October 15, 2007 TO State Superintendent’s Parents’ Advisory Council Members FROM June St. Clair Atkinson STATE SUPERINTENDENT’S PARENTS’ ADVISORY COUNCIL You are invited to participate in the 2007-08 State Superintendent’s Parents’ Advisory Council meetings. The first meeting of the school year will be held November 7, 2007, in the NC Education Building, 7th Floor State Board of Education Lounge, Raleigh, NC. The event will begin with a light breakfast at 8:30 a.m. followed by the meeting from 9 a.m. until 12 noon. We look forward to your participation and input about important issues facing public education. Two other meetings will be held during the school year. They are tentatively scheduled for the mornings of January 24, 2008, and April 16, 2008. Please confirm your attendance by October 26, 2007, with Frank Pore at fpore@dpi.state.nc.us. If you have suggested agenda items or study group topics for the first meeting, please send them at this time to Mr. Pore. We will follow the format you developed at the last advisory council meeting and complete our work on the guiding principles. We look forward to your participation. JSA/pew OFFICE OF THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT June St. Clair Atkinson, Ed.D., State Superintendent | jatkinson@dpi.state.nc.us 6301 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-6301 | (919) 807-3430 | Fax (919) 807-3445 AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER