[regional_school] Re: Regional Academy Website and More
- From: "William Cala" <wcala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <regional_school@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:34:35 -0500
We must mobilize parents. I met with a Rochester parent last week. We met
at the Children's Agenda and there is a strong interest in partnering. Jeff
Sciortino is the parent and he is up to the task of organizing (as I am sure
Meghan is as well). Jeff will be in contact again after the holidays. I
hope this proves to be a fruitful endeavor.
Peace,
Bill
From: regional_school-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:regional_school-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Meghan Delehanty
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 8:49 AM
To: regional_school@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [regional_school] Re: Regional Academy Website and More
Has anyone reached out to the parents of the RCSD? Just curious how many in
this group are RCSD parents? Despite the negative perceptions out there -
we have incredible families and parents in the district and they should be
key in this.
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Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 18:17:25 -0800
From: datias34@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: [regional_school] Regional Academy Website and More
To: regional_school@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Everyone,
With Bill's blessing, I took it upon myself to get some infrastructure
together in case we decide that the Rochester City School District needs a
little nudge (i.e. public pressure) to get the Regional Academy going. So I
started a website, a Twitter page and a Facebook group. Obviously, I
shouldn't be the only one in control of all of this so at some point some of
you should start taking on roles within this infrastructure. For now, I
would just like to get some of you involved and as a group we can go from
there. Here's where everything is:
Website:
I used Google via Blogger to start the website and get the domain name. I
chose this route because I have found that Blogger is the easiest webpage
platform for people to use who do not do websites. Using this platform, if
you can type, you can contribute to the site. The website WILL be at
www.regionalacademy.org. It's taking a few extra days with the holiday for
the domain name to go over to the actual page. For the next few days, you
can see the site at http://regionalacademy.blogspot.com/. Again, very soon,
regionalacademy.org will be the website's address.
By using Blogger, anyone who wants to will be able to blog on this site. It
is pretty barebones right now, but Bill is sending me the DVD that was
distributed a few years back and I'll be posting that on the site as well as
more links. Your blog posts will keep it fresh and hopefully, keep people
coming back. If we decide to put public pressure on RCSD, we can host an
online petition there and more. Please check out the site and give
feedback. (I would just sent feedback to me directly rather than post to
the entire listserv)
Twitter:
There is now a Regional Academy Twitter page at
https://twitter.com/RegionalAcademy. If you have a twitter account, please
follow this profile. I have been choosing strategic members of the media to
follow so that if we go "public" it will be easier to get coverage as most
reporters follow people who follow them.
I have not put a description of the RA on the Twitter profile yet, as I am
waiting to see if we are going to be using it to put pressure on Vargas.
What we decide to do will determine what should be on the Twitter
description.
Facebook:
Currently, there is a closed Facebook group. It is at
https://www.facebook.com/groups/482575945127914/. It is closed because,
again, we have not decided on a plan on how to get RCSD on board. Facebook
"pages" are easier to like, but due to Facebook's decision to charge pages
to allow all their followers to see posts, Groups seem to be a more
democratic FB tool. It's a great tool to share articles, have
conversations, etc.
The problem with FB groups is, people can just be added to them without
their permission. I have not done that to anyone because it is bad internet
form. I do realize that not everyone may be on Facebook. That's OK as it
is just one tool that we can use and more interactive tools can be added to
the website. And of course, we always have this listserv.
So check everything out and let me know what you think. Also, committee
leaders, if you could send me reports, lists, whatever you have, I can add
that to the website and start adding hotlinks to some of the text that is up
there. Thanks!!!
Dave Atias
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