RE: Public Meetings on Exiting Standards

[John Teeter <johnt@fsr.com>]

Tom,

is the draft available on-line so we can review it b/f the open house??

johnt

On Wednesday, July 22, 1998 2:54 PM, Tom Trail [SMTP:ttrail@moscow.com] wrote:
> I just received this announcement from the Idaho Dept. of Education.
> 
> The Idaho Existing Standards Commission will hold eight meetings across the
> state to receive community input on the first draft of the state's exiting
> standards.  The Open House in Lewiston will be held Thursday, July
> 30th--7-9:30 pm., at Lewiston High School, 1114 9th Ave.
> 
> At the meetings, members of the public can meet the state's Existing
> Standards Coordinator Lydia Guerra, members of the Exiting Standards
> Commission and Commission subcommittee members.  Participants also can give
> comments on the process and provide written comments on the first draft of
> the standards.  Copies of the draft standards also will be available at the
> open
> house.
> 
> In 1997, the State Board of Education created a citizen commission to write
> exiting standards for students in grades 9 through 12 in five cores areas:
> math, science, social studies, language arts and health.  Once adopted, the
> exiting standards will detail the skills and knowledge students graduating
> from Idaho schools will be expected to master.
> 
> The first draft of the standards is complete.  The commission plans to
> incorportate input from the open houses into second and third draft of the
> standards.
> 
> Dr. Tom Bitterwolf of Moscow is the local Commission member.  Residents are
> encouraged to contact thier regional representative on the commission.  If
> you have any questions call toll free 1-877-394-8464.
> 
> Rep. Tom Trail/Dist. 5
> 
> Dr. Tom Trail
> International Trails
> 2039 Mt. View Rd.
> Moscow, Id. 83843
> Tel:  (208) 882-6077
> Fax:  (208) 882-0896
> e mail ttrail@moscow.com
>