Orange County Schools Native American Program

Orange County Schools Native American Parent Advisory Committee

Orange County Schools have taken an active role in the developing quality programs for all their members of their diverse student population. One program that has been developed is aimed at aiding student performance and improving instructional opportunities for students of Native American heritage. In order to better achieve these aims the Orange County Schools Native American Parent Advisory Committee was created. The Native American Parent Advisory Committee acts under Title VII federal guidelines. It is composed of eight members; six elected members and two non-elected positions. The elected positions of President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Teacher Representative, and Student Representative are elected at the beginning of each school year and a nominated by parents of Orange County Schools. The non-elected positions currently are Chris Eslick Coordinator, Title VII-Native American Program and Oryden Gould, Title VII Community Liaison/Secretary, who is of Cherokee decent. The program is intended to support Native American students in attaining high marks in reading, language arts, and...