Anne Carroll wrote: >>St. Paul has been at this for over 15 years, ... Several hundred people are involved each year 15 years? I thought site councils were launched circa 1998. Even so, the math is impressive. With my more conservative numbers, there is now a cadre of 6,750 Saint Paul people intimately familiar with the complexities of school operations in our culturally rich community (est 15 people x 75 school x 6 years). The question is, who are they? How do we get in touch with those still plugged in (though not necessarily still serving on a site council)? THESE are the logical people to ask to participate in this conversation. THEY'RE the ones who can tell us "What have we lost?" because they know what we had before the past 5 years and $50 million of cuts. There isn't a school in the system that hasn't lost something important to them over the past five years. The question is, how do we collect the stories? For example, French Immersion lost a wonderful curriculum exchange program with a school in Switzerland. Had to send the Swiss teachers back; didn't meet NCLB "high qualified teacher" requirements because they weren't trained in the U.S. Whether it to budget cuts or accountability reforms, we need to get a grip on what were losing so we can begin telling the stories. Just my 2c. --Jennifer Armstrong Payne/Phalen _____________________________________________ To Join: St. Paul Issues Forum Rules Discussion Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________________________ NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul
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