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258 School system are very high compared with other systems in the States and funds could be ma!!ocated to meet chag_gi_n_g needs of c_hi!dre_n_ and saL~ary increases; _2) E_n_~gy has to be brought to the question of how to enhance the learning process to be sure the schools axe accentuating _the mog positive !e~ning ex. peri~ces and enhag__cing student achievement; 3) Ways need to be found to retain studems in Charlottesville schools, Dr~ Symo~s said that solutions/suggestions are imerw~ oven .with the categories listed above: 1) Consider a policy to open enrollment to others to attend Ch~!ottes~i!!e schools, with minimal tuition on a space available basis; 2) School leadership principle: the power to change at the school base level and provide support to find solutions; and 3) Major mission of the school sygem: what constitutes quality !eami_ng ~d how is that achieved? Dr, S~_vmons continued that emphasis needs to be on staff development a~d professional growt~ ~.h, Dr. Symons recommended that teachers be encouraged to form teams~ which would include parents, to address, initially, the following initiatives: !) Focus on how the ~nd of i__nitiatives are created to get at ~e pre-school issue, other than just adding new classrooms 2) Create a cente~oint for ener~ to bring dialogue/focus on !ear_~ng programs; ~d 3) Think differently about school to work transition, engaging the business community, and reconceptuali~ng the de!iveu system to prep~e smd_ents for work~ In addition, Dr~ Symons recommended that the school-based question of how to create school attractors be addressed, The mee~ng was adjourned. President COUNCIL CHAMBER - February 18, 1997 Council met in regular session on this date with the following members present: Mr. Cox, Ms. Daugherty, Ms. Richards, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Toscano. PUBLIC Mr. George Carter, 1833 Westwood Road, said that the downtown mall is now a vibrant place, due in large part to Colin Rolph and Lee Danielson, developers of the Ice Park and movie theater. Mr. Carter asked that Council allow the lights at the Ice Park to remain since he feels all lights on the mall should not have to be the same, it will cost $25,000 to remove them, and Council should not put up stumbling blocks for the success of the mall. Mr. Brent Nelson, 214 South Street, asked that Council pass a leash law and see to it that the Police enforce the laws concerning dogs, noting that his leashed dog was recently attached by an unleashed dog on the downtown mall. Mr. Craig Van der Linde, 1260 Chatham Ridge Road, said that he would like to see the lights at the Ice Park remain. Mr. Kenneth Jackson, 208 5th Street, S.W., representing the neighborhoods of Fifeville, Start Hill, and 10th and Page, asked Council to meet with the neighborhoods to discuss: 1) deterioration of properties and homes in the neighborhoods; 2) traffic; and 3) reversion and its effect on citizens' voice and vote. Mr. John Heyden, Westwood Road, said he has complaints about the public access studio, he feels retaliatory action is being taken against him, asked why Dell Hanley is overseeing the public access studio, asked why the Advisory Committee has been disbanded, and asked what Council is willing to do to correct the problem. Mr. John Gaines, 214 9th Street, N.W., asked ifCDBG funds are intended to supplement or supplant Capital Improvement (CIP) fundS.