By Travis Reems
Filed Monday, October 9 at 8:26 PM
The following events will be going on in the St. Louis area on topics surrounding public education:
October 14
The St. Louis Public School District will hold an open house for its 20 magnet schools on Saturday, Oct. 14, from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. Parents who are interested in sending their child to a magnet school will have an opportunity to talk to administrators, ask questions regarding the specialty programs, and receive informational materials and applications.
Elementary Schools
Ames Visual and Performing Arts
Dewey International Studies
Gateway Math & Science Elem.
Kennard Classical and Junior Academy
Kottmeyer Early Childhood Center
Lyon Academy of Basic Instruction
Mallinckrodt Academy of Basic Instruction
Mullanphy ILC
Shaw Visual and Performing Arts @ Roe
Simmons-Marshall MEGA
Stix Early Childhood Center
Euclid/Washington Montessori
Wilkinson Early Childhood Center
Middle Schools
Bunche Int. Studies @ Southwest Complex
Busch AAA
Carr Lane Visual and Performing Arts
Compton Drew ILC
McKinley Classical and Junior Academy
Gateway Math & Science Peparatory
High Schools
Cleveland NJROTC @ Pruitt
Central Visual and Performing Arts @ Southwest Complex
Gateway Institute of Technology
Metro Academic & Classical
Soldan International Studies
For more information about the magnet school program, call Recruitment and Counseling Center at 314-633-5200.
October 19
The Parent Assembly meeting is scheduled for Thursday, October 19, 2006, 6:30 pm Metro High School, 4017 McPherson Avenue. Opening Remarks by Dorris J. Walker-McGahee with an introduction of Parent Assembly Board of Directors, Principals, School Board Members. Guest Speakers will feature , from the Special Advisory Committee on St. Louis Public Schools, Dr. William H. Danforth and Attorney Frankie M. Freeman, and Laidlaw Bus Company Area Manager Will Rosa.
October 21
10 am to 1 pm, Paying for College Forum, University ofMissouri St. Louis Millennium Student Center, Century Room A
October 19-November 30
St. Louis Children's Agenda will host a "Public Dialogue on Public Education Community Forums to Promote Constructive Dialogue and Develop Effective Strategies for Public Education." The St. Louis Metropolitan Children's Agenda, a broad-based coalition of 300 children's advocates and children's services agencies, is initiating a year-long series of forums focused on public education in the City of St. Louis. The series was organized because of the belief of coalition partners that access to a quality education is central to the life-long well-being of the City's children.
October 19 - SLPS Plans and Goals for 2006 - 2007: Views of the School Board, Superintendent, and Teachers
November 2 - Perspectives of Community Stakeholders: Business and Philanthropy
November 16 - Perspectives of Community Stakeholders: Government & Community Organizations
November 30 - Serving the Customers: What Students Need and Parents Want from Public Education, Plus Perspectives of City Residents
We advise that you register for the forum series by sending an e-mail to vcr@visionforchildren.org.
3 Comments:
So the community forum is planned the same day as the Parent Assembly meeting? I guess they don't want parents there, huh.
Tuesday, October 10, 2006 9:46:00 AM
As Travis mentioned, you need to register for the communtiy forum sessions. They will then send you the time and location information. The forums have typically been meeting late afternoons. Forum dates are scheduled on several different Thursdays of the month, and this series was planned some time ago, so I don't think there was any intent to exclude anyone, especially parents, by overbooking dates. I just think there is alot going on out there regarding pubic education...Which is a good thing! Can we make it to all of the meetings? Not if you have a life, and kids involved in the education system. The important thing is that you try to make it to some of the things. As stakeholders in the system, our input is important!
Wednesday, October 11, 2006 7:41:00 AM
As anyone whose calendar is filled with community events knows, there are often many back-to-back and conflicting meetings in the St. Louis community, none of which do I believe are intended to slight, offend or exclude any segement from participation. There are just so few hours in the day to fill with meetings that there are bound to be conflicts.
Wednesday, October 11, 2006 10:52:00 AM
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