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PA Ed Policy Roundup for April 17, 2020
Blogger comment: Old-school newspaper man, the kind of person
you rely on to defend the 1st amendment. Fairness, integrity, honesty, respect, dignity,
passion; qualities that unfortunately seem to be in shorter supply these days –
Phil will be sorely missed. We wish him all the best.
Letter From the Editor: After 38 years, a fond farewell
from the editor's chair
Delco Times by Phil Heron April 17,
2020
If you’ve never worked at a newspaper, you
likely have no idea what that symbol means. Even if you’re new to the biz, you
might not recognize it. And if you’re an old, ink-stained wretch like me,
you’re probably wondering what it’s doing as the “lead” to this column. -30- is
an old printer’s term that marks the end of the story. Or, as I’ve said
thousands of times while waiting for a story on deadline, put a -30- on it. That’s
what I’m doing today. I’m putting a -30- on almost 38 years at the Daily Times,
and more than four decades in the newspaper racket. Today is my last day at the
newspaper, and this is the column I have dreaded writing for years. Because it
is the last one.
Guest Column: Voice of Class of 2020: Kids are no longer
kids
Delco Times By Ethan McKellar Times Guest
Columnist April 17, 2020
Ethan McKellar is senior vice president of
the Class of 2020 at Ridley High School. Ethan is an aspiring film and theater
director. He aims to be a voice to express the deep feelings of the class of
2020 during the Coronavirus pandemic.
Once in a while, there is a time where high
schoolers experience a social shift or event that will have long-lasting
effects on their future. For some, it’s those who were in school during 9/11 or
students that suffered a community/school tragedy, like a school shooting. But
rarely does a whole generation of students globally get affected by something
of this caliber. High school is an odd time for something historic to happen,
like a pandemic. We’re old enough to understand what it is and what we have to
do to survive, but at the same time we’re still children grappling with life
and holding on to every teenage experience and learning for them. It is times
like these where kids will no longer be kids. For me personally, I dreamt of my
senior year for 13 years. You are told over and over as children that if you
work hard you will one day walk on that football field and be handed a diploma.
Hollywood movies depict graduation as a moment of sincere catharsis. Yes, we
will all be mailed a diploma. Yes, we will officially graduate. But you see,
before we even knew what walking on that field meant, we knew we wanted it. Our
deep belief in the education system wasn’t originally that it was a stepping
stone to future career goals or a symbol of our hard work, but instead that it
was a right of passage and that it was just something that needed to be done.
“Hanover Area High School officials will prerecord the
graduation ceremony. Student speeches will also be prerecorded. The ceremony
will be projected on the movie screen. The screen will show the yearbook
portrait of each graduating senior when their names are called. The audio of
the ceremony will be played through the cars’ radio systems.”
One school district’s plan to save graduation: A ceremony
at a drive-in movie theater
Washington Post By Perry Stein April
7, 2020 at 3:40 p.m. EDT
When Superintendent Nathan Barrett called the
local drive-in movie theater last Thursday to try to salvage his Pennsylvania
school district's graduation ceremony, the owner of the establishment seemed
flummoxed. A high school graduation? At a drive-in movie theater? “If you could
have heard the awkward silence,” recalled Barrett, who leads the Hanover Area
School District in Northeast Pennsylvania. But Barrett and the owner of Garden
Drive-In managed to figure it out, and on June 4, the nearly 200 seniors
and their families will drive to the theater, remain in their cars, and the
students will receive their diplomas — or symbolically receive them, depending
on what the guidance is at the time from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. Barrett — who is in his first year leading the 2,000-student school
system — said he is waiting to determine whether students will be permitted to
leave their vehicles when their names are called to collect their diplomas from
an administrator. If not, he said, the school would ship students their
diplomas. Across the country, school districts have closed their campuses in an
attempt to contain the spread of the coronavirus. The extended closures have
threatened rituals like prom and graduation. “Students are reaching the apex of
their academic career, and they are still receiving the ceremony without
having a drastic delay,” Barrett said. “I’m trying to strike while the iron is
hot and they are still in high school.”
