Mayor Franklin, the City of Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs and the Atlanta Public School System Announce the Cultural Experience Project

WHO:	Mayor Shirley Franklin, Director of Cultural Affairs, Camille Love, Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent, Dr. Beverly Hall, Turner Broadcasting System Inc. Vice President of Corporate Responsibility, Steve Smith, and Atlanta Opera General Director Dennis Hanthorn
WHAT:	News conference to announce the Atlanta Public School System Cultural Experience Project followed by the Atlanta Opera performance of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess for APS 9th graders
WHEN:	Monday, November 14, 2005 9:30 -10:30 AM
WHERE:	Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center Mezzanine-Loge Level 395 Piedmont Avenue, N.E. Atlanta, GA 30308
COMMENTS:	The Cultural Experience Project will ensure that every K-12 student in the Atlanta Public School System will have an onsite cultural experience each year at no cost to them. Various cultural organizations, venues and corporate sponsors have committed to work toward achieving this vision in the 2005-2006 school year.  The idea is, “one grade, one venue, guaranteed”

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