How We Are Different and Alike: The Story of Public Education

Asheville City Schools Pre-School Department at Aycock School Media Center
441 Haywood Road

November 11, 1998

"Leadership can responsibly foster enough disequilibrium to motivate us to learn"-Ronald Heifetz

 

8:30        Coffee and muffins

8:45        Focus Public Education in Asheville and Buncombe County
              Robert Bowers, superintendent, Buncombe County Schools
              Karen Campbell, superintendent, Asheville City Schools

10:00      Early Childhood Education: SmartStart, Head Start, Even Start, Parents 
              as Teachers
              Robbie Angel, director, Asheville City Schools Pre-School Services
              Ron Bradford, director, Smart Start
              Martha Morgan, special needs pre-school placement specialist, Buncombe County
                 Schools

10:45      Break

11:00      Walking Tour: Asheville Pre-School and Family Resource Center

11:30      Diversity in the Community
              Kelvin Raeford, Boy Scouts of America
              Bill Avant, coordinator, SOS (Support Our Students) YWCA

12:15      Lunch

1:00        Addressing Diversity in the Schools
              Deborah Miles, executive director, Center for Diversity Education
              Mary Thompson, ESL coordinator, Buncombe County Schools and teacher, Erwin
                  High School

 

1:30       It’s Cool to Stay in School
             Amanda Martin, Amy Buchanan, Bethany Harris, and Candace Stanton, students,
                 Erwin High School

2:15       Putting It All Together: Now We Are Graduates
             Ron Manheimer, director, Center for Creative Retirement
             Lynnette Sills, president, Leadership Asheville Forum

 

Suggested Activities:

November 18, 8:30 Private Dining Room of University Dining Hall--Looking Back 
                and Looking Ahead

 

 

Special thanks to:
 Pat and Ed Argue, Dan Cabaniss,  Phyllis Eisnitz, and Dixie Guthrie--all from LAS XI

 

 

Leadership Asheville Seniors XII