Emily BerryMar 30, 20193 minWanted: Business Manager Thanks to public documents released to Shorewoodian and seasoned reporter Geoff Davidian, we know that the district business manager Patrick Miller is set to...
Emily BerryFeb 5, 20193 minThere are facts and then there's FACTTime for another installment of "things you might be assuming..." about our district's facilities planning, financing and taxes. This time I want to clarify ...
Emily BerryJan 19, 20193 minWhat 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 Shorewood Schools." I w...
Emily BerryJan 16, 20194 minIt 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 million for work on ...
Emily BerryJan 14, 20194 minAre 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 school district careful...
Emily BerryJan 3, 20194 minI'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 doors over the next seve...
Emily BerryDec 18, 20184 minWhat 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 base your support on...
Emily BerryNov 13, 20186 minSchool 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 spending tens of millions...
Emily BerrySep 5, 20183 minFacilities plans are crystallizing - are you paying attention?There were a good two dozen people in attendance at Tuesday's annual meeting, present to listen to the highlights of the school district's budget, and to vot...
Emily BerryAug 30, 20183 minCheers to showing upThere were a good two dozen people in attendance at Tuesday's annual meeting, present to listen to the highlights of the school district's budget, and to vot...
Emily BerryJul 11, 20188 minWalls have a way of getting political.UPDATE/POSTSCRIPT: The special Friday the 13th meeting resulted in a reversal - the wall has indeed been knocked down. Lots of wasted time and stress that wa...
Emily BerryJun 27, 20182 minSpending plans for 2018-2019Tuesday's regular meeting was much shorter than usual and was missing two board members, but the remaining three voted on significant plans for the next scho...
Emily BerryJun 12, 20186 minLaying the groundwork for a big pile of debtI'll start this post with a positive: a room full of people showed up last week to hear about the district's facilities plan and the role of its Facilities A...
Emily BerryMar 13, 20185 minMaintenance and Operations: How Shorewood Measures Up[Important edits made to this post Tuesday, March 13 regarding the data cited here] Spend a lot of time in any of our schools, and despite their historic bea...
Emily BerryJan 16, 20186 minAccounting mattersThis is an archived post from my original site, originally posted Dec. 4, 2017 If you were among the dozen or so folks who showed up at the school board meet...