tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186797.post7315445570422624864..comments2023-12-29T05:24:43.830-06:00Comments on Kay Brooks: Inaugural at CourthouseKay Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06073075957511329333noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186797.post-37188563336262791932007-09-20T04:53:00.000-05:002007-09-20T04:53:00.000-05:00Kay -- I thought you and your readers would be int...Kay -- I thought you and your readers would be interested in this -<BR/><BR/>NASHVILLE, Tenn. - On his first full day as mayor, Karl Dean will lead a mayoral town hall meeting at Pearl-Cohn High School on Monday.<BR/><BR/>The former law director and public defender won the Sept. 11 runoff election against former Congressman Bob Clement.<BR/><BR/>Dean's inauguration ceremony begins at noon Friday at the Public Square Historic Courthouse. A reception and open house at the courthouse will immediately follow.<BR/><BR/>Dean succeeds Mayor Bill Purcell, Metro's fifth mayor. Purcell will teach at Harvard University this fall and teach at Hume-Fogg Academic High School and join Tennessee State University as interim dean of the university's College of Public Service and Urban Affairs.<BR/><BR/>The 90-minute town hall meeting is open to all Metro parents, students, teachers and citizens. It is the first in a series of regular town hall meetings Dean will hold across the city. <BR/><BR/>"On day one, I am going to bring a new focus from the Office of the Mayor to the challenges we face in our schools," Dean said in a statement. "Our schools need new ideas and more parental and community involvement, and with the help of all Nashvillians, these town hall meetings will be part of the start of both. I look forward to hearing from parents and students in the Pearl-Cohn community."<BR/><BR/>The meeting begins at 6 p.m. in the auditorium of Pearl-Cohn High School, 904 26th Ave. N. Representatives from Metro Schools, the Metro Board of Education, Metro Council and members of Dean's staff also will attend.<BR/><BR/>…din819gohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05148195871366562486noreply@blogger.com