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Originally Posted by sirkingwilliam
When;s the next meeting?
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Not sure when, I'll check and post the date on here. I think Oct. 22nd.?.
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Originally Posted by arhavel
I wasn't able to attend but I did watch the live feed and participate in the online debate (which seemed more argumentative than the actual event, haha). Miaht82, you could have been in a different room, but the one I was watching focused mainly on higher standards of education (from pre-K to college) and how that effects our work force (do we want a primarily service economy or creative economy?) People were split on these issues.
You can watch videos from today at NowCastSA
I think its great to be having these conversations as a community, but as things go on we are bound to have some real arguments, ones that we the anonymous chat-room San Antonians were not afraid to have---how to getter educated our population (should the school districts be consolidated to help the lack of funds in poorer neighborhoods), sex education & teen pregnancy (I heard one woman at the meeting say she believed sex ed should start at 5th grade, while another woman said that was the responsibility of the parents, not teachers). Overall, it was a great beginning, but I can't wait for the real productive fights! |
I was in the main room, and alot of the comments weren't supposed to be debate-style or argumentative... it was an open forum and the consultant from JCCI explained the "rules" in the beginning of the forum to keep it from becoming an uncontrollable environment. I don't think that this is supposed to cause any arguments although I'm sure people will disagree with the level of importance of some of the issues. We'll have to wait and see what these discussions produce as far as how to achieve these goals of what we want SA to become.
I guess this means I'll have some company at the next one.