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j IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS WESTERN DIVISION LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT V. HO. LR-C-82-866 PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SC!IOOL DISTRICT NO. 1, ET AL. MRS. LORENE JOSHUA, ET l\.L. KATHERINE KNIGHT, ET AL. DEFENDANTS INTERVENORS INTERVENORS STIPULATION AND CONSENT ORDER REGARDillG LITTLE ROCJC SCHOOL DISTRICT AEROSP~CE TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL The undersigned parties stipulate and agree that the Little Rock School District (LRSD) desegregation plan should be amended to include an Aerospace Technology Magnet School as described in Exhibit "A" to this stipulation as modified below to address the concerns expressed by the Court and some of the parties. The parties further stipulate and agree that the Little Rock School District Aerospace Technology Magnet School can only be constructed and operated if the Little Rock School District receives approval of first-year funding of the Magnet Schools Assistance Program grant, for which Exhibit "A" is its application, in a total amount of Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000.00) for 1991-92 and 1992-93: and if the Arkansas Aviation Historical Society contributes at least Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,500,000.00) as its share of the construction costs of the Aerospace Education Center which will house both the Aerospace Technology Magnet School and the Aerospace Museum. ,LCt.i I .j) ... ~.
J V :. : \ I --- The purpose of this stipulation between the Joshua Intervenors and the Little Rock School District is to insure by specific outcome expectations that black youth will be at least as well served in educational outcomes, process, treatment, retention, promotion, rewards, awards and opportunities as white youth in the proposed Aerospace Magnet School. The underlying premise of Joshua is tl1at students from higher socio-economic backgrounds, based upon past and present treatment by Little Rock School District, are being and will be well served by the district. The outcome expectations shall be measured . by objective, education related criteria. The results will be subject to further analysis by the Districtwide Biracial Committee and the Office of Desegregation Monitoring. The Aerospace Technology Magnet School is being integrated into and engrafted upon the Settlement Desegregation Plans of the parties ("the Settlement Plans"). The parties stipulate that the Aerospace Technology Magnet School Plans shall be consistent with the objectives of the Settlement Plans. The school shall be planned, opened and hereafter operate on a fully and thoroughly integrated basis in all aspects of its operations and outreach. The district shall accomplish this racially inclusive educational environment by whatever means necessary within federal law and by appropriate state' law as well so long as state law does not diminish the remedial and desegregation objectives of the Settlement Plan. The district commits that it will maintain this facility on a racially integrated basis into perpetuity. 2 05434 I , : - ' : ' : I The Aerospace Magnet School shall effectively be a joint venture between the school district and th e Arkansas Aviation Historical Society in certain operational a nd financing respects. The school district, however, shall have full a nd final authority for all decisions and conduct of the school including but not limited to its staff, students, programs and activities. The local aerospace community consists of those aerospace technical business enterprises which are located around the Little Rock Regional Airport. it includes the Little Rock Airport Commission, a public enterprise, which operates the Little Rock Regional Airport. The Little Rock Airport Commission and the following private aerospace technical business enterprises hereby make the commitments contained in the statement of support attached to this page and the reasonable inferences which flow therefrom regarding the level and duration of said support. A. Companies 1. Central Flying Service 2. Falcon Jet Corporation 3. Arkansas Modification Center 4. Midcoast Aviation 5. Air Transport International 6. Little Rock Regional Airport 8. General Commitment (see attachment to this page) The court shall be provided affidavits of support from representatives of the local aerospace community, not later than February 19, 1991. These affidavits of support will describe each J 05435 , j: r !,, I I
:\: ! ' i I I I i, i I : !, ',, ii I, 'i Statement in Support of tJ1e Aerospace Education Center As executivt:s of Li1tlt! Rock's aviation industries and 1he Li11le Rock Airport Commission, we endorse ,rnd lend our Cllmmitment 10 the planned Aerospace Ed11ca1io11 Center, comhining an Aerospace Magnet lligh School with the Arkansns Museum of Aviation History Ill Adams Field. The Aerospace Magnet High School will provide the educutionul hose in math and science that :mr companit!s are looking for in new employees, making it possible for tl1esc students to pursue :areers hem in Central Arkansas in our companies as well us other high technology ffr1 .. s. Our c.
ompanics arc willing to provide adjunct faculty to both the high school and to the museum~ ~ducationaJ our.reach program, and will provide guest instructors, as 11eeded, to enhunee cuniculurn .1fferings. In addition, we will sponsor and encourage our employees to panic.
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irogrum, working with stuJents who wish to specinlize in specific areas of expertise. While we amicipate the school's graduntes becoming 11 :
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e of our permanent employees, we 1lso plan to consider, whenever possible, opponunities for purt-time und ~urnmer employment of
tudents in aviation-related jobs. We wholeheanedly endorse Governor Clinton's ini1ia1ive 10 lkvt!lop ndustry 11ppren1iceship progrnms, and pledge our cooperation to uffect such u program in our industry 1ere in Little Rock where it mny apply. We feel 1hnt apprenticeship prol{Tnrns in aviation-rclatc.<l skills, kveloped throuKh whut will be the excellent facilities of the Aerospace Education Center, could !ventuully become a .~ignificunt source of skilled workers for our companies. LittJe Rock's Aerospace Magnet High St:hool will provide new opportunities for disadvantaged md minority srudents, many of whom would have few other opportunities to gain the requisite skills to :nrcr :iaospace or other technology careers. We pledge to recruit disudvu11tuged und minority jraduates from the Aerospace Magnet High School, in conjunction wi1h our companies' respecrive 1ffirmative nction pluns. The avialion industries of C~ntral Arkansas have enjoyed phenomenul ~wth over the pust
evernl years, offering economic benefits for not only our employees, but for the entire community. ~or this positive trend ro continue, we muse work together with our schools to provide the skilled ,eople needed for our industry. Therefore, we offer our unqu11lified endorsement of the Aerospuce .:ducation Center and pledge the support of our respective compnnies 10 ensure its success. r. Tuylor Brown Senior Vice Prcliident Falcon Jet Corporation Senior Vice Prc.~i<lcnt and General Manager Midcoast Aviation Little Rock . n n 1 ., ,.. .. . Dennis D. Davi.~ President Arkansas Mo<lifi<.:ution Center ~~~~ President Central Flying Service 05436 i /. i 1 I I I . ' I! ! I, --- company's present commitments and future voluntary efforts in the following areas: ( a) specific employment, hiring and promotion commitments for each of the employers and affect all future employment opportunities
(b) summer training and employment opportunities for the black pupils who will attend the Aerospace Magnet Technology School
(c) programs for black pupils year round mentoring and support at the school
(d) preferential consideration upon graduation for training or apprenticeship programs and employment within these enterprises
(e) creation of racially inclusive, broad based racial nondiscriminatory work environments
and (f) and gender representation on appropriate advisory and governing boards of each of the business enterprises. In the event that it is necessary to modify these commitments, notice shall be provided to the parties and efforts will be made to continue the spirit of these commitments. EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES 1. student Education Plans (SEP's) shall be developed for each pupil who elects to attend the Aerospace Technology Magnet School. The plans shall be developed and then implemented in such a way as to insure that all pupils therein shall be "mainstreamed" into regular classes. If additional, out of class work is required in order to promote remediation to pupils to meet classroom work, the district shall offer it as needed at district expense either after school or on Saturdays. A principal objective of the SEP's is to allow the progress of each pupil to be measured periodically. It will also assist in determining individual teacher performance 4 05437 --- for evaluation purposes. 2. The school shall employ a sufficient number of teacher assistants to insure that the serious teaching and learning objectives of the Aerospace Magnet School shall be achieved. J. It is expected that all pupils who enroll in this school shall be promoted each year and graduate from high school on time and with appropriate educational credentials for further study and/or entry into college type programs. The only possible exceptions to this expectation are those pupils who, by objective standards, considered after sufficient time has expired for the SEP' s to work, demonstrate that they do not have either the capacity or interest for the required school work. 4. There shall be no "tracking" in the Aerospace Magnet School. Those teachers or other staff who either allow or engage in the practice shall be subject to formal discipline. Any discipline of teachers shall be in accordance with the Professional Negotiations Agreement (PNA). 5. The racial balance o f the student body of the Aerospace Magnet School shall bear a reasonable relationship to the racial balance of the other high schools. It initially shall be sixty percent (60%) black and forty percent (40%) white. The racial balance goal of the faculty shall be in reverse ratio due to the acknowledged shortage of black staff members. The district is committed, however, through the Settlement Plans, to increasing black staff by aggressive recruitment and by financial support for teacher aides who commit to obtain college training while on the 5 05438 i' i I, I I I 1:: i i I
job and a period of employment thereafter for the district. 6. The Aerospace Technology Magnet School shall be operated and supported by the district in those ways which do not diminish the status, faculty or student bodies of the other high schools. 7. All students at the Aerospace Technology Magnet School shall be privileged to participate in all school activities at all times provided their school work is first addressed to the level of their respective capacities and is otherwise acceptable. By agreement and stipulation of the parties, Exhibit "A" is modified as follows: P.AGE 1\.HENDMENTS Page 19 (Substitute first paragraph under caption "HISTORY OF DESEGREGATION AND MAGNET SCHOOLS") In 1986, the Federal District Court approved an interdistrict plan of desegregation between the Little Rock, North Little Rock and Pulaski county School Districts. interdistrict remedies of magnet schools and majority to minority That plan provided transfers. The percentage of black students in North Little Rock is approximately forty-six (46) and in Pulaski County is approximately thirty (JO). Page 26 During the period of construction of the Aerospace Technology Magnet School, it will be sited at the Metropolitan Vocational School located near Interstate Highway Thirty (Jo) in Southwest 6 05439 ,, 'I i i I I /1 I. ! I
Little Rock. Architectural Plans are being developed and it is hoped that the school will be opened in the fall of 1992 or soon thereafter. (As a footnote, the architects who are working on these plans have committed to make a biracial effort of their further work on this project.) Page 23 SIBLING PREFERENCE There is and shall be no sibling preference for Magnet School assignment. Thus item six (6) on Page 23 is deleted. Page 27 Program Objective II (substituted) The District plan to open the Aerospace Technology Magnet School at Metropolitan High School on September, 1991, provided this grant application is timely approved, with the further expectancy that in September, 1992 or sooner thereafter the new school will be opened. The racial balance of the school shall be a range of black students within fifty-five to sixty-five percent and a range of white students between thirty-five and forty-five percent. Those ~igures are comparable to the other senior high school enrollments. Pago 29 (Last sentence on the page) Central High School has been successful in attracting white students from the Pulaski County and North Little Rock School 7 05440 I' I I ----- - Districts. Page 32 (Supplement) Other standardized tests confirm the above disparities in test results between at least black and white students. The district is committed to fully addressing and remedying these disparities. To this end outcome objectives shall be formulated and implemented for students at all grade levels. In this way, students may be expected to have their remedial and other learning needs met prior to the 9th and 10th grade transition into the Aerospace program. If those are not met, however, the Aerospace Magnet programs will be designed and implemented in a way to accomplish that objective. Page 36 (substitute) The Aerospace Technology Program will require students to have a firm grasp of basic skills. Those skills will be effectively taught to all students so that they will meet the high school standards in the areas of Algebra, Physical Science and Earth Science. The District will provide special support to underachieving pupils in order that those students may be equally successful in their classwork as the more advanced pupils. Page 52 (New paragraph 2) 8 05441 The planning process was not successful in including black citizens to the extent that it included white citizens as set out in paragraph one, supra. Committee in the process. !!or did it include the LRSD Biracial These unintentional omissions will be corrected forthwith and will not be repeated. The Biracial committee and Joshua shall be fully represented in the Magnet School Planning Committee described in the next paragraph and shall otherwise be utilized to insure that this school meets its goals and expectations. Page 58 (a new last sentence on the page) This summer program, which will be at school district expense, shall not be used to defer, delay or withhold ongoing remediation and supplemental assistance to achievement. This is intended to supplement the opportunities students have for maximizing their abilities within the school. Page 59 (supplementary language) A program o-f teacher developed incentives will be put into place to assist with the motivation of students at the Aerospace Magnet. Page 60 (supplementary language to paragraph two) 9 05442 i' I I .i I ( ( ( .I r I ---- .. Outreach programs will be provided for all parents to inform them of the content of the aerospace program, opportunities for their students, and programmatic expectations for students' achievement. Special outreach efforts shall be made to parents of black and socio-economically deprived students to introduce these patrons to the program. Page 70 (new last paragraph) The foregoing staff is disproportionately white. The district is sensitive to this fact and shall work to insure that it, too, will be fully desegregated and integrated. Page 77 (supplemental language to paragraph two) The theme and focus shall permeate the entire program. Even courses such as physical education and physiology shall include concepts from math and science such as velocity, vector.s, and kinesthetics . Page 91 (new first paragraph) Student Education Plans (SEP's) will be developed for all students. achievement. These SEP's will vary according to past student Appropriate intensive counseling will provide assistance and direction to students to insure that their 10 05443 ! I I
