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Schools as Community Resources |
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Working through educational system to meet family needs in neighborhoods (even needs that aren't educational). |
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Schools open in evening to meet family needs (educational, child care, etc.). |
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Improve adult educational programs - increase literacy among adults. |
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Work on ways to encourage continuing education other than parents. |
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More magnet schools (i.e. college type) specializing in career choices including leadership training and possibilities. |
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Involve a larger trans-section of students in community projects. |
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Spend more time teaching better morals to our future leaders. |
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Have community service days for high schools. |
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Attract major business/corporations to the community with mentor/intern opportunities and community involvement to offer young people opportunity (jobs) ( "at home-in 9-county region). |
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Create magnet schools. |
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Set up place for immigrant kids and families to provide education and support to help them better adapt to the community. |
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Schools should encourage more community involvement. |
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Schools should adopt a community service program. |
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Schools and libraries and gyms open on weekends and during summer so they become useful neighborhood community facilities. |
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After school recreation for all of the community. |
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Department of Education forced to give up hold on properties for some use. |
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Imagine multi-use of public facilities as neighborhood centers for programs. |
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Coordinate education in counties, in course scheduling and interrelated activities and use the buildings more than 8 hours/day. |
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Take more advantage of the University's resources. |
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Better and more efficient utilization of our school buildings. |
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More ways to take advantage of the higher education centers. |
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Charter schools and more magnet schools. |
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University should create better programs for adults wishing to return to college. |
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UT becomes viable, caring, active member of region. |
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Provide violence prevention training to all school children, teachers provided sensitivity training and violence prevention. |
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Utilize educational facilities by all ages. |
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Emphasize education and adult life, especially education people to a non-violent, non-abusive way of living, including life skills training by at least ninth grade. |
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Make schools the center of our community to be used year-round with adult education, daycare, recreation and arts. |
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Make more extra-curricular courses for all ages, I.e., summer courses. |
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To increase adult educational opportunity. |
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Develop community and continuing education programs using schools. |
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School resource officers and meetings with children on safety. |
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Public education expanded to adults. |
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Schools as community centers. |
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Improve literacy program. |
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More school programs that teach children to become involved in community. |
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One-hundred percent literacy of the population across all ages in the region. |
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More accountability between education departments and the community. |
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Use educational buildings for public gatherings. |
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More parental involvement and accountability for their children in every aspect of their education. |
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Re-educate adults - improve adult literacy - more volunteers to help educate/retrain adults. |
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Library linkage to regional area - free |
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Ample resources for "at risk" children and adolescents |
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Adult assistance in schools with school involvement clubs |
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Better use of UT facilities for whole community. |
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Adults more involved in schools (support groups). |
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Utilize school facilities for other community needs. |
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Opportunity for community college classes for young and old. |
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More learning centers. |
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School farm like at UT. |
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Provide college classes locally. |
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Satellite college/adult educational classes available in communities particularly Grainger county. |
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More community support for schools. |
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LOTS of improvement, LOTS of participation in the school system(s). |
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Utilize all county-owned school buildings and facilities for community projects or extended educational programs year round. |
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More community involvement in local schools -- could include mentoring, technical support. |
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After-school care programs. |
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Inform and motivate adults toward educational attainment. |
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Educational interaction between law enforcement and youth. |
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Better cooperation and involvement among teachers, parents, and administrators. |
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Job shadowing for all children. |
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100% literacy so that every citizen can read and write. |
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More opportunities for young to interact with elderly -- i.e. schools near facilities for elderly. |
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Community centers that are multi-use (wellness, daycare, elder care, technology center for public access, playground). |
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Fully utilize schools 12-16 hours per day, 6 days a week. |
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Higher education facility. |
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Evening vocational training |
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Vocational/technical school teaching trade skills (refrigeration, electrical, etc.). |
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Long range plans for education and environment. |
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Educational opportunities. |
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Literacy campaign, young and old. |
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Create centers where people of all ages can work and learn together. |
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Fitness facility for all ages (YMCA) teaching fitness, nutrition, etc. |
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Share schools. |
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More home school support. |
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Improve the view that the community has toward education. |
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Improve adult education. |
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Junior achievement programs in our schools. |
