Dear Arthur,
We have key information from yesterday's meeting with
8th grade teachers. Special thanks to the teachers
who showed up despite the weather. We also report in
this issue about last Saturday's high school crisis
scenario and how all of our readers can continue to
participate in its resolution. We have some unfortunate
news about the local chapter of the UNA-USA but a
new poll that hopefully will stir a great deal of interest.
In addition to reading our newsletters, you may also
want to visit our
web site by clicking here. We have a good deal of
current information, and through the year we will be
working on building up our archives from previous
years.
We had our final "pre-session" faculty meeting of the
year yesterday with 8th grade teachers. Our special
thanks to the teachers who were in attendance:
Mary Jo Barrett (Queen of All Saints)
John deGuire (Maplewood-RH)
David Estes (Parkway South Middle)
Debbie Green (Holman Middle)
Karen Hubbard (Hixson Middle)
Sal Mantia (St. Dominic Savio)
Jo Ann Mattson (St. Gabriel)
Rick McLoughlin (Our Lady of Fatima)
Joan Patton (St. Mary Magdalen)
Debra Waxman (Notre Dame)
The teachers collectively submitted dozens of
resolutions; we will be working over the next week or
two in refining them and posting them on the web. We
want to give as much input as possible to teachers and
students in determining which resolutions will be
considered for the sessions.
If you are a teacher and would like to submit your
students' resolutions to us now, please E-Mail them to
us at [email protected]. Students may do the same.
Our wonderful intern from Washington University,
Ms. Abbey Hatcher, is also available to make
additional classroom visits at all schools. You can
contact Abbey by E-Mailing her at
[email protected].