Community Voices on Champaign Schools:

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Mentor programs are not visible and not enough people are involved. Are you a mentor?  Tell us how you got involved and the program you are involved with mentoring.

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What would Champaign schools look like if they were better than they are now?
What hopes do you have about the community dialogues Unit 4 has initiated?

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These are just a few of the ideas that have come out of the community conversations. For more, visit the Great Schools, Together website.

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Bullying:

  • Aminah Bazzell-Smith on Bullying
  • Sujata Dey-Koontz on Bullying

Busing:

  • Scott Christenson on Busing and Health
  • Deana Landess on Busing

Communication:

  • Rickey Parks on Communication
  • Juli Cartel on hearing the unheard
  • April Warren-Grice on Communication
  • John Koontz on Communication

Community Building:

  • Greg Novak on Community Building
  • Cynthia Wachter on Community Building
  • Maria Thompson on Community Building

Consent Decree:

  • Julian Rappaport on the Consent Decree
  • John Koontz on the Consent Decree

Cultural Diversity:

  • Maria Thompson on Diversity
  • Shandra Summerville on Cultural Diversity
  • Sujata Dey-Koontz on Cultural Diversity
  • Nancy Yeagle on Cultural Diversity
  • Rashidah Karim on Cultural Diversity

Discipline:

  • Douglass West

Encouragement:

  • Phillip Harris on Encouragement

Equity:

  • Mark Aber on Equity
  • Imani Bazzell on Equity

Facilities:

  • Jean Ascoli on Facilities
  • Barbara Minsker on Facilities

Foreign Language:

  • Mary Malloy on Foreign Language
  • Creel Orozco on teaching Spanish early to children
  • Evelyn Davidson on Foreign Language

Funding:

  • Yvette Laene-Rose on Funding
  • Rashidah Karim on Funding

Gifted:

  • Nancy Yeagle on Gifted Education
  • Barbara Minsker on Gifted Education

Hope:

  • April Warren-Grice on Hope
  • Barbara Minsker on Hope
  • Lee Ann Kelly on Hope
  • Julian Rappaport on Hope
  • Mark Aber on Hope
  • Sujata Dey-Koontz on Hope
  • Imani Bazzell on Hope
  • Cynthia Wachter on Hope
  • Stan Yanchus on Hope
  • Kristine Chalifoux on Hope

Longer School Days:

No Child Left Behind:

  • Brenda Koening on No Child Left Behind

Parental Involvement:

  • Evelyn Davidson on Parental Involvement
  • Rickey Parks on Parental Involvement
  • Yvette Laene-Rose
  • Devin Chambers on Parental Involvement
  • Shandra Summerville on Parental Involvement
  • Shandra Summerville on Parental Involvement

Partnerships:

  • Stan Yanchus on Partnerships

Relationships:

  • Imani Bazzell on Relationships and Communication between Children, Parents and Coaches
  • April Warren-Grice on Relationships

School Climate:

  • John Koontz on School Climate
  • Douglass West
  • Shandra Summerville on School Climate

Special Education/Special Needs:

  • Devin Chambers on Special Education
  • Lee Ann Kelly on Special Education and Special Needs
  • Devin Chambers on Special Eduucation

Support Staff:

  • Lee Ann Kelly on Support Staff

Teacher/Student Ratio:

  • Callie Johnson on Student-Teacher Ratio

Teaching and Learning:

  • Ayanna Jones on Teaching and Learning
  • Juli Cartel on socio emotional learning
  • Katie Rocheford on Engaging Kids at School
  • David DeThorne on social skills
  • Juli Cartel on boredom
  • Juli Cartel on longer school days
  • Laura DeThorne on Teaching and Learning
  • Brenda Koening on Teaching and Learning
  • JaNet Cross
  • Julian Rappaport on Teaching and Learning
  • Stan Yanchus on Teaching and Learning Part 1
  • Stan Yanchus on Teaching and Learning Part 2
  • Juli Cartel on community involvement
  • Yvette Laene-Rose on the Perfect Class
  • Greg Novak on Teaching and Learning

Technology:

  • Rashidah Karim on Technology

What's Next:

  • Laura DeThorne on What’s Next
  • Kristine Chalifoux on What’s Next
  • Shandra Summerville on What’s Next