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l i ! I I ! I I I potentialities are developed to the fullest possible extent by virtue of their involvement in this program. Special efforts will be made to insure that black and socio-economically deprived students shall have no less opportunity for academic success than other students. Page 106 (last paragraph added) The District will work with the business community in general and specifically with the aerospace/aviation industry to insre summer jobs, part-time employment, mentorships, apprenticeships, and employment after graduation for those students who seek it. Page 108 (addition regarding adjunct teachers) Adjunct staff will include mentors, role models, speakers for students. Seminars will also be held and guest to allow students to interact with minority and female individuals who have careers in science, math, and fields related to the Aerospace Magnet program. Page 111 (addition to end of second paragraph) The figure $278 which is included in the discussion of Magnet program costs refers to the eventual cost of Magnet components only and is to be considered in addition to the per pupil cost which the 11 05444 ! ! I I I j
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I' I district expends, which is $2,165 on average at non-magnet, nonincentive schools. Page 116 (supplement to paragraph one) Success shall further be determined by analysis of statistics related to: number of program graduates employed in Arkansas aviation industry by race and gender number of program graduates entering post-secondary education especially fields related to math, science, and aerospace technology by race and gender decrease in dropout rate as compared to other high schools such that the number of black students in the graduating class will be equivalent to the percentage of black students enrolled in the program Pago 119 (final paragraph) The evaluatOr(s) will work closely with the school staff and be both sensitive and responsive to inquiries raised by the Joshua Intervenors, the district and/or school biracial committee(s) and the Office of Desegregation Monitor(ing). Page 146 (new paragraph three) 12 05445 I' . ,J , I :I . I ,' ''I' I i I j . I I I I: l ,i: I ' l' '' i ! ' ' :' ' I Ii ' . i ! I i' I , I. '' There shall be a collaborative effort between the school district, Henderson State University and the University-of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. Arrangements will be sought with these colleges for college credit to be given for certain work completed at the Aerospace Magnet School and for the ins ti tut ions to assist the magnet graduates with educational career planning. The undersigned parties stipulate and agree that a modification of the Little Rock School District desegregation plan to include the Aerospace Technology Magnet School described in Exhibit "A" as modified a bove, subject to the contingencies described above, would largely complement their settlement plans and advance the voluntary desegregation efforts contemplated by those plans, al though the parties understand that this program might have a negative impact upon the further desegregation of Fuller Jr. High and Mills High Sc hool. It is therefore ordered that the Little Rock School District's desegregation plan is modified to include the Aerospace Technology Magnet School described in Exhibit "A", as modified by this Stipulation and Consent Ord e r, sub j ect to the . following contingencies: 1. The Little Rock School District must receive the Magnet Schools Assistance Program grant, for whi ch Exhibit "A" is its application, in a total amount of Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000.00) for 1991-92 and 1992-93
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at least Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,500,000.00) as its share o f the const r uction costs of the Aerospace Education Center which will hous e both the Aerospace Technology Magnet School and the Aerospace Museum. If either of these contingencies does n o t happen, the Little Rock School District will ha ve no obligation to build the s c hool or implement the Aerospace Technology program d escribed in Exhibit "A". JOHN WALKER, P.A. 1723 Broadway Little Rock, AR 72206 BY,w~ ~ WRIGHT, LINDSEY & JENNINGS 2200 Worthen Bank Bldg. 200 West Capitol Little Rock, AR 72201 MIT L & ROACHELL, P.A. 1014 West Third ::~cr:~--~l Richard Roachell FRIDAY, ELDREDGE & CLARK 2000 First Commercial Bldg. t\00 West Capitol ::~~ Ch::2fu JACK, LYON & JONES, P.A. 3400 Capitol Towers Capitol & Broadway Little Rock, AR 72201 BYi!i:
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I ! IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS WESTERN DIVISION LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT v. NO. LR-C-82-866 PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1, ET AL. MRS. LORENE JOSHUA, ET AL. KATHERINE KNIGHT, ET AL. ' )j PLAINTIFF DEFENDANTS IN'I'ERVENO.RS INTERVENO.RS . STIPULATION AND CONSENT ORDER REGARDING LITTLE ROC~ SCHOOL DISTRICT AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL The undersigned parties stipulate and agree that the Little Rock School District (LRSD) desegregation plan should be amended to include an Aerospace Technology Magnet School as described in Exhibit "A" to this stipulation as modified below to address the concerns expressed by the Court and some of the parties. The parties further stipulate and agree that the Little Rock School District Aerospace Technology Magnet School can only be constructed and operated if the Little Rock School District receives approval of first-year funding of the Magnet Schools Assistance Program grant, for which Exhibit "A" is its application, in a total amount of Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000.00) for 1991-92 and 1992-93
and if the Arkansas Aviation Historical Society contributes at least Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,500,000.00) as its share of the construction costs of the Aerospace Education Center which will house both the Aerospace Technology Magnet School and the Aerospace Museum. .. . \ 05433 14 2 ~ .._ __ - The purpose of this stipulation between the Joshua Intervenors and the Little Rock School District is to insure by specific outcome expectations that black youth will be at least as well served in educational outcomes, process, treatment, retention, promotion, rewards, awards and opportunities as white youth in the proposed Aerospace Magnet School. The underlying premise of Joshua is that students from higher socio-economic backgrounds, based upon past and present treatment by Little Rock School District, are being and will be well served by the district. The outcome expectations shall be measured . by objective, education related criteria. The results will be subject to further analysis by the Districtwide Biracial Committee and the Office of Desegregation Monitoring. The Aerospace Technology Magnet School is being integrated into and engrafted upon the Settlement Desegregation Plans of the parties ("the Settlement Plans''). The parties stipulate that the Aerospace Technology Magnet School Plans shall be consistent with the objectives of the Settlement Plans. The school shall be planned, opened and hereafter operate on a fully and thoroughly integrated basis in all aspects of its operations and outreach. The district shall accomplish this racially inclusive educational environment by whatever means necessary within federal law and by appropriate state law as well so long as state law does not diminish the remedial and desegregation objectives of the Settlement Plan. The district commits that it will maintain this facility on a racially integrated basis into perpetuity. 2 05434 r I I' I I l The Aerospace Magnet School shall effectively be a joint venture between the school district and the Arkansas Aviation Historical Society in certain operational and financing respects. The school district, however, shall have full and final authority for all decisions and conduct of the school including but not limited to its staff, students, programs and activities. The local aerospace community consists of those aerospace technical business enterprises which are located around the Little Rock Regional Airport. it includes the Little Rock Airport commission, a public enterprise, which operates the Little Rock Regional Airport. The Little Rock Airport Commission and the following private aerospace technical business enterprises hereby make the commitments contained in the statement of support attached to this page and the reasonable inferences which flow therefrom regarding the level and duration of said support. A. Companies 1. Central Flying Service 2. Falcon Jet Corporation 3. Arkansas Modification Center 4. Midcoast Aviation 5. Air Transport International 6. Little Rock Regional Airport B. General Commitment (see attachment to this page) The Court shall be provided affidavits of support from representatives of the local aerospace community, not later than February 19, 1991. These affidavits of support will describe each 3 05435 :1 :I I I ' ' I 11 -- Statement in Support of the Aerospace Education Center As exe<:utives of Little Rock's aviation industries and the Lill le Ro<.:k Airport C.ommission, wc endorse and lend our commitment to the planned Aerospace Edu<.:ation Center, combining an Aerospace Magnet lligh S<.:hool with the Arkansas Museum of Aviation History ttt Adams Field. The Aerospace Magnet High School will provide the edu<.:utionul base in math and science 1hat our t:ompanies are looking for in new employees, making it possible for these studcnt_s to pursue careers here in Central Arkansas in our companies as well as other high technology firius. Our companies are willing to provide adjunct faculty to both the high s<.:hool and to the museum's educational outreach program, and will provide guest instrncton
, as needed, to enhunre <.:urri<.:ulum offerings. In addition, we will sponsor and encourage our employees to panicipate in a mentor progrum, working with students who wish to specialize in specific areas of expertise. While we an1icipa1e the school's graduates becoming a soun:e of our pennanent employees, we also plan to consider, whenever possible, opportunities for purt-tirne und summer employment of studems in aviation-related jobs. We wholeheanedly endon
e Governor Clinton's initiative to tfovelop indus1ry Rpprenticeship programs, and pledge our cooperation to affect such a program in our industry here in Liule Rock where it mny apply. We feel that epprenticeship pro1'fums in aviation-related skills, developed through what will be the excellent facilities of the Aerospace Education Center, could eventually become a ~ignificunt source of sldlled workers for our companies. Little Rock's Aerospace Magnet High School will provide new opportunities for disadvantaged imd minority students, many of whom would have few other opportunities to gain the requisite skills to enrer aerospace or other technology careers. We pledge to recruit disadvantaged and minority graduates from the Aerospace Magnet High School, in conjunc1ion wi1h our companies' respective uffinuative nction pluns. The aviation industries of Central Arkansas have enjoyed phenomenal ~wth over the pust several years, offering economic benefits for not only our employees, but for the entire community. for chis positive rrend co continue, we must work together with our schools to provide the skilled people needed for our industry. Therefore, we offer our unqualified endorsement of the Acrospute Education Center and pledge the support of our respective compMies to ensure its success. fc. Taylor Brown Senior Vice President Falcon Jet Corporation Senior Vici! President and General Manager Midcoast Aviation - Little Rock James R. Rodger~ Dennis D. Davis President Ark.anstts Modification Center ~~~~ President Central Flying Service 05436 I , , -- company's present commitments and future voluntary efforts in the following areas: ( a) specific employment, hiring and promotion commitments for each of the employers and affect all future employment opportunities
(b) summer training and employment opportunities for the black pupils who will attend the Aerospace Magnet Technology School
(c) year round mentoring and support programs for black pupils at the school
(d) preferential consideration upon graduation for training or apprenticeship programs and employment within these enterprises
(e) creation of racially inclusive, nondiscriminatory work environments
