Separate-Together Working Group
The purpose of this workgroup is to identify ways that churches and public schools can work together to improve achievement in the youth of Boston and reduce the achievement gap. The first Separate Together Working Group meeting was held on September 25, 2008 at the Roxbury Boys and Girls Club and presented the audience with a range of church and para-church histories of engagement with public schools. The invited panelists for the first evening were Rev. Bernadette Hickman-Maynard of 
Roxbury Renaissance Center, Chris Troy of Boston Urban Youth Foundation, and Sam Acevedo of Higher Education Resource Center. The result of that working group was to have more sessions and invite the public school administration to the table so that churches can get information.
On December 4, 2008, neXus Boston sponsored the second Separate Together Working Group meeting at the Center for Urban Ministerial Education. The invited speaker was Irvin Scott, Academic Superintendent for High School of Boston Public Schools. The meetings was so well-received that some of the individuals have decided to continue to meet together monthly to continue brainstorming ways that they, within their organizations or ministries, can tackle some of the problems within Boston Public Schools. Below you will find notes from our first two meetings. 
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Separate-Together Working Group, Meeting 1 Notes