Gracias a la cantidad de cartas que recibieron hace unos meses consiguieron que el distrito del que dependen y que ¡¡financia la escuela libre BMS!! les prorrogasen el contrato para no tener que cerrar la escuela a mitad de curso. <br>
Pero fue un éxito parcial, o una pequeña batalla, ahora se enfrentan al momento clave: una revisión del contrato entre el distrito y la escuela, que a priori parece que les denegará la renvación del contrato. Sin embargo, les consta por una fuente interna de la gobernación de distrito, que las cartas de apoyo que recibieron desde diversos lugares del mundo marcaron la diferencia a la hora de tomar la decisión definitiva la última vez. Esta vez simplemente con ganarse el apoyo de una de las personas del distrito ya sería suficiente para inclinar la balanza al lado de Blue Mountain School, la única escuela libre financiada con fondos públicos en EE.UU. <br>
<br>Adjunto el email de Therese (una madre de la escuela) y los emails a quien se puede mandar un breve texto de apoyo a la escuela y las razones por las cuales cada cual cree que una escuela así debería seguir abierta.<br>
<br>Algun*s tratando de armar escuelas y otr*s que ya lo han conseguido están tratando de mantenerlas...y sobre todo mantenerlas públicas y al alcance de todos los bolsillos...una carta de 10 minutos de elaboración puede salvar la escuela Blue Mountain...<br>
<br><br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Therese Nguyen</b> <<a href="mailto:utnvisual@gmail.com">utnvisual@gmail.com</a>><br>Date: Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 5:58 AM<br>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Hello wonderful Blue
Mountain letter-writers,</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Here's a quick update:</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">After the proposed final order of the wrongful termination
of Blue Mountain
School, the South Lane School District is still upset.
They didn't admit any wrong-doing on their part, and they continue to be
frustated with the school. They performed a site visit for the renewal
and it wasn't nice – it was ridden with inaccuracies designed to
make the school look bad. There was actual mathematical data that was
grossly miscalculated, this information passed along to the board to show how
the school is not complying. Obviously, a report from the school
correcting the misinformation was submitted to the board but the damage was
done. Basically, the school is in a very vulnerable position once
again. If the board doesn't approve the renewal on July 7th, the
school will submit an appeal to the state and will be funded only until the
state makes a decision. If the state rules in the school's favor,
it can only tell the district to reconsider; it has no power, and the school
will have lost it's funding. </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">So, parents and Blue
Mountain supporters have
been meeting individually with South Lane Board Members to listen to their
concerns and attempt to repair the relationship in hopes of getting a YES vote
at the July 7th renewal meeting. We're playing as nice as we
possibly can. </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">An inside source (who cannot be named) from the State
Department of Education let on that your letters, your emails to Susan Castillo
made an impact, a big difference. </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">I'm here with one knee on the ground and the words
"pretty please." I'm asking if you would send a short,
friendly email to the South Lane Board Members, and ask them to renew the
school at the July 7th meeting. I did forward all of your previous
letters but a direct email from you (with your city/state) will be hard to
ignore. It is powerful when people come together. </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">You have already shared your valuable time and it's
hard for me to ask for more. It is a matter of one vote, just one other
YES vote from a previously unsupportive board member. That's what
we need, and we ask you to help us do that. </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Please consider sending an email to the following
addresses. </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Thank you sincerely. </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Therese Nguyen</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><a href="mailto:tompatmcvey@msn.com" target="_blank">tompatmcvey@msn.com</a></span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><a href="mailto:cheryl@breedenhomes.com" target="_blank">cheryl@breedenhomes.com</a></span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><a href="mailto:sherry@duerst-higgins.com" target="_blank">sherry@duerst-higgins.com</a></span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><a href="mailto:jraade@southlanefire.org" target="_blank">jraade@southlanefire.org</a></span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><a href="mailto:jim@cybernos.com" target="_blank">jim@cybernos.com</a></span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><a href="mailto:iamcarrie@oip.net" target="_blank">iamcarrie@oip.net</a></span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><a href="mailto:ruby56@gmail.com" target="_blank">ruby56@gmail.com</a></span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><a href="mailto:kparent@lane.k12.or.us" target="_blank">kparent@lane.k12.or.us</a></span></font></p>
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</div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>"Nire amonak emakume ikasi bat izan nendin nahi zuen, horregatik ez ninduen eskolara eraman"<br>"Mi abuela quería que fuese una mujer culta, por eso no me llevó al colegio"<br>
"La meva àvia volia que fos una dona culta per això no em va dur a l'escola"<br>"My granma wanted me to be an educated woman, that's why she didn't take me to school" <br> Margaret Mead