and (f) broad based racial and gender representation on appropriate advisory and governing boards of each of the business enterprises. In the event that it is necessary to modify these commitments, notice shall be provided to the parties and efforts will be made to continue the spirit of these commitments. EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES 1. student Education Plans (SEP's) shall be developed for each pupil who elects to attend the Aerospace Technology Magnet School. The plans shall be developed and then implemented in such a way as to insure that all pupils therein shall be "mainstreamed" into regular classes. If additional, out of class work is required in order to promote remediation to pupils to meet classroom work, the district shall offer it as needed at district expense either after school or on Saturdays. A principal objective of the SEP's is to allow the progress of each pupil to be measured periodically. It will also assist in determining individual teacher performance 4 05437 --------- --- for evaluation purposes. 2. The school shall employ a sufficient number of teacher assistants to insure that the serious teaching and learning objectives of the Aerospace Magnet School shall be achieved. 3. It is expected that all pupils who enroll in this school shall be promoted each year and graduate from high school on time and with appropriate educational credentials for further study and/or entry into college type programs. The only possible exceptions to this expectation are those pupils who, by objective standards, considered after sufficient time has expired for the SEP' s to work, demonstrate that they do not have either the capacity or interest for the required school work. 4. There shall be no "tracking" in the Aerospace Magnet School. Those teachers or other staff who either allow or engage in the practice shall be subject to formal discipline. Any discipline of teachers shall be in accordance with the Professional Negotiations Agreement (PNA). 5. The racial balance of the student body of the Aerospace Magnet School shall bear a reasonable relationship to the racial balance of the other high schools. It initially shall be sixty percent ( 60\) b.l"ack and forty percent ( 4 0%) white. The racial balance goal of the faculty shall be in reverse ratio due to the acknowledged shortage of black staff members. The district is committed, however, through the Settlement Plans, to increasing black staff by aggressive recruitment and by financial support for teacher aides who commit to obtain college training while on the 5 05438 l :
I I job and a period of employment thereafter for the district. 6. The Aerospace Technology Magnet School shall be operated and supported by the district in those ways which do not diminish the status, faculty or student bodies of the other high schools. 7. All students at the Aerospace Technology Magnet School shall be privileged to participate in all school activities at all times provided their school work is first addressed to the level of their respective capacities and is otherwise acceptable. By agreement and stipulation of the parties, Exhibit "A" is modified as follows: PAGE AMENDMENTS Page 19 (Substitute first paragraph under caption "HISTORY OF DESEGREGATION AND MAGNET SCHOOLS") In 1986, the Federal District Court approved an interdistrict plan of desegregation between the Little Rock, North Little Rock and Pulaski County School Districts. That plan provided interdistrict remedies of magnet schools and majority to minority transfers. The percentage of black students in North Little Rock is approximately forty-six (46) and in Pulaski County is approximately thirty (30). Page 215 During the period of construction of the Aerospace Technology Magnet School, it will be sited at the Metropolitan Vocational School located near Interstate Highway Thirty (30) in Southwest 6 05439 Little Rock. Architectural Plans are being developed and it is hoped that the school will be opened in the fall of 1992 or soon thereafter. (As a footnote, the architects who are working on these plans have conuni tted to make a biracial effort of their further work on this project.) Paga 23 SIBLING PREFERENCE There is and shall be no sibling preference for Magnet School assignment. Thus item six (6) on Page 23 is deleted. Page 27 Program Objective II (substituted) The District plan to open the Aerospace Technology Magnet School at Metropolitan High School on September, 1991, provided this grant application is timely approved, with the further expectancy that in September, 1992 or sooner thereafter the new school will be opened. The racral balance of the school shall be a range of black students within fifty-five to sixty-five percent and a range of white students between thirty-five and forty-five percent. Those -figures are comparable to the other senior high school enrollments. Page 29 (Last sentence on the page) Central High School has been successful in attracting white students from the Pulaski County and North Little Rock School 7 05440 Districts. -- Page 32 (Supplement) Other standardized tests confirm the above disparities in test results between at least black and white students. The district is committed to fully addressing and remedying these disparities. To this end outcome objectives shall be formulated and implemented for students at all grade levels. In this way, students may be expected to have their remedial and other learning needs met prior to the 9th and 10th grade transition into the Aerospace program. If those are not met, however, the Aerospace Magnet programs will be designed and implemented in a way to accomplish that objective. Page 36 (substitute) The Aerospace Technology Program will require students to have a firm grasp of basic skills. Those skills will be effectively taught to all students so that they will meet the high school standards in the areas of Algebra, Physical Science and Earth Science. The District will provide special support to underachieving pupils in order that those students may be equally successful in their classwork as the more advanced pupils. Page 52 (New paragraph 2) 8 05441 -- The planning process was not successful in including black citizens to the extent that it included white citizens as set out in paragraph one, supra. Nor did it include the LRSD Biracial Committee in the process. These unintentional omissions will be corrected forthwith and will not be repeated. The Biracial Committee and Joshua shall be fully represented in the Magnet School Planning Committee described in the next paragraph and shall otherwise be utilized to insure that this school meets its goals and expectations. Page 58 (a new last sentence on the page) This summer program, which will be at school district expense, shall not be used to defer, delay or withhold ongoing remediation and supplemental assistance to achievement. This is intended to supplement the opportunities students have for maximizing their abilities within the school. Page 59 (supplementary language) A program or teacher developed incentives will be put into place to assist with the motivation of students at the Aerospace Magnet. Page 60 (supplementary language to paragraph two) 9 05442 JJ -- outreach programs will be provided for all parents to inform them of the content of the aerospace program, opportunities for their students, and programmatic expectations for students' achievement. Special outreach efforts shall be made to parents of black and socio-economically deprived students to introduce these patrons to the program. Page 70 (new last paragraph) The foregoing staff is disproportionately white. The district is sensitive to this fact and shall work to insure that it, too, will be fully desegregated and integrated. Page 77 (supplemental language to paragraph two) The theme and focus shall permeate the entire program. Even courses such as physical education and physiology shall include concepts from math and science such as velocity, vector_s, and kinesthetics. Page 91 (new first paragraph) Student Education Plans (SEP' s) will be developed for all students. These SEP's will vary according to past student achievement. Appropriate intensive counseling will provide assistance and direction to students to insure that their 10 05443 I -- potentialities are developed to the fullest possible extent by virtue of their involvement in this program. Special efforts will be made to insure that black and socio-economically deprived students shall have no less opportunity for academic success than other students. Page 106 (last paragraph added) The District will work with the business community in general and specifically with the aerospace/aviation industry to insre summer jobs, part-time employment, mentorships, apprenticeships, and employment after graduation for those students who seek it. Page 108 (addition regarding adjunct teachers) Adjunct staff will include mentors, role models, and guest speakers for students. Seminars will also be held to allow students to interact with minority and female individuals who have careers in science, math, and fields related to the Aerospace Magnet program. Page 111 (addition to end of second paragraph) The figure $278 which is included in the discussion of Magnet program costs refers to the eventual cost of Magnet components only and is to be considered in addition to the per pupil cost which the 11 05444 I 1 I 1 I district expends, which is $2,165 on average at non-magnet, nonincentive schools. Page 116 (supplement to paragraph one) Success shall further be determined by analysis of statistics related to: number of program graduates employed in Arkansas aviation industry by race and gender number of program graduates entering post-secondary education especially fields related to math, science
and aerospace technology by race and gender decrease in dropout rate as compared to other high schools such that the number of black students in the graduating class will be equivalent to the percentage of black students enrolled in the program Page 119 (final paragraph) The evaluatOr(s) will work closely with the school staff and be both sensitive and responsive to inquiries raised by the Joshua Intervenors, the district and/or school biracial committee(s) and the Office of Desegregation Monitor(ing). Page 146 (new paragraph three) 12 05445 'I I I 1,, : I I I 1 I I I ' I I -- There shall be a collaborative effort between the school district, Henderson State University and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. Arrangements will be sought with these colleges for college credit to be given for certain work completed at the Aerospace Magnet School and for the institutions to assist the magnet graduates with educational career planning. The undersigned parties stipulate and agree that a modification of the Little Rock School District desegregation plan to include the Aerospace Technology Magnet School described in Exhibit "A" as modified above, subject to the contingencies described above, would largely complement their settlement plans and advance the voluntary desegregation efforts contemplated by those plans, al though the parties understand that this program might have a negative impact upon the further desegregation of Fuller Jr. High and Mills High School. It is therefore ordered that the Little Rock School District's desegregation plan is modified to include the Aerospace Technology Magnet School described in Exhibit "A", as modified by this Stipulation and Consent Order, subject to the ~ following contingencies: 1. The Little Rock School District must receive the Magnet Schools Assistance Program grant, for which Exhibit "A" application, in a total amount of Four Million ($4,000,000.00) for 1991-92 and 1992-93
and is its Dollars 2. The Arkansas Aviation Historical Society must contribute 13 05446 I I: - at least Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($ 4,500,000.00) as its share of the construction costs of the Aerospace Education Center which will house both the Aerospace Technology Magnet School and the Aerospace Museum. If either of these contingencies does not happen, the Little Rock School District will have no obligation to build the school or implement the Aerospace Technology program described in Exhibit "A". JOHN WALKER, P.A. 1723 Broadway Little Rock, AR 72206 BY:w~ VShnWalker WRIGHT, LINDSEY & JENNINGS 2200 Worthen Bank Bldg. 200 West Capitol Little Rock, AR 72201 & ROACHELL, P.A. 1014 West Third ::~cr:~:ctc1 Richard Roachell FRIDAY, ELDREDGE & CLARK 2000 First Commercial Bldg. 400 West Capitol Little Rock, AR J~ BY:~~ Chn.stoph~ Helle JACK, LYON & JONES, P.A. 3400 Capitol Towers Capitol & Broadway Little Rock, AR 72201 BY~w~ SO ORDERED THIS ~ DAY OF FEBRUARY, H91. ~ ~v,., )11 1 .'J 11,:J.a.,, . ,-.Jl.-r:, 1 J, T SUSAN WEBBER r Glfl' c::
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E 05447 Minutes Aerospace Education Center Campaign Leadership Meeting November 21, 1991 OEC 1 0 t99t Ql,.ce cl De egrGgation t o11l:cring The year end meeting of the Campaign Leadership of the Aerospace Education Center was held November 21 at the Statehouse Convention Center. The meeting was scheduled to precede the first National Leadership Institute on Aerospace Magnet Schools, co-hosted by the Federal Aviation Administration and the Little Rock School District. Committee members present were: J. Dan Baker, F. Taylor Brown, Frederick J. Menz, Maj. Gen. James Ryan, Charles M. Taylor, Wayne Bennett, Henry Broach, Marion B. Burton, Edgar K. Riddick and Lucien M. Taillac. Special guests were: Pat Gee - Little Rock School Board Member, Jim Dailey - Vice Mayor of the City of Little Rock, Tom Dalton - Manager of the City of Little Rock, Tony Wood - Deputy Superintendent of the Little Rock School District, Julie Speed - Special Assistant to Congressman Ray Thornton, Phillip Woodruff - Director of Aviation Education for the Federal Aviation Administration and Aerospace Education Center contributors Philip Jonsson, James Hamlen, Warner Gamer, Ruth Remmel and Emma Hall. The meeting was called to order by Vice Chairman Dick Holbert. Mr. Holbert introduced Lucien M. Taillac, who reported on the fundraising progress to date. The cumulative total is $4,160,047.19 of the campaign's $6.5 million goal. This figure included $2.0 million in public funds - $1.5 million State of Arkansas and $500,000 from the City of Little Rock. A total of $2,660,047.19 has been pledged from foundation, corporate and personal gifts. The capital campaign of the Aerospace Education Center began in October 1990, and is scheduled to conclude in October 1992. Mr. Taillac recognized the contributors to the Aerospace ,, Education Center and expressed his deepest appreciation to all that helped the campaign reach 65% of its goal. Mr. Holbert gave special recognition to the City of Little Rock for their recent commitment of $500,000 for site improvements. This gift from the city will assist the Aerospace Education Center leadership in leveraging foundation support outside the state of Arkansas. Julie Speed, Special Assistant to Congressman Ray Thornton, reported on recent legislation passed