MEDIA CONTACT: Aimee Lewis aimee.lewis@rochester.edu
585.275.0777 or Sharon Dickman sdickman@rochester.edu
585.275.4128

November 23, 2005

Warner School Forum on Children's Zone

TIME, DATE, AND PLACE: 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, in the Gowen Room of Wilson Commons on the University's River Campus.

ADMISSION: Free and open to the public, but registration is required. Contact Janet Moore at (585) 275-9929.

Presentation on "Becoming Part of the Community Development Process: The Rochester Children's Zone" with Jana Carlisle, chief planning officer for the Rochester City School District. Second in a series of Urban Teaching and Leadership Forums sponsored by the Margaret Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development at the University of Rochester.

Rochester Children's Zone is an initiative for northeast Rochester where Schools 6, 8, 9, 22, 36, and 45 are located. The area is home to more than 2,600 children and has the city's highest rates of poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, and crime.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Visit www.rochester.edu/warner or call (585) 275-9929.

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