Atlanta Planning Advisory Board - Educationn Committee Meeting

Meeting Agenda

1. APAB/APS Partnership Resolution

2. APS School Closings Repurposing Committee & Focus Groups

3. Communities In Schools - Guest @ APAB June 2012 Meeting

4. July APAB Education Committee Working Session Agenda Items and 2013 Plan of Work

5. Working Sub-Committees and ADHOC Committees

6. Community Calendar & Announcements

Mission Statement

The mission of the Education Committee is to educate, engage, and execute concerns and ideas residents of Atlanta committed to contributing to public education, the Atlanta Board of Education and, other influencing institutions. 

Sub ends for accomplishing above mission:

• Assign an APAB Education Committee
       member to foster a NPU
• Attend all NPU meetings at least once quarterly
• Define, establish implement an community engagement process that promotes inclusion
• Recognize and foster the contributions that differences make to the civic and political
  process
• Promote civic participation consistent with the mission
• Promote fair, ethical and socially responsible members and leaders.

Purpose

• The Education Committee purpose is to be a liaison between the 25-NPUs and APAB members on education issues within the City of Atlanta.
• To support the NPU channels by developing processes to address concerns and suggestions related to education (public, private, higher education, and
  other education alternatives)
• To present current issues, industry trends on the most efficient ways to navigate through systems of learning in order to facilitate the community involvement process.

APAB Education Officers

Chair, Jennifer Freeman (NPU-I, Education Chair), apabeduchair@gmail.com, (APAB Liaison)

Co-Chair, Patrick Crabtree (NPU-S, Education Chair),  pcrabtree@mail.com, (BOE Liaison)

Recording Secretary, Leanne Patterson (NPU-P, Education Chair), Sailing2thelimit@yahoo.com,

Correspondence Secretary, Kysha Hehn (NPU-T) (Community Partners and Stakeholder Organizations
Sub-Committee – Lead), kyshahehn@gmail.com,