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and contractualreasons, the school year IUns long. doYOll prefer an
eatly start Ilate August) ora ate June ending for he schoolyear?o I
prefer an earty sllIlt ~ a t e August)o I prerer alate June
ef!dingo Ihave no preference
cast my vote
Whell sc hoo l board membe rs talk aboullhc imporl,IlICC or
fCi;ula r pu b-lic communication. it's t e l l l p t i n ~ \0
recall Mink TW[lin's line aboullheweather - that c\'Cryunc talks
lIboul it bu lllo OllC does iHlylhing aboutit . That q uip doesn"t
appJ}' 10 Paul Fisher aud Jim Bul\. Both arc schoolbou rd b l ~ g e
r and their blogs focus on issues facing their boards.
Fred Baldwin works ona post lor his School EkJarrJ
TrarlSpaf(J(l(;y"Our llK'C tings are not c l l - a t l e n I .
Silid Fisher. delted to the No rth
western l..chigh school boaru in 2007. 1 wnnt
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his name on" ba llo!. "1 wanll..:110 aL leaSI eonl'''Y some of
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lhese things are notfor the laint-hearted.You have to spendsome
time. But anyone can do a basic inlormational blogthat expresses
their opinion and provides an opportunitylor public comment."their
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n:gular ly includes it short issuL'-OricnlL-d user pol! question
for cxmnplc. ~ [ f th e school yellr hlls to ru n long. do you
prefer a laIC August start oriI laIc Jun e ending fo r the school
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stil l k-ss soph isticaled [h"o the uther 1"'0 IllCn tiorll,1here.
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