[regional_school] Re: Regional Academy Website and More
- From: Julie Mitchell <jmitchell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: regional_school@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:34:48 -0500
And, then, as a teacher in a suburban district and a parent of a child who
is supposed to start kindergarten in a suburban district in September 2013,
I am ready to start educating this particular population who may be very
resistant to the concept. I am so excited about the possibilities and so
frustrated with the testing culture dominating
our students and teachers right now.
Julie
On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 4:34 PM, William Cala <wcala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> 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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>
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Julie
Mrs. Julie Mitchell
Fairport High School
English 10
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