Planning Ahead

This morning I took the el downtown to meet with the APA, American Planning Association, about some sort of collaboration for an upcoming issue of StudentsXpress. The initial plan was to have 2 issues per year. However, for the next issue, all of the submissions will be in by the end of March. That gives the students all of April and May to work on submissions for the new "back-to-school" issue that will come out in September (and that I can work on over the summer). That will be the "Living in the City" issue.

It was a really nice meeting. I learned a little more about Urban Planning, and they learned a little more about StudentsXpress. One of the best things to come out of it is the fact that we can get two issues out of it.  The first one can be all about urban environments, transportation, neighborhoods etc., while the second one can focus more on nature in the city, a topic all by itself. I really think the kids will turn in some beautiful work for both of these.

As for planning ahead, here are the topics I have lined up:
• Courage
• Living in the City--Urban Environments
• Bullying
• The Humor Issue
• Living in the City--Nature in the City

I'm looking forward to all of them!