Please Introduce Yourself What's your connection to St. Paul public schools? mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________ Hello,
My name is Terri O'Brien Menke. I have lived in Como Park for five years and have one child attending the St. Paul French Immersion school. I am fortunate to be able to walk my son to school every morning as the school is just through the alley. My daughter will attend next year. I occasionally volunteer in my son's classroom. I teach communication studies at Inver Hills Community College and I am in the Doctorate of Education progam at Hamline University. In the last three years I have had many lively conversations with colleagues who teach in the public schools regarding the federal No Child Left Behind Act and the school choice movement. I want to work together with other concerned community members, parents, teachers and administrators to make the best choices possible for our children and our community. Terri O'Brien Menke Como Park --- List Manager <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Post news and information from your neighborhood: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________ > > > I'd like to try something a little different this > week and ask that > as many participants as possible post a short > introduction (we > haven't done this in a while) focusing on your > relationship to the > school district. > > PLEASE, give this a try! Including you lurkers > :-) > > This will not only be a reminder to all of us about > WHO is > participating in our discussion, but it will also > reveal some > interesting information about the reach of the > school district into > our daily lives. > > Some things you MIGHT include (don't answer each > question - just one > short summary - 5-10 lines): > > - brief comments about who you are > - are you a St. Paul public school graduate > - do you have children in the SPPS district > - do you have children in charter or private > schools > - do you work for the district (or have you in > the past) > - when were you last in a school district > building > - do you volunteer in the schools > - are you completely unconnected to the school > district > - how informed do you consider yourself about > the school district > - are you a close neighbor of a SPPS school > > SPECIAL REQUEST TO DISTRICT or SCHOOL EMPLOYEES: > ------------------------------------------------ > > Even if you don't plan on participating (posting) in > the discussion, > PLEASE let us know that you are out there and > reading, with a brief > introduction (a couple of short lines). Knowing who > is participating > or lurking in the forum should lead to a much higher > quality > discussion. > > SPECIAL REQUEST TO EVERYONE ELSE: > --------------------------------- > > Lets try to limit ourselves to introductions today > (Monday). If we > exercise a little patience and save the > comments/critiques for > tomorrow, I think that the discussion will go > better. Once a > hot-button issue is on the table, we loose the > valuable opportunity > to hear each others introductions - because the > focus has already > moved to controversy. > > Don't worry, we'll get to the controversy :-) > > -- > Tim Erickson > List Manager > St. Paul Issues Forum > http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/ > Hamline Midway Resident > 651-643-0722 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > St. Paul Links - > http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/links.html > > "The St. Paul Issues Forum is a interactive e-mail > discussion on > important issues about St. Paul public policy. > Participation is free > and open to anyone. We currently have about 350 > concerned citizens > and community leaders subscribed to our discussion." > _____________________________________________ > NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your > password - visit: > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul > > Archive Address: > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/ > _____________________________________________ > For state and national discussions see: > http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html > For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ===== Terri O'Brien Menke __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools _____________________________________________ NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/ _____________________________________________ For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract
