Northeast Area Superintendent Carla Santorno and Assistant Superintendent Richard Smith are inviting community members interested in the revitalization process at Ford Elementary School to attend an introductory meeting on Tuesday, May 25. The meeting will run from 6 to 8 p.m. in the school auditorium.

The meeting will be used to inform the community about the process and welcome community members to collaborate with revitalization efforts at Ford Elementary School.

Ford parents, neighborhood parents who choice out of Ford, school staff members, Area Superintendents, a facilitator and non-parent community members will then form a committee to develop a revitalization plan.

Ford Elementary School was one of 13 schools named by the Board of Education as eligible for revitalization, one of the mill levy proposals approved by voters in November 2003. The revitalization component included $2.5 million of the $20 million annual tax increase approved by voters. Schools will use the money to develop plans to increase student achievement and increase the attractiveness of the schools to the community.

Ford Elementary School is located at 14500 Maxwell Place. The school's telephone number is 303-371-6990.