LMU Town Hall Meeting Recap...
- Shane Martin (Dean, School Of Education, SOE, Loyola Marymount University, LMU),
- Drew Fruedi (Executive Director, Loyola Marymount University, LMU, Family of Schools) along with
- Kathi Littman (Director, School Building Planning and Head of the Innovation Department, LAUSD)...
...made the following key points in Saturday's town hall meeting of approximately 50 stakeholders, which included representatives from community organizations (
NCWPDR, POWWOW and
WPEF), administrators, teachers, students and mostly parents! (Go Parents!)
- Autonomy may or may not be what is best for the LMU family of schools.
- There are different models (types, forms) of autonomy that can be explored.
- No decisions regarding the LMU family of schools will be determined without the input of a broad scope of stakeholders (residents, parents, teachers, etc...)
- Per Kathi Littman, the timeline she distributed on June 7, 2007 at a WPEF meeting was created to demonstrate the steps, stages and work involved in achieving autonomy.
- Stage one (visioning) may take several months, according to Littman, opposed to the two months reflected on the timeline.
- Should autonomy be determined to be a viable plan for the LMU family of schools (WHS, OWM, Kentwood Es., Cowan Avenue Es., Westport Heights Es., and Loyola Village Es.), current students will NOT be displaced. This point was emphasized several times by Kathi Littman, Shane Martin and Drew Furedi.
- All stakeholders (residents, parents, teachers, etc...) are being extended an opportunity to participate in the decision-making process.
- Steering committees are forming soon.
- The LMU family of schools will conduct additional meetings throughout the summer. All concerned parties are STRONGLY encouraged to participate.
POWWOW parents left Saturday's meeting with a sense of peace, confidence and appreciation for our relationship with
LMU.
