{"id":1159,"date":"2010-01-22T07:41:34","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T11:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1159"},"modified":"2010-01-22T07:41:55","modified_gmt":"2010-01-22T11:41:55","slug":"let-them-hear-what-you-have-to-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1159","title":{"rendered":"Let them hear what you have to say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Concerned about how our state is handling public education issues? You will have <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.tampabay.com\/schools\/\">some influential ears<\/a> on Monday in Pasco County.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Pasco County state representatives Will Weatherford and John Legg, each of whom chairs key education panels in the House, have joined forces with Pasco School Board chairman Allen Altman to convene an education summit to gather that local input.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Florida Education Commissioner Eric J. Smith got word of Monday&#8217;s upcoming summit, which features two panel discussions plus a town hall session, and decided he wanted to come. He&#8217;s bringing K-12 chancellor Frances Haithcock with him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The summit, which is open to the public, is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday at Sunlake High School in Land O&#8217;Lakes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Concerned about how our state is handling public education issues? You will have some influential ears on Monday in Pasco County. Pasco County state representatives Will Weatherford and John Legg, each of whom chairs key education panels in the House, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1159\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-iH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1127,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1127","url_meta":{"origin":1159,"position":0},"title":"Pasco school board candidate wants alternatives","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"October 1, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"School board elections for a newly opening seat in Pasco County are still a way off, but some candidates are already popping up. 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