“Other research has shown that virtual education as widely
practiced in the United States is no substitute for traditional classroom
schooling. A scalding 2016
study of full-time virtual public
charter schools laid out this indictment in great detail. Researchers found
that full-time virtual public charter schools performed worse than traditional
public schools in most states and showed weaker academic gains for all
demographic subgroups of students. Moreover, the data suggest that students
tend to become disengaged from virtual schools, leaving them quickly.”
The Coronavirus’s Lost Generation of Students
America’s schoolchildren will need help
catching up.
New York Times By The Editorial Board April 16,
2020, 5:00 a.m. ET
The editorial board is a group of opinion
journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain
longstanding values. It is separate
from the newsroom.
The learning setbacks that schoolchildren
commonly experience over a summer vacation can easily wipe out one or two
months of academic growth. The learning losses that are likely to result
from more than 50 million
children in the United States being shut
out of school for weeks or months because of the coronavirus pandemic could
well be catastrophic by comparison. Consider an alarming new study from
the Northwest Evaluation Association, or NWEA, a nonprofit organization that
works with school districts to measure student performance. The study projects
that students who lack steady instruction during the coronavirus school
shutdown might retain only 70 percent of their annual reading gains as compared
to a normal year. Projections for the so-called Covid slide in math look even
bleaker. Depending on grade level, researchers say, students could lose between
half and all of the achievement growth one would expect in a normal academic
year. These setbacks would be particularly disastrous for fifth graders, who
need to be tooling up for the more complex tasks that will come their way in
the upper grades. In addition, this grim scenario will surely yield worse
outcomes for students whose families are grappling with hunger, unemployment or
homelessness.
Hite explains how Philly online learning will work
starting next week
The District is trying to plan a citywide
virtual graduation, and maybe even a prom, the superintendent said.
The notebook Dale
Mezzacappa April 16 — 12:18 pm, 2020
Superintendent William Hite said Thursday
that the experiences of students and parents in connecting with their schools
“should see and feel very different” starting Monday as online learning
formally starts in the Philadelphia School District. In his weekly call with
reporters, Hite said that up until now, teachers had been encouraged to contact
students and offer assistance with the learning packets that students were
provided, but as of next week, “everyone is required to reach out to children,”
he said. From April 20 through May 1, what Hite called “digitized learning”
will begin. He said it would be “teacher-led,” but still “enrichment and
review.” Essentially, a new set of learning packets that had been available for
two-week spans over the last month will be online. And teachers and other
school staff will be required to start implementing the guidance they
received March 30 regarding daily office hours and reaching out to a designated
group of students at least once or twice a week. Some teachers and schools have
already been doing this, while others have not. On May 4, “planned instruction”
will begin, with the introduction of new material. The District will begin
tracking participation by both students and teachers. Teachers will begin
giving out grades. However, he said, details of grading are still being worked
out.
Hampton School District gets creative with plans to honor
graduating seniors
Trib Live by Tony
LaRussa Thursday, April 16, 2020 | 12:48 PM
Hampton celebrated its Class of 2019 during
commencement on June 6, 2019. District officials are planning to hold a
“virtual” graduation this year because of the governor’s order that schools
remain closed for the rest of the year to help stop the spread of coronavirus.
If the stay-at-home orders is lifted, the district will try to hold an outdoor
ceremony in July. Faced with orders to keep schools closed for the remainder of
the year, Hampton School District officials have come up with a plan to
celebrate graduating seniors. Seniors and their families will receive a letter
this week from high school principal Marguerite Imbarlina outlining the variety
of activities planned. “I know the ending of your senior year was not what you
expected, and I am sorry for how quickly everything changed,” Imbarlina wrote
in the letter. “Your student council leadership, student council sponsor,
senior class sponsor and high school administration have worked together to
create a fun, celebratory end to the senior year.”
Westmont Hilltop School Board moves to advertise new
budget with no tax increase
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat By Joshua Byers jbyers@tribdem.com April 17,
2020
Through a virtual meeting Thursday, the
Westmont Hilltop School Board approved advertisement of the proposed final
budget of 2020-21 with no tax increase. “I want to congratulate the
administration and fellow school board members for working hard to keep it with
no tax increase,” board member Kamal Gella said. “In the current economy it’s
important for us to maintain a balanced budget.” The proposed budget lists the
estimated fund balance, revenues and other financing sources for appropriation
as $29,112,574 and estimated expenditures as $23,169,531. That includes a $5
per capita tax and one half of a percent in both earned income tax and real
estate transfer tax. None of that has changed since last year’s budget. After
accepting the motion, board member Joseph Nibert questioned if the district was
prepared “for the loss of income from the earned income tax of a half percent.”
