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193 NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL WILL BE HELD ON Wednesda35 June 14, 1995 AT 12:00 noon IN THE Basement Conference Room. THE PROPOSED AGENDA IS AS FOLLOWS: APPROPRIATION: $20,000 ~ TeenSight (2nd reading) Lunch meeting with School Board BY ORDER OF THE MAYOR BY Jeanne Cox (si_~ned) BASEMENT CONFERENCE ROOM - June 14, 1995 Council met in special session on this date with the following members present: Ms. Daugherty, Rev. Edwards, Mr. Toscano, Mr. Vandever. Absent: Ms. Slaughter. APPROPRIATION: $20,000 - TEENSIGHT (2nd reading) The $20,000 appropriation to TeenSight, which was offered at the June 5th meeting, was approved by the following vote. Ayes: Ms. Daugherty, Mr. Toscano, Mr. Vandever. Noes: None. Absent: Rev. Edwards (for the vote) and Ms. Slaughter. WHEREAS, FOCUS of Charlottesville/Albemarle, through its Teensight program, provides employment and training services to young people in Charlottesville; and WHEREAS, due to severe cuts in federal funding, the Teensight program will lose $184,000 in program funds for fiscal year 1995-1996; and WHEREAS, Alicia Lugo, Project Director of Teensight, has requested emergency funding of $20,000 to fulfill its commitments to 53 youths under its two-year contract with the Piedmont Job Training Administration; and WHEREAS, Teensight staff will continue to search for alternative sources of funding to continue the program; now-, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, that the sum of $20,000.00 is hereby appropriated as a grant to the TeenSight program from expenditure account 05-010-031020-53199 for the above-stated reasons. SCHOOL BOARD Dr. Dorothea Shannon, Superintendent of City Schools, explained that the School Board's Strategic Plan gave the school staff direction to begin institutionalization of the understanding of diversity, incoi~orating it into the curriculum and actual teaching. Dr. Shannon introduced Mr. Ishmail Conway, a consultant to the schools on multicultural education. The initial charge to Mr. Conway involved working with the schools on the development and implementation cfa action plan designed: 1) to foster the establishment of an environment in each school which makes every student, staff member and parent feel comfortable and accepted; 2) to enhance the personal development and interpersonal relations of the students; 3) to provide equal learning opportunities for children in all cultural groups; and 4) to ensure multicultural representation in the total school environment through the employment of a more culturally diverse start Rev. Edwards arrived at the meeting