Get involved! (4/20/2008)

Dear Williston Community,
The response to Jeff Smith's Guest Column: "School's house system needs 'meaningful change'' in the Williston Observer this past week has been overwhelming and exciting. (Please see attached article if you missed it.) We appreciate the feedback and encouragement from all who have personally responded to us as we continue this fight for our children. We will be setting up a Community Forum to organize as much support as possible and present our concerns to the Administration and Board. We hope this can happen the week after school vacation at a time and location to be announced soon.

We are proposing a simple way for you to INITIALLY help support change. Below you will find a statement of support which we would like you to simply copy and paste onto an email letter of your own to the Williston Observer, the School Administration and the Williston School Board with a Cc to us so we are aware as well. We are hoping there is power in numbers. If you wish to add additional comments and/or anecdotal experiences of how the house system has impacted you/your family, please feel free to do so.

PLEASE forward this message on to other community members who you feel would like to receive it. We also encourage anyone who does not support this campaign to also provide feedback. If you wish to have your name removed from this email campaign, please let us know.

Thank you!
Ann and Jeff Smith

Please include your name and phone number so the Observer can confirm authorship (Observer Deadline is Monday at noon) and send your email to:
editor@willistonobserver.com
parksj@wsdvt.org
nardelliw@wsdvt.org
terkoj@wsdvt.org
smithc@wsdvt.org
wsdschoolboard@wsdvt.org
EPinckney@cssu.org
Cc: kulissmith@comcast.net


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Dear Williston School Administration, Williston School Board and Williston Observer;

I am writing to voice my support for the concerns expressed in Jeff Smith's Guest Column "School's house system needs 'meaningful change'' published in the April 17, 2008 Williston Observer.

As a Williston resident and tax payer I feel it is time for a FULL restructuring of the Upper House Configuration which reflects the desire of our community. THIS IS OUR SCHOOL/THE COMMUNITY'S SCHOOL, NOT THE TEACHERS' SCHOOL and we want change NOW.

Thank you.

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