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    Transphobia is not protecting female athletes.
    Emily Berry
    • Mar 4
    • 1 min

    Transphobia is not protecting female athletes.

    In several states - the latest came today in Iowa - lawmakers have banned transgender girls from competing as part of girls’ teams. This...
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    Why We Can't Slow Down
    Emily Berry
    • Feb 27
    • 6 min

    Why We Can't Slow Down

    Part 2 of 2 on our district's work with ICS for Equity Along with the rest of our board, I’ve attended many hours of training, work and...
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    Why We Can't Stop Now
    Emily Berry
    • Feb 25
    • 4 min

    Why We Can't Stop Now

    Part 1 of 2 During my time as a board member, it has been my honor to support our work around educational justice and equity. The hours...
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    Six month checkup
    Emily Berry
    • Oct 5, 2019
    • 3 min

    Six month checkup

    It's been six months now since I won a seat on our school board back in April. I wanted to give myself some time to find my place on the...
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    Emily Berry
    • Apr 10, 2019
    • 3 min

    Comments on the work ahead.

    Below is a written version of comments I made at the board meeting tonight, April 9. Tonight will be one of the last times I speak to you...
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    Wanted: Business Manager
    Emily Berry
    • Mar 30, 2019
    • 3 min

    Wanted: Business Manager

    Thanks to public documents released to Shorewoodian and seasoned reporter Geoff Davidian, we know that the district business manager...
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    There are facts and then there's FACT
    Emily Berry
    • Feb 5, 2019
    • 3 min

    There are facts and then there's FACT

    Time for another installment of "things you might be assuming..." about our district's facilities planning, financing and taxes. This...
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    Emily Berry
    • Jan 19, 2019
    • 3 min

    What does it mean to "Say Yes" to our schools?

    I see there's a campaign to tie the referendum question to the idea of supporting our schools and community: Catchphrase, "Say Yes to...
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    It just got real...
    Emily Berry
    • Jan 16, 2019
    • 4 min

    It just got real...

    Tonight the school board officially placed two questions on the ballot for April 2, 2019: one asking voters for permission to borrow $65...
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    Are you assuming your taxes are set as low as possible?
    Emily Berry
    • Jan 14, 2019
    • 4 min

    Are you assuming your taxes are set as low as possible?

    It's time for a second post challenging assumptions I think folks might be making about our school district. The assumption: That the...
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    Writing racial equity into policy
    Emily Berry
    • Jan 7, 2019
    • 2 min

    Writing racial equity into policy

    Just a few months ago, our fall play was cancelled after objections to the racial slurs in the play. Suddenly systemic inequities that...
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    I'm in.
    Emily Berry
    • Jan 3, 2019
    • 4 min

    I'm in.

    Shorewood, welcome to campaign season 2019! This year I'll be on the ballot as a candidate for school board, and I'll be knocking on...
    207 views0 comments
    What happens when you assume?
    Emily Berry
    • Dec 18, 2018
    • 4 min

    What happens when you assume?

    Whether you support a potential $65 million bond issue to pay for facilities improvements in our school district or not, I hope you will...
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    "Please don't say 'this is a journey'"
    Emily Berry
    • Nov 14, 2018
    • 3 min

    "Please don't say 'this is a journey'"

    Three of our five school board members are professors, so if there is one way to reach them, it is with an academic study of something....
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    School leaders hear what they want to hear: a "yes."
    Emily Berry
    • Nov 13, 2018
    • 6 min

    School leaders hear what they want to hear: a "yes."

    Tonight's school board meeting will include a review of survey responses from the community gauging our tolerance for borrowing and...
    265 views0 comments
    Unequal access to power
    Emily Berry
    • Oct 19, 2018
    • 5 min

    Unequal access to power

    There's a phrase that people use now, sometimes jokingly: "all the feels," that describes Shorewood right now. All of us watching or...
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    Waiting for leadership
    Emily Berry
    • Oct 15, 2018
    • 4 min

    Waiting for leadership

    The last few days of "To Kill a Mockingbird" controversy in Shorewood have swirled to the surface a lot of resentments, assumptions,...
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    We failed. Let's get out of the way.
    Emily Berry
    • Oct 12, 2018
    • 3 min

    We failed. Let's get out of the way.

    I'm lucky, I guess, to have a blank page here to draft my thoughts about the district cancelling its production of "To Kill a...
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    How do we define good character and citizenship? Should schools even try?
    Emily Berry
    • Sep 12, 2018
    • 4 min

    How do we define good character and citizenship? Should schools even try?

    I mentioned in my preview of this week's school board meeting that our board was taking up some of the most substantive questions and...
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    Take your pick of topics
    Emily Berry
    • Sep 10, 2018
    • 5 min

    Take your pick of topics

    Every parent I know has a certain thing about their kid's school that they are passionate about. One dad may not think school lunches are...
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