Brown University News Bureau

The Brown University News Bureau

1997-1998 index

Distributed May 8, 1998
Contact: Mark Nickel

Public schools and open records

Forum will address questions of public access to school information

A public forum, co-sponsored by Brown University's Taubman Center and ACCESS/RI, will discuss the rationale and methods for public access to public school information. Five panelists will make brief presentations beginning at 7 p.m. Monday, May 18, 1998, in Room 102 of Wilson Hall, located on the Brown campus.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Representatives of schools, parents groups, school departments and teachers unions will gather at Brown University Monday, May 18, 1998, for an open forum on public access to public school information. The forum, co-sponsored by the A. Alfred Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions and ACCESS/RI, will begin at 7 p.m. in Room 102 of Wilson Hall, located on The College Green.

Participants in the forum will focus on the following questions:

Who
Ron Wolk, founder and editor of Education Week
Trudy McKendry, president of the Narragansett Teachers Union
Jane Austin, former member of the Warwick School Committee
Robert Shapiro, superintendent of the Warwick School Department
A member of the state PTA board.
What
Public forum on public access to information from public schools
When
Monday, May 18, 1998, at 7 p.m.
Where
Room 102, Wilson Hall, located on The College Green at Brown University
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