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HUNDREDS ATTEND TOWN HALL FORUMS
ON THE DROPOUT RATE:
COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS JOIN TO FIND SOLUTIONS
Thanks
to the hundreds of parents, students, educators and
community members who shared their ideas for lowering
the dropout rate at our town hall forums at Aldine,
Austin and Wheatley high schools. Dozens of you visited
our video speakout booth -- many of these interviews are now posted below.
Improving
communication -- between schools and families, and between
students and adults -- was the "big idea"
that came up again and again at all three events. Houston
A+ Challenge will now synthesize your input and present
it as a report to district officials and policymakers.
Video
Speakout
Aldine High School: Feb. 22, 2007
Phillis Wheatley High School: March 1, 2007
Click on images to watch videos:
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ABE SAAVEDRA
Superintendent, Houston ISD
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CAMISHA
Student,
Wheatley
High School
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BEN WILSON
Assistant Superintendent,
Aldine ISD |
KAREN SOEHNGE
Chief Academic
Officer,
Houston ISD |
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JOSH
Student,
Aldine High School
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LUPE
Parent / Tutor,
Wheatley High School
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NADINE KUJAWA
Superintendent, Aldine ISD
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GINA
Counselor,
Wheatley High School
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LORENZO
Student,
Aldine High School
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KEVIN HOFFMAN
Board Member,
Houston ISD
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ASHFORD
Teacher,
Houston Academy
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MONICA
Student,
Wheatley High School
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KATHY
Student,
Aldine High School
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MANUEL RODRÍGUEZ, JR.
Board President, Houston ISD
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CAROLYN
Literacy Coach,
Chavez High School |
CORETTA
Literacy
Coach,
Wheatley High School
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J. KENT ADAMS
Justice of the Peace,
Harris County
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JANICE
School of Social Work, University of Houston
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MARINE JONES
School Board Member,
Aldine ISD
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WILEY JOHNSON
Principal,
Wheatley High School
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KHAMBREL MARSHALL
Executive Producer, Channel 13 News
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FELIX
Community Volunteer
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WALTER
Teacher,
Aldine High School
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 This
year’s town hall forums are made possible by a
grant from the Public Education Network (PEN), whose
mission is to build public demand and mobilize resources
for quality public education for all children,
especially poor and disadvantaged, through a national
constituency of local education funds and individuals.
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