Colorado State Board of Education member Evie Hudak, Colorado State Senator Sue Windels and Arvada Mayor Ken Fellman will host a "Conversation 2007" meeting in Arvada on Saturday, Sept. 29 from 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. at Arvada City Hall (8101 Ralston Rd.) The public is invited.

The discussions will continue Tuesday, Oct. 2, when State Board of Education members Randy DeHoff and Elaine Gantz Berman host another session at the Independence Institute Offices, 13952 Denver West Parkway, from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Conversation 2007 is an opportunity for all Coloradoans to help shape the future of Colorado education-preschool through graduate school (P-20)-by engaging in a series of guided conversations with other members of their local community and elected representatives.

Through a partnership with members of the Colorado General Assembly and a coalition of public, private and non-profit leaders, a series of frank and open conversations about P-20 education are taking place throughout the summer and fall of 2007.

The results of these conversations will be available on an ongoing basis on a dedicated Web site, and ultimately compiled into a comprehensive report that will be presented to the Governor's P-20 Education Coordinating Council.

Additional meetings will be held in Lakewood (Oct. 9), Colorado Springs (Oct. 11), Fort Collins (Oct. 17), Grand Junction (Oct. 17), and Longmont (Oct. 20).

For more information about "Conversation 2007," visit the http://www.conversation2007.org/ Web site.

The meeting series is sponsored by Bell Policy Center, the Colorado Association of School Boards, the Colorado Association of School Executives, The Colorado Education Association, Club 20, Donnell-Kay Foundation, Great Education Colorado, the Independence Institute, Jared Polis Foundation, Piton Foundation, the Public Education and Business Coalition, the Colorado Foundation for Families and Children and a host of legislators and elected state officials.

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