I'm up in Canada...so I can't help you with this one...but...
I saw Saul Williams last week, and several times throughout the night he spoke about creating a place where the "underground" was actually the "mainstream".A society that has room for expanded ideas(he was talking specifically about art, but it could certainly be applied to education).
Now he would be an excellent voice to bring to the table....

Oooohhh..there is so much potential here..Go for it!

Yours sincerely
Another bureaucrat breakin' the system from within

Shim