“Because that’s definitely going to happen,” he added.
School districts testing virtual meetings, hashing out
graduation plans
Wilkes Barre Times Leader By Mark
Guydish mguydish@timesleader.com April 13,
2020
Several area school districts are poised to
hold virtual school board meetings, and all of them are in various stages of
figuring out how grade promotion and graduation occur when buildings were
ordered closed by the governor for nearly the entire fourth quarter of the
school year. Hanover Area School District has already announced plans to hold
graduation at the Garden Drive-in, and will provide more details after a
virtual school Board meeting Tuesday. The agenda for that meeting has only one
item, awarding an energy savings contract to Commonwealth Energy Group, LLC.
The district is supposed to provide information on how to watch the meeting
online via the district website, hanoverarea.org. Crestwood
School District has a virtual meeting slated for Thursday. It has already held
one virtual emergency meeting and a virtual budget committee meeting. The district
posted the Thursday agenda on its website, csdcomets.org, that
includes a vote to suspend “all policies that govern promotion and retention
and/or graduation requirement for the school year.” The suspension would last
through Jun 30, the last day of both the school year and district’s fiscal
year.
Carlisle School District's projected 2020-21 deficit
balloons to $4.55 million
Carlisle Sentinel by Joe
Cress April 16, 2020
Carlisle Area School District is facing a
budget deficit more than double what it was a month ago due to the anticipated
economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The projected shortfall for 2020-21 went from
$1.7 million in early March to $4.55 million as of mid-April. The school board
has until June 30 to adopt a final balanced budget for next year. Business
Manager Jenna Kinsler briefed board members Thursday on the turn of events. To
contain the spread of COVID-19, Gov. Tom Wolf issued executive orders in March
that closed all schools and nonessential businesses and directed most
Pennsylvanians to stay at home. One result has been a surge in unemployment
claims that could eventually translate into the potential loss of earned income
tax revenue for school districts. Carlisle anticipates a loss next year of 17%
to 20% or $1.8 million in earned income tax revenue, Kinsler said. The
collection rate on the real estate tax could likely go down resulting in a loss
of $720,000 in revenue for every percentage point not collected. On top of
that, Carlisle expects a loss of assessed property value brought on by an
anticipated increase in real estate assessment appeals, Kinsler said. Expecting
problems at the state level, she budgeted no increase next year in subsidies
for basic education and special education.
South Middleton school district budget deficit nearly
doubles due to COVID-19 fallout
Carlisle Sentinel by Joe Cress April 16, 2020
South Middleton School District is facing a
budget deficit next year that is almost double what it was just six weeks ago
due, in large part, to fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. The projected
shortfall for 2020-21 went from $905,972 in early March to about $1.7 million
in mid-April. The school board has until June 30 to adopt a final balanced
budget for next year. “Back in the beginning of March, it was reasonable and we
felt like we had some options,” said Nicole Weber, director of business and
operations. She briefed board members Tuesday during a budget workshop. The
maximum tax increase of 2.6%, allowed under Act 1, could generate about
$526,186 in new real estate tax revenue, Weber said. This would have reduced
the earlier projection of $905,972 to a deficit of $379,786 giving the district
greater flexibility to balance the budget without too many changes to the
education program. “This month, I can tell you, that scenario just blew up,”
Weber told board members. “It makes me nervous that we are in April and I feel
that we are restarting the budget process. But I am with another 500 business
managers in the state doing the same process. As board members, you’re not
alone.”
Mechanicsburg school board approves proposed budget with
3.1% tax increase
Phyllis Zimmerman For The Sentinel April 17,
2020
The Mechanicsburg Area School District is
moving closer to a possible real estate tax increase of 3.1% for next year. At
a virtual meeting on Tuesday night, the Mechanicsburg school board unanimously
approved a 2020-21 proposed general fund budget of $78,601,132 that includes an
estimated spending increase of $4,055,248 from 2019-20 projections. A 3.1% tax
increase meets the district’s Act 1 index for the 2019-20 fiscal year set by
the state Department of Education. In December 2019, the school board approved
a resolution that keeps any potential tax increase for 2020-21 within the
district’s state index for next year. The district most recently raised taxes
in 2019-20 by 2.7%, staying within last year’s state index. The district’s
current real estate tax rate is 13.7302 mills, which means a property owner
assessed at the district’s average value of $186,200 pays $2,557 annually in
real estate taxes. The proposed tax hike would increase the millage rate to
14.1558 next year.
