Senate Education Committee
Keystone Exams
Monday, August 26, 2013
9:30 a.m.
Valley Forge Middle School
(Directions)
| 9:30-9:40 | Opening Remarks Senator Mike Folmer, Majority Chairman Senator Andrew Dinniman, Minority Chairman |
| 9:40-9:45 | Welcome by Dr. Richard Gusick, Director of Curriculum and Staff Development, Tredyffrin/Easttown School District |
| 9:45-10:10 | History of the Keystone Exams |
| Senator Jeff Piccola, (Ret.) Former Chairman of the Senate Education Committee | |
| 10:10-10:30 | Concerned Parents |
| Ms. Karen Cruickshank, Board Member, Tredyffrin/Easttown School District | |
| Ms. Tracy Karwoski, Garnet Valley School District | |
| 10:30-10:40 | W. Gerard Oleksiak, Vice President, Pennsylvania State Education Association |
| 10:40-11:15 | Panel |
| Dr. Joseph J. O’Brien, Executive Director, Chester County Intermediate Unit | |
| Dr. William S. Keilbaugh, Superintendent, Haverford Township School District | |
| Ms. Rosemary Fiumara, Board Member, Garnet Valley School District Attachment |
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| Mr. Charles Madden III, Board Member, Radnor Township School District Attachment |
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| Mr. Kevin Kane, Director of Student Services and Special Education, Radnor Township | |
| 11:15-11:30 | Ms. Joan Benso, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children Attachment |
| 11:30-11:45 | Dr. Mark DiRocco, Superintendent, Lewisburg Area School District |
| 11:45-12:00 | Pennsylvania Department of Education and State Board of Education |
| Dr. Carolyn Dumaresq, Deputy Secretary, Office of Elementary & Secondary Education | |
| Ms. Karen Molchanow, Executive Director, State Board of Education | |
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Additional Written Testimony: |
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