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I agree with what you say Steve. The word was passed to me that at least one of these people believes that they can become part of the board discussion. I am just trying to prevent that. > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Kranz [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 9:11 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [School Board] Positive Problem-solvers > > > [This message was sent to the School Board] > > I don't know what is planned for the meeting, but it sounds to me that some > members of the public just want to show that some of the things that have > been discussed that would require a high degree of community involvement are > within the realm of possibility and that people within the community are > willing to come together to make it happen. > > I think it is relevant to the decisions we have to make and something we > should know about. As far as the administration not being involved . . . > I don't think it is much different than hearing a presentation at a board > meeting about things like a Montessori at the high school or a partnership > with W.S.U. before the details have been discussed with the administration. > We generally hear these things with the understanding that there are no > committments and that if we want to move forward, the group needs to work > with the administration. > > -Steve > > p.s. Just on a side note, despite my enthusiasm for online communication, I > don't know that I am comfortable using it for the board to discuss > substantive issues before we have a well researched and clear board policy > on it. Even though we have much to discuss and this is a public forum, I > think we might be best off sticking to pre-publicized meetings until those > details and issues are worked out. If we need further discussion time, > perhaps we should think about forming board committees that could research > and report on specific issues. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Laber, Larry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Sharon Erickson Ropes'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 7:49 AM > Subject: RE: [School Board] Positive Problem-solvers > > > > > > [This message was sent to the School Board] > > > > Sharon, > > As I think about this I get more worried about the direction you are going > with this. People certainly have the right to address the board at the > community comments section of the agenda. I hope you are not implying that > they will play an active part in the meeting itself. I have not been able > to find any involvement with any staff in this process. I do wonder what is > going through their minds right now. It appears to be done entirely outside > of the administration and staff. I think the message you are giving is > anything but productive. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Sharon Erickson Ropes [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 5:01 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: [School Board] Positive Problem-solvers > > > > > > Hi guys, > > > FYI: Some positive problem-solvers will be coming to the next board > meeting to address the SB during Parent/Community Comment. I believe they > will be bringing tangible offers of support for several of the > community-wide solutions we've discussed at recent meetings. > > > Steve asked Mayor Miller recently how the City might be able to > help, so several staffers will have some exciting possibilities to offer on > Thursday. > > > Parents have been researching costs related to some of the Lincoln > moving estimates, and will have some eye-opening, much-lower estimates and > committments for volunteer & professional help. > > > Community members with better technology and software than WAPS will > present markedly different, verifiable data related to enrollment > projections and budget shortfalls.> > > > The WSU Ed partnership group will have met that Monday and may have > more details to offer. > > > There is a lot of momentum building across the entire district to > deal with excess capacity in a synergistic way. People are stepping up to > committing time, talent, services and dollars to support a healthy approach > to solving our excess capacity challenge. > > > Thanks, > > > Sharon > > > > > ------------- > > This message was sent to the School Board of Winona Area Public Schools. > > To send a message to the entire School Board, address it to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] All messages sent to that address are viewable by > > the general public. A public archive of emails sent to and exchanged > > between school board members is available at > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > > > ------------- > This message was sent to the School Board of Winona Area Public Schools. > To send a message to the entire School Board, address it to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] All messages sent to that address are viewable by > the general public. 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