WHEN:
7:00
pm, Wednesday, October 5, 2005
WHERE: Carpenter
Branch Library
3309 South Grand
St.
Louis MO 63118
Devastated by cuts, closings,
and layoffs since 2003, the St. Louis Public School systems is currently
facing teachers leaving the system, physical breakdowns and the substitution
of rote memorization for learning.
A panel
discussion will include:
Veronica O'Brien, Board
member, St. Louis Board of Education
Peter Downs, St. Louis
School Watch
George Cotton, REACH
St. Louis, WGNU Radio Talk Show Host
Byron Clemens, 1st Vice-President,
AFT Local 420 [moderator]
Sponsored by the Gateway Green
Alliance and the Universal African Peoples Organization. For more information
call 314-727-8554.
Click
on Carpenter Branch in lower right corner for driving
directions.
