Another “Dear Senator”

I read the following via Doug’s Borderland blog.

Send your message in opposition to DOPA by going to the US Senate website Find Your Senators dropdown menu in the upper right corner of the page. and locate your senator with the Find Your Senators dropdown menu in the upper right corner of the page.
This is my letter to Lisa Murkowski. Feel free to model yours after this one. I used Vicki Davis’ blog post and Chistopher Harris’ wiki page as information resources.

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Late budget puts schools in a bind

Late budget puts schools in a bind Districts forced to scramble as legislators' deal comes together lateBy AMY HETZNER
ahetzner@journalsentinel.comPosted: Oct. 23, 2007

As state officials in Madison work to hammer out a budget for the next two years, they are bumping up yet another deadline for local school districts: tax levy certification.

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2 new schools taking shape

2 new schools taking shape Oconomowoc sites expected to be ready for classes next fallBy AMY RINARD
arinard@journalsentinel.comPosted: Oct. 23, 2007

Oconomowoc - Construction of two new intermediate schools is on schedule and district officials are confident both schools will be ready to open at the start of the 2008 school year, Superintendent Pat Neudecker said Monday.

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Children remain unprotected

Children remain unprotected Efforts to crack down on sex abuse by teachers meet opposition, inactionBy ROBERT TANNER
Associated PressPosted: Oct. 23, 2007

Last of Three Parts

Every school has rules governing teacher behavior. Every state has laws against child abuse, and many specifically prohibit teachers from taking sexual liberties with students. Every school district has administrators who watch out for sexual misconduct by teachers.

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Racine Unified’s director of special education quits

Racine Unified's director of special education quits By DANI McCLAIN
dmcclain@journalsentinel.comPosted: Oct. 22, 2007

Racine - The Racine Unified School District's director of special education resigned Monday effective immediately, district officials said.

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St. John’s about-face on parade seen as a slap to vets

St. John's about-face on parade seen as a slap to vets Posted: Oct. 22, 2007

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UWM plan survives budget

UWM plan survives budget $8.4 million tagged for expansion projectBy JOHN SCHMID and ERICA PEREZ
jschmid@journalsentinel.comPosted: Oct. 22, 2007

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's plan to build a new engineering campus and research park, hailed as one of the biggest economic growth projects in southeastern Wisconsin, remained on track Monday as university officials had their first opportunity to comb through the details of a bitterly fought state budget agreement.

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Google strikes again - surveys collect data into shareable spreadsheets

Just announced from Google Docs - a new Survey feature for their shareable Spreadsheets application. This feature allows you to create surveys that live on a website, and the data is collected into a Google spreadsheet.

Create a form in a Google Docs spreadsheet and send it out to anyone with an email address. They won’t need to sign in, and they can respond directly from the email message or from an automatically generated web page. Creating the form is easy: start with a spreadsheet to get the form, or start by creating the form and you’ll get the spreadsheet automatically. (Google blog)

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