Comprehensive Meeting Draft Minutes

Meeting DRAFT

3/21/07

Second Floor Conference Room
City Hall – 900 E. Broad Street

9:00AM

Attendees:

Isaac Graves

Councilman Doug Conner

Roy Reynolds

Tichi Pinkley-Eppes

Carol Wolfe

Yueh Eli Wong

Questions

What to do with the kids at the end of the spectrum?

Handling of existing students?

Handling of existing staff?

Teaching Certifications?

Teacher’s salary to transfer – benefits needs to be consistent?

What agreement is necessary from regional schools?

Topics

Add more capacity in the classrooms, more students applying than seats.

Expanding Richmond Technical Center Programs

Benefits of using a Governor School Model

Come up with expected questions and have each member to answer through emails.

Additional Questions

What to do with the existing schools?
What to do with existing students?
Virginia Department of Education questions will be answered by Carol.

Roy Reynolds presented examples from organizations from the internet:
Minutemen Tech                       minutemen.org

Dream it-do-it Foundation        dreamit-doit.com

Build a solid knowledge base and solid answers to questions, when brought up.

Possible meeting with Eugene Trani.

Disability/handicap accessibility into program. 

            Possibly inviting Mike Chenail to the next meeting to speak.

            Jim Rothrock – Rehabilitative Service for employment for the disabled.

Action Plan:

Eli:

Contact Haskell Brown to follow up on the records and paperwork on the creation of Maggie L Walker Governor School.

Eli will reserve the 2^nd floor meeting room for 3 or 4 weeks for every Wednesday from 9:00am to 11:00pm

Roy will contact Minutemen Tech to receive information.

Invite Councilman Chris Hilbert to the next meeting.

Schedule Carol Wolfe into Doug’s meeting with Harry Black on Friday.

Meet with Gary Matcher

Goal:

PPEA:  Public Private Education Association?

Submit a formal proposal to the school board.

Meet with Henrico PTA Council and Richmond District PTA councils.  They are the audience to sell the comprehensive school idea to.

Create an Executive Summary about what goals we are trying to accomplish.

Send in questions for next meeting, each committee to answer questions that each member has to build a solid knowledge base, and for appropriate response.

95 be learning corridor

New Meeting Plan:

Formal meetings held on every other Wednesday. 

After gathering necessary data, we then will proceed with setting up meeting with superintendents.

Next meeting date:  March 28, 2007, Second Floor Conference Room, Richmond City Hall.  9:00am.