It’s the summer, and the thought of school is far from the minds of many. But a summit that was held in May to address Albuquerque’s high drop-out rate was just the start of the discussion for area education professionals. Host David Alire Garcia sits down with some of them to do a follow-up on the “Drop-Out Summit.” “New Mexico in Focus,” KNME-TV channel 5’s weekly hour-long public affairs show, will air on Friday, June 26 at 7 p.m. on KNME-TV channel 5.1 and repeat on Sunday, June 28 at 6:30 a.m.
Joining Alire Garcia this week are Paul Broome, education coordinator with the Office of the Mayor and Franklin Schargel, an educator, author and president of Schargel Consulting.
Also on this week’s episode:
· Co-host Gene Grant and “The Line” panelists continue the discussion about Albuquerque’s school system
· A look at the vote to ban the release of torture photos
· “The Line” panelists discuss the crackdown on crime
· Manny Ramirez’s return to baseball after an extended suspension for violating Major League Baseball’s Performance Enhancing Drug policy. His first stop? The Albuquerque Isotopes.
Grant and regular “The Line” panelists Whitney Waite Cheshire and Jim Scarantino will be joined by guest panelists Margaret Montoya with the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center and CUNY School of Law, and Teresa Cordova, a former Bernalillo County commissioner and professor with the University of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning.
“New Mexico in Focus” is produced by Kevin McDonald and Kathy Wimmer and closed captioning has been made possible by a gift from Mrs. Elspeth G. Bobbs.
Media Contact: Evy Todd, (505) 277-1218; e-mail: etodd@knme.org
Posted by scarr at June 25, 2009 04:54 PM