New Allentown elementary school could be first in the
district named after a woman
By JACQUELINE PALOCHKO THE MORNING
CALL | APR 16, 2020 | 8:58 PM
For the first time in its 154 years, the
Allentown School District could have a school named after a woman. The district
is recommending the new school on 12th and Gordon streets be named after Brig.
Gen. Anna Mae Hays — an Allentown School District graduate who was the first
female general in the Army. The district made its recommendation at the
committee meetings Thursday night. The board will vote on the name April 30.
Toomey, picked for Trump’s task force, supports reopening
parts of economy ‘very soon’
DANIEL MOORE Post-Gazette Washington Bureau APR
17, 2020 5:00 AM
WASHINGTON — The White House has
selected Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., among a congressional delegation that
will help President Donald Trump develop a plan to gradually reopen the economy
in the coming weeks and months amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Mr. Toomey’s office
announced Thursday. Mr. Toomey, speaking with reporters shortly after a
conference call with Mr. Trump, said he would like to see parts of the economy
reopen “very, very soon.” He characterized the widespread closures,
enacted by governors across the country, as “draconian” and industries, like
outdoor construction, that were never at serious risk of the virus. “It is
abundantly clear that our hospitals are not in danger of being overrun,” Mr.
Toomey said. “In fact, in most of the state — and definitely in the central and
western parts of the state — our hospitals are virtually empty because they’ve
not been allowed to do elective procedures.
Special Ed. Administrators Press Congress for IDEA
Waivers During Pandemic
Education Week By Corey Mitchell on April
16, 2020 1:40 PM
The nation's leading special education
administrator groups are pressing leaders in Congress to give schools
flexibility on federal requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act, the nation's primary special education law. The Council of
Administrators of Special Education and the National Association of State
Directors of Special Education are seeking waivers for timelines that govern
when schools must review students' Individualized Education Programs, evaluate
students for special education services, and respond to legal complaints. The
groups also want temporary reprieves from state monitoring and enforcement and
the requirements that schools spend a "proportionate share" of
their IDEA funding on services for private school students and
provide services to students who need academic and behavioral support, but are
not currently identified as needing special education services. The requests
put the groups in direct conflict with disability rights
advocates who fear waivers will put
students at risk of falling behind their educational goals. About 7 million
children nationwide are served under IDEA.
Draconian Cuts to Schools Could Come As Soon As This
Summer
Education Week By Daarel Burnette II on April
16, 2020 4:15 PM
Drastic cuts to public school spending could
come as soon as this summer, an acceleration of the fiscal pain that analysts
had already been forecasting for K-12 education. State budgets have
been massacred by the
widespread shutdown of the economy. And school finance experts—updating their
forecasts on a near-daily basis—are now saying public schools will be forced as
soon as this summer to make dramatic cuts to their budgets. Signs of the
severity are already emerging. In Hawaii, the Democratic governor is
considering deep cuts to teacher salaries as early as May 1. For the last
several weeks, K-12 analysts have assumed that districts wouldn't see budget
cuts until spring 2021 because the federal government sent out a $13.5 billion
stimulus fund, states have stored up billions of dollars in rainy day funds and
because making mid-year cuts to public schools is so politically unappealing
and disruptive. ut states have already lost tens of billions of dollars for the
last quarter of this fiscal year and will likely lose hundreds of billions more
in the 2021 fiscal year as federal and state governments struggle to contain
the spread of the coronavirus. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
earlier this week estimated that states
will collectively lose close to $500 billion next fiscal year. "I can't
see a school district that won't be looking at budget cuts come this fall"
Michael Griffith, a fiscal analyst and school finance expert said Thursday
morning. "Some might be dramatic. Some places might start seeing cuts this
school year."
