General Session I - Consolidation: The Challenge of Closing Schools
School board members take few actions that can evoke the levels of passion like closing a school. Every community considers the school targeted for closing to be the center of the community, and if you remove that school, you're removing the heart of the community.
Presider:
- Lock P. Beachum, Sr., CUBE Steering Committee Member and Board Member, Youngstown City School District, Youngstown, OH
Presenters:
- David Pickens, Deputy to the CEO, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, IL
- Florence Johnson, Board President, Buffalo Public Sc, Buffalo, NY
- James A. Williams, Superintendent, Buffalo Public Schools, Buffalo, NY
- Ida Short, Board Member, Detroit Public Schools, Detroit, MI