From: Education (TRANSITION) <ed@graytransition2010.

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To: Education (TRANSITION) <ed@graytransition2010.org>
Sent: Tue, Dec 21, 2010 1:45 pm
Subject: Sharing your input with the Vince Gray Education Transition Team

To: Volunteers for the Vince Gray Education Transition Team

From: Katherine Bradley and Dr. Michael Lomax, Co-chairs of the Education Transition Team

Thank you for volunteering for the Vince Gray Education Transition Team. We are writing today with an
update on our work and an invitation to share your insights.

Over the last month the Education Transition Team has hosted 15 Stakeholder meetings on various topics
and in various neighborhoods, listed below. We have conducted conversations with approximately 250
stakeholders during this transition period to re-energize civic dialogue and gather feedback on key
recommendations for education in our city. Each of these meetings has been led by several members of
the Executive Committee, whose names are listed at the bottom of this message.

Thank you to all those who participated in one of these meetings. For those we haven't been able to reach,
we welcome you to share your thoughts by submitting a one-page paper, labeled by topic area or as
General Education, to education@graytransition2010.org by Wednesday, December 29th. Your
comments will be reviewed by the Executive Committee and appended to our final report to be released in
mid-January. We look forward to your input.

Meeting topics
· Charter Schools
· Early Childhood
· Higher Education and Workforce Development
· Long-standing DCPS Principal Voices
· Middle and High Schools
· Philanthropic Engagement
· Special Education
· Student Voices
· Teacher Voices
· Teaching and Learning
· Wards 1, 2 and 3
· Wards 4 and 5
· Ward 6
· Ward 7
· Ward 8

Our work has been steered by a core philosophy of Mayor-elect Vince Gray's - that sustainable education
reform can only be achieved by engaging the community as a true partner in transforming our schools.
This transition period is only the beginning of a process of renewed community dialogue and participation
in education under the Mayor-elect. Thank you for being a part of this first stage of the work.

With all best wishes,

Katherine Bradley and Dr. Michael Lomax

Co-chairs of the Vince Gray Education Transition Team

Executive Committee Members and Advisors

The Transition has assembled a team of 29 experts and community leaders in education to serve on the
Vince Gray Education Transition Team, along with Co-chairs, Katherine Bradley and Dr. Michael Lomax.
Each Committee Member brings valuable perspective and content knowledge, noted next to each
individual's name. The Committee has also benefited from the support of three advisors.
Executive Committee Members
· Markus Batchelor (Student representative)
· Robert Vinson Brannum (Parent and community engagement)
· Sheila Carr (Parent and community engagement)
· Sam Chaltain (Parent and community engagement)
· Peggy Cooper-Cafritz (College readiness and matriculation; DCPS quality; Teaching and learning)
· Marian Wright Edelman (Wrap around services)
· Kristin Ehrgood (Parent and community engagement)
· Sylvia Ewing (DCPS quality; Teaching and learning)
· Sonia Gutierrez (Workforce development)
· Wilma Harvey (DCPS quality; Higher education and workforce development)
· Donald Hense (Charter quality)
· John Hill (Equity and sustainability)
· Timothy L. Jenkins (Higher education and workforce development)
· Dwan Jordon (DCPS quality; Teaching and learning)
· Linda LaScola (Parent and community engagement; Teaching and learning)
· Heather McCabe (Special education; Wrap around services)
· Jack McCarthy (Early childhood)
· Michael Musante (Charter quality)
· Dr. Carmen Ramirez (Higher education and workforce development)
· Jeffrey Richardson (Out-of-school time; Wrap around services)
· Frances J. Rollins (Early childhood)
· Peter Rosenstein (Higher education; Wrap around services)
· Milton Shinberg (Equity and sustainability;School design)
· Mark Simon (DCPS quality; Parent and community engagement; Teaching and learning)
· Lucius Stephenson (DCPS quality; Higher education and workforce development; Out-of-school time)
· The Honorable Mary Terrell (Juvenile justice)
· Carrie Thornhill (Early education)
· Herb Tillery (College readiness and matriculation)
· Molly Laychak Whalen (Special education)

Advisors to the Executive Committee

· Ashley Allen
· Maya Washington
· Kemyta Terry