Dear Highland Park, The Pittsburgh Public School District has scheduled a public hearing for our proposed Education InnovationsLAB Charter School on December 12, 2005. The public hearing will begin at 6:30 p.m. and will be held in Conference Room A at the Board of Education's Administration Building, located on 341 South Bellefield Avenue. We believe that we can work with the school district to bring about innovative programs that will not only help narrow the achievement gap, but will prepare students to transform the region and to lead the nation in innovation. We hope we can find supporters amongst our friends in the neighborhood. The procedure for getting on the list of speakers is pasted below. Pittsburgh Public Schools' Public Hearing Procedures: The hearing will be conducted under the following procedures: # Each speaker on agenda or non-agenda items will be limited to three minutes of testimony. All speakers should submit, if possible, 11 copies of their testimony at the time they are called to speak. # A speaker may not relinquish his or her allotted time to another. # All speakers, regardless of their viewpoint, are entitled to the courtesy of speaking without interruption from those who might disagree. Failure to extend this courtesy could result in the adjournment of the meeting. # Speakers must call personally to be placed on the agenda. They will be scheduled in the order the calls are received. # Requests to speak at the public hearing will be accepted in the Superintendent's Office from the time the agenda is released until noon of the day of the hearing, December 12. Call 412-622-3600. Please feel free to call me with any questions. Salvador Wilcox CEO Education Innovations, Inc. 6435 Frankstown Ave., 2nd Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15206 412.661.8751 ext. 150 www.educationinnovations.org Education Innovations, Inc. is a 501.c.3. nonprofit organization "building communities of seekers, learners, and teachers who share the world as a classroom." We do our work through your generous tax-deductible donations.