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July 14
2010
New Superintendent Wants to
Meet Community & Listen to Concerns
Meet Superintendent Yagielski. Talk about
your concerns. Be heard. |
Series of Community Forums Scheduled
Schenectady City School District Superintendent John Yagielski
will be holding a series of community forums that begin next
week and will run throughout the summer. The first forum will
be held on Tuesday, July 20 from 7-9 pm at Carver
Community Center.
Yagielski said he
wants to give everyone in the community an opportunity to
express their feelings and share their views about the school
district. “I recognize that the community is upset and angry,”
said Yagielski. “I am going to listen to what they have to say
and what they think needs to be addressed.” The superintendent
has said that one of his top goals is to work toward rebuilding
community confidence in the district leadership.
Forums are set as
follows:
July 20
7-9 pm
Carver Community Center, 700 Craig Street, Schenectady
July 27
7-9 pm
Price Chopper Community Room, 1639 Eastern Parkway, Schenectady
August 3
7-9 pm
Fulton Early Childhood Education Center, 408 Eleanor Street,
Sch'dy
August 10
7-9 pm
Stanford and Albany Street United Methodist Church
1569 State St., Schenectady
August 17
7 -9 pm
Schenectady Library - McChesney Room, 99 Clinton St., Sch'dy
August 24
7-9 pm
Charlie's Restaurant
1414 State Street, Schenectady
September 8
7 pm
Woodlawn Neighborhood Association Meeting
Woodlawn Reformed Church, 1858 State Street
November 18
7 pm
Goosehill Neighborhood Association Town Hall Meeting
The Everlasting Life Church of God in Christ
1690 Avenue A
Additional forums
are currently being scheduled.
The community
forums are part of a much larger outreach plan. Over the next
couple of months, Yagielski plans to meet with staff members,
parents, recent graduates and students who recently completed
the 9th grade. “Much of the restructuring plan
focuses on freshmen,” said Yagielski. “I want to sit down with
some students and listen to what they have to say about their
experiences.”
All of the forums
are open to the public.
Newspaper
Stories
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Daily Gazette - Thursday, August 05
Seniors, grads share views of
Schenectady High School
Students
say Schenectady High School doesn’t deserve the rough
reputation it has gotten.
“It’s
not as bad as people say it is. I’ve heard people say
there’s gangs, there’s knives, there’s guns,” said
18-year-old Marcus Relyea. “That’s not true.”
............... Read the Daily Gazette Story
Here
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WTEN Channel 10 Story - August 04 2010
Schenectady
Superintendent Gets Insight from Students
Link to Story |
Daily
Gazette - Wednesday, July 21
Interim Schenectady superintendent
collects residents' input at forum
Standing in the middle of a circle of residents Tuesday
night, John Yagielski introduced himself.
The interim
city schools superintendent told those present that he was
interested in helping the district and one of the ways he knew
how to do that was to listen to the community.
............... Read the Daily Gazette Story
Here
Times Union
Monday, July 20, 2010
Interim
superintendent schedules public forums
Read the Times Union Story
Here
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