West Virginia Dropout Prevention Summit
State Summit on High School Graduation & Dropout Prevention
July 14, 2009
Convener: West Virginia’s Promise (an initiative in partnership with the WV Department of Education and the Arts)
Estimated Attendance: 200
Summit Location: Charleston Civic Center; Charleston, WV
Highlights:
Governor and First Lady Manchin facilitated eight regional summits which culminated with a state summit focused on increasing rigor and improving educational outcomes for students. Speakers at the state summit included the Governor and Steven Paine, State Superintendent of Schools. Participants included representatives from the state school board and teams of local delegations from throughout the state. As a result of the summit an action planning team has been formed that will make policy recommendations to the Governor and legislature for consideration in the 2010 session.
Round Table Sessions
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Why do students dropout out of school?
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What are the solutions?
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Identify recommended best practices
Summit Planning Team:
Governor’s Office
Gayle Manchin First Lady of WV
State Agencies
Clifford Cunningham, West Virginia Partnership to Assure Student Success, wvclear@wvstate.edu
Patricia Lally, Department of Maternal and Child Health, plally@email.unc.edu
Jack Wiseman, West Virginia Partnership to Assure Student Success, jwiseman@wvosea.org
Brett Sansom, West Virginia Department of Education and the Arts, bsansom@wvosea.org
Patty McGrew, Director WV Adolescent Health Initiative pattymcgrew@wvdhhr.org
Young People
Children’s Home Society of West Virginia
Mission West Virginia
Education
Adam Green, Research and Planning Analyst WV Higher Education Policy Commission, green@hepc.wenet.edu
Patricia Lucus, Education for Homeless, Attendance, Student Placement WV Department of Educationptlucas@acess.k12.wv.us
Ralph Miller, Partnership Program Manager, The Education Alliance, ralphmiller@educationalliance.org
Melanie Purkey, State Department of Educationmpurkey@access.k12.wv.us
Patty McGrew, Adolescent Health Initiative, pattymcgrew@wvdhhr.org
Nonprofit Partners
Pam Dugan, Statewide Director, WV’s Promise, pdugan@frontiernet.net
Greg Puckett, CADCA
Patty Ralston, VISTA Leader, Children’s Home Society
State Legislators and other elected officials
Mary Poling, Delegate House Education Chair, marypoli@mail.wvnet.edu
West Virginia's Dropout Prevention Action Plan
Contact:
Pam Dugan
Statewide Director
West Virginia’s Promise- The Alliance For Youth
HC 66 Box 1 F Frankford, WV 24938
Phone: 304-661-1460
Email:
pdugan@frontiernet.net