Saturday, October 24, 2009

Large turnout expected for community dialogue - Belmont, MA - Belmont Citizen-Herald


Large turnout expected for community dialogue - Belmont, MA - Belmont Citizen-Herald:

"Belmont, Mass. - School officials are hoping students, parents and other Belmont residents will turn out in force next week to participate in a dialogue designed to help chart the course for the Belmont public schools over the next 18 months.

Officials are billing the Oct. 27 event as a “community dialogue,” a concept the district’s new Superintendent George Entwistle hopes to transplant from his former post in Falmouth, Maine. The three-and-a-half hour dialogue is designed to invite community members to discuss issues they see facing the schools and identify themes for school leaders to incorporate into an 18-month improvement plan.

“It’s a new, novel and different event for Belmont,” said Entwistle. “It’s an opportunity for more stakeholders to have a voice in shaping the future of the schools.”"