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.
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.