Registration for this event is now closed! There is not a waiting list, and we will only accept late registrations at the door on Friday if there is space available! Thanks!
Mayor Karl Dean and the Mayor’s Project for Success Task Force are excited to announce “Operation Graduation and Beyond,”
Nashville’s first-ever dropout prevention summit. The goal of this event is to build community awareness, engagement, and ownership of the dropout problem in Nashville.
During the summit, work teams will be established with the task of creating an action plan to help build momentum in dropout prevention and improving graduation rates in
Nashville
public schools. This is an essential step to improve graduation rates in the Nashville community.
Friday, Feb. 1, 2008
Belmont
University-
Curb
Event
Center
2002 Belmont Blvd.
8 am – 3 pm
Cost:
FREE EVENT-Breakfast and Lunch Provided!
Schedule:
8-8:45 am Registration and Networking
8:45 am Welcome by Mayor Dean
9:30 -11 am Morning Sessions
11:15 am - 1 pm Lunch
1-3 pm Afternoon Sessions
3 pm Closing Remarks
Keynote Speakers and special presenters include:
Mayor Karl Dean, Mayor of
Metropolitan
Nashville
Davidson
County
Judge Betty Adams Green,
Davidson County Juvenile Court
Nettie Legters, Center for Social Organization of Schools,
Johns
Hopkins
University
Conrado Garcia, principal,
Moody
High School
,
Corpus Christi
,
TX
Harvey Chism,
Philadelphia
Youth Network
Michelle Yanche, Neighborhood Family Services Coalition, NY
Andrew Moore, National League of Cities-Institute for Youth, Education and Families
Kanesha Butler, Senior,
Maplewood
High School
Rick Delano, Ford Motor Fund
Seating is limited! RSVP Deadline is Monday, Jan. 28th!
RSVP: REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED!
Online: Click "Register Now" in the right column under Quick Links
Fax: Download and print a Registration Form and fax it to Tara Moore at 256-9335
*No confirmation will be sent prior to the event
*We are unable to accept RSVP's by phone or email
The Curb Event Center is located on the campus of Belmont University in the Southwest section of Nashville, about two miles from downtown.
Click here for a parking map. (Look for #17 on the map)
From I-65:
Follow I-65 to exit 81, Wedgewood Avenue. Turn Right at the bottom of the ramp onto Wedgewood. Follow Wedgewood and turn Left on 15th Avenue. Turn Right on Bernard. Turn Right into the parking garage. Park and go to the 3rd floor of the garage, then follow the covered walkway ('pedestrian exit') to the Curb Event Center/Maddox Grand Atrium entrance, which is on the East side of the building.
From I-40/I-24:
Take I-440 to Exit 3 (21st Avenue) and proceed to Blair Boulevard. Turn Right onto Blair Blvd. which dead ends at Belmont Boulevard. Turn Left on Belmont and follow to Bernard Avenue (1/4 mile). Turn Right at Bernard and go up the hill to the garage entrance. Turn Left into the parking garage. Park and go to the 3rd floor of the garage, then follow the covered walkway ('pedestrian exit') to the Curb Event Center/Maddox Grand Atrium entrance, which is on the East side
of the building.