PRESS
RELEASE
310.450.8338, ext. 282 24
APRIL 2009
Santa
Monica-Malibu Unified School District HOLDs SPRING FORUM
The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School
District will hold its second forum to address the various issues in the area
of Special Education.
The Special
Education Spring Forum will be held at the John Adams Middle School Cafeteria
on Saturday, May 2, 2009, from 8:30 AM to noon.
The Spring Forum is one of the many ways to reach out to
parents/guardians and to provide information to parents regarding special
education services for their children.
The theme of this Forum is “Transition” and will focus on students
moving from level to level within the school system and transition to post
secondary education options. This theme
is the recommendation from the Fall Forum gathering.
The keynote
speakers for the Spring Forum will be Brad Silverman and Petite Konstantin from
L.A. GOAL. Parents will have the
opportunity to hear from a panel of parents, staff, and students regarding
their experiences of transition and advice that they can impart to other
parents.
SMMUSD
Superintendent Tim Cuneo has been spearheading the efforts under a
district-wide umbrella called the “SMMUSD Special Education Collaborative – Working
Collaboratively for 21st Century Special Education Students.” The
District has been working to implement these initiatives in partnership with
the District’s Special Education District Advisory Committee (SEDAC) and the
Santa Monica-Malibu PTA Council Special Education Committee. The initiatives are in response to parent and
community concerns and recommendations contained in the March 2008 Independent
Evaluation of the SMMUSD Special Education Program by Lou Barber &
Associates.
Once again,
the Spring Forum is a joint effort of District staff, the Santa Monica-Malibu
PTA Council Special Education Committee, and the Special Education District
Advisory Commttee.
For more
information, or if parents/guardian wish to join one of the groups, please
contact:
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SANTA
MONICA-MALIBU UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
1651 16TH
Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404
ph:
310.450.8338; fax: 310.581.1138
www.smmusd.org