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I worry about the school year for those students in Texas plus all the possible ruined schools. Help those affected by # HurricaneHarvey . Visit http:// redcross.org   , call 1-800-RED CROSS or text HARVEY to 90999 to make a $10 donation.

Wednesday, August 30 Regular School Board Meeting . Agenda

Dear Readers, Just a few quick thoughts as we head into the last full week of summer vacation and before school gets back into swing. As a blog moderator, I feel lucky that my blog doesn't see much of the traffic from trolls and their  inflammatory rhetoric.  However, I am increasingly seeing a few more unpleasant comments that do not seem to be from my two main trolls (and most of you seem to know who they are and that's fine to keep it in the family - they matter little here). I perceive this is happening for a couple of reasons.

The letter below was sent to parents at RESMS.  It's okay but there are some troubling issues.

I'm listening to a story this morning on NPR's Here and Now about some school districts "seceding" out of a large district.  I'll put the link up as soon as it is available.  This seems to be a growing trend. Great story from the district in meeting cultural challenges in teaching children.  Families and Students Create Somali Alphabet Book

From SPS: Whoops! We made a mistake and we apologize. Inside the newly released 2017-18 Academic Wall Calendar, on the bottom left corner of each month under “Key dates”, we typed the line “One-hour early release” for every Wednesday. The information is not accurate. Instead, schools will release students 75-minutes early every Wednesday, except on the first day of school.