Bikies, I would like to make you aware of a great opportunity to improve the bicycling experience of our young people. Time and time again, amongst the ranks of government employees, I have witnessed how much impact a person who understands bicycling issues can have in improving bicycling. And the higher up in the hierarchy that person is, the more impact they can have.
As many of you know, Art Rainwater, our current MMSD Superintendent, will be retiring as of June 2008. His departure brings an opportunity for us to help improve the bicycling and walking experience for our schoolchildren. With the pressure for consolidation growing each year, it is vitally important that we have a superintendent that understands how consolidations impact the quality of walking and biking for our school children and values improving that quality. Here is how you can help: Browse to: http://www.mmsd.org/topics/supt/ and fill out a leadership profile assessment form online. Items 2, 3, 4 and 6 are where you can give your opinion on what values are important to bicyclists. And most importantly, if you know someone qualified for the job that is bike friendly, please submit their name and contact information in item 7. Thanks for your help! - Matt P.S. Here is some further information on the superintendent search: --- Community input sought for new superintendent qualities An Invitation to Our Parents, Students and Community The Board of Education has initiated its search for a new superintendent of schools to replace Art Rainwater, who has announced his retirement as of June, 2008. To provide counsel to us in this important process, we have retained the services of Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates, Ltd., a search firm that specializes in assisting boards with the identification and selection of superintendents. A very important step in this process is the identification of the characteristics we will be seeking in our new superintendent. We invite you to participate in the identification of these characteristics by attending a Community Information and Input Session and/or completing a Leadership Profile Assessment form which can be found below. The Community Information and Input Sessions, which will be facilitated by a member of the consultant firm, will be held on: Wed. Sept. 19 at 10:00 a.m. at the Exhibition Hall at Alliant Energy Center (1919 Alliant Energy Center Way) Wed. Sept. 19 at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium at Memorial High School Thu. Sept. 20 at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium at La Follette High School These sessions will likely be 60 to 90 minutes in length. Every effort will be made to provide Spanish and Hmong interpreters. You can avoid a parking fee by telling the parking attendant that you are attending a Madison School District function. Thank you in advance for your assistance with this most important task. Sincerely, Arlene Silveira President, Board of Education _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
