Dear Steve,
Success!!!!!
At long last the British Council have given their approval to our grant to visit JFK in June. There are, however, some slight changes:-
1) Due to the success of the scheme the British Council have decided to limit the number of teachers allowed for each visit to a maximum of two. I have decided, therefore, to allow Kirstin and Lynette to go ahead of myself.
2) Margaret Carter, our Deputy Headteacher (Community) is, however, very interested in
finding out about ‘Full Service’ schools in New York as we are thinking of following similar model within Thomas Hepburn. We were wondering, therefore, if it would be possible for Margaret to accompany Kirstin and Lynette in order to see the work of JFK or other local schools in the Bronx or Washington Heights.
3) I appreciate the fact that 2) above could well involve yet more negotiation with the staff involved and will contact Craig Shapiro directly if you think that that is the best way forward.
4) The official visit is to begin on Monday 7th – Friday 11th June 2004. The staff are intending to fly out during the previous week (which is our half-term holiday) in order to spend a few days sampling the delights of your fair city before getting down to work.
Steve, I am very grateful for all your help over the past few months in making the visit to JFK possible. I am more than a little disappointed at not being able to visit JFK and meet you in person on this occasion. However, I hope that this will simply be the start of a long-term relationship which will lead to two-way teacher visits and ultimately to the possibility of student exchanges.
‘Speak’ to you soon
Cheers,
Ian Tempest
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