"Local educators and community members had a chance to speak directly with state officials who have a hand in education reform during a roundtable discussion on Friday.
About 30 people from across the Coachella Valley, including the three school district superintendents, board of education members and representatives from College of the Desert, gathered at Palm Desert High School, 43-570 Phyllis Jackson Lane, to hear from California Superintendent of Schools Jack O'Connell and Assemblyman Brian Nestande, R-Palm Desert.
The state budget, education reform legislation recently signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the federal Race to the Top grants were a significant focus of the conversation"
About 30 people from across the Coachella Valley, including the three school district superintendents, board of education members and representatives from College of the Desert, gathered at Palm Desert High School, 43-570 Phyllis Jackson Lane, to hear from California Superintendent of Schools Jack O'Connell and Assemblyman Brian Nestande, R-Palm Desert.
The state budget, education reform legislation recently signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the federal Race to the Top grants were a significant focus of the conversation"