Educators explore school funding

conference on what it means and what it costs to give students a basic education is being hosted by the Center for Professional Development and Education Reform of the Margaret School. The program begins on Tuesday, March 19, at 4 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Airport in Rochester.

Feature speaker Michael Rebell, a lawyer and president of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity--a nonprofit corporation of parent organizations, community school boards, concerned citizens, and advocacy groups that seek to reform the state's education funding system--will discuss how to prepare the next generation of capable citizens by teaching them well in public schools

A panel of local leaders will respond to Rebell's remarks. They are: Dan Drmacich, principal of School Without Walls; Thomas Frey, a lawyer and former Monroe County executive; Ronald J. Mendrick, a lawyer and past president of the Monroe County School Boards Association; Sandra Parker, president of the Industrial Management Council; Andrew Ray, principal of James Madison High School of Excellence; and Miriam Vazquez, principal of Eugenio Maria DeHostos Charter School.

The registration deadline is March 8. Registration fee includes dinner. For more information, call x5-8270 or e-mail garl@ troi.cc.rochester.edu.

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