The Parents’ Association met each month during the academic year. Each meeting featured a guest speaker. Those speakers included Robert Zimmer, President of the University of Chicago and a Lab parent, Janet Rowley, a distinguished medical geneticist, a Lab alumna, Lab parent, and Lab grandparent, and Catie Bell, a Lab English teacher, and Joe Kallo, the Lab Webmaster. Catie and Joe gave a presentation on John Dewey and his leadership at Lab in its early days. The best-attended meeting was one devoted to behavioral issues involving middle school students, planned by Cate Plys and Christena Nippert-Eng, both Lab parents.

This year the format of the Parents Association meetings was changed. The Board of the PA met each month in the hour before the public meeting to carry out the routine business of the Association. The larger public meeting was devoted to the program and the reports of the Director and the Principals, as well as an open forum for parent comment.

Respectfully submitted,

Richard Mintel, President

UCLS Parents’ Association, 2007-2008

Posted on June 28th, 2008 by Anne Ryan
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