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facilities, the Facilitation Team recommended that the schools be reconfigured to four preK-5 grade elementary schools, a middle school grade 6 through 8, and a high school including grades 9 through 12. It recommends renovating the high school, middle school and Jackson Park and Flynn Park schools and building two new elementary schools at the Pershing and Barbara C. Jordan elementary school sites. Pershing and B. Jordan would be demolished. The status of Delmar-Harvard and Nathaniel Hawthorne and Julia Goldstein Early Child Center would be determined after the school consolidation is completed. The Facilitation Team recommended further study of improving student achievement. It also recommended continued efforts to improve parental and community involvement. A copy of the Final Report is included in the packet. Superintendent Wilson will update Council on the community engagement process during your January 26 meeting. University City High School PTO will hold itsBook Fair at Borders The at 1519 S. Brentwood on Dec. 12 -14 (today, Friday through Sunday). Vouchers are available at Borders or you can call Linda Pritchard at 498-6208 or pridepritchard@yahoo.com. With the voucher, 20% of your purchase will benefit UCHS directly. This comes just in time for your holiday shopping. The St. Louis Big Read — coordinated by Washington University in partnership with several local organizations — will feature dozens of lectures, readings, art exhibits, theater productions, book discussions, film festivals and other events exploring the themes of Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. More than two-dozen sponsors and partner organizations including University City Library, University City Schools and the Loop Special Business District, have been involved in planning the program. The program will reach more than 10,000 area students, including about 250 from University City Schools. Specific events in University City include "A Conversation with Mary Badham", the actress who portrayed Scout in the 1962 film. She will be at the University City Library on Sunday Jan. 11 at 1:30 p.m. followed by a screening of the film at University City Library. The library will also host a book discussion on Jan. 28. Other Big Read events include: Jan. 6 reading and discussion at the Missouri History Museum, which will feature St. Louis television personalities Christine Buck (CW11) and Summer Knowles (Fox 2), along with local actors. On Jan. 8 Missouri's first black congressman, William "Bill" Clay, Sr., will discuss his new book, The Jefferson Bank Confrontation: The Struggle for Civil Rights in St. Louis, at the St. Louis County Library, Florissant Valley Branch. Edison Theatre and Metro Theatre Company will present a theatrical production of To Kill a Mockingbird Jan. 9 to 18. The opening night celebration will include an appearance by Mary Badham, who was nominated for a best-supporting actress Academy Award for her role as Scout in the 1962 film version. Badham also will host a trio of film screenings Jan. 10 and 11, at the St. Louis Public Library, Schlafly Branch; and the Missouri History Museum. The Human Race Machine, which allows viewers to envision themselves as a different race, will be installed in the university's Mallinckrodt Student Center Jan. 11-18. Subsequent events will include the Black Repertory Theater of St. Louis' performance of Stamping, Shouting and Singing Home at the Missouri History Museum (Jan. 18); and two events hosted at the Regional Arts Commission in the East Loop: the Bias and Bigotry Film Festival, presented by the Anti-Defamation League of League of St. Louis and Cinema St. Louis (Jan. 18-22).To Kill a Mockingbird Through Art, a family-friendly interactive event exploring racial and