Focu$ on Education: Panel Discussion April 9

You won't want to miss this first-of-its-kind statewide broadcast of a panel discussion in Oklahoma City focusing on the crisis in education funding in Oklahoma. Presented by the League of Women Voters of Oklahoma, this free event is open to the public at seven locations across the state Tuesday, April 9.

Registration: 6 p.m.
Panel: 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Q&A: 7:30-8 p.m. 

Tulsa location: Tulsa Community College
Metro Campus,
909 S. Boston Ave.,
Film Lecture Room, Student Center Room 102.

PANELISTS & TOPICS
David Blatt, Oklahoma Policy Institute: Status of Education Funding
Brad Williams, President, Student Services, OSU-OKC: Growing Our Workforce
Sharon Rodine, Oklahoma Institute of Child Advocacy: Status of Children in Oklahoma
Terry Graham, Burlington Public Schools Board Member: Impact in the Classroom
Lavena Brown, Oklahoma City Public Schools Pre-K Parent: Impact in the Home

The Tulsa League will hold it's annual meeting the evening of Mon., May 6 at Fellowship Congregational Church, 2900 S. Harvard Ave. Expect the official notice of the meeting in your mailbox mid-April.

On June 1, Tulsa is hosting the biennial League of Women Voters of Oklahoma convention. Our League is entitled to at least 10 voting delegates, so please let us know if you'd like to attend. We would like a strong Tulsa presence to welcome our friends from across the state. Let us know you'd like to come. The official call to convention will be sent in late April. Look for details of a social outing Fri., May 31.

Please plan to attend the Focu$ on Education panel discussion on April 9 as that will be the spring board for discussion topics at the Unit meetings. Other materials, if necessary, will be posted on our website after the April 9 panel discussion.