School Superintendents from around the region gathered today at the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex for a meeting on Educational Opportunities at the Space Center.

NASA Kennedy Space Center, Delaware North Park Services of Spaceport (Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex), and Brevard County Schools hosted the meeting to discuss new partnerships with schools, county parks and recreation programs with the Kennedy Space Center. With the help of myregion.org, the Kennedy Space Center was able to make this a regional effort by inviting all of the region’s School Superintendents and county parks and recreation officials to attend. The program included a welcome by Truman Scarborough, Brevard County Commissioner and myregion.org Executive Committee member, and a presentation of the Kennedy Space Center’s goals by JoAnn Morgan, Director, External Relations and Business Development, also a member of the myregion.org Leadership Council. The meeting concluded with a tour of the Space Education Building.

Click image to enlarge Community College Presidents: Larry Durrince, Polk Community College; Ann McGee, Seminole Community College; Michael Gallis, myregion.org Project Consultant; Chuck Mojock, Lake-Sumter Commmunity College; Sanford Shugart, Valencia Community College.

Community College presidents from around the region also met today to discuss regional opportunities at the community college level. Sanford C. Shugart, Ph.D., President, Valencia Community College; Thomas Powell, Special Assistant to the President, Valencia Community College; E. Ann McGee, Ed.D., President, Seminole Community College; Thomas E. Gamble, Ph.D., President, Brevard Community College; and J. Larry Durrence, Ph.D., President, Polk Community College joined Michael Gallis, Project Consultant for myregion.org, Jacob V. Stuart, President, myregion.org, and Joel W. Hass, Chairman, myregion.org, in a roundtable discussion at the Citrus Club in downtown Orlando. Dr. Shugart, Chair of the Community College Workgroup, led a discussion regarding the “Opportunities and Threats” identified by myregion.org during the last twelve months and how education affects many of the Regional Themes adopted by the myregion.org Executive Committee.

These two gatherings of education officials signal the beginning of a regional approach in developing a coordinated education strategy for Central Florida.
Visit www.myregion.org or direct your questions and comments to Shelley Lauten, Project Director, 407.895.2441, or via email at shelley.lauten@orlando.org.