O’Keeffe and Lapham/Marquette PTGs will host a forum on the Affiliated Alternative Programs at 6:45 p.m. in the all purpose room on Wednesday, January 18. A flyer on the meeting lists the following purposes for the forum:
* Provide an opportunity for O’Keeffe, Lapham/Marquette school community members to ask questions about the proposal to place the Affiliated Alternative Program at the O’Keeffe/Marquette site AND to have an open community forum among ourselves after the Q&A
* Steve Hartley, Director of Alternative Programs, will be presenting information on the Affiliated Alternative Program and its space needs.
* Loren Rathert, Chairman for the East Area Task Force, will answer questions regarding the task force process.
Presumably, administration will shoot this down in flames, BUT, what about moving TAG back to the school buildings from which they were pulled, reducing the number of downtown learning coordinators and using the extra space for some of the alternative programs? Doyle is centrally located,is a school building and alternative students would be with adults who are good working role models. Some of these students could do learn/work study right there in the administration offices. No worry about fitting them in with younger children and downtown could step up to the plate by having direct contact with these students. Any other ideas?