Trey Csar speaking last year at Terry Parker for a Learning To Finish Announcement
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Special Guests – Trey Csar (Jacksonville Public Education Fund), Mary Kelli (Education Reporter)
Upcoming School Board Town Hall Meetings
Thursday, March 11
Sandalwood High School, 2750 John Prom Blvd, 32246
Tuesday, March 16
Frank H. Peterson Academies of Technology, 7450 Wilson Blvd., 32210
Thursday, March 18
Jean Ribault High School, 3701 Winton Dr., 32208
Tuesday, March 23
Mandarin High School, 4831 Greenland Rd., 32258
Jacksonville Public Education Fund
- new group
- help school district realign and refocus as a system
- ___ Collaborative
- “critical friend” of school board
- if half the dropouts had graduated last year, we’d have an additional $$$???
- not enough money
- school day reduced by 45 minutes
- what needs to be done with the little money available
- another brutal year
- anticipated shortfalls will not be pretty
- fairly progressive with local revenue
- member of state consortium
- lack the patience to allow the value of education to bear fruit
- Urban Education Symposium
- Twitter – @jaxpef
- elected v. appointed officials
- more important who’s there rather than how they get there
- school board is paid
- give leaders freedom but accountability and they will be able to change schools
- “visionary leader”
- no excuses!
- takes more than a year to move a school
- plateaus are common
- change takes time
- judging teachers based on how well students do
- work with state and union to ratify ____ memorandum
- no appointed board members in FL
- food fight
- no one is happy with education quality
- John Delaney
- JTA appointed, JEA appointed (crappy beauracracies)
- Constitutional issue
Recommendations
Joey – Ritz Theatre Thu Feb 25 “Panel of Pros”
Tony – Last week fro FRAM, RAM starts again Mar 6 “Riverwalk to RAM”
Jonathan – Toxic past haunts future of Jacksonville’s Hogans Creek
Trey – Cozy Tea Indian Dinner once a month
Mary – School Board Town Hall meeting dates
Jack – my mind is GONE, sorry
Coming Up on Urban Jacksonville Weekly
- March 1st – Walk a Mile In Their Shoes with Tom McManus and Kelly DeGance join us to talk about Walk a Mile In Their Shoes, a 5K to benefit the Sulzbacher.
- March 15st: Josh Jubinsky from the Jacksonville Public Library will join us to talk about the Zine collection.
