Dear Esmerelda,

In reading your story of the program improvement process at the Union City 
Adult Learning Center, I have a couple of questions to ask....

(1) The first question regards the Advisory Board that were put together to 
aid in this process.  How often did the Advisory Board meet?  Was it 
monthly?  If so, for how many months?  Was there a smaller "core" group 
that met to spend more time on certain parts of the program improvement 
process (in addition to the teachers' weekly planning times)?

(2) The second question regards student input.  You noted that students 
gave input to Ms. Gabriella Ruiz, the Student Representative on the 
board...could you describe that process a bit more (ie, did she interview 
students, did students come to her voluntarily with feedback, etc.)?

Thank you,
Kim Chaney-Bay