Public Dialogue on Public Education
From the release:
Join the St. Louis Metropolitan Children's Agenda and Vision for Children at Risk for our sixth forum in the series "A Public Dialogue on Public Education."
Thursday, November 30, 2006
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
The Engineers' Club of St. Louis
4359 Lindell Boulevard
The sixth forum in the series, "A Public Dialogue on Public Education", will be the fourth stakeholder forum. This forum will focus on the views of the Office of the Mayor and some key community organizations on the importance of public education in the City of St. Louis. Panelists will outline their perspectives on the St. Louis Public Schools, identifying what they see as key issues and critical needs. The program for the forum will include the following panelists:
Office of the Mayor - Jeff Rainford, Chief of Staff and Robbyn Wahby, Educational Liaison
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri - Becky James, President & CEO
FOCUS St. Louis - Christine Chadwick, Executive Director
St. Louis Mental Health Board - Don Cuvo, Executive Director
RSVP: Admission is free, but registration is required. Please RSVP to Belinda Boston at 314-534-6015 or blboston@visionforchildren.org.
(The Engineers' Club is in the Central West End on the north side of Lindell Boulevard between Boyle and Newstead Avenues. It is in the block immediately east of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis (New Cathedral). There is ample parking behind and to the east of the building. Turn into the parking lot off of Lindell Blvd. at the east end of the Engineers' Club building.)
"A Public Dialogue on Public Education" will continue with a series of forums approximately every two weeks through the 2006-2007 school year. These forums are intended to promote constructive community dialogue, provide needed data and information, and develop effective strategies to advance quality public education in the City of St. Louis.
Note: The forum tentatively scheduled for December 14 focusing on the findings and recommendations of the Special Advisory Committee on the St. Louis Public Schools is being postponed until early January 2007. The Special Advisory Committee has advised us that they will not have completed their work and filed their report with the State Board of Education by December 14. The Special Advisory Committee has agreed to make a presentation as part of the community forum series "A Public Dialogue on Pubic Education" early in the New Year.
Richard Patton
St. Louis Metropolitan Children's Agenda
Looking at the panelists it appears the fox is guarding the hen house.
The host organization is nothing but a puppet on a string controlled by Room 200.
Posted by CK on Wed., Nov 29, 2006 at 1:06 PMThis is sixth in a series of forums. Other forums have included hearing from Diana Bourisaw, the teachers union, parents, and the business and philanthropic community. The point is to get everyone in the community with different views TALKING about the schools and yes, that includes hearing from the mayor's office. The quality and future of the City depends on the schools, shouldn't the mayor be concerned about the education of the city children??
Posted by Anonymous on Thu., Nov 30, 2006 at 2:16 PMI stand by my original assessment.
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