If you go
Tuesday, April 19, 6-7:30 p.m. Woodland Park Baptist Church, 6735 Standifer Gap Road, Chattanooga, District 4, Commissioner Warren MackeyDistrict 5, Commissioner Gregory BeckDistrict 6, Commissioner Joe GrahamDistrict 7, Commissioner Sabrena Turner-SmedleyDistrict 8, Commissioner Tim BoydDistrict 9, Commissioner Chester BankstonThursday, April 21, 6-7:30 p.m. Mile Straight Baptist Church, 8439 Dayton Pike, Soddy-Daisy, District 1, Commissioner Randy FairbanksDistrict 2, Commissioner Jim FieldsDistrict 3, Commissioner Marty Haynes
For two days this week, the Hamilton County Commission is opening the floor for a conversation about public education, and you’re invited.
Educators, parents, students – any community member with an interest in the county school system is encouraged to participate in one of two town hall sessions and help develop ideas about how to improve public education. Each meeting will include a moderated panel, Q&A session, and short statements from invested stakeholders throughout the county.
The two sessions, scheduled to take place on Tuesday and Thursday, are intended to support the Chattanooga 2.0 initiative and spur a movement to rethink and reshape education in Hamilton County.
That initiative, launched earlier this year by a community of business, education and community leaders, seeks to improve academic excellence across the entire system and equip students to transition smoothly into a growing number of jobs in the area that will require a solid educational foundation.