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Involve Roane State in a day-to-day operating strategy for the entire community; Roane State must be more approachable for its citizens, and citizens must be willing to approach Roane State. |
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Need to work with local schools to enhance and use community college resources. |
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CPR is required in high schools and a first responder available throughout the region. |
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Community awareness/ caring as a part of school curriculum. |
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More students to be able to attend college at home (4 year program in Roane). |
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Better adult education, especially for high school grads. |
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Comprehensive resource lists of volunteers and resources for educators/libraries within the region. |
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Expand/network between communities and education facilities and agencies such as Arts Council. |
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Full service schools. |
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Increase adult education: vocational/technical training. |
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Give all the schools and communities more areas for sports. |
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Make community service required in middle, high school and college. |
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Better cooperation between community colleges and University of Tennessee. |
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Extend school hours to offer more. |
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Use schools for more youth programming: small business, environmental, arts, community service. |
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Program with help and retraining for farmers producing tobacco. |
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More foreign language education in our community. |
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Intensive development of junior colleges and trade schools. |
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More community involvement in schools through mentoring, volunteer programs, education fairs. |
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Fully-funded trade school for mechanical trades. |
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Organization to connect classrooms to guest teachers (local notables). |
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Increase adult literacy. |
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Maintain neighborhood schools, particularly elementary levels. |
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Excellent education for all people across region; attitude of support and involvement. |
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Good schools that are well-planned, diverse, and offer activities of community interest year-round. |
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Expand our school system to include technical schools to train our citizens to fill jobs. |
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Inter-county adult education, special interests, etc. |
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More adult vocational education in Blount County. |
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Stop destroying local communities by closing local schools. |
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More direct community input into school systems and their management. |
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Respect and support education at all levels. |
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Strong education system. |
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More citizens input in planning schools and environment. |
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Promote community schools. |
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Improved life long educational system. |
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Something for children after school. |
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Use schools to teach character and to create inclusive environment for everyone. |
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Return to neighborhood schools, more sidewalks. |
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Improve adult education. |
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Saturday morning pix-it classes. |
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Better educational and social services for youth. |
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Embrace life time learning from birth to grave. |
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After school programs; more cooperation between county schools and churches to provide after school summer programs. |
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Multi-use of public facilities as community centers. |
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The university to become a leader in the area. |
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Build community schools in the community. |
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Put resources into our public schools. |
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Schools to be used as community centers at evenings and weekends. |
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Pay college students well to help with PE, art, music, lunch and sports programs after school. |
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Upgrade South Knoxville neighborhood schools. |
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All the counties would develop good relationships with colleges and universities. |
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Educational opportunities for all. |
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Regional-wide after school care. |
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Encourage more community college presence in region. |
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Configure public schools to serve as community centers for lots of activities in addition to adult education. |
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More interaction between parents, children and schools. |
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Focus on education to have more people get their high school diplomas. |
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Create park camps to provide national environmental education for children, teachers, etc. |
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Expansion of community programs; boys and girls clubs, etc. to provide structured, organized activities for teens. |
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The establishment in Sevier County of a locally controlled private collage. |
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Establish magnet schools in the nine county region. |
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Community buildings offering help and resources, I.e., food, spiritual needs, health care, job search, clothing, etc. |
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For senior adults, art instruction and appreciation - funding assistance for those on fixed income. |
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Best school facilities and curriculum for public education. |
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Have public classes from languages to government. |
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More mental health services within the school system. |
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Increase access to education and job skill training. |
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More and smaller schools. |
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Better school systems for the unfortunate. |
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Year round schools to utilize existing facilities. |
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Heightened awareness of community services projects for young people. |
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Restoration of abandoned schools. |
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21st century of open zone schools downtown. |
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More collaboration between social health and educational agencies. |
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Recreate schools as activity centers and directly connected to the adult world. |
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Schools become community centers; day or night for education, vocational, community organizations. Together we can support each other's families and children. |
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Integrate community volunteers into the school system. |
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Community exchange programs to encourage participation in other areas of community regions. |
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Mold young inquiring minds with older learned minds in work groups for community projects and problem solving. |