[familyschool] Re: Stan the Man!
- From: Shawn <shawn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: familyschool@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 21:02:22 -0500
Thanks for the update Gwyneth. Glad to hear it went well. Jessica (My
wife ) and I were both unaware that there was a potluck tonight as neither
of us received an email. I did get this email though.... So I second your
suggestions on revising our method of communication. Welcome Stan!!
*Shawn McGinty* *- *
*Principal*
*Phone: 612.715.5457Website:* *
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On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 7:15 PM, Gwyneth Olson <purplepurlgirl@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> The potluck dinner tonight was very nice. Ben introduced Stan and made
> some announcements. The recruitment committee is meeting August 6th to go
> over things for recruiting new board members. I don't know if that meeting
> is open or closed but my guess is closed. The next board meeting is August
> 23rd and that meeting is open to the public.
>
> Stan greeted everyone and went over his experience. He has worked in
> alternative and charter schools that served populations of students who
> just didn't fit in other schools. (I'm being fairly general because I
> wasn't actually taking notes.) And Stan told us that both a full time
> teacher for 1st grade math/3rd grade reading and a part time math teacher
> have been hired for the coming school year. Also Stan, Sherri & Stephanie
> are working on a job description for an office worker for the school. When
> they have it ready they can use community help to search for and refer
> candidates.
>
> Stan gave his four guiding principles for his work - collaboration,
> transparency, patience and one more I forgot. (Sorry.) He is eager to meet
> with as many community members as possible. Please call the school and get
> on his schedule to talk to him one on one.
>
> The event could have been better attended. The school seems to be relying
> on e-mail and the website for communication. I think that more outreach
> would be better given the events of the last year. My suggestion is this -
> that there is one parent volunteer to do a phone tree for their kid's
> grade. I tried to talk to Rae about this but I missed her. I know our
> parent/student/teacher organization is still getting off the ground but I
> think we could get this piece up and running before school starts on
> September 2nd.
>
> Keep on keepin' on,
> Gwyneth
>
> p.s. The irony of using a list serve to suggest more than electronic
> communication is not lost on me.
>
> --
> Gwyneth Olson
>
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