To:

Members, Board of Education

From:

Terry B. Grier, Ed.D.

Date:

November 30, 2007

RE:

Use of Yellow School Buses for 2008 ACC School Day Game

For the past three years, the board has approved the use of yellow school buses to transport elementary and middle school students to the school day games held as a part of the Atlantic Coast Conference’s Women’s Basketball Tournament. This year, the days designated for the school day games are Thursday, March 6, 2008 for elementary schools and Friday, March 7, 2007 for middle schools. The games each day are at 11:00 AM.

The Atlantic Coast Conference has developed a school day game curriculum in conjunction with Guilford County teachers that follow the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. This school day game curriculum was put in place for the 2005 Tournament and has been updated each year. It is on the LearnNC Web site developed by the UNC School of Education. It can be accessed by searching for ACC school day game.

As was approved last year by the board, 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 school day games to transport K-8 students of those schools choosing to participate in this educational opportunity.