by Congress that was signed by President Bush on October 28 enabling the FAA to grant funds to four aerospace magnet schools within the United States and 57 workshop programs. This legislation was initiated by Congressman Thornton and Senator Bumpers after former FAA Administrator James Busey delivered the keynote address at the April 12 Aerospace Education Center campaign kick-off luncheon. The FAA has become a national partner in the development of the museum/school facility, and was recently joined by NASA after a November visit to Arkansas by Dr. Eddie Anderson, Director of Elementary and Secondary Education for NASA. Mr. Holbert then introduced Mr. Phillip Woodruff, Director of Aviation Education for the FAA and coordinator of the National Leadership Institute on Aerospace Magnet Schools. He and Tony Wood discussed the itinerary of the Institute and participants, including school representatives from Long Beach, California, Phoenix, Arizona, Louisville, Kentucky, DuVal, Maryland and Atlanta, Georgia. Curriculum consultant Dr. Merv Strickler gave opening remarks at the Institute, followed by a presentation by each of the school districts represented. The keynote address of the Institute was given by Alicia Coro, Director of School Improvement Programs for the U.S. Department of Education. Ms. Coro oversees the $1.5 billion in federal funds that are distributed as grants and various educational assistance programs. Pat Gee, Little Rock School Board Member, gave supportive remarks on behalf of the District to the Aerospace Education Center's leadership, FAA, Department of Education and city and state officials that are working to make the Aerospace Education Center a first for Little Rock and Arkansas. As new business, Cathy Johnson announced that a special luncheon was being planned for February 6, 1992. This luncheon will feature two astronauts, Lt. Col. Donald McMonagle and Dr. Gerald Carr who will give the history and future of the space program. Mr. T. Wendell Butler, National Director of the Young Astronaut Program, and Dr. Eddie Anderson will also be making remarks. Lt. Gov. Jim Guy Tucker will be Master of Ceremonies. Information will be mailed around January 1 for reservations. Mr. Holbert concluded the meeting and invited all to attend the welcoming reception, hosted by the Aerospace Education Center leadership for the National Leadership Institute of Aerospace Magnet Schools. Respectfully submitted Catherine Johnson 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 s 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 :_7 2.8 l9 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 29 30 32 33 34 36 RESOIDTION NO. 8,602 A RESOIDTION EXPRESSING AN INTENT TO USE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO ENHANCE PROPERTY AT THE AIRPORT TO A'ITRACT AND DEVELOP AN AEROSPACE MUSEUM AND EDUCATION CENTER. WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock, (#the City#) has maintained an economic development fund so that the City can encourage and promote the creation and maintenance of jobs
and WHEREAS, economic development of Little Rock is critical to the continued well-being of its citizens through increased job opportunities, and a growing base of revenues to support City activities
and WHEREAS, cities and states throughout our nation to use funds for economic development to attract and industries and promote the creation and maintenance and continue maintain of jobs
WHEREAS, the City through its Economic Development Fund made available approximately $3 million to enhance facilities at the Little Rock Airport which helped facilitate the creation of a new facility for Arkansas Aerospace, thereby leading to the creation of more than 300 jobs, which facility was dedicated recently
and WHEREAS, the continued promotion of the aerospace industry as a key component to growth of the economic base of Little Rock is important to the future of the City
and WHEREAS, citizens and businesses have joined together to plan for an aerospace museum and the Little Rock Aerospace Technology Magnet School (collectively "the aerospace center") as part of the Little Rock Airport area complex
and WHEREAS, the commitment and specific participation of the City .to help the formation of this aerospace center is an important factor to urge commitments by other businesses and persons to join in the creation of the aerospace center
and WHEREAS, the City will benefit and be strengthened by the ability of an aerospace center to enable our citizens to be trained for jobs in the related aerospace industry which is growing in Little Rock. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS: ' ' 1 ' 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 SECTION 1. The City expresses its intent to participate in the effort to create an aerospace center by making available over a period of two years up to $500,000 of its economic development funds to be used for physical improvements to the Little Rock Airport property so as to enhance the operation of the aerospace center. SECTION 2. Examples of possible improvements to the Airport property which would aid the operation of this aerospace center may include street renovations, correction of drainage problems, and the construction of ramp facilities linking the education center to a runway. SECTION J. The Board of Directors notes that the use of these economic development funds will enhance the airport property of the City and will promote economic development by assisting the aerospace center and its effort to create an educated and capable work force for the aerospace industry. SECTION 4. The Board of Directors hopes that this commitment of the City will encourage citizens and businesses to join in the effort toward creation of the aerospace center. The Board of Directors also notes that only by continuing quality economic development can our City thrive and offer the services needed by its citizens, whether police and fire protection or other services. ADOPI'ED: November 5, 1991 ATTEST: APPROVED: s / Robbie Eanoock ROBBIE HANCOCK CITY CLERK APPROVED AS TO FORM: ~~ /1.{ . ~ THOMAS M. CARPEN!fEk CITY ATTORNEY s / Jim Dailey JIM DAILEY VICE ! lAYOR $2,000,000 $1 ,800,000 $1 ,600,000 $1,400,000 $1 ,200,000 $1,000,000 $800,000 $600,000 $400,000 $200,000 $0 0 0 0 0 0 en. T"" fh Gifts at: $500,000 Projected Ill Actual m Aerospace Education Center Campaign Goal - $6.5 Million December, 1991 (Campaign began on October 1, 1990 - conclusion on October 1, 1992) $250,000 $100,000 $50,000 $25,000 $10,000 Cumulative Total for Campaign Private and Local Funding: $2,685,047.19 State Funds: $1,500,000 Total: $4,185,047.19 Less than $10,000 ---
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> r ~"r~ ~ .,,.,JT(Y,? .. 1/LJ Zb -c-e 4MM 4W -.1~f,,_ ~i :tyty~ asmrl'ef FROM '92 02/ 05 13:29 P.01 t A T ll E R I N E J O H N 5 0 N A N D A S S O C l A T E S l ltf/C' l<.11,:A. TO: FROM: Catherine Johnson .~--~ _._:)_- _ Pages, including this cover Special Instructions: ---------------- PLEASE CALL 371-0331 IF PROBLEM OCCURS DURING TRANSMISSION. Little Rock School District February 4, 1992 Mrs. Cathy Johnson Cathy Johnson & Associates 425 ii. Capitol Little Rock, AR 72201 Dear Mrs. Johnson: since early in my tenure as Superintendent of the Little Rock School District, th~re has peen much interest in the establishment of what has come tobe known as the Aerospace Education Center: a joint-use facility consisting of a museum sponsored and operated by the Arkansas Aviation Historical Society, and a magnet school, built by the Little Rock School District. The idea for the Center was included in the Tri-District Desegregation Plan and supported by the School Board. The Board committed to building the school following the successful millage election in April, 1990. Realizing that operation of the Aerospace School would be impossible without an additional infusion of money and believing that the concept of the school warranted review by the u. s. Department of Education's Magnet School Assistance Program, the District filed a grant application in December, 1990, for $4 million to operate the school. Subsequently, a court hearing was held, followed by a series of meetings with representatives for the Joshua Intervenors to make certain that their views as a party in the lawsuit were represented in the grant application. In July, 1990, the District learned that its grant application had not been approved. Since then various ideas have been discussed as to how the school could be funded and operated. In my opinion, the time has come to explore other funding possibilities since the posi~ion ot the Little Rock School District remains what it has been all along: that we can build the school but we cannot operate it since dollars which would be used to do so would have to be taken rrom existing schools and programs. I believe such discussions need to be held with individuals who have expressed interest in this project and whose experience and involvement would be helpful in discussing various funding options. I would like to invite you to be a participant in these discussions at a luncheon meeting to be held in my office on February 12, 1992 at 12 noon. If you are unable to be present, I invite you to send 810 West Markham Street Little Rock, Arkansas n201 (501)~242000 ------------ ------------ - .. -- - . . FROM '92 02/ 05 13:32 P.02 a representative. Please call Mrs. Pat Kumpuris, my Executive Assistant, at 324-2012 to confirm your presence or to let her know who will attend in your place, I look forward to seeing you on February 12. Sincerely, ~ }.h1vk- Ruths. Steele Superintendent of Schools UHJT&D ITATN DIPARTMIJfT OP SDUCATSON WAIKlHOTOft, D,C. IOIOI-- N1, Oail Quinn l)irector A1ro1pace Ttchno1O11 Naant Proaram Lona B11ch Unified lchool Di1trict 701 Locij1t Avenue Lona ltacb, Califcrnia 90813 n,ar M1, QYinn: J writln1 to 1ou conc1rnin1 tht M11n1t lchool1/Titl1 IV Conf1r1no1 that la btina held in W&thin1ion from March 11 to 21, Thi theme of tht conf1rtnc1 it "l11tructurin1 for,a~cationa !quitf and lxc1ll1nc1", j In 11l1ctin1 wortahop topiot and pr111nt1r1, tht 1xp1ri1n
1 and 1ccompli1hmtnt or arant111 who have 1chi1v1d 1ucc111 in ar1a1 that can benefit a 1i1nificant audience h&I b11n an important con1id1ration, Th co:porat, partntr1hip1 and involvtm,nt that Lona 111ch ha 11tabli1h1d and 1u1tain1d with th Aero paot Ttchnolo11 Na1n1t proaram, involvina 1r11t deal of hard work on tb, part or botb tdu
ator, from tht Lona Beach Unified lchool Diatriot and repr111nt1tiv11 of 1ero1pac1 indu1tr1 oorpor1tion1, ttprc,,nt IUCh a IUCCIII, We art pld to learn of your 1nthu1ia1tic intertt ln conductina a work1hop on "corporat, P1rtn1r1hip1
luildina the 1ucc111ful ltlationahip", Such a workahop, pr111ntin1 tht per1pectiv11 of both th achool diatrict and tht b~1in111 oommunitY r1pre11nt&tivt1 who hav, worked to1ether to develop a viable p1rtn1r1hip, will be of major btntfit to 10hool dl1trict1 who have 11riou1 commitment, to the d1vtlopm1nt or onacina partn1r1hip1 with America' bu1in111 community, A1 you know, the America 2000 1trat111 ,tr tht importano, of involv~nt of the bu1ine11 oommynity and itt rot, in provldtna both people and r110urct1 to htlp catalyze ntedtd chan1 in our 1chool1 and l apprtciatt your tf!orta to htlp u, brin1 thi1 panel to11th1r, Jn clo1in1, I ant to wi1h you continued 1ucce11 with tht Aero1p1c1 Techn0Jo11 Proaram. If you n11d additional information concernina the con!trtnce, pl1111 feel fr to contact Annie Maok at (202) 401-0358, ' linClfl 1 )' ~ Al i~i& Coro Di rector School Improvemont Pro1ram1 1l1m1ntary and Secondary Education ' .:) (' ,1.. t'\ - . ~ ) !IAONlf ICHOOLS l DIIEORIOATION PROOR.t,c c:.rLHATlONA~ CONflRINCI RIITRUCTURJNO POR IOVCATIONAL IQUifY AND IXCILLINCI 1:00 ,. t:30 p ,,,o pa 8:10 ,. 1:00 pa WIDN!IDAT, MARCH 11 Check rn Nixer HAQHIT ICHOOLI 6 DISEOREOATlON PROORANI NATIONAL CONPIAINCI RESTRUCTVRINO 10R IDUOATIOHAL 19U1TY AND IXCILLINCI !HVRIDAY, NAJtCR 11 '7:30 llCi t.ration 1:10 1130 or,,un,, ,,ao .. -11,41 11:U .... 1: on a111 ~-co -~ I pa - 3146 ,f) 3:60 pa .. 1100 pa l:U pa 7100 ,. Ovtrvltw Rt11ark1 Xtynote Annie Hack Conftrenct Coordinator 11vta Wrilht Chief, Hll>I Janice William1-Madi1on z,.s, reotor, IIID AlJoia Coro Dhotor, HP John MacDonald A11l1tant lecretary ~A,1tructurin1 for ldueational 1Qij1\J and lxoell,nae" Wotkthop l111ion1 Pl~iblt Cott,, Br,a>c lch1dult u Lunch On Tour Own ~ork1hop l111ion1 Pltxiblt Cofftt lrtak lohtdule u Croup H11Un11 (Job Alike s,,,1on1) Rec,pUon - NAQNIT ICHOOLI I DIIEORIOATION PROOAAkl NATIONA~ CON11RINCI REITRUCTURINO POR IDUCATIONAL IQUITY AND IXCILLIHOI ?,!:l>AY.L MARCH 10 ,,ao - t:1s Introduction Alicia Coro Director, 11, ...... --- """' t:U .. - '<- 11 r30 &Ill 11:30 .. -1114& All 11: 41 .. - 1,00 PIii ... 1: 00 J)II 3:30 PID 3130 , ... 4iSO P le)'note "Challeni ot ntver itya New Opportuniti11 for l~c1llenc1 and lquit,~ To be deterained Workahop &c11ion1 Flexible Cott11 lrtak1 Pr Tim Luncheon Workahop l111ion1 Flexible Cott,, lr1ak1 Otneral lion: ~u11tion1 l An1w1r1 Alicia CoH ltlvia Writht Kathrrn lllh OCR R1pr1 entative Other1 (lf n1ce11ary) R11ional Meetin11 (Hotted by DAC1> I Pa
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ter~ rel1tion1hip, Di1cu11ion Will include ~oth 1chool and bu1int11 per1ptctiv11. t. -11xUAL HAIASSHINT MP Pil,BIMIMATIQff %1.JPYCATIQK work1hop will di1ou11 i11u11 of 11xual hara11ment and other torm1 of
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enei11. Wcrk hop will cover problem, faced by both atu4ent1 and 1t1ff in elementary and 11oond1r1 1choo11. J. THI CRA.NOIMG plMOGRAPHICS or AMIIIQA'I ITVPIITI !ht work1hop will provide di1cu11ion of d1to
r1pbic ch1n911 already underway, how they afftct you (no matter whtr rou art), and what to exptct in the year, ahead. Workthop will a 10 p:11,nt 14111 about 1tep1 that can bt ta~en to work with incr111in9ly diver popu1atioDI, i. ITU~INT TIITINQ AIP ASSIIIMlff! Work1hop will provide a di1eu11ion of new approach to 111111m1nt, and mtnt implication ari1in
from incrta1in9 divtr1ity in tht t~d,nt population. L, UBIKTAt %KYQLVIMIXT
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h 10hool ltYtll, W0rk1hop will include di10~11ion of parental 1nvolv1m1nt cent1r1, 1it1 m1na
1mtnt, hom,-achool 111i1on 1t1ff, and other 1ppro1cb11, H, MAGNlf ICHOQL MABJITING AlfJ) BIQBYiffllMT Wcrk1hop will provi4t di1cu11ion of planning and policy con1idtr1tion1, r11our011, and 1tr1t1
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activititl that involv communitf l1ad1r1 and parent,. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND GAIL QUINN Sl 71 Lampt0n Avenue Los Alamitos, California 90720 (213) S98-6773 1985 California State Univenity, Domlneuez Hilla M.A. Education Administrative Emphaais 1970 1984 Post-iraduatc work at California State Unlver1lty, Irvine: Pcppcrdine Univenity
