Not a dime from me yesterday!

Didn’t spend a penny yesterday! Enjoying my trip to Costco today, too.

Robotics competition time

Candidates would have to file like other elected officials - R, D or independent.

It means they’d have to run in primaries as a Republican (since they always are), and then if they win primary, be the Republican candidate at the general election. It would drastically reduce the pool of people willing and able to run for school board.

Thank you!

Getting my documents together for our kids’ passport appointments. Seems like something we may need soon.

We are currently looking at buying medical insurance now that my husband and I are both self employed. Holy s$*! Is it expensive, and barely covers anything.

It would have been if the presenter hadn’t already addressed the topic twice during the presentation pre-question….you would definitely enjoy watching the video when posted! The presenter was very thorough.

Dr B says we will NOT be redistricting at this time. They will keep an eye on numbers and reevaluate in 2-3 years.

Greg asks for a workshop on what real world learning means, talks about kids not going to college or dropping out of college, and how Congress is focusing on careers instead of college.

Two public focus groups will be held :

Too 3 areas for growth :
1. Focus in middle range students
2. Assessing student safety
3. Communications and transparency (particularly with greater community)

Top 3 positive themes:
1. Support for teachers and staff
2. Sense of community
3. High standards of education

Community Survey results:
- done by Practical Insights
- 4,565 respondents
- adults: 94% say CCS meets/exceeds expectations
- Standardized test scores rank towards bottom of the list for how to assess academic success with all adult respondent groups

Greg asks how results changed from 2018 report. Agency says the states doing everything it can to take kids out of public education. Westfield development also happened faster than anticipated.