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County schools stress discourse
BY KATHRYN REED
STAFF WRITER
As the Orange County Board of
Education prepares to tackle a vari
ety of districtwide issues in the new
year, school officials say they have
taken significant steps to open the
lines of communication between
schools and parents.
“We’re trying lots and lots of
things to increase our visibility and
the flow of communication to our
various publics,” said Superintendent
Shirley Carraway. “Our board has
taken communication very seriously.
We’ve heard that loud and clear from
the community.”
Board member Elizabeth Brown
said the focus on communication
stemmed from concerns among par
ents that the previous board was not
willing to listen to their concerns.
“If you don’t have the coopera
tion and support of parents, it’s
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supplier of blank T-shirts to UNC
licensees is still in a state of limbo.
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Delores Simpson.
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an for county schools, said one of
the first things the board did this
school year was to implement an e
mail notification system called The
Loop to alert parents about district
information.
The board also created a bro
chure and updated its Web site
http://www.orange.kl2.nc.us to
help the public identify and contact
board members, D’Annunzio said.
She added that the board’s most
recent step, implementing a system
called Connect-ED, allows school
officials to contact every parent in
the district by phone within min
utes with emergency messages or
news of upcoming events.
Also, board members encourage
parents to come to meetings and to
voice their opinions, Simpson said.
licensees who source from Gildan.
It also is planning to send a letter
directly to Gildan.
“We sent letters ... to remind
them of the Code (of Conduct),” said
Derek Lochbaum, UNC’s director
of trademarks and licensing and
co-chairman of the committee.
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Board members are optimistic
that increased communication will
help the district deal with issues that
raise public concern, such as redis
tricting and high school reform.
“We have big things to tackle in
the near future, and we want to make
sure we hear from the community,”
said Chairwoman Libbie Hough.
D’Annunzio said the board plans
to hold such a public session for
feedback on redistricting. “Any time
you redistrict a school system, it can
be very emotional,” she said. “This is
a way the board hopes to make the
public heard and the decision fair.”
Board members said they hope to
hold more town hall-style meetings
that center on specific issues.
In addition to the board’s actions,
Carraway also has taken a number
of steps to increase her accessibility
to the public. “How can I do my job
if I don’t know what people think?”
“A violation of the University’s
Code by manufacturing companies
that they are sourcing from may
qualify as a violation on their part.”
The Canadian company which
supplies blank T-shirts to the licens
ees of more than 55 universities,
including UNC has been under
review since investigations by the
Fair Labor Association and the
Worker Rights Consortium found
that it did not meet the organiza
tions’ labor standards in late 2004.
Abuses were cited by workers
at Gildan’s El Progreso factory in
Honduras. Workers sought unpaid
wages, better working hours and
an end to harassment and abuse.
The committee is urging licens
ees who source from Gildan to
complete a questionnaire that will
help them keep tabs on the licens
ees and determine whether the
companies have advised Gildan of
UNC’s Code of Conduct.
“Licensees are encouraged to
show Gildan their dedication to the
University’s Code,” Lochbaum said.
The FLA notified Gildan that it
was investigating these charges. In
response, Gildan told the associa
tion that it was going to close the
Honduran factory.
The FLA thought Gildan was
using a “cut and run” policy, said
Genevieve Taft, a representative
for the group. “We put them on
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she said. “I think it’s critical in my
role that communication be open,
frequent and honest.”
D’Annunzio said Carraway initi
ated a Parent Leadership Council
to act as a liaison between the dis
trict and the community.
Carraway’s monthly “lunches
with the superintendent” are open
to anyone who wishes to discuss
school issues, D’Annunzio said.
Carraway also meets with a
Student Advisory Council on a
quarterly basis to determine issues
that matter to students.
Efforts already have helped the
district acquire special teachers and
social workers, as well as pleasant
board meetings, D’Annunzio said.
“We want our school board to be
the best it can be,” Simpson said.
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what we call special review and
gave them three months to resolve
their issues.”
After the three-month period,
Gildan again came before the FLA
board. The FLA decided that Gildan
had not taken enough measures to
amend its behavior but gave the
sportswear company one addi
tional month to comply. After the
Dec. 10 deadline, Taft said, Gildan
had taken “quite a few steps” to deal
with their issues and was restored
to “full participating” status.
“Right now, we’re still trying to
make sure that they didn’t get off
too easily,” Taft said. “We want to
make sure they are dealing with all
their issues in their other factories,
like the one in Honduras, too.”
Melanie Stratton, a labor advo
cate and a member of Students
United for a Responsible Global
Environment, indicated that stu
dents were outraged when the com
pany was restored to its full former
status. She said the decision was
“not holding true to labor rights,”
but SURGE does not have advocacy
plans in response to this situation.
Stratton said, “We are going to
wait and see what the committee
is going to do and until we receive
a response from Gildan.”
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