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8:30 Coffee and
muffin
8:45 A Report Card on Public Education in Asheville and
Buncombe County
Robert
Bowers, superintendent, Buncombe County Schools
Karen Campbell, superintendent, Asheville City Schools
Virgil Smith, president and publisher of Asheville-Citizen
Times and Education
Chair of Asheville/Buncombe Vision
10:00 Break
10:15 Preparing Students for the Workplace
Moderator: Charlie Glazner, Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce
Karen Morgan,
counselor, Owen high School
Regina Lambert,
assistant vocational director, Buncombe County Schools
Debbie Harmon,
counselor, Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
11:45 Lunch
12:30 Walking Tour:
Howard Bridges,
principal, Career Education Center
William Teague, vocational director, Buncombe County
Schools
Regina Lambert,
assistant vocational director, Buncombe County Schools
1:30 Challenges in Higher Education: Panel
Moderator: Charles E. Lilien (LAS II)
Thomas
R. Cochran, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs, UNCA
Douglas
Orr (LA 10), president, Warren Wilson College
Max Lennon, president, Mars Hill College
Olin
Woods (LA 1), vice president for instructional services,
Asheville/Buncombe
Technical Community College
3:00 Putting It All Together: What Should We Do?
Suggested
Activities:
Attend a School Board meeting
Volunteer as a
tutor
Monday, October 27, 1:00 p.m., Tour at A/B Tech
Special thanks to Bob
Campbell (LAS IX) and Gordon Booth (LAS X) |
