[Winona Online Democracy] There are many things going on, and unfortunately, none of us can all be fully understanding of what is going on. we aren't the ones with the paper work. We aren't the ones with teachers, students, parents, families, and the local, state, and federal governments down our throats. The school board is in a VERY tough and demanding spot. But to say something about before.. a comment was made about the pay that one recieves and "paraphrasing" the comment, nobody would take such a high demanding job for the same as the average joe shmoe worker... I DISAGREE. Ten people applied to help out the school board for a salary of what? I think it was pretty close to "nil" however, the longterm outcomes outweigh the pay in a heartbeat. Knowing that you are a person that is going to have an impact on someone person, and/or a large communit of people is definately a challenge, and the knowledge that one can achieve, and use to benifit others is astanishing! Many people are put in that position. Does Jerry Miller make anything near what a Mayor should for running a city of 25,000 + 3 colleges...HECK NO... 6,000ish dollars...wow, that isn't the reason I was running for mayor! :) And school board members?? well, I am sure that 6,000ish dollars less than the mayor, wow, that is amazing too. People can help people in so many ways. Understanding responcibility is a key thing. Pam---You make a great point, now, take your question, and word it slightly differant, and ask the superintendant personally. Ask what his responcibilities are, what he does, what he faces in everyday work, and maybe you can understand why the salary was set at that...Then again, maybe it won't please you, so go onto the next leevl. Ruth---Congrats for being a part of what has gone on in your community for the past 20+ years...Take what you have learned, and pass it on to others...let them know where you are coming from, without putting them down, without insulting them. Lori---Keep letting your opinions heard. Doing what you did to try to help two other people was great, and it had an effect on a third, and maybe more... EVERY ONE ELSE---That is wht we have struggles, and that is a great reason for using the tools that we have, sometimes we just can't see exactely where to build project. This On-Line is great, it lets us all talk to eachother, and hopefully will INFORM more people that it will put down. We can understand better if we all keep trying. Thank you for your time, Mark J Westpfahl PS, if anybody actually read all of this down to hear thank you, I appreciate it :) _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ---------------- This message was posted to the Winona Online Democracy Project. Please visit http://onlinedemocracy.winona.org to subscribe or unsubscribe. Please sign all messages posted to this list with your actual name. Posting of commercial solicitations is not allowed on this list. Report problems to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
