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Coalition Update: Report to the Field
Live Streaming: Coalition for Community Schools National Forum 2008

The Coalition for Community Schools National Forum in Portland has over 1000 participants registered! We are very excited to see everyone and have everyone take something away from all of the sessions!

This year we will be offering a live streaming of our Thursday May 1st plenary sessions! You can click on this link: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/community-schools-conference to view the following plenary sessions:

8:30-10:00am PST

Thursday morning Superintendents Panel- “Leading the Community: Why Superintendents Support Community Schools,”

Moderator: Ayeola Fortune, Council of Chief State School Officers

Comments: Jennifer Williamson, Chief of Staff, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Oregon Department of Ed

Panel Members:

Vince Bertram, Superintendent, Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation

Rosa Blackwell, Superintendent, Cincinnati Public Schools

Bob McKean, Centennial School District Superintendent, Portland Public Schools

12:00pm-1:45pm PST

Thursday Luncheon plenary- “A Global Movement for Community Schools: International Community Schools Initiatives”; moderated by Jane Quinn; panelists include: Julian Piper, United Kingdom; Csaba Lorinczi, consultant on community schools in Eastern Europe; and Katendi Esther Kaleji, South Africa.

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