Weekly Digest: September 25, 2008

Parent Leadership Training Institute Facilitator Training in November

The next Parent Leadership Training Institute Facilitator training is scheduled for November 6-8, 2008 in Hartford.  The facilitator application is available online at http://www.plti-ct.org.  Please contact Dawn Homer-Bouthiette if you have questions at Dawn.Homer-Bouthiette@cga.ct.gov

Oct. 7 Forum: Raising the Bar for High School Graduation in Connecticut: A Good Idea?

Senator Thomas Gaffey, Education Committee Co-Chair and Representative Andrew Fleischmann, Education Committee Co-Chair are hosting a forum, “Raising the Bar for High School Graduation in Connecticut: A Good Idea?” on
October 7th from 3:00-5:30 at the Legislative Office Building.    

The Commissioner of Education has proposed an increase in graduation requirements to take effect in 2011. Because the reasons for the proposal are important, as are the potential ramifications for school districts, students, families, teachers, taxpayers and communities, the Citizens Network of the Capital Region, a non-profit, non-partisan organization is encouraging public discussion of the proposal.

For more details on this event, please download the event program on the Discovery website homepage at http://discovery.wcgmf.org/.  To register, please send your name, group affiliation, town, email address and phone number by September 30th to Debby Rihm at drihm@crcog.org.