Forsyth County Schools &

Forsyth County Schools & Cumming-Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce

PROPEL: The Economics of Education Summit

September 10, 2010

8:30 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks

Tracy Moon

Chair

Cumming-Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce

8:45 a.m. The Economics of Education

Dr. Steve Dolinger

President

Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education

9:15 a.m. PROPEL: From Engage Me to Challenge Me

Dr. Buster Evans

Superintendent

Forsyth County Schools

9:30 a.m. Calculating the Graduation Rate

Sue Derison

Director of Information Systems and Support

Forsyth County Schools

9:45 a.m. Directions for Break-Out Sessions

Dr. Donna O’Neal

Director

Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education

10:00 a.m. Break

10:15 a.m. Break-Out Sessions

* Community and Family Communication and Involvement

* Relevance to Life After High School

* Transitions from Elementary to Middle to High School

* Identification of At-risk Learners and Action Steps

* Student-Educator Relationships

11:30 a.m. Reports from Break-Out Sessions

11:55 a.m. Closing Remarks

12:00 noon Adjourn