Had an Education Forward meeting tonight. The meeting started with a charge from the Mayor and Chair to the committee to move this along quickly and be audacious. I’ll upload the letter tomorrow and link it.
The committee discussed things for about an hour and then we agreed that we would need several meetings to develop and evaluate the various policy options available to us. Essentially, the committee would evaluate our options and make recommendations to our staff. The staff will utilize their expertise and experience to flesh out those recommendations and help the committee see what those selections mean. I kinda sketched this up on the fly so I had to give it to the clerk but I’ll upload a copy so everyone has an idea of what’s going on. For anyone who thought we would solve all of this tonight, that ain’t the way it works. Public policy is often 4 yards and a cloud of dust. If it isn’t, many times people feel left out. Time is limited so we need to jam many meetings into a short time period but we will get there.
This meeting was necessary to get it all going and the meetings will only become more difficult as we go along. Thanks to the citizens who made the time to turn out. It’s always good seeing you folks. (If anyone wants to talk about it, you’ve got my email address. Buy me a beer and I’ll talk your ear off…:) ) I promise to get the documents uploaded as soon as I can. Overall a productive first step.
UPDATE: Challenge Letter is here.