Mayor's Office of Children and Youth

Operation Graduation & Beyond

The Mayor's Office and Alignment Nashville hosted the first countywide graduation summit in partnership with 11 other community organizations on Feb. 1, 2008. The day-long event included a keynote address by Nettie Legters, a research scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Social Organization of Schools. Facilitated work groups at the end of the day compiled comments and ideas from attendees and reported them back to the members of Mayor Karl Dean's Project for Student Success task force.

Part 1: Welcome and Overview

  • Rev. Neely Williams, emcee
  • Bob Fisher, president of Belmont University
  • Marguerite Kondracke , President and CEO of America’s Promise Alliance
  • Karl Dean, Mayor

Part 2: Welcome and Overview

  • Karl Dean, Mayor
  • Rev. Neely Williams, emcee
  • Betty Adams Green, Davidson County Juvenile Court Judge

Part 3: Welcome and Overview

  • Betty Adams Green, Davidson County Juvenile Court Judge
Keynote
  • Marsha Warden, Chairman, the Metropolitan Board of Public Education
  • Nettie Legters, Johns Hopkins University

Part 4: Keynote

  • Nettie Legters, Johns Hopkins University

Part 5: Keynote

  • Nettie Legters, Johns Hopkins University

Part 6: Keynote

  • Nettie Legters, Johns Hopkins University

Part 7: Keynote

  • Nettie Legters, Johns Hopkins University
  • Rev. Neely Williams, emcee