Mayor's Office

TOWN HALL MEETINGS TO FOCUS ON CLUSTER-SPECIFIC ISSUES

Meeting tonight at Hillsboro High School

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 14, 2008) -

The Mayor’s Town Hall Meetings on Education will start back up this semester with a new format focused on issues specific to individual school clusters.

The first meeting in 2008 is tonight at Hillsboro High School at 6 p.m. Topics to be discussed include the retention of Hillsboro-area students in the public school system beyond elementary school.

“It’s going to take a series of changes in each of our schools to improve our entire school system and we have a unique opportunity through these town hall meetings to hear from parents, students and teachers as to what those changes need to be,” Mayor Karl Dean said.

A calendar of the Mayor’s Town Hall Meetings on Education through the spring Semester follows:

Date Cluster
January 14 Hillsboro
February 11 Maplewood
February 25 Antioch
April 10 Hillwood
April 28 Glencliff
May 12 Whites Creek

For media inquiries contact:
Janel Lacy
(615) 862-6020
janel.lacy@nashville.gov