Gee said at a news conference Wednesday morning that he doesn't want to run a university like someone who is 69 years old, which is his age.

 

He also says he wants to spend more time with his identical twin granddaughters as well as a "significant other" in California whom he didn't identify.

 

Gee says the furor over recorded remarks jabbing Roman Catholics and the University of Notre Dame first reported by The Associated Press last week played a small part in his decision.

 

He also says it's best to step down as planning process for Ohio State's long-term future begins this week.

 

 

The Hollywood Reporter announced this weeks it has rated the school No. 7 on its latest list of the top 25 drama schools in the world.

 

The paper reports that just 5 percent of applicants are accepted to the school, whose alums include Mary-Louise Parker, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Tom Hulce, Terrence Mann, and Chris Parnell.

 

"Not a day goes by without our hearing about a drama alum who won a role in a film, on TV, at a regional theater or on Broadway, said chancellor John Mauceri in the Hollywood Reporter story.

 

The list includes:

 

1. The Julliard School, New York City

2. Yale School of Drama, New Haven, Connecticut

3. Tisch School of the Arts, NYU, New York City

 

A full list can be found at hollywoodreporter.com

 

The White House released more details Monday about the president's trip to the Charlotte area Thursday afternoon. The Obama administration says the president will visit Mooresville Middle School to make remarks and see what it calls the school's cutting-edge curriculum that promotes digital learning.

 

The school is part of the Mooresville Graded School District, where Mark Edwards was named superintendent of the year by the American Association of School Administrators.

 

The White House announced last week that Obama would make the Charlotte area the latest stop of his "Middle-Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour." He's already made tour stops in Austin, Tex., and Baltimore

 

The meeting will be held at the Education Building on North Wilmington Street in Raleigh, and live-streamed at http://stateboard.ncpublicschools.gov/ . 

 

The agenda is as follows.

 

 

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5        

1-1:30 p.m

 

•  Leadership and Innovation Committee

 

State Board member Rebecca Taylor, chair; Wayne McDevitt, vice chair

 

Action items: Recommendations for Enrollment Increase for New Charter Schools and Expectations for Continued Operation of The Children’s Village Academy

 

New Business item: NCVPS Executive Director’s Update

 

 

 

1:30 (or following LFI Committee meeting) – 2 p.m.

 

•  21st Century Professionals Committee

 

State Board member Olivia Oxendine, chair; John Tate, vice chair

 

Action Items: Proposed Standards, Rubrics and Users Guides for the Evaluation of Allied Health Service Professionals; Career and Technical Education Licensure Requirements; New Licensure Areas for Innovative Lateral Entry Licensure Programs; Proposed Qualifying Praxis II Test Scores for Special Education: Teaching Students with Behavioral Disorders/Emotional Disturbances (0372/5372), English Language Arts: Content Knowledge (5038), Mathematics: Content Knowledge (5161), Middle School English Language Arts (5047), Middle School Mathematics (5169), and Praxis I Core Academic Skills for Educators: Reading (5712), Writing (5722) and Mathematics (5732); and Educators Eligible for Career Status/Tenure

 

 

 

2 (or following the TCP Committee meeting) – 2:40 p.m.

 

•  21st Century Systems Committee

 

State Board member Gregory Alcorn, chair; Kevin Howell, vice chair

 

Action items: School Improvement Grant and Modifications of the School Calendar for the Eastern NC School for the Deaf

 

Discussion items: State Hearing Review Officers and Revision of the NC Virtual Public School Non-Public Pricing for In-state Students

 

New Business items: Legislative Budget Update, Contracts Update

 

 

 

2:40 (or following the TCS Committee meeting) – 3 p.m.

 

•  Globally Competitive Students Committee

 

State Board member Marcella Savage, chair; Becky Taylor, vice chair

 

Discussion item: Policies Governing Services for Children with Disabilities

 

 

 

3 p.m.  Board convenes in Open Session and adjourns to closed session

 

 

 

3:45 p.m.  Board reconvenes in Open Session and adjourns

 

 

 

THURSDAY, JUNE 6

 

10 a.m.

 

Following approval of their May minutes, Board members will honor outgoing State Board of Education members Shirley Harris, Melissa Bartlett and Chris Greene; outgoing State Board of Education advisors Tyronna Hooker (Teacher of the Year Advisor), Patrice Faison (Principal of the Year Advisor) and Diane Frost (Superintendent Advisor); and retiring Senior Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Special Litigation Division, and Counsel to the State Board Tom Ziko. Board members also will recognize the North Carolina 2012 winner of the Yes I Can! Award from the Council for Exceptional Children Asha Gandhi, a 5th grade teacher at Brunson Elementary School (Winston-Salem/Forsyth Schools). 

 

 

 

NCDPI Race to the Top Director Adam Levinson will provide an update on the Career and College Ready Set Go initiative followed by Educator Effectiveness Director Lynne Johnson who will provide an update on educator effectiveness initiatives. Under the State Superintendent’s Report, June Atkinson will recognize Jose Luis Palacios Varga, NCDPI World Languages consultant-on-loan from the Spanish Ministry of Education. Legislative Director Rachel Beaulieu will update Board members on legislative activity and SBE Staff Attorney Katie Cornetto will provide an update on the Rules Review Council. 

 

 

 

Under the Information Agenda, Board members will receive a report on the Education Value Added Assessment System (EVAAS). Under the Board’s Consent Agenda, members will pre-approve the Financial and Business Services’ Policy Manuals. Committee chairs will then report out and members will take action on regular agenda items as appropriate. The meeting will conclude with the Chairman’s comments and a discussion of any new business.