PROGRAMS
Schools as Centers of Neighborhood Vitality
Symposium Program - May 29, 2003
The Getty Center, Los Angeles, California
Co-sponsors: First 5 LA, California Endowment,
LA AIA, James Irvine Foundation, Fannie Mae, KnowledgeWorks Foundation,
National Afterschool & Community Learning Network, IEL, Century
Housing, State Architect, Sony Pictures Corp., LA Area Chamber,
California Policy Reform Network
- 7:30 Registration & Continental Breakfast
- 8:00 Welcome & Overview
Welcome: David Abel & Ken Robinson
Secretary of State & Consumer Services Agency Aileen Adams,
Former Assembly Speaker Robert Hertzberg, Esq., Mayer Brown
Rowe & Maw
- 8:20 The Challenge to Building Schools as Centers
of Neighborhood Vitality
Introduction: Barry Munitz
Remarks: Former US Secretary of Education Richard Riley
Responders*: Dr. Robert K. Ross, John Mockler, Chad Wick, Don Attore, Ernie Cortez
- 9:10 The Art of the Possible: A Replicable Mixed Use
Neighborhood Centered School Model
Case Study: NSBN’s Collaborative Work to Revitalize an
Inner-City Neighborhood
Moderators: Dr. Neal Kaufman & Renata Simril
Panel: Councilman Ed Reyes, Guy Mehula, Bob Hale, Dora Gallo,
Susan Cline
Responders*:Lori Morgan, David Marquez, Ana Cubas, Andrew Adelman,
Craig Lancaster
- 10:10 Breakout Panels: How To Take One of A Kind Lessons
Learned to SCALE
A. City Heights & Elizabeth Street: Models of Shared
Use Neighborhood Schools
Moderators: Dean Daniel Mazmanian & Cecilia Estolano, Esq.
(Museum Lecture Hall)
Panel: Lou Smith, Dr. Neal Halfon, Mary Wright
Responders*: Lori Morgan, Barbara Diamond, Betty King, Joaquin
Sanchez, Robin Brown
B. Charter Schools: Alternative Neighborhood Centered School
Facility Successes
Moderators: John Mockler & Anita Landecker (Studio Rooms
A & B)
Panel: Ana Ponce, John Perez, Yvonne Chan, Bill Siart
Responders*:Caprice Young, Paul Cummins, Larry Gotlieb, Philip
Lance, David Tokofsky
C. Sustainable Design: High Performance “Environment
Friendly”
New Community Schools
Moderators: Kevin Sullivan & Aileen Adams (GRI Lecture Hall)
Panel: Angelo Bellomo, Andy Lipkis, Stephen Castellanos
Responders*: Deborah Weintraub, Brenda Levin, Bill Jones, Tom
Soto
- 11:20 Breakout Panels: Reform Incentives for Building
Neighborhood Schools
A.The Challenges to Collaboratively Planning and Leveraging
Funding to Build Mixed Use Neighborhood Centered Schools
Moderators: Robert Hertzberg & Mary Filardo (Studio Rooms
A & B)
Panel: Superintendent Jim Brown, Kathi Littman, Lori Morgan
Responders*: Robert Norris, Doug Otto, Barbara Sandoval, Lou Smith, Tony Coroalles,
Ray Colmenar, John Mockler, Alberto Tovar, Maria Medina
B. Designing Schools as Community Resources: After School,
Pre-K, Housing, Arts
Moderators: Ken Robinson & Terry Peterson (Museum Lecture
Hall)
Panelists: Karen Hill Scott, Lisa Villarreal, Carla Sanger
Responders*: Barbara Diamond, Larry Kaplan, Santiago Jackson,
John Gray, John Wolter
C. Schools as Centers of Healthy Neighborhoods: Obstacles
to Coordination
Moderator: Alan Arkatov (GRI Lecture Hall)
Panel: Dr. Robert K. Ross, Dr. Neal Halfon, Michael Ruane, Marlene
Canter
Responders*: Ali Barar, Kim Uyeda, Miriam Simmons, Miguel Santana,
Ana Ponce
- 12:30 A Networking Lunch Break
- 1:15 What If: New Schools, Better Neighborhoods, More
Livable Communities
Moderator: Steve Soboroff—County Supervisor Yvonne Burke
(Museum Lecture Hall)
Remarks: Robert Hertzberg, Esq. & Robert Garcia, Esq.
Responders*: Richard Riley, John Perez, Joe Edmiston, Scott
Plotkin
- 2:15 Breakout Panels: From Research to Policy to
Action
A. Community Round Table: Collaborative Planning How To’s
Moderators: Jacquelyn McCroskey & Paul Vandeventer
(Studio Rooms A & B)
Panel: Virgil Roberts, Yolie Aguilar, Dr. Neal Kaufman
Responders*: Anita Landecker, Sue Park, Peggy Funkhouser, Fred
Register,
Richard Hollingsworth, Doug Otto, Ann Hickambottom, Denise
Fairchild, Dan
Whitehurst, Mary View-Schneider, Heather Barrett
B. Nuts and Bolts of Facilities Reform: A Legislative Reform
Agenda
For Building Mixed Use Neighborhood Centered Schools
Moderators: Roderick Hamilton & Dr. Neal Halfon (Museum
Lecture Hall)
Panel: Councilmember Elect Antonio Villaraigosa, CD14, John Mockler, Connie Rice
Responders*: Dr. Percy Clark, Jr., Gary Moody, Cecilia Estolano,
Dr. Joe Condon, Dean Karen Gallagher, Sharon Mayer, Ron Bagel
C. How Should We Fund Collaborative, Stakeholder Master
Planning?
Moderators: Ayahlushim Hammond & Paul Hernandez (GRI Lecture
Hall)
Panel: Chad Wick, Lori Morgan, Steven Bingler, Stephen Castellanos,
Sam Kirk
Responders*: Tom Duffy, Esteban Lizardo, Ali Barar, Judy Seal,
Reuben De Leon
- 3:30 Panels Report-Outs of Recommendations re: Goals
and Next Steps
(Museum Lecture Hall)
3:55 Commentary: David Abel Moderating a Symposium Summary Roundtable
- 4:25 Closing: Ken Robinson
*Responders will be the first called upon to offer comments
from the Audience
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