1. Opening Activities

2. Old Business

3. New Business

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Jamestown Community College (JCC) is applying for an Upward Bound grant to span the 2012-13 to 2016-17 academic years. Upward Bound offers fundamental support to participants in their preparation for college entrance. The program provides opportunities for participants to succeed in their precollege performance and ultimately in their higher education pursuits. Upward Bound serves high school students from low-income families and high school students from families in which neither parent holds a bachelor's degree. The goal of Upward Bound is to increase the rate at which participants complete secondary education and enroll in and graduate from institutions of post-secondary education. JCC is inviting Warren Area High School as one of the ten (10) high school partners it plans for it's Upward Bound program. As a partner, qualified WAHS students will be able to take advantage of the following grant opportunities: 1) Academic-year, school based tutoring (coordinated through Chautauqua Striders. 2) A six-week summer program focusing on strengthening skills in mathematics, laboratory science, foreign language, composition, and literature. 3) Advice and assistance in college and career exploration. 4) Assistance in preparing for college entrance exams. 5) Information on the full range of college financial aid programs. 6) Assistance in completing college admissions and financial aid applications. 7) Exposure to cultural events. Students enter the program through an application process and must have completed the 8th grade, be between the ages of 13 and 19, and have a need for academic support in order to pursue a program of postsecondary education. All students must be either from low-income families or be potential first-generation college students. The program requires that two-thirds of the participants in a project must be both low-income and potential first-generation students. The remaining one-third must be either low-income, first-generation college students, or students who have a high risk for academic failure. While the student and his/her parents will complete the Upward Bound program application and make participation commitments on their own, we will need each school's commitment to provide: assistance identifying eligible students within the school; mechanisms for the Upward Bound program to communicate with prospective and current program participants (ex: newsletters, Parent Portals, materials distributed to students in schools, presence at open houses, etc.); facilities for the Upward Bound program to meet/work with prospective and current program participants (ex. meeting room, computer lab for tutoring); a designated liaison to facilitate connections among Upward Bound personnel, participants, and parents; and access to participants' academic progress reports with consent provided by participants and their parents. Warren Area High School was approached as the largest high school in the district. WCSD administration has stated its interest in making Upward Bound services available to students in the other district high schools as well. JCC has indicated that such an invitation could be made if any other school that has been invited turns down the invitation to participate.

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Warren County School District has maintained an articulation agreement with the Erie Business Center for the past five years to allow students to receive credit for courses completed in high school. This is an update based upon our recent curriculum changes in the business education program. This agreement allows our students to receive credit toward the completion of a diploma or degree at the Erie Business Center without cost to the student if the student meets or exceeds the minimum grade expectations.

4. Informational Items

We would like to welcome the Student Board Representatives to our proceedings. Each student has been given the guidelines for their position, has written an essay describing their interest in the position and their goals, and has collected thirty (30) student signatures of support, two (2)teacher signatures of support, and their school principal's endorsement. Committee assignments will be made this evening and will change every three months. We commend and thank these students for their interest in and dedication to their school district.

Summary of grant activities.

5. Other

6. Closing Activities