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| OFFICIAL COMMUNITY WIDE MEETING!! THUR, NOV 13, 7:00PM - HIGH SCHOOL Here is some information that I have compiled to stop Year Round School or Balanced Calendar, as the administrators would like to call it! Please feel free to email your opposition to me and I will keep a detailed log, so to speak, maybe we can create a petition on this subject. Also, you can subscribe to a group dedicated to this subject by emailing "noyre-subscribe@yahoogroups.com". WE WELCOME ALL FEEDBACK WE CAN GET!! MEETING TIMES THAT I AM AWARE OF: BONNER ELEMENTARY OCT 28 - 6:30PM November 17, 6:30pm BONNER HIGH NOV 6, 6:30PM DEC 11, 6:30PM JAN 8, 6:30PM SCHOOL BOARD MEETING DISTRICT OFFICE MONDAY NOV 10 @7:30pm Links to Letters to the Editor in the Chieftian: http://www.bonnersprings.com/section/opinion/story/4425 http://www.bonnersprings.com/section/opinion/story/4344 http://www.bonnersprings.com/section/opinion/story/4423 http://www.bonnersprings.com/section/opinion/story/4345 http://www.bonnersprings.com/section/opinion/story/4328 |
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| Written by Michael & LeAnn Jones Dr. VanMaren: My husband and I wrote a letter to you before your meeting at BSE. Your reply was for us to meet with you. We know this is an option, but feel your responsiblity is more than making your self available individually. We have been attending the committee meetings and have worked hard to understand why we are having meetings without your guidance. You have been very invisible to the community and blaming your teachers for not supporting your proposal. We find the teachers in the Bonner Springs school district to be very caring and educated. It seems to me that pointing fingers and demanding support only lowers the morale of your staff. The community is becoming more and more frustrated because you have not provided answers to many questions (refer to your e-mail from Kerry Stumbough). We don't feel it's our obligation to do your work. Many of the school board members have been attending the committee meetings and we hope are finding out how their constituents are feeling in regard to changing the calendar. We think the biggest problem with this whole issue is that you made a decision to investigate, spent a lot of money unnecessarily, and then just thought the patrons of Bonner Springs didn't care enough to want to be a part of the investigation. We have a lot of parents who are very educated (not just degree educated) and invest large amounts of time in support of the schools. Many of us attend Bonner activiteis that have nothing to do with our children (i.e. attending sporting and musical events at the high school). We urge you and the school board to find a way to unite our community. That may even mean stopping the current course you are taking and rethinking what is best for our community at this time. Maybe hold meetings with the community and be more visible at the current meetings. VERY WELL SAID, THANK YOU MICHAEL AND LEANN!!! |