Newport Community Forum
May 13, 2009, Rogers High School, Newport

Announcement, agenda [PDF: 1 page]

Newport residents and community members presented their views on how best to reform Newport’s public schools at a community forum on May 13, 2009, at Rogers High School. Warren Simmons gave a presentation about the UETF’s preliminary recommendations, and superintendent Jack Ambrogi and the school committee presented a demographic and academic profile and progress report. The forum also included a question-and-answer period and small group discussions to gather input and feedback from attendees.

Just before the forum, Simmons discussed the recommendations on WADK 1540 AM radio with Jo Eva Gaines, chair of the Newport School Committee, as part of the second of a series of monthly air time on WADK for Newport Public Schools to promote public relations and community outreach.

Attendance: approx. 50

Constituency:
Newport parents and families; community members, leaders, and activists; civic leaders

Speaker:

Bonnie Watson, president of the Alliance for Livable Newport, and Susan Cooper, president of the Newport Public Education Foundation, gave an Introduction and welcome.

Jack Ambrogi, superintendent, Newport Public Schools

Sponsors:

RI Urban Education Task Force

Newport Public Education Foundation

Alliance for a Livable Newport

Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University

Nellie Mae Education Foundation

with support from: Newport Public Schools

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