Blogger note: for those of you who follow ed policy, CATO is a
driving force for any forms of school privatization. Jeff Yass, principal at
the Susquehanna International Group and the engine behind Pennsylvania’s
Student First PAC (and the Philadelphia School Partnership) is a member of the Board
of Directors at Cato.
How Pennsylvania Is Discouraging Education During the
Coronavirus Crisis
Cato Institute Commentary By Corey A. DeAngelis April 16, 2020
This article appeared on PennLive on April 16, 2020.
Health experts around the world have
recommended social distancing as an effective way to combat the spread of the
novel coronavirus pandemic. In an effort to increase social distancing, state
and local governments have closed schools for over 97 percent of the school‐aged
population in the United States. In Pennsylvania, confirmed cases of the virus
are growing seemingly every day, and Gov. Tom Wolf announced a mandatory
closure of all public schools on March 13. Closing brick‐and‐mortar
schools was a smart decision to flatten the curve in Pennsylvania.
However, the state government has made decisions since then that will
discourage continuity of education during the current crisis. Here’s how: Gov.
Wolf ordered all public and private schools to close, including cyber charter
schools serving more than 37,000 children in the state virtually. This kind of
blanket order does nothing to encourage schools to provide educational services
to students online during the emergency. Although it is still technically
possible for cyber charter schools to enroll new students and provide
educational services virtually during the mandated closure, the legislature
just passed a bill that would actually discourage these schools from
helping kids in this time of need. This at a time when Pennsylvania’s
school districts were woefully unprepared to provide remote instruction for
their students, unlike in many other states.
K-12 Device 'Arms Race': Philly School District's 'Heaven
Sent' Chromebooks For Coronavirus Closures
Education Week By David Rauf on April
14, 2020 5:10 PM
By the end of this week, the School District
of Philadelphia is planning to have finished the monumental logistical task of
handing out 40,000 brand new Chromebooks to students just in time for online
instruction to begin April 20. But exactly how the 130,000-plus student
district was able to score the Chromebooks amid unprecedented demand for K-12 laptops
highlights a new reality: districts across the country are
scrounging and competing against each other, tooth and nail in some cases, for
every device available during the mass-remote learning movement unfolding as a
result of coronavirus facility closures. With the final shipment of
devices arriving at district headquarters last week, Philadelphia will be among
the lucky districts able to secure the number of devices it
ordered. That's not the case everywhere, even for some sizable
school districts with procurement purchasing power. Take Denver Public Schools,
which ordered 9,000 Chromebooks to fill gaps for students needing take-home
devices during Colorado's school closings. The district received 3,000, and
delivery on the rest is up in the air. "Every school district is competing
for the same pool of available devices. We were happy to secure the 3,000
devices," said Jason Rand, director of field services for the department
of technology at the roughly 80,000-student district in Denver. "Our
vendors have been working to provide us some priority, but it's still going to
be a lag." And while Philadelphia's rushed device acquisition seems
headed for a happy ending, it wasn't always clear whether the district would be
able to equip every student with a device who needs one.
PSBA Video Edition Episode 25 - April 15, 2020 -
Nationwide Perspective on Coronavirus and Schools with Tom Gentzel
110 views •Apr 15, 2020 Runtime 10:00
In this installment, NSBA Executive
Director/CEO Tom Gentzel talks with PSBA CEO Nathan Mains about federal
legislation and conversations regarding schools’ response to the COVID-19
closure. Discussion focuses on how the pandemic has impacted schools nationwide
and what future implications might be. Gentzel also talks about N
Video: Diane Ravitch in Her Own Words
Education Week•Apr 9, 2020
Video Runtime 4:21
Education historian Diane Ravitch explains
how her positions on school reform, charter schools, standardized testing, and
teachers’ unions have evolved over her career. She clarifies why she is so
critical of the billionaire philanthropists who seek to influence public
education, and offers her ideas on what it will take to give all American
schoolchildren the education they deserve.
PSBA Board Presidents Panels (Zoom) April 27, 28, 29 and
30 (depending upon the size of your district)
This annual event supports current and aspiring
school board leaders through facilitated discussion with colleagues in
leadership. Board Presidents Panel is designed to equip new and veteran board
presidents and vice presidents as well as superintendents and other school
directors who may pursue a leadership position in the future.
