WHIO and the Dayton Daily News are hosting a panel discussion on school safety issues on Monday, March 12 in Kettering. The event will be broadcast live on WHIO radio and will be live-streamed on Cox Media websites. They also are inviting students, parents and staff from neighboring school districts to attend.
If you are interested in attending, the event will run from 7-8:30 p.m. at Van Buren Middle School, 3775 Shroyer Road, Kettering, 45429. Everyone will enter the school through the front doors, on the Shroyer side. The auditorium is just inside those front doors.
THE PANEL (alphabetically)
- Jerry Ellender, treasurer for Mad River Local Schools
- Scott Inskeep, superintendent for Kettering City Schools
- Hashim Jabar, parent and leader of Racial Justice Now and the West Dayton Youth Task Force
- Peggy Lehner, state senator, chair of the Ohio Senate Education Committee
- Phil Plummer, sheriff for Montgomery County
- Chip Protsman, police chief for the City of Kettering
- Charlie Ross, student at Oakwood High School
- Joni Watson, teacher at Horace Mann PreK-6 School in Dayton
WHIO-TV news anchor James Brown will ask questions of the panelists and moderate the discussion. He will also choose some questions submitted by audience members and present those for debate.
A short story about the event is posted on the DDN and WHIO websites: https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/whio-dayton-daily-broadcast-school-safety-forum-monday/6NH5MOfkLe89EjbvsFfgrI/
