Series of Public Town Hall Planning Meetings Set for New High School in Dublin, Calif.
Three Initial “Tassajara Prep” Town Hall Meetings Scheduled to Gather Vital Input from Parents and Community Leaders, and Shape Direction of Planned College-Prep Public High School
Dublin, Calif. – October 15, 2009 – Dublin Learning Corporation today announced plans for a series of town hall meetings for Tassajara Preparatory High School, an independently-operated, fully credentialed public educational institution that is planned to open in Dublin, Calif. in August 2012.
The town hall meetings will offer a unique opportunity for parents, educators, community members, and local business and government leaders to learn more about plans for Tassajara Prep, volunteer for a variety of planning committees, and provide vital input that will help shape the scope and development of the new Dublin high school. The schedule and locations for the initial town hall meetings are as follows:
- Town hall meeting #1 – Dublin Library Community Room, 200 Civic Plaza – Oct. 20, 2009, 7pm
- Town hall meeting #2 – Dublin City Hall Regional Meeting Room, 100 Civic Plaza – Oct. 27, 2009, 7pm
- Town hall meeting #3 – Dublin Library Community Room, 200 Civic Plaza – Nov. 3, 2009, 7pm
“Parental and community involvement is critical to the success of Tassajara Prep,” said Rully Kusuma, president of Dublin Learning Corporation. “From the beginning, we wanted to create a world-class high school that will reflect the goals and priorities of the community as a whole and help our students better prepare for life beyond high school. Our hope is that these meetings will provide Dublin residents with an open, interactive environment that encourages them to get involved in all aspects of the planning process so that Tassajara Prep will ultimately become a school that we can all be proud of.”
About Tassajara Prep
Tassajara Prep was established to meet the needs of the increasingly diverse and rapidly expanding population in Dublin, Calif. The new public high school will be designed to offer a unique educational program that celebrates academic rigor, reflects the highest civic standards and provides students with the foundation to succeed in top universities and beyond. Formed with the goal of delivering an ideal combination of challenging curricula and innovative teaching practices from leading instructors, Tassajara Prep will emphasize parent and community involvement, a collaborative, student-focused learning environment, an expanded choice of Advanced Placement (AP) courses & extracurricular enrichment programs, and the integration of state-of-the-art teaching & learning technologies.
About Dublin Learning Corporation (DLC)
Dublin Learning Corporation is a non-profit organization committed to improving the Dublin community by providing expanded educational options for families. More information about DLC and Tassajara Prep is available at www.tassajaraprep.org.
4:57 AM on October 16th, 2009
The first meeting should be very interesting. I will be curious to see which moles from DUSD show up.
9:38 PM on October 24th, 2009
Unfortunately I wasn’t able to make the meeting, but I see across Twitter and Facebook that this meeting was full of information, passion, and sarcasm. However, only the negative comments float up to the internet, and none of the positive ones.
Can more information from the town hall be posted on Around Dublin or on the Tassajara Prep web site? I think DUSD would publish minutes of their public sessions and town halls, so if Tassajara Prep is proposing to be a public school in this district, they should follow in suit for their town halls.
I’m on the fence about Tassajara Prep and DHS – but I would like to hear the information from the meeting and how this charter school will be competitive with DHS. I would LOVE to have a new high school closer to home, but the fundamentals around the academic, athletic, and social growth of any school are key. We need to remember that no information will be impartial. DLC will support the charter school. Others will support DHS and be closed off to the possibilities. I would like to have the information come out anyhow so I could make my own assessment.
9:22 AM on October 30th, 2009
Wow….really sad. Tassajara Prep? What a waste of energy, time and money.
Schaefer Ranch has begun construction in the western hills.
Dublin High School is virtually in the geographical center of the CITY OF DUBLIN.
DHS offers everything and more as a comprehensive high school. Alumni include White house speech writers, lawyers, doctors, professional athletes, Major league managers, etc. Just a few of the colleges DHS students have graduated from: Yale, Stanford, U.C Berkeley, Princeton, U. of Maryland, every U. C. in the state of California…just to name a few.
Seriously, you must be kidding!
Also, every high school in the valley has students that travel 15-30 minutes to get to their high school…call and ask them…I have.