This year, the League of Women Voters’ members nationwide are studying the Role of the Federal Government in Public Education, and the local Glendale/Burbank chapter program on this subject, open to the public, is taking place Wednesday night.
Joylene Wagner, Glendale Unified School Board President, and Nayiri Nahabedian, Glendale Unified School Board Clerk, are both members of the League of Women Voters of Glendale/Burbank, and will co-moderate a panel discussion on this subject Wednesday, September 21, beginning at 7 p.m. in the Glendale Unified School District Meeting room, 223 N. Jackson Street, Glendale.
Panel guests include
Dr. Richard Sheehan, Superintendent, Glendale Unified School District
Mr. Stan Carrizosa, Superintendent, Burbank Unified School District (pending)
Dr. John Garcia, Deputy Superintendent, Glendale Unified School District
Dr. Katherine Thorossian, Asst. Superintendent, Glendlae Unified School District
Ms. Lori Adams, Math Teacher, President of the Burbank Teachers’ Assoc.
Several students from Clark Magnet High School (pending)
The forum is open to the public and written questions can be submitted on the night of the panel discussion.
The mission of the League of Women Voters is to provide outstanding voter education and to encourage citizen engagement. Part of that mission involves studying important public policy issues to educate members, and, if a consensus is reached on a position, to publicly advocate for change.