Documentary on Public Education in South Carolina

The Disability Action Center (DAC), in connection with local talent
and film professionals, is putting together a statewide documentary
which will reflect the pro's and con's of public education in South
Carolina. The mission of this project is to educate all South
Carolina citizens of the exceptional work that districts such as
Richland I are doing related to Transitioning students into the
workforce and the advocacy efforts within South Carolina districts
including the York County districts working toward a state recognized
Occupational Diploma for students with disabilities. This
documentary will also strive to publicly recognize those teachers
that have the ability to understand that not all children learn the
same whether in a general or special education setting. The DAC
would also like to recognize the bullying curriculum that Dr. Sue Rex
has been promoting. With that being said, the injustices related to
our current educational system also need to be addressed, such as the
intimidation some parents who have children in special education face
behind closed doors, the children who districts give up on as early
as elementary school solely due to their disability and the
devastating dropout rates, which affect our economy as a whole.

To be involved in this documentary please meet at the State Capital
on the Gervais Street side on July 17, 2008 at 7:00 PM. At this time
you will be scheduled for a personal interview, though the interview
is not mandatory to be a part of the documentary. Upon your
signature on our release form you will be filmed/photographed for
shots within the documentary. We cannot guarantee that your pictures
will be used within the documentary. This will be up to the
discretion of the nationally recognized film director.

It is extremely important that you attend this meeting if you want to
be a part of the documentary; since this is the date we are filming
the group shot and scheduling interviews. This is the only
opportunity during filming for the film director, song writers,
families, educators and photographers to all be in one
place. Again, I encourage both the young and old to be
present. We want anyone who has an interest in the direction our
state's educational system is heading.

For more information, please contact:
Amy Mayne
Director of Program Services
Disability Action Center, Inc.
(800) 681-6805 Inc.


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