Chairman: Doug Conner
In Attendance
John Cates
Hubert Cummings
Gary Duff
Bryan Frise
Roy Holt
Ida Jones, Assistant City Clerk
Jeff Neal
Roy Reynolds
Toney Rigul
Scott Shufflebarger
Victoria Oakley, Chief Academic Officer for Richmond Public Schools
Greg Wingfield
Call to Order
Chairman Doug Conner called the meeting to order at 12:12 p.m.
Approval of Minutes
The minutes from the January 4, 2012 were adopted unanimously.
Old Business
· Victoria Oakley, Chief Academic Officer for Richmond Public Schools, discussed possible meeting dates for the Richmond Technical Center visit; more dates will be discussed at the next commission meeting.
· Roy Reynolds updated the commissioners on guest speakers for the CTE 2012 Forum. Mr. Reynolds discussed solidifying an exact date with Richmond Public Schools, before contacting guest speakers.
New Business
· Discussion
Job Corps representatives discussed the purpose and mission of Job Corps. Job Corps is a no-cost education and career technical training program administered by the US Department of Labor that helps young people ages 16 through 24 improve the quality of their lives through career technical and academic training.
Commissioners discussed the possibility of bringing a Job Corps location to Richmond and representatives on hand discussed the outreach and admission process with commissioners.
Adjournment
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 1:32 p.m.
