evening opening?

[Michael Herman]

hello everyone,

we've talked (or written) before about the perils of opening after
lunch.  now i'm wondering what you all think about opening after dinner?

been working with a high school district in chicago's near west
suburbs.  planning meetings have included students, teachers,
principals, on up to pres of the board of ed.  it's to be a
community-wide event to address the question:  "A high school graduate
should have...".  This is a two-school district that sends some kids to
top colleges while others enter and exit with less than second grade
reading.  they're under a lot of pressure to meet state standards
without neglecting the kids who already meet/exceed the standards, and
want more out of their school.

we talked about lots of options for dates, shapes and formats, but in
the end settled back to almost exactly what they started with.
including, opening the space after dinner, at 6:30 friday night!  this
plan, which now seems totally unshakable, includes one breakout session
on friday night.  then we'll have all day saturday in open space and a
chance to converge a bit on the following thursday evening.

i'm already expecting to welcome new topics at morning news on
saturday.  there are many people within the system who are threatening
to boycott the whole thing, which is why they want to get "down to
(real) work" as quickly as possible.  so i'm hoping that the pressures
already present will overcome the drag of friday evening.

any thoughts?

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Michael Herman
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