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Concern Expressed About Student Disconnect

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Published with permission from OH email discussion, another take on the changing relationship between VCU students and the neighborhood:

My observation is that there is an increasing trend for students living in our neighborhood and others surrounding VCU to be ever more and more oblivious to certain aspects of urban living and coexistence, including having loud disturbing parties, putting trash on the sidewalk and even not getting towed during street cleanings. Where is the disconnect here? Are families not preparing their kids for independent college life?

Read the entire email for more…

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5th District School Coffee & Tea on Monday

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According to email below, Richmond Public Schools Interim Superintendent Dr. Brandon will be hosting four coffee sessions Monday, Dec. 8, (tomorrow!) to discuss the proposed budget and to get as much public feedback as possible. Click on coffee sessions PFD link below to see when and where.

My quick thought:
ADA-compliant, historically-sensitive elevator addition for Open High, along with energy audit, window treatments, and roof solar panels .

Thanks,
Scott

Begin forwarded message:

From: Betsy Carr
Date: December 6, 2008 10:37:33 AM EST
To: Fifth District Schools Advisory Group , Fifth District Schools
Subject: Coffee & tea

Dear Fifth District Residents:
If you have thoughts about priorities for the proposed budget for the school system, please consider attending one of these sessions or let Dr. Brandon hear from you.
Betsy

—
Betsy B. Carr
School Board Representative, Fifth District
City of Richmond
804-355-6852

—— Forwarded Message
From: Alfonzo Mathis
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 16:06:57 -0500

Subject: coffee & tea

Board Members,

Interim Superintendent Dr. Brandon will be hosting four coffee sessions to discuss the proposed budget and to get as much public feedback as possible.
I am attaching a flyer detailing the session locations and times. Please distribute this flyer through your constituent email lists to ensure a good cross section of opinions.
Thank you for your assistance.
coffeesessions

—— End of Forwarded Message

Lecturer To Examine Civil Rights and Race Relations in Virginia Public Education

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William Byrd Community House is pleased to announce the next lecture in its Hans S. Falck Lectureship on Social Responsibility, Civil Rights and Race Relations in Virginia Public Education: A Case Study in Social Change, for Thursday, October 23, 2008 from 7-9PM at St. Andrew’s School Auditorium (236 S Laurel St., Richmond, VA 23220). For additional information and directions call: 804-643-2717 or visit the WBCH website at: http://wbch.org.

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Another VCU Siren Test Tomorrow

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Dear Monroe Park Campus Community Advisory Group:

Tomorrow, Wednesday, October 1, at noon, VCU will conduct our once-a-month emergency siren test on both the Monroe Park and MCV Campuses to ensure that the sirens are in proper working order. This test also serves to ensure that the siren batteries are fully charged. Unlike the test near the beginning of each semester which is a two-minute wail, the monthly tests consist of a one minute wail of the siren.

A reminder about text messaging and our VCU Alert Web site: text messaging is one of VCU’s primary channels for rapid communications and information. Text messages will be used for notifications about emergencies and closings and delays for inclement weather. There is no cost for enrolling. If you haven’t done so already, you may sign up for text messaging at www.vcu.edu/alert/notify. You can also subscribe on this same web page for email alerts. Emergency information also will be available on the VCU Alert Web site at www.vcu.edu/alert, which is also accessible off the VCU homepage at www.vcu.edu, and if you have signed up for them, you will receive an e-mail alert in a real emergency.

With this routine now well established, I will only e-mail the Community Advisory Group when there is any enhancement or change about which you would want to know. And please, do not hesitate to forward this email to your neighbors, to help spread the word about the siren test.

Sincerely,

SAM

Sue Ann Messmer
Chief of Staff, Office of the President
and Vice President for External Relations
phone: (804) 828-1200
fax: (804) 828-7532
e-mail: samessme@vcu.edu

Open High Earns Federal Blue Ribbon Honors

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Lets work to keep it Open in Oregon Hill.

Thanks,
Scott

For Immediate Release Contact: Charles Pyle
September 10, 2008 Director of Communications
(804) 371-2420
Julie C. Grimes
Communications Manager
(804) 225-2775

Virginia Schools Earn Federal Blue Ribbon Honors

The U.S. Department of Education has designated seven Virginia public schools and three parochial schools as 2008 No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon Schools. The Blue Ribbon Schools Program honors public and private K-12 schools that are either academically superior or that demonstrate dramatic gains in student achievement.

The public schools receiving federal Blue Ribbon School status are as follows:

Edgemont Primary in Covington
Graham Road Elementary in Fairfax County
Ocean View Elementary in Norfolk
Open High in Richmond
Springwoods Elementary in Prince William County
Temperance Elementary in Amherst County
Virginia L. Murray Elementary in Albemarle County

“These schools share a commitment to instruction and accountability that is grounded in the belief that all children can succeed,” said Superintendent of Public Instruction Billy K. Cannaday Jr., who nominated the schools for federal recognition.

All of the public 2008 NCLB Blue Ribbon Schools earned awards earlier this year through the Virginia Index of Performance program that recognizes schools and divisions that exceed state and federal accountability standards. Virginia L. Murray Elementary in Albemarle County earned the Governor’s Award for Education Excellence while the others received the Board of Education’s VIP Excellence Award.

Three schools in the Catholic Diocese of Arlington, Holy Spirit School in Annandale, St. John Academy in McLean and Nativity School in Burke, were also recognized as Blue Ribbon Schools. The Council for American Private Education nominates private and parochial schools for Blue Ribbon awards each year.

The Blue Ribbon Schools Program was established in 1982 to spotlight the country’s most successful schools. The program, which allows both elementary and secondary schools to be recognized in the same year, was renamed and modified last year to emphasize the goals of NCLB.

The U.S. Department of Education will honor Virginia’s Blue Ribbon Schools during an awards ceremony in October. Two people from each school, the principal and a teacher, will be invited to the ceremony where the schools will receive a plaque and a flag signifying their Blue Ribbon Status. Since 1982, more than 100 Virginia public and private schools have received federal Blue Ribbon designations.

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