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and evaluation of these changes can be accomplished quicker to insure their validity.
3. I feel that the greatest weakness in our system is the effect of the state funding formula on our budget. The recent reevaluation of our status puts us in the unfortunate position of having to deal with an 18 percent decrease in state funds. This will put tremendous pressure on the system and the taxpayers to make up this deficit.
Our computers are aging and our science labs need to be updated.
Another weakness is our lack of parental and community participation. We have many opportunities for involvement, but it seems a small, but dedicated, group does most of the work. We need more parents, grandparents, and businesses to get involved.
4. Funding is and will remain the number one issue that the board will face. The updating of our technical needs must be dealt with. We must insure, in spite of funding problems, that our teachers are adequately paid.
5. This is a cost effectiveness issue. The present system is providing the necessary training, but students must spend one and a half hours in transit time each day. This is a tremendous waste of educational time. The cost is also rising and several counties are looking at going “in house.” This could increase costs even more for those who remain. 1 expect that we will end up “in house” in certain areas, but equipment costs for some areas may be prohibitively high and require continued regional cooperation.
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