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117 requested that staff further study the matter. Mr. Towe stressed that the feelings of others throughout the City should be taken into account as well. Th~ meeting was adjourned. Pre, dent l C NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL WILL BE HELD ON Wednesday, October 11, 1989 AT 12:00 noon IN THE Basement Conference Room. THE PROPOSED AGENDA IS AS FOLLOWS: Luncheon meeting with School Board BY ORDER OF THE MAYOR BY Jeanne Cox (signed) BASEMENT CONFERENCE ROOM - October 11, 1989 Council met in special session on this date with the following members present: Mr. Buck, Rev. Edwards, Mr. Towe, Mr. Vandever, Ms. Waters. Ms. Judith Mueller, Director of Public Works, stated that information about the Long Street/Free Bridge improvements and its impact upon Burnley-Moran School and parking lot should be available in the near future. Ms. Mueller explained that the City will review and approve the design for the improvements, but noted that bidding for the project will probably not occur for another year. Dr. Joseph McGeehan, Superintendent of City Schools, presented the following listing of areas the Schools will focus on or study further in the next year: core academic curriculum; school centered decision making; drop out prevention) professional development academy; foundation established for regional school divisions; alternative education grades 7-12; parent involvement; instructional systems technology; redesign of school organization, curriculum, teaching, and technology; access to post-secondary education; drug education; partnerships for learning; early childhood education; strategic plan; research and evaluation; incentive pay; and student leadership. Ms. Waters stressed the importance of the schools being able to measure their, success in the different areas. Mr. Buck recommended that the role of team athletics, school spirit, encouraging participation in the artst and vocational education be included among the areas listed by Dr. McGeehan. Dr. McGeehan agreed with Mr. Buck's recommendations and noted that the absence of an area on his list did not mean it would not be dealt with, since many on-going priority areas were not included on the list. Dr. McGeehan stated that the Charlottesville-Albemarle Vocational Education Board is studying the issue of vocational education and will be bringing back recommendations to the City and County SchooI Boards. Responding to a question from Mr. Vandever, Dr. McGeehan stated that the Schools are beginning to intensely look at minority education in the school system.