The Hamilton County Schools will sponsor a community-wide graduation summit Wednesday at First Baptist Church downtown from 8:30-3:30.
The summit, Expectation: Graduation ~ Dropouts are everyone’s business, seeks to engage all stakeholders in the community in an action plan to help students succeed from Pre-K through high school graduation, officials said.
The agenda is as follows:
Dr. Scales will welcome everyone – powerpoint on the cost of dropouts
State Senator Andy Berke – keynote speaker
Panels – students (dropouts and existing) and principals (K-12 sampling)
Ready by 21 discussion – this is a non-profit group from Washington, D.
C., that has chosen Hamilton County as one of its community sites (Hamilton County Schools applied and were chosen). They are focused on helping communities identify the ways and resources that can help students become ready for life, college, work by age 21
Breakout sessions – the participants will choose a breakout session to participate in based on interest
Debriefing – participants will discuss ideas and solutions to the problems and community engagement. Ready by 21 will facilitate and help HCDE to formulate an action plan from the input.