Robert Eby, vice chair of the Oak Ridge Board of Education, will discuss education in Oak Ridge at Lunch with the League on Tuesday, December 1.
Lunch with the League starts at noon in the Social Hall of the Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church at 809 Oak Ridge Turnpike in Oak Ridge.
Eby is currently serving his fourth term on the board. He was chairman from 1991-1995. He is a graduate of Oak Ridge High School.
Eby has been the director of the American Centrifuge Program Business Development for Centrus Energy Corporation, and he previously served as the company’s director of technology and process engineering for nine years. He earned both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Tennessee, and he completed the Executive Program at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. He is a registered professional engineer in the state of Tennessee.
The League of Women Voters of Oak Ridge studies and monitors the quality of Oak Ridge public schools, especially as affected by local, state, and federal mandates and community factors, a press release said. Emphasis includes state and federal standards, alternatives to public education, school security, Oak Ridge Preschool, and the school calendar.
Sponsored by the LWVOR, Lunch with the League is open to the public. There is no cost to attend, and reservations are not needed. Box lunches will be available starting at 11:30 a.m. on a first-come, first-served basis for $8, or you may bring your own. Coffee and tea are provided.
For more information about LWVOR, visit lwvoakridge.org.
More information will be added as it becomes available.
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