Photo by Paul Engstrom/Skillman Foundation Osborn High School's Carlessta Yurko listens during Mr. Loos' 10th-grade biology class.

Community role in creating successful schools
is topic of December meetings

Fix our schools. That's what we've been hearing from Detroiters involved in the Skillman Foundation's Good Neighborhoods work the past three years. America's Promise recently ranked the 50 largest U.S. school districts on high school graduation rates, and Detroit was rated worst. Our children deserve better.

The Skillman Foundation wants Good Schools for all Detroit kids. Other big-city school districts are making great strides in improving their high schools – and Detroit can too.

We want to help Detroit kids succeed in high school, graduate from college, and lead productive lives as adults.

The Foundation will hold a series of neighborhood meetings on how to fix Detroit schools. The meetings are targeted at residents of the Cody/Rouge, Brightmoor, Northend, Osborn, Chadsey/Condon and Vernor neighborhoods, but anyone may attend.

Detroit families will hear strategies for preparing kids to succeed in high school, graduate from college, and lead productive lives as adults. Free dinner and child care will be provided.

Our children get one shot at getting a good education. It is the community’s responsibility to make sure they succeed. Please join us at a neighborhood meeting. Kids matter here.

Related coverage

• To view photos from the December 2008 neighborhood education meetings, please click here .
• To read about the Brightmoor and Cody/Rouge meeting, please click here .
• To read about the Northend, Osborn, Chadsey/Condon and Vernor meetings, please click here .