board approves changes
in AG teaching methods
BY LAURA YOUNGS
MANAGING EDITOR
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City
School Board members approved a
measure last week to revise the dis
trict’s academically gifted program
in hopes of fixing past problems.
More than a year of planning
resulted in board members giving
the go-ahead by a 4-3 vote at the
June 17 meeting that would alter
how academically gifted students
are identified, how they are grouped
in classrooms and teacher training.
“The revision will help provide
more consistent services for stu
dents who are gifted,” said Kim
Hoke, spokeswoman for CHCCS.
One of the changes explained in
the 62 page-report is cluster group
ing, in which students identified as
academically gifted will be placed in
groups of five to six in elementary
schools and seven to nine at middle
schools to mix them with other stu
dents while also keeping them with
members of their academic level.
Middle school teachers will be
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be trained under the embedded
model, meaning they will be
instructed year-round by gifted
education specialists.
“My basic concern about the
plan is about whether the plan has
been consistantly implemented
across the district,” said Lisa
Stuckey, vice chairwoman of the
board. “The plan we adpoted goes
very far in making sure it is.”
In the report, firmer language
has been put in place aimed at mak
ing academically gifted programs
consistent across the district.
This will be a change from a
site-mandated system, in which
schools are given guidelines and
decide how to implement them,
said Sandra Page, gifted education
director for CHCCS. “It’s a change
but only for some schools.”
Students at the third grade level
will have a non-verbal aptitude tests
administered to them beginning in
August 2005 as one way of identi
fying academically gifted students.
Since 1996, CHCCS has used a
system of differentiation that com
bines students of different levels
instead of pulling academically
gifted students out for separate
instruction in reading and math.
Though the changes seem to be
a positive, some are worried about
a potential lack of effectiveness.
“The revisions overall are a
huge improvement,” said board
member Jamezetta Bedford, who
voted against the plan. “But I just
don’t personally feel it’s possible to
implement the program effective
ly. There’s really no accountability.”
Bedford said that the district has
been trying to do this for 8 years
but that in some cases, it has been
hit or miss and that there is a lack
of accountability. She added that
she is concerned about the fact that
teacher training is so spread out
and should be more immediate,
adding that a method of measuring
students’ progress is needed.
“End-of-grade tests aren’t ade
quate and they really aren’t good
for any kid,” she said, adding that
the board couldn’t decide on other
tests to use. “But they definitely
have a ceiling effect for our high
er acheiving students.”
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Hangers, neighbors sign deal
BY JOSEPH R. SCHWARTZ
CITY EDITOR
The dispute between Hangers
Cleaners and the Village Square
Homeowners Association came to
an amicable end Friday as the two
sides reached a compromise.
On Tuesday the Carrboro Board
of Aldermen formally voted, 5 to 1,
that all future issues involved dry
cleaners in B-3 zones, like
Hangers, will adhere to a similar
agreement.
The deal comes after the resi
dents of Village Square com
plained publicly about the noise
emanated from the cleaners locat
ed at 127 Fidelity St.
Established as a B-3 zone, or a
business in a residential area,
Hangers is separated from the
neighborhood by a thin wooden
fence.
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pressing at its Carrboro location
while dry cleaning is completed at
a Raleigh site.
The bone of contention came
when Hangers aimed to move the
dry cleaning machine to the
Carrboro location, a move that the
homeowners said would have
resulted in round-the-clock noise.
The agreement, which was also
negotiated with building owner
Doug Mitchell, requires that the
machines only run Mondays
through Fridays from 7 a.m. to 6
p.m. and occasionally on
Saturday during times of heavy
patronage.
“If they were able to operate any
time they wanted to ... it would
generate too much noise for us,”
said Daniel Amoni, a VSHOA
member. “We’re located right next
door.”
The site has housed a dry-clean
ers since 1988, but Amoni, who
just moved to the area last year
said residents identified the prob
lem long before Hanger’s arrived.
“This is just what should have
been done a long time ago,” he said.
Amoni also said Mitchell’s part
of the agreement calls for him to
consider turning the building into
Village Square offices once the
Hanger’s'lease expires.
Mitchell said Hangers has
already indicated that they likely
will leave the building at the end of
the lease, which he said expires in
31/2 years.
Hangers officials were not aval
ible for comment Tuesday.
The Board of Aldermen heard
complaints from the two parties at
its May 20 meeting and was slated
to mandate operating times at its 1
June 22 meeting.
Instead board members were
relieved to discover that the parties
already had done so and received
the agreement with open arms.
They amended a prepared reso
lution to adhere to the weekday
times that VSHOA members
requested but continued to allow
for Saturday cleaning between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m.
Board member Mark Chilton
said it was important to have
something on the books instead of
relying on an agreement.
“I think the idea was to give
Hangers and potentially others in
the B-3 zone just a little more flex
ibility,” he said.
“It’s not entirely safe to rely on
the representation of the current
neighbors.”
He also said the agreement
allowed for a better process.
“We don’t know what it takes to
run a business but we do want to
see some reasonable regulations,”
he said.
“When they come together its
beneficial because there’s not so
much for us to have to figure out.”
Contact the City Editor
at citydesk@unc.edu.
SORRECTION
■ A front-page article and
photo cutline on June 17 incor
rectly identified Michelle Cotton
Laws as a Chapel Hill resident.
Cotton Laws is a former resident.
CLARIFICATION
■ A front-page article on June
17 failed to identify that allegations
made in the 2nd paragraph were
those of Leslie Sumpter.
To report corrections, contact Managing Editor
Laura Youngs at layoueemall.unc.edu.
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