Close to 200 superintendents, principals, and
other district leaders attended the inaugural event in 2008, drawing from locations as far - flung as Arkansas, Australia and China.
Not exact matches
Other elected officials who
attended were United States Senator Charles Schumer, NYS Senator Jeff Klein, Assemblyman Michael Benedetto, New York City Councilman James Vacca, NYS Democratic State Committeeman Joe McManus and Bill Weitz and Democratic
District Leaders Marco Sierra, Andrea Siegel and John Collazzi.
This led to a patient explanation from
other charter
leaders as well as
district leaders about how hard it is for communities to see a building shuttered or handed over to a charter school when generations of neighborhood kids, some of whom went on to be accomplished
leaders,
attended the school.
In fact, according to Ms. Potter, what separated TURN from
other meetings these
leaders attended was that «it focused on providing detailed information on a very specific topic» — in this case PAR — and «provided an opportunity for participants to hear directly from
other districts around the country about their experiences implementing their own PAR programs.»
In fact,
leaders in APA's interviews indicated that, «
attending TURN together and learning about examples of PAR in
other districts gave both the
district and the union a common focus.