Califomia State Univmity, Lon& Beach 1963 1967 Central Connecticut State CoUe,e, New Britain, Connecticut B.S. Education
M.S. Cour1ework completed Remedial Reedini and Speech CREDENTIALS Califumiil AdminiJtrative Services Credential. K-12 Lolli Beach Unlfit.d School District, Clinic.al Supervision, 1986 California Standard Teachin& Credential, Valid for Life Connecticut T cach!n& Credential PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE California Dcpiirtment of Education Committee of Practltlonen for Vocational Education, 1991-1994 Education Task Force on Science and TechnoloiY for Governor Wit.on, 1991 LONG BEACH UN1F1ED SCHOOL DISTRICT Asli$tant Director, Aerospace Teclmolo&Y Ma~et Proeram (1989 Present) Astutant ~tor, Special Grants Office { 1987-1989) and writer of the followin& er
nt awards: U.S. Dep1Utmcnt of Education: ~et Schoch Allina.nee Pro,ram, 1989 $3,143,7.30, 1990 $3,118,510 U.S. Department of Education: Drua Free Schoola and Community Educational Penonnel TrainirlJ P~, 1989. $.3.30,000 U.S. Department of Education: School Dropout Demon1tration Prosram, 1988 $19S, 9S8 1989 $2.51, ~ U.S. Department of Education: P~m of Transitional Bilinsual Education, 1988 $328,005 Federal ACTION Aiency: Dru1 Allianct Grant, 1988 $29, 127 Smc Office of Criminal Jultice Plannini: Supprea1ion of Dru1 Abuse in the School Pro,ram, 1988 $145,824 State Office of Criminal Justice Plannini: Gana Violence Suppretsion Prc,ram, 1988 $247,048 California Department of Eduation: Workability 1 lor the Severely Diaah!ed Hiah School Student, 1988 $34,750 Ciilifomia Department of Education: Early Intervention for School Succe11, $15,000 Kni&ht Foundation: Up With Literacy School Dropout Procram, 1987 $.SO, 000
1989, $60,000 California Educational Initiatives fund: Up With Literacy, 1988 $10, JS0 Califomta Educational lnltiatlves Funds: C.A.S.T. (C.ommunity and School Tutorin1), 1988. $10,818 PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE (continued)1 Prorram Facilitator Specially Funded Proerama: ECIA Chapt I, School Imero-.,cmcnt. State Blllnaual Education. Reapon,iblc for pro,ram implementation and evaluation and blJditt preparation. 1979 1986 State Cerdf'ae.d Trainer Proi?'am Quality Review, 1986 1989 State Certified Team Lead Proeram Quality Review, conducted aix Pro,ram Quality Revfewa In lnilewood, Puadena, and Alhambra, 1984 -1989 ESEA Tide I Readin&llanauaee SpedalJlt, 1974-79 Muter Teacher, Profeulonal Development Center
State Funded Demonstration Project, Ee.ential Blementa of Effective Inmuctton.tltrucal Superviaion (Madeline Hunter wcructional Model), 1973-74 DiaPtlJa'nlcnt inT&ra ainnedr Goftv Tiena, cDheirre Actiidonesa .o n the topic, of Reinforcement, Motivation, Active Participation, U.S. Department of Health, Education &. Welfare Roosevelt Roada Naval Station, Pueno Rico Classroom Teacher and ChaifPCt10n c:oordinatlna curriculum for Ba,e Schools 1967-69 Weat Hartford Public School, Classroom Teacher, orpnlie(! non-ifaded dlllr'OOm level,, 1963-67 PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS/CONFERENCE LEADERSHIP, Institute for Manufacturtna Automation Reacarch, Hushes Aire.raft Company Aerospace Tcchnglggy Mam~. February 1991 and April 1991 National Committee for School ~ation and U.S. Ocparanent of Education. Aurbcmck AMmn,:ru. April 1991 California Vocational Education C.Onfcrcnce, Acrnwasc Iccboo!ozy Memu May 1991 LoJnaan uBaerayc h1 9ln91d,u Matraiarcl hE d19u9c1a tion Council Conference, 'Aeros
as
e J)chnology M1gnc
t', May 1990, Articulation Conference, Acroapasc Iecbnplggy Mamet", Cerritos Communtty Collcec, April 1990 Southern CaI!fomia Acroll)ace Indum-y Education Counctl Articulation Conference at El Camino Colle,e, AcroSppq
Iecbnglogy MW)~, February 1990 NaWtioa naahlt nSecthoono, lD B.Coa. rd, Alsociation Leilslative Conference, Aerospace Ieclmo!AiY Ma~. l989, Mac World Conference, Aeromice Iechnolge:y Marner Promm. November 1989 En1l1sh ~cil ofLorti Beach, Chairpenon, 1986 Fall Conference PwScttadfuf rDese vMelaonpumale nfot,r 1L9:8a6cl-e8a7 of Fromm Qualjcy Review, Aurbac/Sm:am, LBUSD Academy for LBUSD Board of Education MeetlnJ, 1985, The ProiT'Bm Quality Review Procea LBUSD Literacy Conference Proaram Chairpenon, 1984 & 1985 LBUSD Literacy Conference, 19B4, 'Teachlni Low Achievers co Write' LBUSD Bilinaual Procedure, Committee, 1982 LBUSD Compensatory Education, ln-Scrvicc, 1981, ~rlttn, Skilla" LBUSD Board of Education Meet in,, 1980, 'The Readina Proar-m LBUSD Staff'Development, author/1pe11kcr, 1975, ne LBUSD Lanauaac Continuum PROFESSIONAL AFFILIA TIONS1 Executive Board, En,liah Council ofU)nj Beach Delta Kappa Gamma International Honor Society for Women in Educ.ation Treasurer, Secretary PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS (contlnuedh Phi Delta Kappa Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development International Read in, Asaoctation National Council of T cachcn of Enilllh HONORS Who's Who ip tbe we,u. 1982 a.irrent Loni Beach City College Cettiftcate of Appreciation fur Work Experience Education, 1980-81 Scholanhip, Future Teachers of America, 1959-1963 Academic Honors Graduate, Central Connecticut State Collqe, 1963 SUPERVISOR Dr. W!ltiam Marmion, LBUSD Director of Curriculum and ln,tructlonal Reao1Jrces Work Addreas and Phone Number Horne Addres5 and Phone Number 800 Locust Avenue 371 Manila Long Beach, CA 90813 Lone Bt.aeh, CA 90814 (213) 436-9931, Ext. 7193 (213) 597-4030 Sept. - Nov. Dec. 1989 Jan. March May July July Sept. - Oct. J...22Q_ Jan. Feb. Mar. Mar. Apr. May JuneJuly Aug. Sept. Aerospace Education Center Arkansas Museum of Aviation Hi~tory History of Progress February 12, 1992 Feasibility Study conducted for Arkansas Aviation Historical Society. (fo detennine feasibility of raising $4.5 million for Arkansas Museum of Aviation History) 100 samples. Feasibility Study completed- determined that $3.0 in private funds could be raised for the Aviation Museum. Recommended that a $1.5 million challenge grant be sought during the 1989 Legislative session. Legislation sponsored by Senators Max Howell and Jerry Jewell for $1.8 million challenge grant ($1.5 million for AAHS, $300,000 for LRAFB Air Park) Act 716 passed unanimously by Ge,1eral Assembly. Arkansas Museum of Aviation History formed planning committee for museum. Little Rock School District Board Member contacts AAHS museum committee to request meeting concerning possible school with museum. Metropolitan Supervisor, Eugene Reville, meets with AAHS museum committee to discuss school/muse um. Public meetings in zones of Little Rock School District board members held by Eugene Reville. AAHS members invited to attend and make comments on the feasibility of school/museum. Eugene Reville recommends combination Aerospace High School/Aviation Museum to Federal Court. Campaign leadership recruited for aerospace museum. Sharon Priest, Win Rockefeller, Jack Stephens, and Herschel Friday named Honorary Chairmen. William H. Bowen and Richard Holbert named Chairman and Vice Chainnan. Planning meetings begin with Little Rock School District, City Officials, Little Rock Airport Commission, AAHS concerning curriculum and community involvement. Metropolitan Supervisor, Eugene Reville, dies tragically in auto accident. Millage election for Little Rock School District passes - $6 million allocated for construction of the Aerospace High School. Col. Walter J. Boyne, retired Executive Director of the National Air & Space Museum, retained as consultant to Arkansas Museum of Aviation History. AAHS members meet with Little Rock School Board Members to discuss plans for Museum/School. Little Rock School Board unanimously endorses Museum/School, and includes $6 million for construction in budget. Federal Aviation Administration officials visit Little Rock to learn details of Museum/School. Oct. Catherine Johnson visits Washington at invitation of the FAA, which plans itinerary for Mrs. Johnson with: 1. Department of Education - Sylvia Wright 2. NASA - Dr. Robert Brown 3. Young Astronaut Council - Wendell Butler 4. National Science Foundation 5. Goddard Space Center Following visit to Washington with Department of Education officials, Catherine Johnson, Marion Burton, Dr. Ruth Steele and Dr. Herb Oeek meet to discuss the information Catherine Johnson learned about the Magnet School Assistance Grant Program. Nov. AAHS begins $6.5 million campaign for aerospace museum. Dec. Little Rock School District submits $4 million magnet school assistance grant application for Aerospace Technology Magnet High School. l22l Little Rock Airport Commission Resolution dedicates 19.8 acres for the Aerospace Education Center site. Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation approves $500,000 challenge grant for AEC. Feb. 4 Inclusion by Judge Wright of the Aerospace Technology Magnet High School into the settlement plan. Mar. 30 General Assembly unanimously passed Act 168, $1.5 million challenge grant for the Arkansas Museum of Aviation History. April 4 FAA Administrator Award in Educational Excellence presented at the National Congress in New Orleans to Dr. Ruth Steele and Mayor Sharon Priest. April 11 Dr. Herb Oeek, Deputy Superintendent, dies suddenly. April 12 Capital Campaign Kick-off Luncheon -Admiral James B. Busey, keynote speaker. June 15 Match requirement for State Challenge Grant fulfilled. June Senator Dale Bumpers hosts luncheon with Congressmen John Paul Hammerschmidt and Ray Thornton, as well as Don Harrell of Senator Pryor's staff concerning Little Rock School District's application for Magnet School Assistance Grant. Aug. 20 Little Rock School District's Magnet School Assistance Grant application declined by U.S. Department of Education .. Sept. 10 FAA authorization to grant funds for 4 secondary schools. Initiated by Congressman Ray Thornton and Senator Dale Bumpers. Sept. 16-17 Dr. Merv Strickler, curriculum consultant recommended by the FAA, visits Little Rock. Nov. 2 Nov. 5 Dr. Eddie Anderson, NASA official visits Little Rock City of Little Rock approves $500,000 grant for site improvement. Nov. 21-22 FAA National Leadership Institute on Aerospace Magnet Schools. NASA, U.S. Dept. of Education and school districts from across the nation participated in a 2 day aviation and space workshop. Mrs. Alicia Coro, Director of School Improvement Programs for the U.S. Dept. of Education, was keynote speaker at the luncheon. Nov. 26 Donation of Huey Helicopter by the Arkansas National Guard. Dec. 31 Funds pledged to date-$2,233,147 (Private) and $2,000,000 (Public) 1992 Feb. Aerospace Education Center hosts first educational luncheon for 1100 students, educators and business leaders with Lt. Col. Don McMonagle, Dr. Gerald Carr, Dr. Eddie Anderson as special guests discussing America's role in space. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Federal Funding Sources Identified for the Aerospace Technology Magnet High School Department or Education Chapter 2, State Block Grants Office of Elementary and Secondary Education School Improvement Program School Effectiveness Division (202)401-1154 Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education School Improvement Programs School Effectiveness Division (202)401-0841 Magnet Schools Assistance Programs Office of Elementary and Secondary Education School Improvement Programs Equity and Educational Excellence Division (202)401-0358 Women's Education Equity Act Program Office Of Elementary and Secondary Education School Improvement Programs Equity and Educational Excellence Division (202)401-0351 Star Schools Program Office of Educational Research and Improvement Educational Networks Division (202)357-6200 Educational Partnerships Program Office of Educational Research and Improvement Educational Networks Division (202)357-6116 FIRST: Schools and Teachers Program Office of Educational Research and Improvement Fund for the Improvement and Refonn of Schools and Teaching (202)357-6496 Ma.!hematics and Science Education National Programs Office of Educational Research and Improvement Fund for the Improvement and Refonn of Schools and Teaching (202)357-6496 Cooperative Demostration Project Education Federal Aviation Administration H.R. 2942: When our research discovered a restriction on direct funding of secondary schools by the FAA, Congressman Ray Thornton and Senator Dale Bumpers worked successfully to amend their funding authority to include up to four aviation secondary schools and up to 57 swnrner workshop programs. 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(To determine feasibility of raising $4.5 million for Arkansas Museum of Aviation History) 100 samples. Feasibility Study completed - determined that $3.0 in private funds could be raised for the Aviation Museum. Recommended that a $1.5 million challenge grant be sought during the 1989 Legislative session. Legislation sponsored by Senators Max Howell and Jerry Jewell for $1.8 million challenge grant ($1.5 million for AAHS, $300,000 for LRAFB Air Park) Act 716 passed unanimously by General Assembly. Arkansas Museum of Aviation History formed planning committee for museum. Little Rock School District Board Member contacts AAHS museum committee to request meeting concerning possible school with museum. Metropolitan Supervisor, Eugene Reville, meets with AAHS museum committee to discuss school/museum. Public meetings in zones of Little Rock School District board members held by Eugene Reville. AAHS members invited to attend and make comments on the feasibility of school/museum. Eugene Reville recommends combination Aerospace High School/Aviation Museum to Federal Court. Campaign leadership recruited for aerospace museum. Sharon Priest, Win Rockefeller, Jack Stephens, and Herschel Friday named Honorary Chairmen. William H. Bowen and Richard Holben named Chairman and Vice Chairman. Planning meetings begin with Linle Rock School District, City Officials, Linle Rock Airport Commission, AAHS concerning curriculum and community involvement. Metropolitan Supervisor, Eugene Reville, dies tragically in auto accident. Millage election for Little Rock School District passes - $6 million allocated for construction of the Aerospace High School. Col. Walter J. Boyne, retired Executive Director of the National Air & Space Museum, retained as consultant to Arkansas Museum of Aviation History. AAHS members meet with Little Rock School Board Members to discuss plans for Museum/School. Little Rock School Board unanimously endorses Museum/School, and includes $6 million for construction in budget. Federal Aviation Administration officials visit Little Rock to learn details of Museum/School. Oct. Catherine Johnson visits Washington at invitation of the FAA, which plans itinerary for Mrs. Johnson with: 1. Department of Education - Sylvia Wright 2. NASA - Dr. Robert Brown 3. Young Astronaut Council- Wendell Butler 4. National Science Foundation 5. Goddard Space Center Following visit to Washington with Department of Education officials, Catherine Johnson, Marion Burton, Dr. Ruth Steele and Dr. Herb Oeek meet to discuss the information Catherine Johnson learned about the Magnet School Assistance Grant Program. Nov. AAHS begins $6.5 million campaign for aerospace museum. Dec. Little Rock School District submits $4 million magnet school assistance grant application for Aerospace Technology Magnet High School. Little Rock Airport Commission Resolution dedicates 19.8 acres for the Aerospace Education Center site. Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation approves $500,000 challenge grant for AEC. Feb. 4 Inclusion by Judge Wright of the Aerospace Technology Magnet High School into the settlement plan. Mar. 30 General Assembly unanimously passed Act 168, $1.5 million challenge grant for the Arkansas Museum of Aviation History. April 4 FAA Administrator Award in Educational Excellence presented at the National Congress in New Orleans to Dr. Ruth Steele and Mayor Sharon Priest. April 11 Dr. Herb Oeek, Deputy Superintendent, dies suddenly. April 12 Capital Campaign Kick-off Luncheon-Admiral James B. Busey, keynote speaker. June 15 Match requirement for State Challenge Grant fulfilled. June Senator Dale Bumpers hosts luncheon with Congressmen John Paul Hammerschmidt and Ray Thornton, as well as Don Harrell of Senator Pryor's staff concerning Little Rock School District's application for Magnet School Assistance Grant. Aug. 20 Little Rock School District's Magnet School Assistance Grant application declined by U.S. Department of Education .. Sept. 10 FAA authorization to grant funds for 4 secondary schools. Initiated by Congressman Ray Thornton and Senator Dale Bumpers. Sept. 16-17 Dr. Merv Strickler, curriculum consultant recommended by the FAA, visits Little Rock. Nov. 2 Nov. 5 Dr. Eddie Anderson, NASA official visits Little Rock City of Little Rock approves $500,000 grant for site improvement. Nov. 21-22 FAA National Leadership Institute on Aerospace Magnet Schools. NASA, U.S. Dept. of Education and school districts from across the nation participated in a 2 day aviation and space workshop. Mrs. Alicia Coro, Director of School Improvement Programs for the U.S. Dept. of Education, was keynote speaker at the luncheon. Nov. 26 Donation of Huey Helicopter by the Arkansas National Guard. Dec. 31 Funds pledged to date -$2,233,147 (Private) and $2,000,000 (Public) 1992 Feb. Aerospace Education Center hosts first educational luncheon for 1100 students, educators and business leaders with Lt. Col. Don McMonagle, Dr. Gerald Carr, Dr. Eddie Anderson as special guests discussing America's role in space. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Federal Funding Sources Identified for the Aerospace Technology Magnet High School Department or Education Chapter 2, State Block Grants Office of Elementary and Secondary Education School Improvement Program School Effectiveness Division (202)401-1154 Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education School Improvement Programs School Effectiveness Division (202)401-0841 Magnet Schools Assistance Programs Office of Elementary and Secondary Education School Improvement Programs Equity and Educational Excellence Division (202)401-0358 Women's Education Equity Act Program Office Of Elementary and Secondary Education School Improvement Programs Equity and Educational Excellence Division (202)401-0351 Star Schools Program Office of Educational Research and Improvement Educational Networks Division (202)357-6200 Educational Partnerships Program Office of Educational Research and Improvement Educational Networks Division (202)357-61 I 6 FIRST: Schools and Teachers Program Office of Educational Research and Improvement Fund for the Improvement and Reform of Schools and Teaching (202)357-6496 Mathematics and Science Education National Programs Office of Educational Research and Improvement Fund for the Improvement and Reform of Schools and Teaching (202)357-6496 Cooperative Demostration Project Education Federal Aviation Administration H.R. 2942: When our research discovered a restriction on direct fimding of secondary schools by the FAA, Congressman Ray Thornton and Senator Dale Bumpers worked successfully to amend their funding authority to include up to four aviation secondary schools and up to 57 summer workshop programs. 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A. Hyan M. M. 'Twig" Satterfield, Jr. Col. Charil-sJ. Wax D<'vl'lopmcnt Coum~cI Catlwri1u J. John~on "Fortune favors the prepared mind." ~- DUCATIONCENTER Dr. Ruth Steele Superintendent of Schools Little Rock School District 810 West Markham St. Little Rock, AR 72201 Dear Dr. Steele: February 27, 1992 I enjoyed our telephone conversation of the 25th. I appreciate your returning my call. We covered a number of issues. For your benefit and mine, and for the benefit of the board members, the following is a summary of our discussion: 1. The School District and the Aviation Historical Society along with UALR, shall not pursue an effort to submit a joint proposal to incorporate the Arkansas School for Mathematics and Science with the Aerospace Education Center. Since applications must be submitted no later than April 3rd, the time is simply not available to structure a winning proposal. 2. The Historical Society will continue to work with the School District to bring the Aerospace Education Center to fruition. The worth of the project to the community demands it and the voters in the last millage election have every right to expect it. The Historical Society will continue to assist the School District in any way that it can to help the District overcome its financial concerns about the project. Specifically, the Historical Society shall: a. Engage Dr. Mervin Strickler to draft a model aerospace curriculum for grades 7 through 12, the costs for which shall be borne by the Society. b. Underwrite at the cost of approximately $21,000, the fee for Ms. Gail Quinn of Long Beach, CA to assist in the preparation of a Magnet School Assistance Grant Proposal, the deadline for which is December 15, 1992. A copy of Ms. Quinn's proposal and the scope of her work is attached. c. Assist Senator Jerry Jewell in an effort to obtain state funds for the operation of the Aerospace Education Center whose outreach shall extend throughout the state. Presumably the program will be patterned after the State Math and Science School except that there shall not be an exclusive "residential" focus. Page Two Dr. Ruth Steele d. Investigate funding possibilities through a collaboration with UALR. e. Investigate funding possibilities through private foundation sources. 3. The School District shall continue the planning process with the Historical Society with a view to overcoming any impediments to the implementation of the project. Specifically, the School District shall: a. Identify and quantify any impediments. b. Assign staff necessary to assist Dr. Mervin Strickler with formulation of an aerospace curriculum for grades 7 through 12. c. Assign staff necessary to assist Ms. Gail Quinn with the formulation and drafting of a Magnet School Assistance Grant Proposal for submission not later than December 15, 1992. d. Send staff necessary to Washington, D.C. March 18 through March 21st for a Magnet Schools and Desegregation Programs National Conference. Representatives from the District, Historical Society and Ms. Quinn are especially invited to attend a private conference with Department of Education officials on Saturday, March 21st, following the National Conference. An itinerary and details of the Conference are attached. e. Following receipt of a letter from Congressman Thornton's office outlining the parameters of a new grant program in support of secondary education administered by the Federal Aviation Administration, and after consulting with the Historical Society, submit a grant proposal. f. Draft a proforma expense statement of the cost of operating the Aerospace Education Center considering several scenarios, i.e., startup, Junior High components, Metropolitan Vo Tech participation, to the full blown 900 student high school. The members of the Arkansas Aviation Historical Society and the Aerospace Education Center Campaign Leadership recognize the difficulties, financial and otherwise, that you and the school board members face in administering the school district. Each of you deserves a special "thank you" for your service to your community. The Aerospace Education Center is conceived to help you raise the Little Rock School District to this area's number one economic asset. Doing so will significantly minimize your collective burdens and simultaneously catapult Little Rock into a period of growth unprecedented in its history. It is in this spirit and this hope that we work. Sincerely, ARKANSAS AVIATION HISTORICAL SOCIETY Richard N. Holbert Chairman of the Board Aerospace Education Center Planning Meeting Agenda February 28, 1992 Options for the Aerospace Education Center I. Stay the Course with the Little Rock School District A. Prepare for application for $8 million U.S. Department of Education Magnet School Assistance Grant. 1. Retain Dr. Merv Strickler to develop curriculum plan. 2. Retain Ms. Gail Quinn as grant writer. 3. Invitation to meet in Washington on March 21 w/Education department officials to discuss grant application. 4. Gain court approval to submit grant application. B. Funding Options for operational expense of ATMHS. 1. National foundations. 2. State of Arkansas - New legislation to be considered in 1993. 3. Area school concept - transfer of M-to-M money. 4. Little Rock School District millage campaign. II. Feasibility of UALR Aerospace Program A. What would it involved to have the Aerospace Education Center as part of the UALR system? III. State Aerospace Academy A. Discussion of a second, state-supported, specialized high school. B. Emphasis of enhancing Arkansas' aerospace infrastructure. C. Residential options for the students. IV. Other Business A. FAA Grant - Request by Congressman Thornton for LRSD 1. Grant request of $1 million+ to purchase aviation library and equipment. B. Report on Long Beach Visit Dr. Chuck Stevens Dr. Gaylord Northrop C. Status of Lease between Little Rock School District, Arkansas Aviation Historical Society, and the Little Rock Airport Commission. C CEN1i1AL FL YING SERVICE 1501 BOND STREET LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS 72202 (501) 375-3245 FAX (501) 375-7274 ESTABLISHED 1939 February 27, 1992 Dr. Ruth Steele Superintendent of Schools Little Rock School District 810 West Markham St. Little Rock, AR 72201 Dear Dr. Steele: I enjoyed our telephone conversation of the 25th. I appreciate your returning my call. We covered a number of issues. For your benefit and mine, and for the benefit of the board members, the following is a summary of our discussion: 1. The School District and the Aviation Historical Society along with UALR, shall not pursue an effort to submit a joint proposal to incorporate the Arkansas School for Mathematics and Science with the Aerospace Education Center. Since applications must be submitted no later than April 3rd, the time is simply not available to structure a winning proposal. 2. The Historical Society will continue to work with the School District to bring the Aerospace Education Center to fruition. The worth of the project to the community demands it and the voters in the last millage election have every right to expect it. The Historical Society will continue to assist the School District in any way that it can to help the District overcome its financial concerns about the project. Specifically, the Historical Society shall: a. Engage Dr. Mervin Strickler to draft a model aerospace curriculum for grades 7 through 12, the costs for which shall be borne by the Society. b. Underwrite at the cost of approximately $21,000, the fee for Ms. Gail Quinn of Long Beach, CA to assist in the preparation of a Magnet School Assistance Grant Proposal, the deadline for which is December 15, 1992. A copy of Ms. Quinn's proposal and the scope of her work is attached. c. Assist Senator Jerry Jewell in an effort to obtain state funds for the operation of the Aerospace Education Center whose outreach shall extend throughout the state. Presumably the program will be patterned after the State Math and Science School except that there shall not be an exclusive "residential" focus. Page Two Dr. Ruth Steele d. Investigate funding possibilities through a collaboration with UALR. e. Investigate funding possibilities through private foundation sources. 