Yesterday, I participated in my first ever “School Board Candidates Forum” at Cherokee Middle school. Although, I felt like I did “okay” (a stomach flu from the morning, didn’t make things better), I felt like I learned a lot. One of the thing I did learn is that, “People truly do care about their school district.” I mean that. Let me explain. Although, the crowd was about 30 or so people, these people took time out of their busy schedules to listen to the future leaders of their school district. There were questions regarding curricula, book banning, student theft, city growth and a few others. Each candidate was able to have 2 minutes to answer each question. Two minutes is not a lot of time to answer because the questions (or problems) are so complex. I guess this is what I signed up for. At the next forum in a few weeks, I’ll be ready!
Posted by johnny at February 12, 2004 05:32 PMJohnny,
Your opponent for the school board has misrepresented and slandered the math programs in Madison. Her biggest supporter, the "Isthmus", will only give HER support.
As you know, I am a math educator and math resource teachder in Madison. PLEASE let me and the Teaching and Learning department of MMSD know what we can do for you. Her false and slanderous remarks are butchering the progress we are making for equal and qualty education for ALL Madison kids.
Again, thanks for taking on this task.
Steve Jernegan
Posted by: Steven at March 11, 2004 06:38 PM