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The question needing to be asked is what takes parents’ attention away from their children’s <br />education, and address those needs (health care, day care, etc.). <br /> <br /> Ms. Edwards questioned the relationship between the Schools and other service <br />providers. School staff replied that Schools work with many agencies who serve children and <br />agencies regularly get grants specifically to serve school children. <br /> <br /> Ms. Edwards asked how much training teachers get on cultural differences. Ms. Ivory <br />said some training is provided for school leaders and some to teachers. However, sometimes <br />people are not comfortable with the task of dealing with cultural differences and perhaps skilled <br />facilitators are needed to really address the problem. <br /> <br /> Mr. Huja commented on the value of mentoring and tutoring efforts. School staff agreed <br />and talked about the various mentoring/tutoring programs in place and how adult black male role <br />models are needed as mentors and tutors. <br /> <br /> Ms. Edwards offered the Race Dialogue Panel as a good example of disseminating <br />information on the history of discrimination in Charlottesville. Dr. McCullough praised the <br />recent bus tour of City schools she and other teachers took as extremely valuable on that topic. <br />There are also various educational programs for students and written materials given to teachers. <br /> <br /> There was some discussion on having students take the SOL tests on-line so that the <br />results would be immediately available to students and teachers. Mr. Michie stated that testing is <br />done throughout the year to monitor students’ progress, but they are moving toward on-line <br />testing. <br /> <br /> Mr. Michie adjourned the meeting at 1:00 p.m. <br /> <br />_______________________________ _____________________________ <br />President Clerk <br /> <br />