The quality of Wake County's school system has made the area a very
desirable place to live. Is this quality sustainable in the future as the
area continues to grow and the system struggles to find adequate funding?
WakeUP Wake County has assembled a group of experts to help us better
understand the challenges now and in the future. Hope you can attend and
please spread the word about this important public forum.
Philip W Poe
<mailto:PWPoe@att.net> PWPoe(a)att.net
919.832.6777 voice
919.522.1078 mobile
919.832.6775 fax
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Please come.. To a public forum on key challenges to Wake public schools, on
Tuesday, May 12, 7 - 9:30 p.m. at the NCSU McKimmon Center. The focus of
the forum will be on how to achieve and fund educational excellence, given
the challenges we face in decreased school funding and population growth.
We hope this forum will provide important information to parents and
policymakers to help ensure high quality education for all our children.
Details are below, and a flyer and the agenda are attached. Please feel
free to forward to others who may be interested.
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Free Public Forum
Achieving Educational Excellence in
Times of Challenge and Change
How Should Wake County Schools Plan for Growth and the Current Economic
Crisis?
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
7 to 9:30 pm (doors open at 6:30 p.m.)
McKimmon Center
1101 Gorman Street Raleigh
Speakers and panelists include:
Former BOE Member Tom Oxholm, Co-author of "A School District's Journey to
Excellence"
Chair of the Wake Education Partnership, Ann Denlinger
Deputy Wake County Manager Johnna Rogers
John Dornan of the NC Public School Forum
Dr. Dudley Flood, UNC-CH professor and UNC Board of Governors
NC General Assembly Representative Nelson Dollar
Jim Blackburn of the NC Association of County Commissioners
Wake County Commissioner Stan Norwalk
Wake County School Board Member Beverley Clark
Charlotte Turpin, NCAE
Co-hosted by: WakeUP Wake County, Wake NC Association of Educators,
Concerned Citizens for African American Children,
Wake League of Women Voters, and Bigger Picture 4 Wake
For complete agenda and registration (encouraged, but not required), go to:
http://wakeupwakecounty.com/cms/
For more information, contact: Karen Rindge, WakeUP Wake County,
krindge(a)earthlink.net
Forum Sponsors:
Community Forum Leader
Dean Debnam and Stephanie Fanjul
Nancy and Ron McFarlane
Wake N.C. Association of Educators
WakeUP Wake County
John Wilson
Community Forum Supporter
BiggerPicture4Wake
Barbara and Jim Goodmon
Subhash Gumbar
Russell Killen
Erv and Sue Portman
Senator Josh Stein and Anna Stein
Smedes York
Community Forum Friend
Concerned Citizens for African American Children
Cynthia Ball and Dave Aspnes
Yevonne Brannon
Rodger Koopman
Lois Nixon
Virginia Parker
Susan Parry
Gerda Stein
Russ Stephenson
Wake League of Women Voters