3. The School District shall continue the planning process with the Historical Society with a view to overcoming any impediments to the implementation of the project. Specifically, the School District shall: a. Identify and quantify any impediments. b. Assign staff necessary to assist Dr. Mervin Strickler with formulation of an aerospace curriculum for grades 7 through 12. c. Assign staff necessary to assist Ms. Gail Quinn with the formulation and drafting of a Magnet School Assistance Grant Proposal for submission not later than December 15, 1992. d. Send staff necessary to Washington, D.C. March 18 through March 21st for a Magnet Schools and Desegregation Programs National Conference. Representatives from the District, Historical Society and Ms. Quinn are especially invited to attend a private conference with Department of Education officials on Saturday, March 21st, following the National Conference. An itinerary and details of the Conference are attached. e. Following receipt of a letter from Congressman Thornton's office outlining the parameters of a new grant program in support of secondary education administered by the Federal Aviation Administration, and after consulting with the Historical Society, submit a grant proposal. f. Draft a proforma expense statement of the cost of operating the Aerospace Education Center considering several scenarios, i.e., startup, Junior High components, Metropolitan Vo Tech participation, to the full blown 900 student high school. The members of the Arkansas Aviation Historical Society and the Aerospace Education Center Campaign Leadership recognize the difficulties, financial and otherwise, that you and the school board members face in administering the school district. Each of you deserves a special "thank you" for your service to your community. The Aerospace Education Center is conceived to help you raise the Little Rock School District to this area's number one economic asset. Doing so will significantly minimize your collective burdens and simultaneously catapult Little Rock into a period of growth unprecedented in its history. It is in this spirit and this hope that we work. Sincerely, ARKANSAS AVIATION HISTORICAL SOCIETY Richard N. Holbert Chairman of the Board Objectives for 1992 Little Rock School District Arkansas Aviation.Historical Society 1. Conclude Capital Campaign for the Arkansas Museum of Aviation History $2.3 million remaining to be raised 2. Curriculum Consultant 3. Curriculum Plan for the Aerospace Technology Magnet High School 4. Project Director - Grant Writer - Aerospace Technology Magnet High School S. Proposal for the U.S. Dept. of Education's Magnet School Assistance Grant for the Aerospace Technology Magnet High School Little Rock has been invited to Washington, D.C for the National Magnet School Conference on March 18-21 to discuss grant application with the U.S. Dept. of Education. Possible 8 million over 2 years. (Deadline December 15, 1992) 6. FAA Grant for Aerospace Technology Magnet High School 7. Congressman Thornton will assist with request of funds for books and equipment at $ 1.0 million plus. Formation of Joint Committee Little Rock School District Museum Leadership Little Rock Board of Directors Little Rock Airport Commission 8. Lease Agreement Little Rock Airport Commission Little Rock School District Arkansas Aviation Historical Society 9. Development of Educational Partnership with the Aerospace Education Center University of Arkansas at Little Rock Henderson State Metropolitan Vo-Tech 10. Architectural Plans 11. Confirmation of Groudbreaking - Opening Date 12. Staff-Faculty Selection for Museum-School 13. Continue Acquisitions for the Arkansas Museum of Aviation History Collection 14. Continued research of Federal Assistance National Science Foundation FAA Dept of Education NASA Upcoming Events Astronaut-Space Luncheon - February 6 National Officials Participating: T. Wendell Butler Dr. Eddie Anderson Lt. Col. Don McMonagle Dr. Gerald Carr National Congress - Oklahoma City - March 26-28 3 day conference with NASA, FAA, CAP Officials MEMORANDUM February 24, 1992 To: From: RE: Aerospace Education Center Campaign Leadership Cathy Johnson Options to Move the Aerospace Education Center Forward At this point, it has become evident that the Aerospace Education Center is not a priority of the current Little Rock School District administration. While the long term prognosis for community support is excellent, especially in light of this week's actions by the legislature, there are problems in the near term which could further delay, if not permanently dismantle the project. This week's legislative session will result in the State of Arkansas effectively adopting an industrial policy which places aerospace as its top priority. It is ironic that while this action, which enjoys almost universal support due to its promise of improved economic opportunity for people throughout the state, comes at a time when the Aerospace Education Center is suffering from a lack of commitment from the educational partner, which should be its most enthusiastic partner. Without digressing into personality issues, the simple fact is that the AEC leadership cannot count on the LRSD to provide conclusive assistance toward the creation of the Center. Realistically, we must find the answers to all the problems which must be solved, including the operational funding problem. In short, the District will finally accept the Center when it is either handed to them on a silver platter, or they are convinced to move forward by a broad consensus of the Little Rock community. Acknowledging this fact, we must then ask ourselves if we wish to take on this burden. Do we feel strongly enough about the benefits this project will bring to our state, our community, and our children? Are we willing to step forward to provide the bold, yet uncomfortable leadership steps necessary to move the project out of a limbo which would condemn it to certain failure? At this juncture it is necessary to decide that we must, to paraphrase, ~Either lead, follow, or get out of the way." There are three possible options to pursue, excepting for the time being the final option, which is simply to throw in the towel, quit, and let the LRSD say that it was all our fault. OPTION #1 - STAY THE COURSE The first option is to work a compromise or deal with the Little Rock School District, to pursue a collaborative effort to provide the first two ears of operational funding for the Aerospace Technology Magnet, as envisioned in our planning for the Aerospace Education Center to date. Several ways exist to provide all or a part of this money. However, all are predicated on the commitment by the school district of the $6 million in construction funds provided for in the millage approved by the voters in 1990. The District acknowledges that the public voted for the aerospace school. Operation funding options include: 1. A guarantee of operational funds for the first two years by private sources, either in lieu of federal or state funding, or to alleviate any shortfall if these sources provide only partial funding to the school. 2. Successful application for a U. S. Department of Education Magnet School Assistance Grant of up to $8 Million. a. The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation has already allocated funds to hire Dr. Merv Strickler, identified by the FAA as the foremost expert in the nation on aerospace curriculum, as a consultant to prepare the specialized aerospace curriculum for the magnet school. b. In addition, the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation has received a proposal to hire Ms. Gail Quinn, coordinator of the Long Beach Unified School District's aerospace program, as a consultant to prepare the grant application for the Little Rock School District. 3. Seeking of direct state funding for the school during the 1993 General Assembly. Senator Jerry Jewell has offered to pursue operational funds, to enhance the development of aerospace industries. 4. Internal funding, primarily consisting of passage of a millage increase for the Little Rock School District in the Spring of 1993, with a specific line-item of operational funds for the Aerospace Technology Magnet High School. This line-item would be a quid pro quo for our support for the millage. This would also include commitment of Majority-to-Minority incentive funds ($2,000 per student, per year) from the state for students from outside the LRSD. 2 To pursue any of these courses, a willingness by the LRSD to cooperate is necessary. This cooperation would include working with the Campaign Leadership, the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, Dr. Strickler, Ms. Quinn, and UALR officials on issues including, but not limited to: 1. The Magnet School Assistance Grant Application 2. Development of the Aerospace Curriculum Plan 3. Identification of equipment needs 4. Coordination of participating schools, including UALR, Henderson State University, Metropolitan Area Career Center, and the "feeder" junior high schools. 5. Development of a pro-forma operational budget. 6. Estimation of costs and timetables for groundbreaking, construction, and opening. OPTION #2 - THE LONG BEACH PLAN The second option involves the essential ~bandonment of the unique character envisioned for the Aerospace Education Center, i.e., a combined aviation museum and school in one entity. Described as the "2+2+2 Plan," the Long Beach Unified School District utilized a specialized aerospace curriculum at two magnet schools each at the elementary, junior high, and high school level, as well as postsecondary programs at two institutions of higher education. This option would dramatically change the direction of the project, and would move toward implementation of the aerospace curriculum in existing LRSD schools by the fall of 1993, in coordination with the Magnet School Assistance Grant. If this option is pursued, specialized aerospace programs would be coordinated at the postsecondary level by Henderson State University and UALR. This plan could be implemented with a minimum of expense by the LRSD, as existing classrooms, teachers, and facilities would be utilized. OPTION #3 - UALR AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL This option would not substantially modify the thrust of the Aerospace Education Center as originally envisioned. The Center would still be constructed at the airport as a combination aviation museum and magnet high school. It would still be a contributing part of the Pulaski County desegregation plan, but the high school would be administered by UALR as an area school, or as an aerospace academy. 3 If this option were to be pursued, the federal grant could possibly work within Federal guidelines. The avenue of state funding, with UALR to administer the school in coordination with AIDC, the Arkansas Industry Training Program, and other industrial development efforts, would become more viable. The option to include UALR or Henderson State University as a meaningful partner in the Aerospace Education Center is not predicated on the Little Rock School District not participating. Rather, serious consideration should be given to expanding the partnership to include institutions of higher educat' n, whicn wou compliment the existing mix of public schools, aviation industries, and the Arkansas Aviation Historical Society. OPTION #4 - GOVERNOR'S MATH & SCIENCE SCHOOL This is not a realistic option, as the grant deadline is April 3, 1992. CONCLUSION It is evident that a decision must be made soon by the Aerospace Education Center Campaign and its leaders on how to proceed to complete this endeavor. We could decide to put our final decision "on hold" until the LRSD completes its change of administration. Obviously, if Option 1 is to be considered as an ultimate possibility, it is in our best interest to take an active role in the selection process for the new superintendent. A strong political push is necessary to sway the Little Rock School Board and Administration to get fully behind the project. A concerted effort must be mounted to unite the following groups, individuals, and entities behind the project: A. Little Rock's Black Community B. The City of Little Rock C. AIDC - Dave Harrington D. Governor Clinton's Aerospace Task Force E. Arkansas' 46 Aerospace Industries F. Higher Education Institutions, including UALR, Henderson State, UAPB, UAMS, UCA, etc. G. Federal agencies, including FAA and NASA H. Arkansas' Congressional Delegation I. State Officials, including Lt. Governor Tucker J. Federal District Court, through Ann Brown. K. Little Rock Airport Commission L. Little Rock Air Force Base M. Aviation Groups, e.g., Arkansas Pilots Association, 99's, etc. 4 While it may be that no final action should actually be taken in the near term, the groundwork for that action must be done D..Qli. We are moving toward the final phase of defining the project. Most all plans we have made to date can be reversed or modified. We are now coming to the time that plans must give way to decisions. There is tremendous support for what is acknowledged to be one of the most innovative educational institutions in the world. It is our duty to not let the shortsightedness and parochialism of a few persons condemn it to failure. The group in attendance at Ruth and Rollie Remmel's dinner has scheduled its second meeting, to be held this Friday at 12 noon at Mrs. Remmel's home, 8 Broadview Terrace. Though no conclusive decisions were reached, the ideas in this memorandum were brought forth by those in attendance. This week's agenda will be to pursue the most feasible option so that the Aerospace Education Center may move forward, at to set objectives to achieve that goal. Please let me know if you can attend, and your thoughts on the information contained within. 5 National Advisory Board Dr. Eddie Anderson Col. Walter J. Boyne Lt. Gen. Benjamin 0. Davis Gen. Alfred G. Hansen Phillip S. Woodruff Honorary Chairmen Herschel H. Friday Mayor Sharon M. Priest Winthrop P. Rockefeller Jackson T. Stephens Little Rock School District Dr. Ruth S. Steele Superintendent Tony Wood Deputy Superintendent Campaign Leadership William H. Bowen Chairman Richard N. Holbert Vice Chairman Marion B. Burton President J. Dan Baker J. W. "Buddy" Benafield 0. Wayne Bennett William C. Bracas Henry A. Broach Rep. Irma Hunter Brown F. Taylor Brown David M. Clark Fred K Darragh, Jr. Dennis D. Davis Lee Frazier Charles H. Harper E. Ray Kemp John Lewellen Donna K Mclarty Sandy . McMath Frederick J. Menz Edward M. Penick, Sr. Ruth Remmel Edgar K Riddick, Jr. James R. Rodgers Lucien M. Taillac Charles M. Taylor Jim Guy Tucker State Advisory Board Dr. Gerald P. Carr athan Gordon Robert A. Gordon Col. Albert Hart (U.SAF., Ret.) Dr. William R. Pogue Louis L Ramsay Major General James A. Ryan M. M. "Twig" Satterfield, Jr. Col. Charles]. Wax Development Counsel Catherine J. Johnson "Fortune favors the prepared mind." DUCATIONCENTER P.O. Box 7332 Little Rock. Arkansas 72217 501. 371. 0331 Aerospace Education Center Briefing Luncheon Friday, March 13, 1992 8 Broadview Terrace I. Update on Progress of the Aerospace Education Center 1. Retaining Gail Quinn of the Long Beach Unified School District as Grant Writer 2. Retaining Dr. Merv Strickler as Curriculum Consultant 3. Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation has approved grants to fund both 4. Continue exploration of operational funding options for Aerospace Technology Magnet High School 5. Operational Budget for Aerospace Technology Magnet High School to be prepared - impediments identified II. Department of Education Conference - March 18-22* Attending - Marion Burton - AEC Cathy Johnson - AEC Dennis Glasgow - Supervisor of Science, LRSD Gail Quinn - Long Beach Unified School District Dr. Merv Strickler - Curriculum Consultant ill. Little Rock Visit of Gail Quinn on March 26-27* * Itineraries Provided Itinerary in Little Rock for Gail Quinn Industry & Postsecondary Liaison Long Beach Unified School District Thursday, March 26 Anive Little Rock@ 2:18 p.m. on Delta 3:30 - Aerospace Education Center Leadership Meeting - Little Rock Club Aerospace Education Center Campaign Members 6:30- Friday, March 27 Little Rock Airport Commissioners Little Rock City Directors Little Rock School Board Members Topic: Overview of Grant Application Remarks to Little Rock School Board 8:00 - Breakfast - Little Rock Hilton Dr. Jim Miller - Metropolitan Area Career Center Representative of Arkansas Department of Higher Education Dr. James Young - Chancellor, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Representative of Henderson State University (Arkadelphia) Ann Brown - Office of Desegregation Monitor Dr. Ruth Steele - Superintendent, Little Rock School District Donna Creer (758-0156) - Magnet Review Committee Topic: State Standards and Higher Education 10:00 - Industry Forum - Host: Richard Holbert, Central Flying Service Bob Gordon - Rohr Industries Dennis Davis - Arkansas Aerospace Bill Bracas - Falcon Jet Gary Driggers - Midcoast Ron Reagan - Chem-Fab Bert Quinlan - LTV Curtis Maddock - General Dynamics Cecil Tennant - Delta Airlines Bob Taylor - Southwest Airlines James Rodgers - Manager, Little Rock Regional Airport Topic: Training & Skill Requirements for Aviation Industries 11:30 - Working Lunch/Afternoon Planning Session w/Little Rock School District Dr. Ruth Steele Tony Wood Dr. Angela Sewell Dennis Glasgow James Jennings Estelle Mathis Marion Burton Richard Holbert Bill Bowen Topic: Requirements for Magnet School Assistance Grant MAGNET SCHOOLS & DESEGREGATION PROGRAMS NATIONAL CONFERENCE RESTRUCTURING FOR EDUCATIONAL EQUITY AND EXCELLENCE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18 3:00pm- 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm 7:30 am- 8:30 am - 9:30 am 9:30 am - 11:45 am 11:45am- 1:00pm 1 :00 pm - 3:45 pm 3:50 pm- 5:00 pm 5:15 pm- 7:00 pm 7:30 pm- Check In & Display Set-up Pre-Registration Mixer THURSDAY.MARCH19 Registration Greetings Overview Remarks Keynote Workshop Sessions Annie Mack Conference Coordinator Sylvia Wright Chief,MSDB Janice Williams-Madison Director, EEED Alicia Coro Director, SIP John MacDonald Assistant Secretary "Restructuring for Educational Equity and Excellence" ** Flexible Coffee Break Schedule ** Lunch - Elizabeth Goss - Education Liaison - Sen. Bumpers (To Be Confirmed) Workshop Sessions ** Flexible Coffee Break Schedule ** Group Meetings (Job Alike Sessions) Reception Dinner - Sylvia Wright, Alicia Coro, Dennis Glasgow, Gail Quinn, Marion Burton, Cathy Johnson MAGNET SCHOOLS & DESEGREGATION PROGRAMS NATIONAL CONFERENCE RESTRUCTURING FOR EDUCATIONAL EQUITY AND EXCELLENCE 8:30 am - 9:15 am 9:15 am- 11:30 am 11:30 am - 1:00 pm 1 :00 pm - 3:30 pm 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm 7:00 pm- FRIDAY, MARCH 20 Introduction Keynote Workshop Sessions Alicia Coro Director, SIP "Challenges of Diversity: New Opportunities for Excellence and Equity" To be detennined ** Flexible Coffee Break Schedule ** Luncheon - Bolling Air Force Base Phil Woodruff, Valerie Collins - FAA Dr. Merv Strickler, Gail Quinn, Dennis Glasgow, Marion Burton, Cathy Johnson Workshop Sessions Flexible Coffee Break Schedule General Session: Questions & Answers Alicia Coro Sylvia Wright Kathryn Ellis OCR Representative Others (if necessary) Regional Meetings (Hosted by DACs) Dinner with Col. Walter Boyne Dennis Glasgow, Marion Burton, Cathy Johnson \ Little Rock School District March 26, 1992 Mr. Barry Lambert Harris Acting Administrator Federal Aviation Administration 800 Independence Avenue, s.w. Washington, D.C. 20591 Dear Mr. Harris: on behalf of all of us involved in the Aerospace Education center project here in Little Rock, let me congratulate you on your appointment as Acting Administrator of the FAA. We enjoyed a cordial and mutually productive relationship with your predecessor, Admiral James Busey, and look forward to continuing this progressive relationship under your leadership. When Admiral Busey delivered the keynote address to the Aerospace Education Center's campaign kickoff in Little Rock last April, he recognized the vision we have for this absolutely unique ins ti tut ion. The Center, which combines an aerospace magnet public high school with an aviation museum, will operate as a synergistic unit that both teaches and inspires young people of all races and economic backgrounds to attain careers in aerospace and other technology fields. In his remarks, the Admiral pledged his full support for any endeavor in which the FAA could assist in bringing our ambitious plans to fruition, calling the Center "a model for the nation." Afterwards, the Admiral flew back to Washington, accompanied by two Arkansas Congressmen, John Paul Hammerschmidt and Ray Thornton. During their flight, these three leaders discussed ways that FAA authority could be broadened to allow direct assistance to the Aerospace Education Center, and how the Center could become an integral part of the FAA's strategy to meet anticipated demands for aerospace workers, keeping America the world leader in this vital field. This discussion and pledges of mutual support led our Congressional Delegation to initiate the successful effort last fall to amend the FAA appropriation bill to allow direct funding of a limited number of aviation secondary schools. Our plans have moved forward to make this not only a model for aviation education, but also a model of public/private cooperation in education. Arkansas' aerospace industries have pledged their full support for the Center, recognizing the ultimate benefit to 810 West Markham Street Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 (501).324-2000 Mr. Barry Lambert Harris March 26, 1992 Page 2 their companies of a cooperative efforts, curriculum, preparing 21st Century. highly trained workforce. Through these we intend to achieve a model aerospace these students for the skill needs of the While Admiral Busey recognized our concept as a "model for the nation," we realize that it is incumbent upon us to live up to his commendation. With your help, we intend to create a program that can be emulated with positive results all across the nation. At this time, the Little Rock School District has pledged $6 million to construct the Aerospace Technology Magnet High School, the publicly funded portion of the Center. Our partners, the Arkansas Aviation Historical Society, have informed us that they have already raised over $4.5 million of their campaign goal of $6.5 million for the museum component of the Center. The Arkansas Legislature has provided a $1.5 million challenge grant for the museum, and the State Energy Office recently approved a $363,000 grant to the Center for our planned state-of-the art energy management system. In addition, the City of Little Rock has provided $500,000 for site improvements, and our Airport Commission has agreed to lease us the Center's 19.8 acre site for 99 years at $1 per year. As you can see, the Aerospace Education Center is truly a partnership, in every way. We have found that the challenges of creating a world class project here in Little Rock have been continually met by our friends and supporters of aviation education, both in Arkansas and across the country. Several resources have been made available to us, including the opportunity to obtain a ready-made aviation library, which is one of the finest in the world. Our advisors indicate that this library, owned by Mr. Jay Miller of Dallas, Texas, would be impossible to duplicate at more than twice the price of attaining it. The Aerospace Education Center can obtain this collection for a total cost of $800,000. This would greatly augment our plans, offered by Admiral Busey, to designate the Aerospace Education Center as an FAA Resource Center. w~ respectfully request that you provide this designation at the appropriate time. To extend our educational opportunities in aerospace beyond the normal high school curriculum, we intend to develop for the Aerospace Education Center, in conjunction with the Metropolitan Area Career Center, an airframe and powerplant training program. This would provide the equivalent of the first year of the standard "A & P" license program for students. Mr. Barry Lambert Harris March 26, 1992 Page Three We estimate the costs of initiating the airframe and powerplant training program to be $250,000, including staff, tools and equipment. This program, combined with the available resources in the Miller library materials, will ensure that the Aerospace Education Center offers one of the finest and cost-effective programs in avaition education in the nation. The cost of these two programs would total $1,050,000. On behalf of the Little Rock School District and our partners in the Aerospace Education Center project, we respectfully request a grant in that amount to fund the items, which we deem to be vital components of this unprecedented cooperative venture. This grant would be made under the new authority to fund aviation secondary schools granted by Congress last year. If my staff, others involved in the Aerospace Education Center project, or I may answer questions or otherwise assist on this matter, please do not hesitate to contact us. RSS:nr cc: Admiral James B. Busey Deputy Secretary Department of Transportation Sincerely, ~~-fti1. Ruths. Steele Superintendent of Schools Congressman John Paul Hammerschmidt Congressman Ray Thornton Itinerary in Little Rock for Gail Quinn Industry & Postsecondary Liaison Long Beach Unified School District Thursday, March 26 Arrive Little Rock @ 2: 18 p.m. on Delta 3:30 - Aerospace Education Center Leadership Meeting - Little Rock Club Aerospace Education Center Campaign Leaders 6:00 - Friday, March 27 Little Rock Airport Commissioners Little Rock City Directors Little Rock School Board Members Dr. Ruth Steele - Little Rock School Superintendent Arkansas Legislators Topic: Overview of Grant Application Remarks to Little Rock School Board 8:00 - Breakfast - Marion Burton's Office - 2230 Cottondale Lane Dr. Ruth Steele - Superintendent, Little Rock School District Jean McEntire - Asst. Director of Institutional Programs - Vo Tech Division Dr. Jim Miller - Metropolitan Area Career Center Dr. Doyle Dillahunty - Metropolitan Area Career Center Dr. Gaylord Northrop - University of Arkansas at Little Rock Dr. Chuck Stevens - University of Arkansas at Little Rock Donna Creer - Magnet Review Committee Emily Barrier - Governor's Office - Special Assistant for Education Bob Taylor - Southwest Airlines Marion Burton - Aerospace Education Center Campaign Dick Holbert - Aerospace Education Center Campaign Cathy Johnson - Aerospace Education Center Campaign Topic: State Standards and Higher Education 10:00 - Industry Forum - Host: Richard Holbert, Central Flying Service Bill Orr - Falcon Jet Byron Melious - FAA - Little Rock Gary Driggers - Midcoast Ron Shertzer - State of Arkansas - VoTech Education Division Steve Stollenberg - Arkansas Aerospace Marion B. Burton - Aerospace Education Center Richard N. Holbert - Central Flying Service & Aerospace Education Center Catherine Johnson - Aerospace Education Center Topic: Training & Skill Requirements for Aviation Industries 12:00 - Working Lunch/Afternoon Planning Session w/Little Rock School District Tony Wood - Deputy Superintendent, Little Rock School District 1:30- Dr. Angela Sewell - Assistant Superintendent, Secondary Schools - LRSD Estelle Mathis - Curriculum Supervisor - LRSD Chris Heller - Attorney- Friday, Eldredge & Clark Marion B. Burton - Aerospace Education Center Richard N. Holbert - Central Flying Service Catherine Johnson - Aerospace Education Center Topic: Magnet School Assistance Grant Dr. Angela Sewell - Assistant Superintendent, Secondary Schools - LRSD 3:00 - Curriculum Planning - Aerospace Technology Magnet High School Estelle Mathis - Curriculum Supervisor - LRSD Leon Adams - Federal Programs, LRSD Dr. Mary Prentice - University of Arkansas at Little Rock Dr. Jim Miller - Metropolitan Area Career Center Dr. Doyle Dillahunty - Metropolitan Area Career Center Dianne Wood - Math Supervisor, LRSD Lucy Lyon - Technology Library Media, LRSD Dr. Gaylord Northrop - University of Arkansas at Little Rock Dr. Chuck Stevens - University of Arkansas at Little Rock Saturday, March 28 - 11:30 - Lunch - Cafe St. Moritz Donna Creer - Magnet Review Committee Pat Gee - Little Rock School Board Member Dick Holbert - Aerospace Education Center Lucien Taillac - Aerospace Education Center Tim Heiple - Nathaniel Curtis-Riddick-Heiple - Project Architect Catherine Johnson - Aerospace Education Center Summary - LRSD Grant Preparedness April 8, 1992 To: Dick Holb&~ From: Gail Quinn Subjt!ct: Immediate Decisions 1) The identification of the elc::n1entary and junior high schools. 2) The configuration of the new high school 1) Pat Gee provided 1992 racial and enrollment data for the Little Rock schools (64% black) which has enabled me to racially identify the area and incentive schools for the Aerospace Magnet. Please discuss the following schools with Susan Wright and Dr. Steele in terms of confirming (a) all or some of the below-listed elementary schools as th~ AE:!rospace Magnet Schools (b) grade 4 as the starting point for magnet enrollment. Would be better to save the primary levels for the next magnet grant. The academic and career/ technical areas for that grant are extensive and require much preparation to implement. (c) the 7-9 sequence. (d) high school readiness for the second year. (e) the 9-12 ??? for the new high school
or no confirmation
identify other schools. (f) projected 1993-94 enrollment for grades 4-9 in the indentified (use 1991-92 grade 2-7 enrollment figures) schools and capacity. Area - Elementary % Black School Sequence %Black 1. Bale 81.87 Southwest 74.96 2. Fairpark 80.00 Forest Heights 70.55 Incentive 3. Garland 94.00 Southwest 74.00 4. Stephens 96.00 Forest Heights 70.00 5. Franklin 85.00 Southwest and 74.00 Forest Heights According to the LRSD Board Member Zones map, Bale and Soutl,v.,e:st are located in John Moore's area, the three Incentive schools are with Bill Hamilton's area and possibly part of Dorsey Jackson's area
and Forest Heights and Fairpark appear to be in Dorsey Jackson's area. We would bring white students into these schools to reduce minority isolation. Black students already at the junior highs would apply to the magnet based on academic and conduct criteria. 2) Because we cannot dismantle labs equipped in the designated junior high schools nor deprive grade 79 magnet students in these schools from a new high school environment, the grade-level configuration of the new high school should be grades 9-12. You would move the second year of the grant period (1994-95) into the new high school. (a) All grade 8 and 9 ma,~net students out of Southwest and Forest Heights thereby alleviating space problems. (b) Accept new grade 9 black enrollment from designated junior highs by lottery to racially balance the new high school as needed and reduce racial isolation in those junior highs. The aerospace magnet junior high schools the second year would only t
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