[familyschool] Re: Stan the Man!
- From: Trish Lynne Deutsch <trishlynne@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Family School Teacher Support List <familyschool@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 15:42:06 -0500
We received the e-mail about the meeting as well, but it seemed short
notice for the summer when vacations are often planned.
Trish
On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Erika Zurawski <zura0007@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello all! We actually did get a couple emails - one a long time ago and a
> reminder yesterday - about the potluck. We had originally planned on going,
> but were attending a demonstration outside Franken's campaign office that,
> in fact, several Southside families happened to be at! We were bummed to
> miss the event last night, but we'd be interested in helping to organize a
> "welcome back to school" event possibly in late September. Thoughts? We
> could talk more about it or work on planning at the PTSO meeting on the
> 23rd
> as well.
>
> I can't believe it's already August...
>
> Warm summer wishes to all. :)
>
> Erika
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:familyschool-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rae Buzzell
> (Redacted sender "raebuzzell@xxxxxxxxx" for DMARC)
> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 9:10 PM
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> Subject: [familyschool] Re: Stan the Man!
>
> *waving at Gwyneth*
>
> Sorry I missed you! Agreed about communication. Maybe even "mass text
> message". The other thing is- it's summer, people are busy and out of town.
> Social media is another way to reach out.
>
> Update on PTSO/ whatever we call it :Our original plan was to have the
> first
> organizing meeting the same day as the board meeting, so we didn't mess up
> 2
> Saturdays in August for people. It turns out that we are on vacation that
> week ( we get back the day after the meeting). I've already written the
> email and sent it to Ben, Sherri knows about us needing a room. Should I
> call the meeting for another day? Could someone else run the first meeting
> on the 23rd?
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On 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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