Philly's first SAC Summit draws hundreds
by thenotebook on Oct 31 2011 Posted in Latest news
by Paul Jablow
About 250 parents, community members, principals, teachers, and District officials braved an unusual fall snowstorm on Saturday to attend the first citywide summit on School Advisory Councils.
The "SAC Summit" at Benjamin Franklin High School was a key step in District plans to put functioning SACs in an increasing number of schools, perhaps close to half of those in the city.
In her opening remarks, Karren Dunkley, deputy of the Office of Parent, Family, Community Engagement and Faith-Based Partnerships, described the summit as "a day of learning, a day of collaboration."
Acting Superintendent Leroy Nunery recognized that the work around this effort “seems to be hard and unforgiving…[but] there are certain schools where
