Please Introduce Yourself What's your connection to St. Paul public schools? mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________ Tried this before; don't know if I deleted it or it got through, but today has been a bad day, email wise.
My name is Katherine Sherman, and I'm a product of St. Paul public schools from kindergarden to graduation. I did kindergarten at our neighborhood school, Hancock. Following a frustrating year for a kid who just wanted to learn to read but wasn't allowed, we took advantage of the magnet system for the first time, and I went to Maxfield. Then JJ Hill GT, which became Capitol Hill just in time for junior high. I graduated from Central and went on to Hamline University. My sister is an Open School grad. My academic perigrinations weren't so very different from many of my peers, and the experiences my sister and I had in magnet schools have made me a very fervent supporter of school choice. Both of us, if you believe my father's post (below and earlier) were gifted students, but with needs so different it would have been very hard for one school to meet them both. I now work at the U of M while doing graduate studies, and occasionally work for a school board candidate or two. I've got a step-daughter-to-be at the Blake School in Hopkins; so far, she seems to get more one on one attention, but the difficulty and quality of her instruction hasn't changed since she was taken out of Minneapolis public schools, but if she weren't on a scholarship, we'd be paying more for her junior high than my college education. Katherine Sherman Lex-Ham > > Message: 7 > Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 14:15:36 -0600 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [StPaul] StPaul] Introduction > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Hello, I'm John Sherman I have lived for 15 years > very near the corner of > Wheelock and Dale, a very small location that seems > to be claimed by no > neighborhood. > > I was grew up in Saint Paul, graduating from Cretin > High School and Hamline > University. Moved to sophisticated Washington, DC > (actually Arlington, > Virginia) for ten years. Then moved back to Saint > Paul and have been in Saint > Paul for 20 years. I have two daughters who spent > K-12 in the Saint Paul school > system and had average SAT scores 1400 including > perfect 800's for both of them > on the verbal sections for both. (Clearly the > school system is failing in their > math education.) I also have four nieces and a > nephew who are scholars in the > Saint Paul schools. And another prospective nephew > three years away from > entering the system. > > I have not been involved on any of the school > district committees. But I have > worked to elect school board members in every > election since 1983. I am an > active DFL'er having held office in the party in the > city for better than two > decades including stints as the chair of the 4th > congressional district DFL > central committee. > > Professionally I am a budget analyst/ program > evaluator/ contract administrator > for the Minnesota Department of Employment and > Economic Developmnet working in > the areas of employment for individuals with serious > disabilities. > > I am a avid 'lurker' on this forum but the > discussion on schools is getting too > delicious and may force me to change my triflin' > ways. > > John Sherman > > __________________________________ 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
