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December 2005 – Exceptional Students / Community Conversations II 
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    Community Conversations

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    • Jane Robelot is joined by Dean Alford, Chairman of the Governor's Education Task Force, and Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools.
    • They reviewed the topics from the first Community Conversation in January, 2005 and discussed the most recent Conversation with its themes of finance and budgets.
    • Dean Alford and Kathy Cox outline the strategic requirements under consideration and the results of the community responses.

    Exceptional Students

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    • In the studio with Jane Robelot are Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools, Marlene Bryar, Director of the Division for Exceptional Students for the Department of Education, and Patricia Solomon, Parent Liaison with the Georgia Department of Education.
    • In this discussion, the process of mainstreaming and inclusion are defined, and the term exceptional student is clarified.
    • Patricia Solomon explains the Parents Mentor program.

    Because You Asked...

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    • Gene Nesbit, the Principal at Dublin High School in Dublin, Georgia asks Superintendent Cox a question regarding a "year round" school calendar.

    In Conclusion: Teach for America

    • 7th Graders from Jean Childs Young Middle School had a guest teacher for their history class as part of "Teach for America".

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    Thursday, December 1, 2005 - 7:30pm


     
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