Due to current social distancing
requirements, this annual program will shift from a series of in-person
regional events to a digital platform using Zoom Meetings. Participants of each
of the four sessions will meet in small groups using virtual breakout rooms.
Experienced facilitators will guide discussions on attendees’ unique
challenges, solutions and experiences related to board leadership during the
COVID-19 school closures.
This year’s program will be organized to
group together leaders from schools of similar enrollment sizes for relevant
conversation. Members may register for one or two nights to participate in all
of the topics offered. If your district's average enrollment is above 3,500,
you are invited to join the sessions on Tuesday, April 28 and/or Thursday,
April 30. If your district's average enrollment is below 3,500, opt to join the
sessions on Monday, April 27 and/or Wednesday, April 29.
The New York Times is available to high schools across
the U.S. — for free.
Enjoy free digital access from April 6
to July 6.
Helping people understand the world has
always been the cornerstone of our mission at The Times. And as the world
continues to rapidly evolve, it’s more important than ever.
That’s why The Times is working with Verizon
to provide high schools with three free months of digital access from April 6
to July 6 — helping students stay connected to the world, even as they learn
remotely.
Request@PSBA.org: PSBA establishes
channel to answer COVID-19 questions
POSTED ON MARCH 19, 2020 IN PSBA
NEWS
In light of statewide school closings and as
the COVID-19 outbreak continues to evolve, PSBA is here to provide support to
members and answer questions regarding how schools will operate, meet
instructional requirements and provide services both now and in the future.
Please send your questions to request@psba.org with
your name, district and contact information. A member of PSBA staff will
respond directly or will funnel your inquires to the Pennsylvania Department of
Education. PSBA will act as your voice and ensure you receive the answers and
information you need to make decisions at this crucial time.
PSBA: Coronavirus Preparedness Guidance
In the last few weeks, the novel coronavirus
(SARS-CoV-2), which causes the respiratory illness COVID-19, has become a topic
of concern nationwide. Although the virus is not widespread in Pennsylvania at
this time, that status could change. Being proactive is key to prevention and
mitigation. Below, you will find a list of resources on all aspects of
preparedness, including guidance on communication planning, policy, emergency
management and disease control. Use these resources to help you make decisions
regarding the safety and health of those in your school district.
Blogger note: we’re waiting for details on this event becoming
virtual.
Rescheduled: Join us for Advocacy Day in Harrisburg to support public
education Monday May 11, 2020! (subject to change)
All school
leaders are invited to attend Advocacy Day at the state Capitol in
Harrisburg. The Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA), Pennsylvania
Association of Intermediate Units (PAIU) and the Pennsylvania Association of
School Administrators (PASA) are partnering together to strengthen our advocacy
impact. The day will center around meetings with legislators to discuss
critical issues affecting public education. Click here for more information or register
at http://www.mypsba.org/ School directors can register online now by
logging in to myPSBA. If you need assistance logging in and registering contact
Alysha Newingham, Member Data System Administrator at alysha.newingham@psba.org
Cancelled: PARSS Annual Conference April 29 – May 1, 2020
in State College
Due to current conditions caused by the
coronavirus pandemic, we have cancelled the 2020 PARSS Conference, scheduled
for April 29 through May 1, 2020. Please read our cancellation letter for
important information.
Register today for the 2020 PASA/PA Principals
Association PA Educational Leadership Summit, August 2-4, at the Lancaster
Marriott at Penn Square
(hosted by the PA Principals Association and
the PA Association of School Administrators). Participants can earn up to 80
PIL hours (40 hours for the Summit and - for an additional cost of $50 -
40 hours for EdCamp) for
attending the conference and completing program requirements. Register
early to reserve your seat! The deadline to take advantage of the Early Bird
Discount is April 24, 2020.
Click here to
register today!
Network for Public Education 2020 Conference in Philly Rescheduled
to November 21-22
NPE Website March 10, 2020 7:10 pm
We so wanted to see you in March, but we need
to wait until November!
Our conference will now take place on November
21 and 22 at the same location in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Please
read the important information below.
Registration: We will be rolling over our
registration information, so there is no reason to register again. You will
be automatically registered for the November dates. If you cannot attend in
November, we ask that you consider donating your registration to absorb some of
the costs associated with rescheduling the conference. If you feel you cannot
make such a donation, please contact: dcimarusti@networkforpubliceducation.org.
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