Neighborhood Coffee/Information Meeting March 31, 2009

Topic: UCity School District $53.6 Million Bond Issue

Tuesday, March 31, 2009
7:30 pm
7623 Stanford (home of Linda Fried)

Join your neighbors and several school board members to get your questions answered.

This bond issue will be on the April 7, 2009 ballot.

If passed, it will:

• Bring University City school buildings up to state standards for learning environments and ADA access.

• Renovate the high school, middle school, Flynn Park and Jackson Park elementary schools.
  

• Build new schools on Barbara C. Jordan and Pershing school sites.
  

More information about the bond issue: visit http://www.ucityschools.org

RSVP not required.

For more information, contact:
Linda Fried (314) 727-4232
lindafriedster@gmail.com

Gannondale Artist Featured in St. Louis Beacon

Brooke Edwards (7550 Cornell), COCA's newly appointed director of theater, co-founder of the St. Louis' women-run company the Orange Girls and actress is featured in today's St. Louis Beacon.

Article link is HERE

Lead Paragraph: "Six bodies lay deadweight under fluorescent lights in the Bensinger Studio at COCA on Wednesday evening. The glow of the light bounces from grain color carpet squares to whitish walls and back onto the figures on the floor. Dusk is falling outside. Untempered by the gentle sunlight, the glow inside seems to intensify. The bodies sink deeper into the floor.

"You can't do anything onstage unless you're relaxed and focused," says Brooke Edwards. And the bodies exhale."

School District of University City Meetings Update

The following are from University City resident Diana Nichols, a Delmar-Harvard parent:

School District Forum with Department of Curriculum & Instruction Update on Planned District Reform presented by Dr. Chauna Williams, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum Instruction.

Public Forum to update community stakeholders on plans for educational reforms to restructure and redesign the District’s PreK-12 academic and instructional programs. There will be an opportunity for questions and answers. Both sessions are open to the community.

Wednesday, March 11th at 900am at Julia Goldstein ECC at 737 Kingsland or at 6:30pm at McNair Adminsitration Building at 8136 Groby.
For more information visit www.ucityschools.org or call 314-290-4020.

School Tours to Give Voters Up-Close Look at Building Conditions.

On March 24 and 25 the School District of University City will host Open House tours at all of its neighborhood schools, giving residents a first hand look at deteriorating conditions prior to the April 7 election.

Visitors will be able to see up close a myriad of structural issues such as deteriorating foundations, water damaged walls and ceilings, “odd” classroom configurations, loose wiring, exposed pipes, aging heating and cooling systems and other challenging conditions. Each School Open House tour will be held from 4:30-7:30 p.m.


For more information call your neighborhood school or 314-290-4020. Reservations are not needed.