Panel Offers Information on Public Education Funding, Positions from Legislative Candidates
MSU – Great Falls announces the next installment of the Community Conversations will focus on public education funding at it relates to all levels here in the Great Falls area, to include the Montana School for the Deaf and Blind, K-12, and higher education. The event will take place in Room B101 on Tuesday, October 28th at 7 PM on the campus of MSU – Great Falls
Public education funding has been a contested issued in Montana over the last few legislative sessions and will undoubtedly be of great interest this coming January as the session reconvenes. What are the needs of our educational institutions here in Great Falls and how are local legislative candidates approaching this topic? These questions will be addressed as area administrators, local candidates, and the public offer their views.
Joining a panel to discuss this issue will be the Superintendents from the Great Falls Public Schools, Cheryl Crowley, and the Montana School for the Deaf and Blind, Steve Gettel, as well as Joe Schaffer, Interim Dean of MSU – Great Falls. After these individuals share their perspectives as it relates to funding and their institutions, local legislative candidates will be invited to give their own outlook on education funding within a 1 to 2 minute time frame. Afterward, the floor will be open to questions and comments from the audience, which is the focal point of this series.
Community Conversations is a lecture series recently established by MSU - Great Falls to highlight important issues that affect the residents of Great Falls and Northcentral Montana. The aim of these events is to foster better understanding and knowledge amongst our citizenry as a means of advancing our community's future.
All of the Community Conversations take place in room B 101, a lecture hall located inside the south entrance of campus. The event is free and open to the public. For more information or for input on future conversation topics, contact Tom Figarelle at 771-4412.
MSU – Great Falls announces the next installment of the Community Conversations will focus on public education funding at it relates to all levels here in the Great Falls area, to include the Montana School for the Deaf and Blind, K-12, and higher education. The event will take place in Room B101 on Tuesday, October 28th at 7 PM on the campus of MSU – Great Falls
Public education funding has been a contested issued in Montana over the last few legislative sessions and will undoubtedly be of great interest this coming January as the session reconvenes. What are the needs of our educational institutions here in Great Falls and how are local legislative candidates approaching this topic? These questions will be addressed as area administrators, local candidates, and the public offer their views.
Joining a panel to discuss this issue will be the Superintendents from the Great Falls Public Schools, Cheryl Crowley, and the Montana School for the Deaf and Blind, Steve Gettel, as well as Joe Schaffer, Interim Dean of MSU – Great Falls. After these individuals share their perspectives as it relates to funding and their institutions, local legislative candidates will be invited to give their own outlook on education funding within a 1 to 2 minute time frame. Afterward, the floor will be open to questions and comments from the audience, which is the focal point of this series.
Community Conversations is a lecture series recently established by MSU - Great Falls to highlight important issues that affect the residents of Great Falls and Northcentral Montana. The aim of these events is to foster better understanding and knowledge amongst our citizenry as a means of advancing our community's future.
All of the Community Conversations take place in room B 101, a lecture hall located inside the south entrance of campus. The event is free and open to the public. For more information or for input on future conversation topics, contact Tom Figarelle at 771-4412.
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Bravo, huzza for civic education and discussion!
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