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Community Meeting: New OPS Elementary School

Omaha Public Schools invites community members to meet the principal candidate for its new elementary school under construction at 32nd and Burt Streets and learn about the candidate's educational philosophy and background. The special meeting will be held at the Yates Community Center, 3260 Davenport Street, on Monday, September 10, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Community members may submit questions or topics for discussion at the following link: https://tinyurl.com/ya2yv3j9 by midnight on Saturday, September 8.

Charles Wakefield, Chief Human Resources Officer for OPS, talks about the new school, scheduled to open in August, 2019.

Michael Lyon is a native of great Britain who immigrated to Los Angeles in 1981. His business background is in banking: residential real estate operations, mergers and acquisitions. As Director of Fair Lending for the nation's largest thrift, he oversaw the implementation of a $70 million 10-year community reinvestment initiative.