Community leaders from across sectors gathered during Alamance Achieves’ annual Community Transformation Council meeting to discuss the state of education in Alamance County. Key speakers included Dr. Patrick Cronin, Dr. Bruce Benson, and Dr. John Stockwell. Presentations included a range of topics including the economic benefit of investing early in children, how ABSS uses data to move forward, and how we as a community can be involved in making change happen.
There were also presentations about local initiatives in Alamance County aimed at improving education outcomes. Local kindergarten teacher, Melissa Blum, presented on Ready Freddy and Kenan Community Impact Fellows Bernadette Cooper and Daniela Ceron presented on Vroom. For more information on these programs as well as the community’s key takeaways from the event, check out our newsletter below!