Submitted by: Councilmember Strab
Submitting Department: Legislative
Agenda Section: Discussion
Item Title:
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FY25 Council Budget Amendment: EAC Funding to Host a Principals' Luncheon
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Suggested Action:
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For discussion: I move the Mayor and Council include $1,000 in the FY25 Budget for the Education Advisory Committee to host a Principals' Luncheon.
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Summary Background:
The Hyattsville Education Advisory Committee is asking for a stipend not to exceed $1000 to host Principals or Staff Liaisons from the 11 major schools that are either in Hyattsville or whose majority of students have many Hyattsville residents. We would like to restart the recurring luncheon in which we invited principals or school administrators to come together and address many of the larger concerns that their schools are facing and to facilitate discussion about what the Education Advisory Committee could aid with and what we all could collaborate on with the assistance of the city. The list of schools that we would invite individuals from includes Hyattsville Elementary, Felegy Elementary, Hyattsville Middle, Nicholas Orem Middle, Northwestern High School, Rosa Parks Elementary, Caeser Chavez Elementary, Chelsea School, St. Matthew's Parish Day School, DeMatha Catholic High School, and St. Jerome Academy.
Our event would offer an open dialog for principals to identify the issues they see within their school communities for both students and for their faculty and staff. It would also allow for an important opportunity to create dialogue between the schools and to allow them to identify overlapping issues that they could collaborate on. Furthermore, this event would help the Education Advisory Committee market itself as an important community tool to bridge any gaps between the city council and educational community and raise awareness of the committee's existence as well as the resources at its disposal to aid the local educational community. We are expecting ...
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