{"id":6238,"date":"2023-07-10T09:07:45","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T14:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/communications\/?page_id=6238"},"modified":"2024-09-16T07:53:32","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T12:53:32","slug":"citizens-education-academy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/communications\/citizens-education-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"Citizens Education Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Citizens Education Academy<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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The Citizens Education Academy will provide Lincoln citizens a hands-on interactive public information program that familiarizes and gives them a true, behind-the-scenes sense of Lincoln Public Schools. The Academy will provide citizens with insight into how our school district works, promote open lines of community engagement and communication, provide opportunities for citizen feedback, and establish clearer understanding from both sides.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Participants will gain a better, deeper understanding of the school district and an increased sense of ownership in local schools \u2014 creating understanding advocates of public education in our community \u2013 and LPS will gain a better, deeper understanding of citizen perspective.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Basics<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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This unique, no-charge public outreach program will be open to approximately 30 people from our community (18 and older) with five sessions during the first semester \u2014 featuring a heavy dose of unique encounters. All sessions will happen in school settings.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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We are now accepting applications to the 2024 Fall Academy. Click the button below to submit your application. Notifications and information will be sent by August 16, 2024. For questions, please contact Mindy Burbach at mburbach@lps.org.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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2024 Fall Schedule<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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All sessions will run from 5-8 p.m. starting with a tour of the building.
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Robinson Elementary School<\/b><\/p>

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    Northeast High School<\/b><\/p>\n

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      Yankee Hill Education Center<\/b><\/p>

      • Tour<\/li>
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        Park Middle School<\/b><\/p>

        • Tour<\/li>
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          Steve Joel District Leadership Center<\/b><\/p>

          • Getting Involved<\/li>
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            Citizens Education Academy Mission The Citizens Education Academy will provide Lincoln citizens a hands-on interactive public information program that familiarizes and gives them a true, behind-the-scenes sense of Lincoln Public Schools. The Academy will provide citizens with insight into how our school district works, promote open lines of community engagement and communication, provide opportunities for citizen feedback, and establish clearer understanding from both sides. Goal Participants will gain a better, deeper understanding of the school district and an increased sense of ownership in local schools \u2014 creating understanding advocates of public education in our community \u2013 and LPS will gain a better, deeper understanding of citizen perspective. Basics This unique, no-charge public outreach program will be open to approximately 30 people from our community (18 and older) with five sessions during the first semester \u2014 featuring a heavy dose of unique encounters. All sessions will happen in school settings. Apply to participate We are now accepting applications to the 2024 Fall Academy. Click the button below to submit your application. Notifications and information will be sent by August 16, 2024. For questions, please contact Mindy Burbach at mburbach@lps.org. LPS Citizens Education Academy Application 2024 Fall Schedule All sessions will run from 5-8 p.m. starting with a tour of the building. Participants are asked to commit to attending all four sessions. August 21 Robinson Elementary School Welcome LPS by the Numbers Elementary and Secondary Education School libraries September 18 Northeast High School Early Childhood Education Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Focus Programs and TCA October 16 Yankee Hill Education Center Tour School Safety Student Services Special Education November 20 Park Middle School Tour Buildings and Bond Issues School Finance Federal Program December 6 Steve Joel District Leadership Center Getting Involved Civic Engagement Graduation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6238","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2JDXt-1CC","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6238"}],"version-history":[{"count":52,"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7559,"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6238\/revisions\/7559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}