School Board Workshop-Public Welcome

Here's your chance to attend and listen to what is being discussed by the Board.
You will then have an opportunity to bring your questions & comments to the Board meeting in July. There is always time allocated for public comments at each regular school board meeting.

This is a special 131 School Board Workshop Meeting. To be held
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 @ 6:00 p.m.

The Board will be interviewing Legal Counsel.
Those to be interviewed in open session:

Canna & Canna
Mickey, Wilson, Weiler, Renzi & Anderson
Whitt Law

Other topics that will be discussed are:

Board Mission Statement, Workshops/Conferences, & the Strategic Plan.

There will be a closed-Executive Session for the Purpose of Discussing the Appointment, Employment and Dismissal of a Specific Employee

All community members are encouraged and welcome to attend.

Might or Menace

"Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the government nor of dungeon to ourselves. Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to due our duty as we understand it.”-Abe Lincoln

Lincoln called for changes to be made and practices to stop that had been acceptable to many people for many years. Though critics may make unjust comments, he encouraged people to do what was right for the right reasons.

Are you one who is helping right make might or a menace of destruction ?

Opening the lines of communication

Communications to the board has been a topic for discussion at several meetings.
Hopefully, soon the public will be able to send an email to all 7 board members at once by clicking one button on the board section of the district website. The option is there, but not yet activated.

Presently, you may still email board members individually by clicking “contact us” in the right hand column of the board page. The District 131 School Board welcomes community involvement, and encourages district transparency. Please support your school district by attending meetings or events or volunteering to help at student activities.

Support the voters choice May 4 @ 7pm

The first meeting of the new 131 School Board is this Monday. The newly elected members of the Board will be sworn in May 4th and new officers will be elected.
Show your encouragement by attending the meeting at the school service center.
This is a great chance to meet the 7 women who have chosen to volunteer & dedicate their time to act in behalf of the educational welfare of the students of 131.

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Wishing him the best in his retirement!

I'll follow the lead from a blogger on a previous post.

On to more positive and relevant postings!
What a great article in the Beacon today!
East Aurora High School visionary retires!

Anyone who has been involved at EAHS has heard of Commander.

I know when he brought the high school students to Waldo, where my children were 8th graders, he made a very positive impression. His pitch about the NJROTC sold my son and many others, immediately that year, on joining NJROTC in their freshman year. I was in the booster group for a short while and I was very impressed with how Cmdr. appeared always in control. He seemed to not expect anything less than the best from the cadets, and they gave it to him.
A great teacher, mentor and role model-he will be missed.

The results are in!

Once, again, the 131 community has spoken loud and clear.
I'd like to say congratulations to the new and returning members.

Candidates forum-It's official and on the website

Monday, March 23, 2009 from 7p.m.–9p.m. at the East Aurora School Service Center there will be an East Aurora School Board Candidates’ Forum. Voters will have the opportunity to meet each of the candidates and to submit questions to be answered during the forum. Voters can also watch the forum LIVE on the East Aurora website, www.d131.org, and access it anytime thereafter in the video vault on the website. The forum is open to the public. Seating is limited. For more info visit the above website.