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For the past three years, the Board of Education has approved the use of yellow school buses to transport elementary and middle school students to the School Day Game held as a part of the Atlantic Coast Conference’s Women’s Basketball Tournament. It is recommended that similar action be taken this year for the 2008 Greensboro Grasshopper School Day Games. The days designated for the School Day Games are Thursday, April 24, 2008 for middle schools and Wednesday, May 14, 2008 for elementary schools.
In conjunction with the Greensboro Grasshoppers, GCS teachers have developed a School Day Game Curriculum which follows the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. This School Day Game Curriculum will be put into place this year and will be updated for future use.
In addition to changing the game time to accommodate students’ schedules, the Greensboro Grasshoppers have donated all tickets for the games to minimize the cost for students. The Grasshoppers organization also allows schools to bring their own lunches into the stadium. In past years, the only limitation to our students’ involvement has been activity bus availability.
As was approved last year by the Board of Education for a similar event, the Administration is requesting approval to use yellow school buses to transport students to this event. All available activity buses will be used, but the current activity bus fleet is not large enough to cover the requests for transportation.
RECOMMENDATION: The Administration requests that the Board grant approval for the use of yellow school buses for the 2008 Greensboro Grasshoppers School Day Games to transport K-8 students of those schools choosing to participate in this educational opportunity.
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