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		<title>PART II:  VOICING OUR VISION, PUBLIC INPUT AND OTHER MYTHS</title>
		<link>http://schoolboardwatch.wordpress.com/2008/06/28/part-ii-voicing-our-vision-public-input-and-other-myths/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
In the Herald, May 21, 2008 “Superintendent Vandal will also complete preliminary plans for future activities involving the “Voicing our Vision” initiative which was begun this school year but temporarily halted due to budget reconciliation deliberations.”  
 
We realize that some of you may not know what “Voicing our Vision” is or what it is about.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VOICING OUR VISION, PUBLIC INPUT AND OTHER MYTHS (Part I)</title>
		<link>http://schoolboardwatch.wordpress.com/2008/06/09/voicing-our-vision-public-input-and-other-myths-part-i/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you happen to notice an agenda item on the Sauk Rapids-Rice School Board Meeting Minutes posted in the Harold, May 21, 2008?
Agenda item: DISCUSSION OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
“Discussions continued regarding the prospect that a new format might be considered for public input at Board meetings….”
The key deceptive word here is “at”…The way in which it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Report on Math Curriculum and Teaching</title>
		<link>http://schoolboardwatch.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/new-report-on-math-curriculum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This report just came out from the United States Department of Education National Mathematics Advisory Panel.  We recommend that anyone interested in education in SRR needs to download and read this report and then take a look at the mathematics curriculum in our district.  
For those that have posted here in the past regarding the institution [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Never Saw an Idea I Didn&#8217;t Like&#8230;&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://schoolboardwatch.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/never-saw-an-idea-i-didnt-like/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This just in&#8230;.I mean just in&#8230;.the Sauk Rapids Rice Superintendent has introduced a proposal for the district to enter into the
&#8220;Sauk Rapids Rice Integration Plan&#8221;  
Yes, this important socal engineering project comes complete, well not quite complete, with the $370,000 it would add to the district budget.   Only one third ($120,000 or so) would need to be funded through a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Sauk Rapids Failing Their Kids?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, for all those disbelievers, the verdict has been rendered.  When Garrison Keillor, you know the one, &#8220;Where the women are strong, the men are good looking and all the children are above average&#8221;, says that our education system is failing our children there must be some truth to it.  Not that Keillor is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lets Review&#8230;..</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is it all about? 
Why go to the effort to develop this site?  Why speak out about our financial and economic condition in Sauk Rapids Rice School District?  What is the point?
Well here it is again&#8230;.To use a worn out cliche from the political campaigns &#8220;It&#8217;s the Academics &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.&#8221;.   
We are convinced that there are serious academic problems [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Activities or Athletics Council?</title>
		<link>http://schoolboardwatch.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/activities-or-athletics-council/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just took a look at the School Board minutes for the February 11th work session in the Sauk Rapids Herald. Seems that the activity council was born out of a meeting between Mr. Conzemius and his coaching staff and apparently some unidentified parents. It&#8217;s not clear how these participants were selected, but at a minimum [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unfunded Mandates or Unmandated Expenditures?</title>
		<link>http://schoolboardwatch.wordpress.com/2008/02/20/unfunded-mandates-or-unmandated-expenditures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A ray of optimism struck when I saw the full parking lot, apparently for the board&#8217;s listening session, but hopes were quickly dashed at the sound of a referee&#8217;s whistle.  Yep the basketball game just down the hall drew the majority of the crowd.  Granted there were more at this listening session than at previous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Someone Paying Attention?</title>
		<link>http://schoolboardwatch.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/someone-paying-attention/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It looks like some are waking up.  Based on the following post form the Times chat line today there are some still looking for academic information and not just concerned about juniors activities.  
An excerpt:
jbmom25 from sauk rapids 
Comment Posted: 1/31/2008 10:07:44 AM
Where can a parent get their hands on the info about curriculum and test scores? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where is everyone?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 07:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well it&#8217;s safe to say that we&#8217;ve missed you at the school board and parent forums held recently for budgeting.  Turnout has been dismal with about 50 at the middle school (probably half teachers/board/admin) and only about 35 at the high school tonight.  Lots of items have been put forth for sacred cow status, but [...]]]></description>
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