[regional_school] Re: Regional Academy Website and More
- From: Henry Padron <padron.diaspora@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: regional_school@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:59:22 -0500
I wonder how many of the regional list members would like to have an
interactive theatre session to become familiar with the work of Augusto
Boal as a tool to organize the various constitutencies that are being
mentioned. Let me know-I have used it with the School 12 PTA, colleagues
and students. Everyone agrees that it is a powerful process that opens
lines of communication and possibilities.
If a group of 10 are interested we can set a date and time-minimum 2 hours.
When parents are ready-I can bring 4-6 from School 12.
On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Julie Mitchell <jmitchell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> 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.****
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> 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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> Julie
> Mrs. Julie Mitchell
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